Jim Kaat James Lee Kaat Nickname(s): Kitty Born: 11/7/1938 (Zeeland, MI) Height: 6-4 Weight: 217 lbs. Bats: Left Throws: Left Debut: 08/02/1959 Final Game: 07/01/1983 Position(s): P(898) College: 1957 Hope College Select Team1983 St. Louis Cardinals (NL)1982 St. Louis Cardinals (NL)1981 St. Louis Cardinals (NL)1980 New York Yankees (AL)1980 St. Louis Cardinals (NL)1979 New York Yankees (AL)1979 Philadelphia Phillies (NL)1978 Philadelphia Phillies (NL)1977 Philadelphia Phillies (NL)1976 Philadelphia Phillies (NL)1975 Chicago White Sox (AL)1974 Chicago White Sox (AL)1973 Chicago White Sox (AL)1973 Minnesota Twins (AL)1972 Minnesota Twins (AL)1971 Minnesota Twins (AL)1970 Minnesota Twins (AL)1969 Minnesota Twins (AL)1968 Minnesota Twins (AL)1967 Minnesota Twins (AL)1966 Minnesota Twins (AL)1965 Minnesota Twins (AL)1964 Minnesota Twins (AL)1963 Minnesota Twins (AL)1962 Minnesota Twins (AL)1961 Minnesota Twins (AL)1960 Washington Senators (AL)1959 Washington Senators (AL) Best Season    Career Total W 25 1966    W 283 Sv 4 1980    Sv 18 ERA 2.75 1966    ERA 3.45 SO 211 1967    SO 2461 K/9 7.21 1967    K/9 4.89 Cards Statistics Awards Transactions   Batting - Reg. Season - LCS - WS Pitching - Reg. Season - LCS - WS Fielding - Reg. Season - LCS - WS Regular Season Pitching Stats Year Team G GS W L SV IP H ER R HR BB SO SO/9 WHIP ERA 1983 STL (NL) 24 0 0 0 0 34.2 48 15 19 5 10 19 4.93 1.67 3.89 1982 STL (NL) 62 2 5 3 2 75.0 79 34 40 6 23 35 4.20 1.36 4.08 1981 STL (NL) 41 1 6 6 4 53.0 60 20 25 2 17 8 1.36 1.45 3.40 1980 STL (NL) 49 14 8 7 4 129.2 140 55 61 6 33 36 2.50 1.33 3.82 1980 NY (AL) 4 0 0 1 0 5.0 8 4 5 0 4 1 1.80 2.40 7.20 1979 NY (AL) 40 1 2 3 2 58.1 64 25 29 4 14 23 3.55 1.34 3.86 1979 PHI (NL) 3 1 1 0 0 8.1 9 4 4 1 5 2 2.16 1.68 4.32 1978 PHI (NL) 26 24 8 5 0 140.1 150 64 67 9 32 48 3.08 1.30 4.10 1977 PHI (NL) 35 27 6 11 0 160.1 211 96 100 20 40 55 3.09 1.57 5.39 1976 PHI (NL) 38 35 12 14 0 227.2 241 88 95 21 32 83 3.28 1.20 3.48 1975 CHI (AL) 43 41 20 14 0 303.2 321 105 121 20 77 142 4.21 1.31 3.11 1974 CHI (AL) 42 39 21 13 0 277.1 263 90 106 18 63 142 4.61 1.18 2.92 1973 CHI (AL) 7 7 4 1 0 42.2 44 20 23 4 4 16 3.38 1.12 4.22 1973 MIN (AL) 29 28 11 12 0 181.2 206 89 101 26 39 93 4.61 1.35 4.41 1972 MIN (AL) 15 15 10 2 0 113.1 94 26 36 6 20 64 5.08 1.01 2.06 1971 MIN (AL) 39 38 13 14 0 260.1 275 96 104 16 47 137 4.74 1.24 3.32 1970 MIN (AL) 45 34 14 10 0 230.1 244 91 110 26 58 120 4.69 1.31 3.56 1969 MIN (AL) 40 32 14 13 1 242.1 252 94 114 23 75 139 5.16 1.35 3.49 1968 MIN (AL) 30 29 14 12 0 208.0 192 68 78 16 40 130 5.62 1.12 2.94 1967 MIN (AL) 42 38 16 13 0 263.1 269 89 110 21 42 211 7.21 1.18 3.04 1966 MIN (AL) 41 41 25 13 0 304.2 271 93 114 29 55 205 6.06 1.07 2.75 1965 MIN (AL) 45 42 18 11 2 264.1 267 83 121 25 63 154 5.24 1.25 2.83 1964 MIN (AL) 36 34 17 11 1 243.0 231 87 100 23 60 171 6.33 1.20 3.22 1963 MIN (AL) 31 27 10 10 1 178.1 195 83 96 24 38 105 5.30 1.31 4.19 1962 MIN (AL) 39 35 18 14 1 269.0 243 94 106 23 75 173 5.79 1.18 3.14 1961 MIN (AL) 36 29 9 17 0 200.2 188 87 105 12 82 122 5.47 1.35 3.90 1960 WAS (AL) 13 9 1 5 0 50.0 48 31 39 8 31 25 4.50 1.58 5.58 1959 WAS (AL) 3 2 0 2 0 5.0 7 7 9 1 4 2 3.60 2.20 12.60 Total 5 Teams 898 625 283 237 18 4530.1 4620 1738 2038 395 1083 2461 4.89 1.26 3.45