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Jim
Kaat		  
Nickname: Kitty
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 242
 
Born: November 7, 1938 in Usa, MI, ZEELAND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1967   
All-Star Selections 1962    1963    1964    1968    1969   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1959 20 SDP NL $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 7 7 7
1960 21 SDP NL $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 7 7 7
1961 22 SDP NL $ 300,000 8 5 4 4 9 8 8 8 8 8
1962 23 SDP NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 10 9 9 9 9 9
1963 24 SDP NL $ 5,342,857 8 6 5 5 9 9 9 7 7 7
1964 25 SDP NL $ 5,342,857 8 6 5 5 9 9 9 7 7 7
1965 26 NYG NL $ 5,342,857 8 6 5 5 9 9 9 7 7 7
1966 27 NYG NL $ 5,000,000 8 6 5 5 9 9 9 6 6 6
1967 28 NYG NL $ 5,000,000 8 6 5 5 9 9 9 6 6 6
1968 29 NYG NL $ 5,000,000 8 5 5 5 9 9 9 7 7 7
1969 30 NYG NL $ 5,000,000 8 5 5 5 9 9 9 6 6 6
1970 31 NYG NL $ 5,000,000 7 6 5 5 9 9 9 6 6 6
1971 32 CLN NL $ 5,000,000 6 6 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6
1972 33 CLN NL $ 5,000,000 5 6 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7
1973 34 NYG NL $ 5,000,000 5 6 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6
1974 35 TOR AL $ 1,500,000 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1975 36 TOR AL $ 1,500,000 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4
1976 37 TOR AL $ 1,500,000 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,342,857 8 6 5 5 10 9 9 9 9 9
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1959 20 SDP NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 21 SDP NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 22 SDP NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 23 SDP NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 24 SDP NL $ 5,342,857   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 25 SDP NL $ 5,342,857   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 26 NYG NL $ 5,342,857   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 27 NYG NL $ 5,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1967 28 NYG NL $ 5,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1968 29 NYG NL $ 5,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1969 30 NYG NL $ 5,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1970 31 NYG NL $ 5,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1971 32 CLN NL $ 5,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1972 33 CLN NL $ 5,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1973 34 NYG NL $ 5,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1974 35 TOR AL $ 1,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1975 36 TOR AL $ 1,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1976 37 TOR AL $ 1,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,342,857   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1959 20 SDP NL 1 2 .333 6 6 2 0 0 47.3 44 15 1 17 25 2.85 .250 .313 .335 .648 4.5
    AAA   9 14 .391 29 29 2 0 0 208.7 216 90 18 51 175 3.88 .265 .309 .391 .699  
1960 21 SDP NL 9 21 .300 37 37 10 1 0 280.3 324 137 33 64 160 4.40 .287 .325 .439 .764 13.9
1961 22 SDP NL 13 14 .481 34 34 8 2 0 267.3 259 114 28 61 164 3.84 .253 .293 .393 .686 18.1
1962 23 SDP NL 21 11 .656 40 40 17 5 0 318.3 303 99 12 66 179 2.80 .249 .289 .335 .624 27.5
1963 24 SDP NL 16 14 .533 34 34 15 2 0 278.7 278 100 21 35 168 3.23 .259 .283 .372 .656 19.2
1964 25 SDP NL 20 12 .625 40 40 15 1 0 326.7 317 129 34 48 186 3.55 .254 .282 .376 .659 21.7
1965 26 NYG NL 18 12 .600 44 44 18 3 0 356.0 310 126 28 62 194 3.19 .232 .271 .354 .625 29.1
