Jim Kaat
Jim Kaat
Photo by Lou Sauritch, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com
Jim Kaat
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1959 WAS A 1959 WAS A 1960 WAS A Daily Splits 13 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 0.0 1960 WAS A 1961 MIN A Daily Splits 47 63 10 15 3 1 0 1 4 0 13 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 .238 .294 .317 0.0 1961 MIN A 1962 MIN A Daily Splits 48 100 9 18 3 1 1 10 8 0 40 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .180 .239 .260 0.0 1962 MIN A 1963 MIN A Daily Splits 36 61 2 8 1 0 1 8 2 0 19 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .131 .185 .197 0.0 1963 MIN A 1964 MIN A Daily Splits 46 83 11 14 1 0 3 11 11 0 31 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 .169 .263 .289 0.0 1964 MIN A 1965 MIN A Daily Splits 56 93 6 23 4 0 1 9 3 0 29 0 3 2 0 2 1 2 0 .247 .265 .323 0.0 1965 MIN A 1966 MIN A Daily Splits 47 118 12 23 2 1 2 13 5 0 41 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .195 .228 .280 0.0 1966 MIN A 1967 MIN A Daily Splits 45 99 7 17 3 1 1 4 7 0 26 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 .172 .226 .253 0.0 1967 MIN A 1968 MIN A Daily Splits 36 77 7 12 3 0 0 5 2 0 18 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .156 .177 .195 0.0 1968 MIN A 1969 MIN A Daily Splits 43 87 8 18 8 0 2 10 4 0 20 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .207 .247 .368 0.0 1969 MIN A 1970 MIN A Daily Splits 56 76 17 15 1 0 1 8 6 1 20 1 4 1 0 6 2 0 0 .197 .262 .250 0.0 1970 MIN A 1971 MIN A Daily Splits 54 93 6 15 3 0 0 5 2 0 16 0 7 0 0 3 0 2 0 .161 .179 .194 0.0 1971 MIN A 1972 MIN A Daily Splits 24 45 3 13 3 0 2 4 1 0 16 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .289 .304 .489 0.0 1972 MIN A 1973 MIN A Daily Splits 31 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1973 MIN A 1973 CHI A 1973 CHI A 1973 TOT A 38 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1973 TOT A
1974 CHI A Daily Splits 42 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1974 CHI A 1975 CHI A 1975 CHI A 1976 PHI N Daily Splits 42 79 4 14 3 1 1 8 2 0 24 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 .177 .195 .278 0.0 1976 PHI N 1977 PHI N Daily Splits 36 53 4 10 3 0 0 2 2 0 12 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .189 .218 .245 0.0 1977 PHI N 1978 PHI N Daily Splits 26 48 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 15 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .146 .163 .167 0.0 1978 PHI N 1979 PHI N Daily Splits 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 0.0 1979 PHI N 1979 NY A 1979 NY A 1979 Total 43 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 0.0 1979 Total
1980 NY A 1980 NY A 1980 STL N Daily Splits 49 35 4 5 1 0 1 2 2 0 13 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 .189 .257 0.0 1980 STL N 1980 Total 53 35 4 5 1 0 1 2 2 0 13 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 .189 .257 0.0 1980 Total
1981 STL N Daily Splits 41 8 2 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .444 .500 0.0 1981 STL N 1982 STL N Daily Splits 62 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .077 .000 0.0 1982 STL N 1983 STL N Daily Splits 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1983 STL N Splits 1004 1251 117 232 44 5 16 106 63 1 367 7 34 7 0i 23i 14 5 1 .185 .227 .267 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
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League Championship Series Batting Record League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1970 MIN A Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1970 MIN A
1976 PHI N Daily Splits 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1976 PHI N
Total NL 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 Total NL
Total AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Total AL
Total Splits 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1965 MIN A Daily Splits 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 1965 MIN A
1982 STL N 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1982 STL N
Total Splits 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1966 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1966 AL
1975 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1975 AL
Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
