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Jim Kaat

Birthdate:

11/7/1938

Height / Weight:

6' 4" / 217 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Zeeland, MI, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / L

Baseball Historian Biography

Over a 25-year career, Jim Kaat won 283 career games and ranks as one of the best fielding pitchers of all-time. His 16 Gold Glove Awards ties him with fellow pitcher Greg Maddux and third-baseman Brooks Robinson. Jim Kaat won 18 games for the Minnesota Twins in 1962, and was 17-11, 3.22 in 1964. His best year with the Twins was 1966 when he led the AL with 25 wins, in complete games with 19, and in innings with 304.7, wining the Sporting News' AL Pitcher of the Year. Kaat was traded to the Chicago White Sox in 1974, went 21-13, 2.92 ERA and was 20-14 in 1975. Only Nolan Ryan pitched longer than Jim Kaat's 25 seasons. Jim Kaat's career: 283-237, 3.45 ERA, 31 shutouts, 2,461 K's In 4,530 innings.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1959	WSH (AL)	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	7	9	7	1	4	0	2	0	2	0	12.60
1960	WSH (AL)	13	9	1	5	0	0	0	50.0	48	39	31	8	31	2	25	2	5	0	5.58
1961	MIN (AL)	36	29	9	17	0	8	1	200.2	188	105	87	12	82	1	122	10	11	1	3.90
1962	MIN (AL)	39	35	18	14	1	16	5	269.0	243	106	94	23	75	5	173	13	18	0	3.14
1963	MIN (AL)	31	27	10	10	1	7	1	178.1	195	96	83	24	38	1	105	6	9	0	4.19
1964	MIN (AL)	36	34	17	11	1	13	0	243.0	231	100	87	23	60	5	171	13	9	1	3.22
1965	MIN (AL)	45	42	18	11	2	7	2	264.1	267	121	83	25	63	6	154	3	5	0	2.83
1966	MIN (AL)	41	41	25	13	0	19	3	304.2	271	114	93	29	55	4	205	12	3	0	2.75
1967	MIN (AL)	42	38	16	13	0	13	2	263.1	269	110	89	21	42	2	211	9	9	1	3.04
1968	MIN (AL)	30	29	14	12	0	9	2	208.0	192	78	68	16	40	0	130	5	3	0	2.94
1969	MIN (AL)	40	32	14	13	1	10	0	242.1	252	114	94	23	75	15	139	9	9	0	3.49
1970	MIN (AL)	45	34	14	10	0	4	1	230.1	244	110	91	26	58	8	120	11	3	0	3.56
1971	MIN (AL)	39	38	13	14	0	15	4	260.1	275	104	96	16	47	9	137	8	6	0	3.32
1972	MIN (AL)	15	15	10	2	0	5	0	113.1	94	36	26	6	20	2	64	2	0	0	2.06
1973	CHW (AL)	7	7	4	1	0	3	1	42.2	44	23	20	4	4	0	16	0	0	0	4.22
1973	MIN (AL)	29	28	11	12	0	7	2	181.2	206	101	89	26	39	1	93	3	4	0	4.41
1974	CHW (AL)	42	39	21	13	0	15	3	277.1	263	106	90	18	63	3	142	4	6	0	2.92
1975	CHW (AL)	43	41	20	14	0	12	1	303.2	321	121	105	20	77	0	142	0	9	2	3.11
1976	PHI (NL)	38	35	12	14	0	7	1	227.2	241	95	88	21	32	3	83	1	0	0	3.48
1977	PHI (NL)	35	27	6	11	0	2	0	160.1	211	100	96	20	40	6	55	2	2	0	5.39
1978	PHI (NL)	26	24	8	5	0	2	1	140.1	150	67	64	9	32	6	48	5	5	0	4.10
1979	PHI (NL)	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.1	9	4	4	1	5	2	2	0	0	0	4.32
1979	NYY (AL)	40	1	2	3	2	0	0	58.1	64	29	25	4	14	2	23	2	2	0	3.86
1980	STL (NL)	49	14	8	7	4	6	1	129.2	140	61	55	6	33	11	36	3	0	1	3.82
1980	NYY (AL)	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	8	5	4	0	4	2	1	1	0	0	7.20
1981	STL (NL)	41	1	6	6	4	0	0	53.0	60	25	20	2	17	8	8	2	0	0	3.40
1982	STL (NL)	62	2	5	3	2	0	0	75.0	79	40	34	6	23	9	35	2	2	0	4.08
1983	STL (NL)	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	34.2	48	19	15	5	10	3	19	0	0	0	3.89
28 years		898	625	283	237	18	180	31	4530.1	4620	2038	1738	395	1083	116	2461	128	122	6	3.45

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1959	WSH (AL)	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1960	WSH (AL)	13	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	SLG
1961	MIN (AL)	47	63	10	15	3	1	0	1	4	13	0	0	0	1	3	0	.238	.294	SLG
1962	MIN (AL)	48	100	9	18	3	1	1	10	8	40	0	0	0	0	0	1	.180	.239	SLG
1963	MIN (AL)	36	61	2	8	1	0	1	8	2	19	0	0	0	2	1	0	.131	.185	SLG
1964	MIN (AL)	46	83	11	14	1	0	3	11	11	31	0	0	0	0	3	1	.169	.263	SLG
1965	MIN (AL)	56	93	6	23	4	0	1	9	3	29	2	0	0	0	3	2	.247	.265	SLG
1966	MIN (AL)	47	118	12	23	2	1	2	13	5	41	0	0	0	0	1	0	.195	.228	SLG
1967	MIN (AL)	45	99	7	17	3	1	1	4	7	26	0	0	0	0	1	0	.172	.226	SLG
1968	MIN (AL)	36	77	7	12	3	0	0	5	2	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.177	SLG
1969	MIN (AL)	43	87	8	18	8	0	2	10	4	20	0	0	0	1	2	1	.207	.247	SLG
1970	MIN (AL)	56	76	17	15	1	0	1	8	6	20	0	0	1	1	4	1	.197	.262	SLG
1971	MIN (AL)	54	93	6	15	3	0	0	5	2	16	2	0	0	0	7	0	.161	.179	SLG
1972	MIN (AL)	24	45	3	13	3	0	2	4	1	16	0	1	0	0	1	0	.289	.304	SLG
1973	CHW (AL)	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1973	MIN (AL)	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1974	CHW (AL)	42	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1975	CHW (AL)	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1976	PHI (NL)	42	79	4	14	3	1	1	8	2	24	0	0	0	0	1	1	.177	.195	SLG
1977	PHI (NL)	36	53	4	10	3	0	0	2	2	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	.189	.218	SLG
1978	PHI (NL)	26	48	4	7	1	0	0	4	0	15	0	0	0	1	1	0	.146	.163	SLG
1979	NYY (AL)	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1979	PHI (NL)	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.0	.500	SLG
1980	STL (NL)	49	35	4	5	1	0	1	2	2	13	1	0	0	0	4	0	.143	.189	SLG
1980	NYY (AL)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1981	STL (NL)	41	8	2	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.444	SLG
1982	STL (NL)	62	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.77	SLG
1983	STL (NL)	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.0	.0	SLG
28 years		1004	1251	117	232	44	5	16	106	63	367	5	1	1	7	34	7	.185	.227	.SLG

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