Jim Kaat | Major Leaguer 1959-1983

Full Name: James Lee Kaat
Born: November 7,1938 in Zeeland, Michigan
Height: 6-4 Weight: 217 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: -
College:

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Transactions: [Jun 17,1957] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Senators. [Aug 15,1973] - Claimed on waivers by White Sox from Twins. [Dec 10,1975] - Traded by White Sox with Mike Buskey to Phillies for Alan Bannister, Roy Thomas and Dick Ruthven. [May 11,1979] - Purchased by Yankees from Phillies. [Nov 1,1979] - Granted Free Agency. [Apr 1,1980] - Signed as Free Agent by Yankees. [Apr 30,1980] - Purchased by Cardinals from Yankees. [Jul 6,1983] - Released by Cardinals.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1957	Superior	Neb St	18	Wa1	D	5	6	3.70	14						73.0	65	45	30		35	95			8.01	---	4.32	11.71	1.37	--
1958	Missoula	Pio	19	Wa1	Rk	16	9	2.99	39						223.0	189	108	74		118	245			7.63	---	4.76	9.89	1.38	--
1959	Chattga	Sou	20	Wa1	AA	8	8	16.15	24						34.0	126	71	61		73	132			33.35	---	19.32	34.94	5.85	--
	Washington	AL	20	Wa1	MLB	0	2	12.60	3	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	9	7	1	4	2	0	0	12.60	1.80	7.20	3.60	2.20	--
1960	Charleston	Amer	21	Wa1	AAA	7	10	3.82	30						146.0	154	80	62		51	106			9.49	---	3.14	6.53	1.40	--
	Washington	AL	21	Wa1	MLB	1	5	5.58	13	9	0	0	2	0	50.0	48	39	31	8	31	25	2	0	8.64	1.44	5.58	4.50	1.58	54%
1961	Minnesota	AL	22	Min	MLB	9	17	3.90	36	29	8	1	3	0	200.2	188	105	87	12	82	122	10	1	8.43	0.54	3.68	5.47	1.35	52%
1962	Minnesota	AL	23	Min	MLB	18	14	3.14	39	35	16	5	2	1	269.0	243	106	94	23	75	173	13	0	8.13	0.77	2.51	5.79	1.18	58%
1963	Minnesota	AL	24	Min	MLB	10	10	4.19	31	27	7	1	1	1	178.1	195	96	83	24	38	105	6	0	9.84	1.21	1.92	5.30	1.31	60%
1964	Minnesota	AL	25	Min	MLB	17	11	3.22	36	34	13	0	1	1	243.0	231	100	87	23	60	171	13	1	8.56	0.85	2.22	6.33	1.20	52%
1965	Minnesota	AL	26	Min	MLB	18	11	2.83	45	42	7	2	2	2	264.1	267	121	83	25	63	154	3	0	9.09	0.85	2.15	5.24	1.25	59%
1966	Minnesota	AL	27	Min	MLB	25	13	2.75	41	41	19	3	0	0	304.2	271	114	93	29	55	205	12	0	8.01	0.86	1.62	6.06	1.07	51%
1967	Minnesota	AL	28	Min	MLB	16	13	3.04	42	38	13	2	1	0	263.1	269	110	89	21	42	211	9	1	9.19	0.72	1.44	7.21	1.18	51%
1968	Minnesota	AL	29	Min	MLB	14	12	2.94	30	29	9	2	0	0	208.0	192	78	68	16	40	130	5	0	8.31	0.69	1.73	5.63	1.12	53%
1969	Minnesota	AL	30	Min	MLB	14	13	3.49	40	32	10	0	4	1	242.1	252	114	94	23	75	139	9	0	9.36	0.85	2.79	5.16	1.35	52%
1970	Minnesota	AL	31	Min	MLB	14	10	3.56	45	34	4	1	3	0	230.1	244	110	91	26	58	120	11	0	9.53	1.02	2.27	4.69	1.31	55%
1971	Minnesota	AL	32	Min	MLB	13	14	3.32	39	38	15	4	0	0	260.1	275	104	96	16	47	137	8	0	9.51	0.55	1.62	4.74	1.24	51%
1972	Minnesota	AL	33	Min	MLB	10	2	2.06	15	15	5	0	0	0	113.1	94	36	26	6	20	64	2	0	7.46	0.48	1.59	5.08	1.01	58%
1973	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	34	Chw	MLB	4	1	4.22	7	7	3	1	0	0	42.2	44	23	20	4	4	16	0	0	9.28	0.84	0.84	3.38	1.13	46%
	Minnesota	AL	34	Min	MLB	11	12	4.41	29	28	7	2	1	0	181.2	206	101	89	26	39	93	3	0	10.21	1.29	1.93	4.61	1.35	50%
1974	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	35	Chw	MLB	21	13	2.92	42	39	15	3	0	0	277.1	263	106	90	18	63	142	4	0	8.53	0.58	2.04	4.61	1.18	45%
1975	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	36	Chw	MLB	20	14	3.11	43	41	12	1	1	0	303.2	321	121	105	20	77	142	0	2	9.51	0.59	2.28	4.21	1.31	48%
1976	Philadelph	NL	37	Phi	MLB	12	14	3.48	38	35	7	1	1	0	227.2	241	95	88	21	32	83	1	0	9.53	0.83	1.27	3.28	1.20	59%
1977	Philadelph	NL	38	Phi	MLB	6	11	5.39	35	27	2	0	3	0	160.1	211	100	96	20	40	55	2	0	11.84	1.12	2.25	3.09	1.57	54%
1978	Philadelph	NL	39	Phi	MLB	8	5	4.10	26	24	2	1	0	0	140.1	150	67	64	9	32	48	5	0	9.62	0.58	2.05	3.08	1.30	44%
1979	Philadelph	NL	40	Phi	MLB	1	0	4.32	3	1	0	0	2	0	8.1	9	4	4	1	5	2	0	0	9.72	1.08	5.40	2.16	1.68	36%
	NY Yankees	AL	40	Nyy	MLB	2	3	3.86	40	1	0	0	13	2	58.1	64	29	25	4	14	23	2	0	9.87	0.62	2.16	3.55	1.34	46%
1980	NY Yankees	AL	41	Nyy	MLB	0	1	7.20	4	0	0	0	3	0	5.0	8	5	4	0	4	1	1	0	14.40	0.00	7.20	1.80	2.40	--
	St. Louis	NL	41	Stl	MLB	8	7	3.82	49	14	6	1	22	4	129.2	140	61	55	6	33	36	3	1	9.72	0.42	2.29	2.50	1.33	55%
1981	St. Louis	NL	42	Stl	MLB	6	6	3.40	41	1	0	0	16	4	53.0	60	25	20	2	17	8	2	0	10.19	0.34	2.89	1.36	1.45	59%
1982	St. Louis	NL	43	Stl	MLB	5	3	4.08	62	2	0	0	12	2	75.0	79	40	34	6	23	35	2	0	9.48	0.72	2.76	4.20	1.36	59%
1983	St. Louis	NL	44	Stl	MLB	0	0	3.89	24	0	0	0	9	0	34.2	48	19	15	5	10	19	0	0	12.46	1.30	2.60	4.93	1.67	51%

