Jim Kaat St. Louis Cardinals

Age: 84 (November 07, 1938) | aka Kitty | 6' 4" | 217lbs. | Throws: Left
Tm Lg YEAR W L SV Hld G GS IP H HR BB SO ERA WHIP Rating BB/9 SO/9 BABIP G/L/F % $4x4 $5x5
WS1 AL 1959 0 2 0 0 3 2 5.0 7 1 4 2 12.60 2.20 2.10 7.2 3.6 .331 n/a
WS1 AL 1960 1 5 0 0 13 9 50.0 48 8 31 25 5.58 1.58 1.51 5.6 4.5 .256 n/a
MIN AL 1961 9 17 0 0 36 29 200.2 188 12 82 122 3.90 1.35 1.23 3.7 5.5 .284 n/a
MIN AL 1962 18 14 1 0 39 35 269.0 243 23 75 173 3.14 1.18 1.17 2.5 5.8 .273 n/a
MIN AL 1963 10 10 1 0 31 27 178.1 195 24 38 105 4.19 1.31 1.40 1.9 5.3 .301 n/a
MIN AL 1964 17 11 1 0 36 34 243.0 231 23 60 171 3.22 1.20 1.22 2.2 6.3 .288 n/a
MIN AL 1965 18 11 2 0 45 42 264.1 267 25 63 154 2.83 1.25 1.27 2.1 5.2 .290 n/a
MIN AL 1966 25 13 0 0 41 41 304.2 271 29 55 205 2.75 1.07 1.12 1.6 6.1 .270 n/a
MIN AL 1967 16 13 0 0 42 38 263.1 269 21 42 211 3.04 1.18 1.22 1.4 7.2 .318 n/a
MIN AL 1968 14 12 0 0 30 29 208.0 192 16 40 130 2.94 1.12 1.13 1.7 5.6 .278 n/a
MIN AL 1969 14 13 1 0 40 32 242.1 252 23 75 139 3.49 1.35 1.34 2.8 5.2 .296 n/a
MIN AL 1970 14 10 0 0 45 34 230.1 244 26 58 120 3.56 1.31 1.35 2.3 4.7 .292 n/a
MIN AL 1971 13 14 0 0 39 38 260.1 275 16 47 137 3.32 1.24 1.24 1.6 4.7 .303 n/a
MIN AL 1972 10 2 0 0 15 15 113.1 94 6 20 64 2.06 1.01 1.00 1.6 5.1 .256 n/a
MIN AL 1973 11 12 0 0 29 28 181.2 206 26 39 93 4.41 1.35 1.46 1.9 4.6 .300 n/a
CHA AL 1973 4 1 0 0 7 7 42.2 44 4 4 16 4.22 1.12 1.22 0.8 3.4 .277 n/a
CHA AL 1974 21 13 0 0 42 39 277.1 263 18 63 142 2.92 1.18 1.16 2.0 4.6 .277 n/a
CHA AL 1975 20 14 0 0 43 41 303.2 321 20 77 142 3.11 1.31 1.28 2.3 4.2 .296 n/a
PHI NL 1976 12 14 0 0 38 35 227.2 241 21 32 83 3.48 1.20 1.27 1.3 3.3 .282 n/a
PHI NL 1977 6 11 0 0 35 27 160.1 211 20 40 55 5.39 1.57 1.63 2.2 3.1 .325 n/a
PHI NL 1978 8 5 0 0 26 24 140.1 150 9 32 48 4.10 1.30 1.28 2.1 3.1 .288 n/a
PHI NL 1979 1 0 0 0 3 1 8.1 9 1 5 2 4.32 1.68 1.56 5.4 2.2 .271 n/a
NYA AL 1979 2 3 2 0 40 1 58.1 64 4 14 23 3.86 1.34 1.32 2.2 3.5 .298 n/a
NYA AL 1980 0 1 0 0 4 0 5.0 8 0 4 1 7.20 2.40 2.00 7.2 1.8 .379 n/a
STL NL 1980 8 7 4 0 49 14 129.2 140 6 33 36 3.82 1.33 1.28 2.3 2.5 .289 n/a
STL NL 1981 6 6 4 0 41 1 53.0 60 2 17 8 3.40 1.45 1.35 2.9 1.4 .291 n/a
STL NL 1982 5 3 2 0 62 2 75.0 79 6 23 35 4.08 1.36 1.33 2.8 4.2 .293 n/a
STL NL 1983 0 0 0 0 24 0 34.2 48 5 10 19 3.89 1.67 1.75 2.6 4.9 .353 n/a
Career 28yrs 283 237 18 0 898 625 4530.1 4620 395 1083 2461 3.45 1.26 1.27 2.2 4.9 .291 n/a

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In TJ's favor.....Tommy John surgery.....that's about as good of Fame as you can get today. 
van wilhoite LVW
Dec 7 '21

Good point about the broadcasting. Kaat was one of my favorite color guys, after Ken Harrelson of course. 

Scott Shea SJS
Dec 6 '21

Saves ... and seasons with 40+ Games Started ...

Howard Lynch LynchMob
Dec 6 '21

Not sure how Kaat gets in the Hall ahead of Tommy John.  The broadcasting?  The Gold Gloves?  Their numbers are very similar.

Mike Landau ML-
Dec 6 '21