1959 WAS A 1959 WAS A 1960 WAS A Daily Splits 13 9 0 0 2 0 50 48 228 8 39 31 31 2 25 1 3 2 5 0 8 2 8 4 1 5 5.58 -1.1 1960 WAS A 1961 MIN A Daily Splits 36 29 8 1 3 0 200.2 188 865 12 105 87 82 1 122 10 5 10 11 1 27 2 24 20 9 17 3.90 1.1 1961 MIN A 1962 MIN A Daily Splits 39 35 16 5 2 1 269 243 1112 23 106 94 75 5 173 11 6 13 18 0 34 4 34 15 18 14 3.14 3.8 1962 MIN A 1963 MIN A Daily Splits 31 27 7 1 1 1 178.1 195 764 24 96 83 38 1 105 2 3 6 9 0 30 6 15 14 10 10 4.19 -1.0 1963 MIN A 1964 MIN A Daily Splits 36 34 13 0 1 1 243 231 1009 23 100 87 60 5 171 13 8 13 9 1 35 4 31 20 17 11 3.22 1.8 1964 MIN A 1965 MIN A Daily Splits 45 42 7 2 2 2 264.1 267 1115 25 121 83 63 6 154 7 6 3 5 0 35 7 26 28 18 11 2.83 2.1 1965 MIN A 1966 MIN A Daily Splits 41 41 19 3 0 0 304.2 271 1227 29 114 93 55 4 205 9 6 12 3 0 39 5 24 26 25 13 2.75 3.6 1966 MIN A 1967 MIN A Daily Splits 42 38 13 2 1 0 263.1 269 1100 21 110 89 42 2 211 11 4 9 9 1 36 6 12 19 16 13 3.04 1.4 1967 MIN A 1968 MIN A Daily Splits 30 29 9 2 0 0 208 192 854 16 78 68 40 0 130 10 10 5 3 0 20 11 13 18 14 12 2.94 0.6 1968 MIN A 1969 MIN A Daily Splits 40 32 10 0 4 1 242.1 252 1048 23 114 94 75 15 139 4 10 9 9 0 27 7 24 25 14 13 3.49 0.7 1969 MIN A 1970 MIN A Daily Splits 45 34 4 1 3 0 230.1 244 972 26 110 91 58 8 120 7 10 11 3 0 36 4 24 20 14 10 3.56 0.7 1970 MIN A 1971 MIN A Daily Splits 39 38 15 4 0 0 260.1 275 1098 16 104 96 47 9 137 13 6 8 6 0 41 5 19 19 13 14 3.32 0.8 1971 MIN A 1972 MIN A Daily Splits 15 15 5 0 0 0 113.1 94 443 6 36 26 20 2 64 5 4 2 0 0 17 2 14 11 10 2 2.06 2.0 1972 MIN A 1973 MIN A Daily Splits 29 28 7 2 1 0 181.2 206 778 26 101 89 39 1 93 2 3 3 4 0 31 4 15 11 11 12 4.41 -1.0 1973 MIN A 1973 CHI A Daily Splits 7 7 3 1 0 0 42.2 44 173 4 23 20 4 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 4 2 4 1 4.22 -0.2 1973 CHI A 1973 TOT A 36 35 10 3 1 0 224.1 250 951 30 124 109 43 1 109 2 3 3 4 0 39 8 19 13 15 13 4.37 -1.2 1973 TOT A
1974 CHI A Daily Splits 42 39 15 3 0 0 277.1 263 1137 18 106 90 63 3 142 6 10 4 6 0 37 5 26 22 21 13 2.92 2.6 1974 CHI A 1975 CHI A Daily Splits 43 41 12 1 1 0 303.2 321 1279 20 121 105 77 0 142 11 10 0 9 2 51 6 31 21 20 14 3.11 2.4 1975 CHI A 1976 PHI N Daily Splits 38 35 7 1 1 0 227.2 241 924 21 95 88 32 3 83 8 6 1 0 0 39 12 30 14 12 14 3.48 0.4 1976 PHI N 1977 PHI N Daily Splits 35 27 2 0 3 0 160.1 211 709 20 100 96 40 6 55 6 2 2 2 0 38 14 20 9 6 11 5.39 -2.0 1977 PHI N 1978 PHI N Daily Splits 26 24 2 1 0 0 140.1 150 586 9 67 64 32 6 48 6 7 5 5 0 30 7 17 5 8 5 4.10 -0.7 1978 PHI N 1979 PHI N Daily Splits 3 1 0 0 2 0 8.1 9 37 1 4 4 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 4.32 0.0 1979 PHI N 1979 NY A Daily Splits 40 1 0 0 13 2 58.1 64 249 4 29 25 14 2 23 6 4 2 2 0 16 1 7 4 2 3 3.86 0.0 1979 NY A 1979 Total 43 2 0 0 15 2 66.2 73 286 5 33 29 19 4 25 6 4 2 2 0 17 4 10 5 3 3 3.91 0.0 1979 Total
1980 NY A Daily Splits 4 0 0 0 3 0 5 8 27 0 5 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 7.20 -0.3 1980 NY A 1980 STL N Daily Splits 49 14 6 1 22 4 129.2 140 546 6 61 55 33 11 36 8 6 3 0 1 27 4 17 7 8 7 3.82 -0.1 1980 STL N 1980 Total 53 14 6 1 25 4 134.2 148 573 6 66 59 37 13 37 9 7 4 0 1 30 4 18 8 8 8 3.94 -0.4 1980 Total
1981 STL N Daily Splits 41 1 0 0 16 4 53 60 229 2 25 20 17 8 8 6 5 2 0 0 13 3 9 3 6 6 3.40 0.1 1981 STL N 1982 STL N Daily Splits 62 2 0 0 12 2 75 79 321 6 40 34 23 9 35 4 6 2 2 0 19 4 8 5 5 3 4.08 -0.6 1982 STL N 1983 STL N Daily Splits 24 0 0 0 9 0 34.2 48 162 5 19 15 10 3 19 4 1 0 0 0 7 0 6 7 0 0 3.89 -0.1 1983 STL N Splits 898 625 180 31 102 18 4530.1 4620 19021 395 2038 1738 1083 116 2461 173 143 128 122 6 705i132i462i351i283 237 3.45 16.1 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
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League Championship Series Pitching Record League Championship Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1970 MIN A Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 15 0 4 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 9.00 1970 MIN A
1976 PHI N Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 21 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.00 1976 PHI N
Total NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 21 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.00 Total NL
Total AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 15 0 4 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 9.00 Total AL
Total Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 8 9 36 0 6 4 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 4.50 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