1966 27 NYG NL 21 8 .724 33 33 12 1 0 269.3 226 69 27 39 159 2.31 .229 .261 .356 .616 29.3
1967 28 NYG NL 16 19 .457 41 41 18 0 0 318.0 327 150 49 42 216 4.25 .263 .290 .434 .724 11.7
1968 29 NYG NL 18 14 .563 36 36 15 3 0 291.0 304 116 36 53 141 3.59 .271 .306 .422 .728 16.3
1969 30 NYG NL 18 14 .563 35 35 14 1 0 278.0 297 125 34 56 150 4.05 .268 .305 .421 .727 16.4
1970 31 NYG NL 15 9 .625 31 31 4 1 0 224.7 274 107 27 48 121 4.29 .298 .334 .458 .791 14.5
1971 32 CLN NL 11 10 .524 31 31 2 0 0 218.3 219 102 24 45 114 4.20 .259 .296 .392 .689 9.3
1972 33 CLN NL 11 8 .579 23 23 1 0 0 149.3 164 82 20 31 73 4.94 .275 .311 .452 .764 5.1
1973 34 NYG NL 6 17 .261 32 32 2 1 0 206.3 224 110 28 66 119 4.80 .274 .329 .436 .766 9.5
1974 35 TOR AL 1 6 .143 18 13 0 0 0 64.3 58 31 12 23 28 4.34 .238 .307 .422 .730 3.4
    AAA   3 8 .273 15 15 0 0 0 73.7 102 44 10 16 49 5.38 .327 .360 .481 .841  
1975 36 TOR AL 3 13 .188 30 30 0 0 0 111.3 146 70 20 34 61 5.66 .317 .362 .491 .853 2.0
1976 37 A   11 5 .688 29 29 0 0 0 138.3 107 27 5 26 112 1.76 .214 .253 .264 .517  
17 Years Sim 218 204 .517 545 540 153 21 0 4005.3 4074 1682 434 790 2258 3.78 .262 .299 .402 .701 251.5
2 Years AAA 12 22 .353 44 44 2 0 0 282.3 318 134 28 67 224 4.27 .282 .323 .416 .738  
1 Years A 11 5 .688 29 29 0 0 0 138.3 107 27 5 26 112 1.76 .214 .253 .264 .517  
3 Years Minors 23 27 .460 73 73 2 0 0 420.7 425 161 33 93 336 3.44 .261 .301 .369 .670  
Season Average 12 12 .500 32 31 9 1 0 235.6 239 98 25 46 132 3.78 .262 .299 .402 .701  
Career Highs 21 21 .724 44 44 18 5 0 356.0 327 150 49 66 216 5.66 .317 .362 .491 .853  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   3042 1266 336 572 1591   .268 .303 .413 .716
vs LH   1032 416 98 218 667   .246 .284 .372 .656
Home 111 98 .531 276 273 68 11 0 2056.6 2105 885 218 389 1160 3.87 .263 .297 .405 .702
Away 107 106 .502 269 267 85 10 0 1948.6 1969 797 216 401 1098 3.68 .261 .298 .399 .697
Mar/Apr 38 33 .535 90 90 31 5 0 677.0 683 303 82 146 397 4.03 .261 .300 .409 .708
May 37 37 .500 92 92 23 4 0 696.9 669 260 66 136 396 3.36 .250 .286 .377 .663
June 34 29 .540 81 81 25 5 0 606.3 593 221 62 112 312 3.28 .253 .287 .387 .674
July 38 29 .567 89 89 27 5 0 654.6 663 274 64 103 358 3.77 .261 .290 .397 .687
August 38 43 .469 102 102 24 2 0 722.9 786 347 96 133 409 4.32 .275 .307 .431 .738
Sep/Oct 33 33 .500 91 86 31 0 0 647.3 680 277 64 160 386 3.85 .270 .314 .407 .721
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1959 20 SDP NL 6 18 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.9 0.0
1960 21 SDP NL 38 90 5 11 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 31 .122 .140 .167 .306 0.8 0.0
1961 22 SDP NL 34 85 5 11 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 30 .129 .140 .153 .292 -1.4 0.0
1962 23 SDP NL 40 107 4 16 2 1 0 8 0 0 4 37 .150 .179 .187 .365 2.7 0.0
1963 24 SDP NL 34 97 7 13 1 0 1 5 0 0 1 24 .134 .143 .175 .318 0.7 0.0
1964 25 SDP NL 40 118 7 18 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 40 .153 .185 .169 .355 2.6 0.0
1965 26 NYG NL 44 123 7 31 3 0 0 10 0 0 3 46 .252 .270 .276 .546 9.1 0.4
1966 27 NYG NL 33 98 8 17 2 0 0 7 0 1 4 35 .173 .206 .194 .400 1.9 0.0
1967 28 NYG NL 41 110 5 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 45 .091 .107 .091 .198 -4.1 0.0
1968 29 NYG NL 36 107 2 14 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 36 .131 .131 .140 .271 -1.5 0.0
1976 37 A   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1  
10 Years Sim 346 953 50 143 12 2 2 52 1 1 21 335 .150 .169 .173 .342 10.1 0.4
1 Years A 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.1  