Major League Totals - 25 Season(s)						283	237	3.45	898	625	180	31	102	18	4,530.1	4620	2038	1738	395	1083	2461	128	6	9.18	0.78	2.15	4.89	1.26	53%
Minor League Totals - 4 Season(s)						36	33	4.29	107						476.0	534	304	227		277	578			10.10	---	5.24	10.93	1.70	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1959	Washington	AL	20	Wa1	MLB	p	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
1960	Washington	AL	21	Wa1	MLB	p	9	13	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	83%
1961	Minnesota	AL	22	Min	MLB	p	9	47	63	10	15	3	1	0	1	0	0	4	13	1	0	3	0	2	.238	.294	.317	611	64%
1962	Minnesota	AL	23	Min	MLB	p	9	48	100	9	18	3	1	1	10	0	0	8	40	0	0	0	1	0	.180	.239	.260	499	58%
1963	Minnesota	AL	24	Min	MLB	p	9	36	61	2	8	1	0	1	8	0	0	2	19	2	0	1	0	1	.131	.185	.197	382	56%
1964	Minnesota	AL	25	Min	MLB	p	9	46	83	11	14	1	0	3	11	0	0	11	31	0	0	3	1	1	.169	.263	.289	552	57%
1965	Minnesota	AL	26	Min	MLB	p	9	56	93	6	23	4	0	1	9	2	0	3	29	0	0	3	2	1	.247	.265	.323	588	63%
1966	Minnesota	AL	27	Min	MLB	p	9	47	118	12	23	2	1	2	13	0	0	5	41	0	0	1	0	1	.195	.228	.280	508	52%
1967	Minnesota	AL	28	Min	MLB	p	9	45	99	7	17	3	1	1	4	0	0	7	26	0	0	1	0	2	.172	.226	.253	479	55%
1968	Minnesota	AL	29	Min	MLB	p	9	36	77	7	12	3	0	0	5	0	0	2	18	0	0	0	0	2	.156	.177	.195	372	66%
1969	Minnesota	AL	30	Min	MLB	p	9	43	87	8	18	8	0	2	10	0	0	4	20	1	0	2	1	0	.207	.247	.368	615	59%
1970	Minnesota	AL	31	Min	MLB	p	9	56	76	17	15	1	0	1	8	0	0	6	20	1	1	4	1	2	.197	.262	.250	512	51%
1971	Minnesota	AL	32	Min	MLB	p	9	54	93	6	15	3	0	0	5	2	0	2	16	0	0	7	0	0	.161	.179	.194	373	54%
1972	Minnesota	AL	33	Min	MLB	p	9	24	45	3	13	3	0	2	4	0	1	1	16	0	0	1	0	0	.289	.304	.489	793	50%
1973	Minnesota	AL	34	Min	MLB	p	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	34	Chw	MLB	p	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1974	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	35	Chw	MLB	p	0	42	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1975	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	36	Chw	MLB	p	0	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1976	Philadelph	NL	37	Phi	MLB	p	9	42	79	4	14	3	1	1	8	0	0	2	24	0	0	1	1	0	.177	.195	.278	473	49%
1977	Philadelph	NL	38	Phi	MLB	p	9	36	53	4	10	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	12	0	0	1	0	1	.189	.218	.245	463	59%
1978	Philadelph	NL	39	Phi	MLB	p	9	26	48	4	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	15	1	0	1	0	1	.146	.163	.167	330	65%
1979	NY Yankees	AL	40	Nyy	MLB	p	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Philadelph	NL	40	Phi	MLB	p	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	500	0%
1980	St. Louis	NL	41	Stl	MLB	p	9	49	35	4	5	1	0	1	2	1	0	2	13	0	0	4	0	0	.143	.189	.257	446	50%
	NY Yankees	AL	41	Nyy	MLB	p	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1981	St. Louis	NL	42	Stl	MLB	p	9	41	8	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.444	.500	944	100%
1982	St. Louis	NL	43	Stl	MLB	p	9	62	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.077	.000	077	60%
1983	St. Louis	NL	44	Stl	MLB	p	9,8	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%