World Series Pitching Record World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1965 MIN A Daily Splits 3 3 1 0 0 0 14.1 18 65 1 7 6 2 0 6 3 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 1 2 3.77 1965 MIN A
1982 STL N Daily Splits 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 12 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.86 1982 STL N
Total Splits 7 3 1 0 0 0 16.2 22 77 1 8 7 4 1 8 3 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 2 1 2 3.78 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
All-Star Game Pitching Record All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1966 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 9 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 1966 AL
1975 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1975 AL
Total Splits 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 15 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.25 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1959 WAS A 1960 WAS A Daily P 13 9 0 50 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
1961 MIN A Daily P 36 29 8 200.2 19 41 2 8 0 5 1 9 0 .968
1962 MIN A Daily P 39 35 16 269 16 72 3 6 0 4 6 2 1 .967
1963 MIN A Daily P 31 27 7 178.1 19 43 1 5 0 1 1 4 2 .984
1964 MIN A Daily P 36 34 13 243 16 48 5 6 0 1 5 8 1 .928
1965 MIN A Daily P 45 42 7 264.1 15 64 6 3 0 3 3 8 0 .929
1966 MIN A Daily P 41 41 19 304.1 19 46 3 5 0 0 6 10 3 .956
1967 MIN A Daily P 42 38 13 263.1 13 46 3 0 0 2 6 14 0 .952
1968 MIN A Daily P 30 29 9 208 10 31 1 0 0 1 4 2 1 .976
1969 MIN A Daily P 40 32 10 242.1 9 29 8 4 0 3 2 11 0 .826
1970 MIN A Daily P 45 34 4 230.1 15 43 4 5 0 0 3 12 1 .935
1971 MIN A Daily P 39 38 15 260.1 13 41 1 4 0 1 4 14 2 .982
1972 MIN A Daily P 15 15 5 113.1 5 19 2 0 0 0 3 6 3 .923
1973 MIN A Daily P 29 28 7 181.2 9 22 1 2 0 1 3 15 0 .969
1973 MIN A 1973 CHI A Daily P 7 7 3 42.2 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000
1973 TOT A P 36 35 10 224.1 10 26 1 2 0 1 4 16 0 .973
1974 CHI A Daily P 42 39 14 277.1 14 33 2 3 0 2 11 5 3 .959
1975 CHI A Daily P 43 41 12 303.2 15 39 1 2 0 0 12 4 2 .982
1976 PHI N Daily P 38 35 7 227.2 18 19 2 3 0 0 3 6 0 .949
1977 PHI N Daily P 35 27 2 160.1 7 19 3 1 0 0 5 5 1 .897
1978 PHI N Daily P 26 24 2 140.1 5 15 0 4 0 1 2 5 0 1.000
1979 PHI N Daily P 3 1 0 8.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1979 NY A Daily P 40 1 0 58.1 5 5 1 0 0 2 2 3 1 .909
1979 Total P 43 2 0 66.2 5 6 1 0 0 2 2 3 1 .917
1980 NY A Daily P 4 0 0 5 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .800
1980 STL N Daily P 49 14 6 129.2 4 16 1 1 0 2 3 9 2 .952
1980 Total P 53 14 6 134.2 5 19 2 2 0 2 3 10 2 .923
1981 STL N Daily P 41 1 0 53 4 13 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 .895
1982 STL N Daily P 62 2 0 75 8 14 2 0 0 0 1 6 1 .917
1983 STL N Daily P 24 0 0 34.2 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 .889
Total P 898 623i 179i 4525 i 262 744 56 65 0i 30i 87i 167i 24i .947
Total DH 1 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
League Championship Series Fielding Record League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1970 MIN A Daily P 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1976 PHI N Daily P 1 1 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 2 2 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1965 MIN A Daily P 3 3 1 14.1 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000
1982 STL N Daily P 4 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total P 7 3 1 16.2 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1966 AL Daily P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1975 AL Daily P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total P 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by Washington Senators (June 17, 1957 ).
Claimed on waivers by Chicago White Sox from Minnesota Twins (August 15, 1973 ).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Mike Buskey to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange
for Dick Ruthven , Roy Thomas and Alan Bannister (December 10, 1975 ).
Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to New York Yankees (May 11, 1979 ).
Granted free agency (November 1, 1979 ).
Signed by New York Yankees (April 1, 1980 ).
Sold by New York Yankees to St. Louis Cardinals (April 30, 1980 ).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (July 6, 1983 ).
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