162 Game Average 446 23 66 5 0 0 24 0 0 9 156 .150 .169 .173 .342 4.7  
Career Highs 44 123 8 31 3 1 1 10 1 1 4 46 .252 .270 .276 .546 9.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   601 33 94 9 2 0 34 1 1 10 193 .156 .171 .178 .349 4.6
vs LH   352 17 49 3 0 2 18 0 0 11 142 .139 .165 .165 .330 1.7
Home 178 468 26 76 5 1 1 31 1 1 8 172 .162 .177 .184 .361 5.5
Away 168 485 24 67 7 1 1 21 0 0 13 163 .138 .161 .163 .324 0.8
RISP   211 0 40 3 0 0 48 0 0 4 79 .190 .202 .204 .406 5.6
Close/Late   89 6 15 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 31 .169 .187 .225 .412 2.5
Mar/Apr 62 175 11 26 3 0 0 14 0 1 4 66 .149 .167 .166 .332 0.4
May 62 170 17 25 1 0 2 7 0 0 2 51 .147 .157 .188 .345 1.4
June 54 153 2 28 3 2 0 7 0 0 4 48 .183 .204 .229 .433 5.1
July 54 136 6 17 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 50 .125 .150 .140 .290 -1.5
August 60 167 8 26 1 0 0 12 0 0 6 55 .156 .183 .162 .345 1.7
Sep/Oct 54 152 6 21 2 0 0 7 1 0 2 65 .138 .149 .151 .301 -0.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1959 20 SDP NL P 6 6 47.3 4 2 0 0 1.000 1.14    
1960 21 SDP NL P 37 37 280.3 17 44 2 2 .968 1.96    
1961 22 SDP NL P 34 34 267.3 19 39 4 2 .935 1.95    
1962 23 SDP NL P 40 40 318.3 18 54 3 1 .960 2.04    
1963 24 SDP NL P 34 34 278.7 15 37 1 3 .981 1.68    
1964 25 SDP NL P 40 40 326.7 20 53 2 3 .973 2.01    
1965 26 NYG NL P 44 44 356.0 22 55 2 2 .975 1.95    
1966 27 NYG NL P 33 33 269.3 24 32 2 2 .966 1.87    
1967 28 NYG NL P 41 41 318.0 13 58 4 1 .947 2.01    
1968 29 NYG NL P 36 36 291.0 10 38 1 3 .980 1.48    
1969 30 NYG NL P 35 35 278.0 25 35 7 2 .896 1.94    
1970 31 NYG NL P 31 31 224.7 8 39 1 5 .979 1.88    
1971 32 CLN NL P 31 31 218.3 16 35 4 4 .927 2.10    
1972 33 CLN NL P 23 23 149.3 9 29 3 2 .927 2.29    
1973 34 NYG NL P 32 32 206.3 13 34 3 3 .940 2.05    
1974 35 TOR AL P 18 13 64.3 4 13 1 3 .944 2.38    
1975 36 TOR AL P 30 30 111.3 7 10 0 4 1.000 1.37    
Career Totals   545 540 4005.3 244 607 40 42 .955 1.91    
Career Highs   44 44 356.0 25 58 7 5 1.000 2.38    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1962 23 SDP NL 0 2 .000 3 3 2 0 0 24.0 18 8 2 5 12 3.00 .212 .256 .341 .597
1963 24 SDP NL 0 1 .000 1 1 1 0 0 8.0 13 7 2 2 3 7.88 .394 .429 .667 1.095
1964 25 SDP NL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 7 2 1 0 8 2.57 .259 .259 .407 .667
1965 26 NYG NL 1 2 .333 4 4 1 0 0 33.7 35 14 7 4 17 3.74 .261 .283 .478 .760
1967 28 NYG NL 5 1 .833 6 6 2 0 0 47.7 49 15 3 7 29 2.83 .262 .289 .348 .636
1968 29 NYG NL 0 2 .000 2 2 2 0 0 17.0 12 6 2 1 9 3.18 .197 .210 .295 .505
1971 32 CLN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 0 0 0 3.00 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Pitching 6 8 .429 18 17 8 0 0 140.3 137 53 17 19 78 3.40 .254 .280 .393 .673
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1962 23 SDP NL 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000
1963 24 SDP NL 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667
1964 25 SDP NL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1965 26 NYG NL 4 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .091 .231 .091 .322
1967 28 NYG NL 6 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .056 .056 .056 .111
1968 29 NYG NL 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 17 49 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 26 .061 .098 .061 .159
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1962-5-2.80
1966-2-2.31
 Wins
1962-7-21
1964-9-20
1965-9-18
1966-6-21
1969-5-18
 Losses
1960-2-21
1967-4-19
1973-6-17
CAR-27-204
 Winning Pct