Major League Totals - 25 Season(s)								1004	1251	117	232	44	5	16	106	5	1	63	367	7	1	34	7	14	.185	.227	.267	494	57%

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1965	Minnesota	AL	26		Ws	1	2	3.77	3		1			0	14.1	18		6		2	6			11.30	---	1.26	3.77	1.40	--
1970	Minnesota	AL	31		Ch	0	1	9.00	1		0			0	2.0	6		2		2	1			27.00	---	9.00	4.50	4.00	--
1976	Philadelph	NL	37		Ch	0	0	3.00	1		0			0	6.0	2		2		2	1			3.00	---	3.00	1.50	0.67	--
1982	St. Louis	NL	43		Ws	0	0	3.86	4		0			0	2.1	4		1		2	2			15.45	---	7.73	7.73	2.58	--

Major League Totals - 4 Season(s)						1	3	4.01	9		1			0	24.2	30		11		8	10			10.95	---	2.92	3.65	1.54	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1965	Minnesota	AL	26	Min	Ws	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	334	--
1970	Minnesota	AL	31	Min	Ch	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1976	Philadelph	NL	37	Phi	Ch	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	--
1982	St. Louis	NL	43	Stl	Ws	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 4 Season(s)						9	9	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	444	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1959	Washington	AL	20	Wa1	MLB	P	3		5	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.80

