Jim Kaat

"Kitty"

Minnesota · #36 · P

$26,000 (1 yr)

HT/WT	6'3", 216 lbs
BIRTHDATE	11/7/1938 (31)
BAT/THR	L/L
BIRTHPLACE	Zeeland, Michigan
STATUS	● Active

1970 Season Stats

W-L

8-3

Tied-29th

ERA

2.73

57th

K

53

91st

WHIP

1.08

27th

Stats

Career Pitching — MLB

Season	Team	GP	GS	W	L	W%	WAR	ERA	WHIP	IP	K	BB	K/BB	H	R	ER	SV	HLD	BLSV
1959	MIN	3	2	0	2	0.000	-0.2	12.60	2.20	5.0	2	4	0.5	7	9	7	0	0	0
1960	MIN	13	9	1	5	0.167	-0.5	5.58	1.58	50.0	25	31	0.8	48	39	31	0	0	0
1961	MIN	36	29	9	17	0.346	3.6	3.90	1.35	200.2	122	82	1.5	188	105	87	0	0	1
1962	MIN	39	35	18	14	0.563	5.2	3.14	1.18	269.0	173	75	2.3	243	106	94	1	0	0
1963	MIN	31	27	10	10	0.500	1.5	4.19	1.31	178.1	105	38	2.8	195	96	83	1	0	0
1964	MIN	36	34	17	11	0.607	4.4	3.22	1.20	243.0	171	60	2.9	231	100	87	0	0	0
1965	MIN	45	42	18	11	0.621	3.8	2.83	1.25	264.1	154	63	2.4	267	121	83	2	0	0
1966	MIN	41	41	25	13	0.658	5.9	2.75	1.07	304.2	205	55	3.7	271	114	93	0	0	0
1967	MIN	42	38	16	13	0.552	5.9	3.04	1.18	263.1	211	42	5.0	269	110	89	0	1	1
1968	MIN	30	29	14	12	0.538	3.3	2.94	1.12	208.0	130	40	3.3	192	78	68	0	0	0
1969	MIN	40	32	14	13	0.519	3.2	3.49	1.35	242.1	139	75	1.9	252	114	94	1	1	1
1970	MIN	14	14	8	3	0.727	2.4	2.73	1.08	95.2	53	23	2.3	80	31	29	0	0	0
Total		370	332	150	124	0.547	38.5	3.27	1.22	2324.1	1490	588	2.5	2243	1023	845	5	2	3

Postseason Pitching

Season	Team	GP	GS	W	L	W%	ERA	WHIP	IP	K	BB	K/BB	H	R	ER	SV	HLD	BLSV
1965	MIN	3	3	1	2	0.333	3.77	1.40	14.1	6	2	3.0	18	7	6	0	0	0

Opponent Batting

Season	Team	P	TBF	P-TBF	OBA	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS	2B	3B	HR	TB	SH	SF	IBB
1959	MIN	98	29	3.379	0.304	0.448	0.435	0.883	0	0	1	10	0	0	0
1960	MIN	842	228	3.693	0.253	0.368	0.379	0.747	0	0	8	72	3	2	2
1961	MIN	3,165	865	3.659	0.244	0.323	0.291	0.614	0	0	12	224	10	6	1
1962	MIN	4,056	1112	3.647	0.240	0.301	0.308	0.609	0	0	23	312	13	8	5
1963	MIN	2,717	764	3.556	0.272	0.315	0.373	0.688	0	0	24	267	9	5	1
1964	MIN	3,671	1009	3.638	0.247	0.297	0.321	0.618	0	0	23	300	12	6	5
1965	MIN	3,970	1115	3.561	0.256	0.300	0.329	0.629	0	0	25	342	13	7	6
1966	MIN	4,405	1227	3.590	0.233	0.267	0.307	0.574	0	0	29	358	15	8	4
1967	MIN	3,962	1100	3.602	0.257	0.290	0.317	0.607	0	0	21	332	13	7	2
1968	MIN	3,028	854	3.546	0.237	0.274	0.296	0.570	0	0	16	240	11	5	0
1969	MIN	3,758	1048	3.586	0.266	0.323	0.338	0.661	0	0	23	321	12	6	15
1970	MIN	1,481	383	3.867	0.227	0.274	0.323	0.597	13	0	7	114	4	2	8
Career		35,153	9734	3.611	0.249	0.299	0.321	0.620	13	0	212	2892	115	62	49

Expanded Pitching

Season	Team	P/S	P/I	K/9	QS	CG	SHO	GB%	GB	FB	G/F	IR	IRS	WP	BK	SB	CS	RSUP
1959	MIN	49.0	19.6	3.6	0	0	0	76.9	10	3	3.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
1960	MIN	93.6	16.8	4.5	0	0	0	52.1	61	56	1.1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0
1961	MIN	109.1	15.8	5.5	18	8	1	57.0	260	196	1.3	0	0	10	1	0	0	0.0
1962	MIN	115.9	15.1	5.8	18	16	5	57.8	347	253	1.4	0	0	13	0	0	0	0.0
1963	MIN	100.6	15.2	5.3	13	7	1	61.0	253	162	1.6	0	0	6	0	0	0	0.0
1964	MIN	108.0	15.1	6.3	21	13	0	53.5	282	245	1.2	0	0	13	1	0	0	0.0
1965	MIN	94.5	15.0	5.2	23	7	2	57.1	350	263	1.3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0
1966	MIN	107.4	14.5	6.1	28	19	3	51.4	352	333	1.1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0.0
1967	MIN	104.3	15.0	7.2	26	13	2	48.7	276	291	0.9	0	0	9	1	0	0	0.0
1968	MIN	104.4	14.6	5.6	19	9	2	50.9	245	236	1.0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0
1969	MIN	117.4	15.5	5.2	18	10	0	49.8	281	283	1.0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0.0
1970	MIN	105.8	15.5	5.0	9	2	1	50.9	112	108	1.0	0	0	5	0	8	2	3.4
Career		105.9	15.1	5.8	193	104	17	53.8	2829	2429	1.2	0	0	87	3	8	2	0.1

Glossary

2B: Doubles

3B: Triples

BB: Walks

BK: Balks

BLSV: Blown Saves

CG: Complete Games

CS: Caught Stealing

ER: Earned Runs

ERA: Earned Run Average

FB: Fly Balls

G/F: Ground To Fly Ball Ratio

GB: Ground Balls

GB%: Ground Ball Percentage

GP: Games Played

GS: Games Started

H: Hits

HLD: Holds

HR: Home Runs

IBB: Intentional Walks

IP: Innings Pitched

IR: Inherited Runners

IRS: Inherited Runners Scored

K: Strikeouts

K/9: Strikeouts Per 9 Innings

K/BB: Strikeout To Walk Ratio

L: Losses

OBA: Opponent Batting Average

OOBP: Opponent's On-Base Pct

OOPS: Opponent's OBP + SLG Pct

OSLUG: Opponent's Slugging Pct

P: Pitches

P-TBF: Pitches Per Batter Faced

P/I: Pitches Per Inning

P/S: Pitches Per Start

QS: Quality Starts

R: Runs

RSUP: Run Support

SB: Stolen Bases

SF: Sacrifice Flies

SH: Sacrifice Bunts

SHO: Shutouts

SV: Saves

TB: Total Bases

TBF: Batters Faced

W: Wins

W%: Win Percentage

WAR: Wins Above Replacement

WHIP: Walks Plus Hits Per Inning Pitched

WP: Wild Pitches