1962-8-.656
1966-5-.724
1970-9-.625
 Games Started
1965-1-44
1967-10-41
1969-5-35
CAR-33-540
 Complete Games
1962-8-17
1963-5-15
1964-9-15
1965-5-18
1966-9-12
1967-6-18
1968-8-15
1969-5-14
CAR-42-153
Shutouts
1960-10-1
1961-4-2
1962-3-5
1963-7-2
1965-3-3
1968-4-3
CAR-48-21
 Innings Pitched
1964-4-326.7
1965-2-356.0
1967-7-318.0
1969-4-278.0
CAR-32-4005.3
 Hits Allowed
1960-4-324
1962-9-303
1964-6-317
1965-9-310
1967-5-327
1968-9-304
1969-3-297
1970-6-274
CAR-31-4074
 Homeruns Allowed
1960-9-33
1964-7-34
1967-1-49
1968-3-36
1969-3-34
1973-9-28
CAR-13-434
 Strikeouts
1967-10-216
 Walks per 9IP
1960-7-2.1
1961-7-2.1
1962-9-1.9
1963-3-1.1
1964-5-1.3
1965-4-1.6
1966-2-1.3
1967-3-1.2
1968-4-1.6
1969-5-1.8
1970-5-1.9
1971-5-1.9
CAR-43-1.8
Hits per 9IP
1966-10-7.6
 WHiP
1963-9-1.12
1965-4-1.04
1966-2-0.98
1971-7-1.21
 OOBP
1963-9-.283
1965-4-.271
1966-3-.261
1971-6-.296
 OSLG
1962-10-.335
 OOPS
1962-10-.624
1966-10-.616
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 104    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 43    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  8. Rick Reuschel (880)
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  1. Juan Marichal (992)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by San Diego in 1959
Earned first career win on 9/2/1959
Had first career hit on 9/8/1959, off Paul Foytack (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/4/1960, off Warren Spahn (DET)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1962, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1962, winning 2 games with a 0.56 ERA
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,342,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1963, winning 2 games with a 0.54 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1963, winning 2 games with a 1.06 ERA
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Injured on 9/5/1963 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4-5 weeks
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,342,857 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,342,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from San Diego to New York (N) on 3/3/1965 (Going to SDP: P Jim Constable, C Frank House, CF Vic Davalillo. Going to NYG: P Jim Kaat, P Don Gross)
6/1/1965: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1965, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1965, going 6-0, 2.31
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1966, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Injured on 6/2/1966 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 4/23/1967 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1967
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1968, winning 2 games with a 2.81 ERA
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
Injured on 9/2/1968 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
10/3/1969: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from New York (N) to Cleveland (N) on 2/7/1971 (Going to CLN: P Jim Kaat, 1B Roberto Clemente. Going to NYG: 3B Don Wert)
Injured on 5/22/1972 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 7 weeks
Traded from Cleveland (N) to New York (N) on 2/3/1973 (Going to NYG: P Jim Kaat. Going to CLN: P Bob Priddy)
7/1/1973: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from New York (N) to Toronto on 4/2/1974 (Going to NYG: DH Bernie Carbo. Going to TOR: CF Jim Dwyer, 2B Dave Rosello, P Dick Ellsworth, P Jim Kaat)
Injured on 5/3/1974 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
 
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