1960	Washington	AL	21	Wa1	MLB	P	13		50	0	11	0	11	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.98

1961	Minnesota	AL	22	Min	MLB	P	36		200.2	19	41	2	62	8	-	-	-	.968	2.69

1962	Minnesota	AL	23	Min	MLB	P	39		269	16	72	3	91	6	-	-	-	.967	2.94

1963	Minnesota	AL	24	Min	MLB	P	31		178.1	19	43	1	63	5	-	-	-	.984	3.13

1964	Minnesota	AL	25	Min	MLB	P	36		243	16	48	5	69	6	-	-	-	.928	2.37

1965	Minnesota	AL	26	Min	MLB	P	45		264.1	15	64	6	85	3	-	-	-	.929	2.69

1966	Minnesota	AL	27	Min	MLB	P	41		304.2	19	46	3	68	5	-	-	-	.956	1.92

1967	Minnesota	AL	28	Min	MLB	P	42		263.1	13	46	3	62	0	-	-	-	.952	2.02

1968	Minnesota	AL	29	Min	MLB	P	30		208	10	31	1	42	0	-	-	-	.976	1.77

1969	Minnesota	AL	30	Min	MLB	P	40		242.1	9	29	8	46	4	-	-	-	.826	1.41

1970	Minnesota	AL	31	Min	MLB	P	45		230.1	15	43	4	62	5	-	-	-	.935	2.27

1971	Minnesota	AL	32	Min	MLB	P	39		260.1	13	41	1	55	4	-	-	-	.982	1.87

1972	Minnesota	AL	33	Min	MLB	P	15		113.1	5	19	2	26	0	-	-	-	.923	1.91

1973	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	34	Chw	MLB	P	7		42.2	1	4	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.05
1973	Minnesota	AL	34	Min	MLB	P	29		181.2	9	22	1	32	2	-	-	-	.969	1.54

1974	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	35	Chw	MLB	P	42		277.1	14	33	2	49	3	-	-	-	.959	1.53

1975	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	36	Chw	MLB	P	43		303.2	15	39	1	55	2	-	-	-	.982	1.60

1976	Philadelph	NL	37	Phi	MLB	P	38		227.2	18	19	2	39	3	-	-	-	.949	1.46

1977	Philadelph	NL	38	Phi	MLB	P	35		160.1	7	19	3	29	1	-	-	-	.897	1.46

1978	Philadelph	NL	39	Phi	MLB	P	26		140.1	5	15	0	20	4	-	-	-	1.000	1.28

1979	NY Yankees	AL	40	Nyy	MLB	P	40		58.1	5	5	1	11	0	-	-	-	.909	1.54
1979	Philadelph	NL	40	Phi	MLB	P	3		8.1	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.08

1980	NY Yankees	AL	41	Nyy	MLB	P	4		5	1	3	1	5	1	-	-	-	.800	7.20
1980	St. Louis	NL	41	Stl	MLB	P	49		129.2	4	16	1	21	1	-	-	-	.952	1.39

1981	St. Louis	NL	42	Stl	MLB	P	41		53	4	13	2	19	1	-	-	-	.895	2.89

1982	St. Louis	NL	43	Stl	MLB	P	62		75	8	14	2	24	0	-	-	-	.917	2.64

1983	St. Louis	NL	44	Stl	MLB	P	24		34.2	2	6	1	9	0	-	-	-	.889	2.08

Awards

[1962] - AL Gold Glove Award (P), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1963] - AL Gold Glove Award (P) [1964] - AL Gold Glove Award (P) [1965] - AL Gold Glove Award (P) [1966] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #5), AL Gold Glove Award (P) [1967] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #20), AL Gold Glove Award (P) [1968] - AL Gold Glove Award (P) [1969] - AL Gold Glove Award (P) [1970] - AL Gold Glove Award (P) [1971] - AL Gold Glove Award (P) [1972] - AL Gold Glove Award (P) [1973] - AL Gold Glove Award (P) [1974] - AL Gold Glove Award (P) [1975] - AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #4), AL Gold Glove Award (P), AL MVP (Voting Rank: #28), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1976] - NL Gold Glove Award (P) [1977] - NL Gold Glove Award (P) [1989] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (87 votes - 19.46%) [1990] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (79 votes - 17.79%) [1991] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (62 votes - 14%) [1992] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (114 votes - 26.51%) [1993] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (125 votes - 29.55%) [1994] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (98 votes - 21.49%) [1995] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (100 votes - 21.74%) [1996] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (91 votes - 19.36%) [1997] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (107 votes - 22.62%) [1998] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (129 votes - 27.27%) [1999] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (100 votes - 20.12%) [2000] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (125 votes - 25.05%) [2001] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (139 votes - 26.99%) [2002] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (109 votes - 23.09%) [2003] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (130 votes - 26.21%)

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals in 1982.

Notes: Played in 3 All-Star games during his career (1962, 1966, 1975)

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