#74 Jim Kaat, Starting Pitcher, 29 yrs, Boston Red Sox Thursday, 10/19/1968 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Jim Kaat
11/7/1938 29 USA,MI, 6"4 217
Starting Pitcher L L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Good Normal Normal 1.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 1,500,000 1971 6 Year(s), 137 Days (1169 total Days) 39 Day(s) 8 Year(s), 0 Days (1376 total Days) 7 Year(s) 1 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 3 | 7 | 7 | 89-92 Mph |
Versus LHB | 4 | 7 | 7 | |
Versus RHB | 3 | 7 | 7 | |
Talent | 4 | 8 | 7 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 8 63 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Versus LHP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Versus RHP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 3 2 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 5 (Range), .955 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
9/19 | @MIN | W 9-4 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
9/29 | CAL | L 1-7 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
Projected | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 2 | 2 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0.22 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
vs. RHB | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .286 | .429 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Road | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
May | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
June | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sept./Oct. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1961 | 43 | 43 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 4.31 | 349.0 | 355 | 183 | 167 | 27 | 123 | 183 | 26 | 1 | 1.37 | .286 | CLE |
1962 | 38 | 38 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 4.52 | 312.2 | 331 | 184 | 157 | 45 | 101 | 140 | 25 | 1 | 1.38 | .278 | CLE |
1963 | 43 | 43 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 4.23 | 357.2 | 369 | 190 | 168 | 36 | 115 | 153 | 26 | 0 | 1.35 | .282 | CLE |
1964 | 30 | 30 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 5.76 | 236.0 | 295 | 155 | 151 | 41 | 83 | 125 | 13 | 0 | 1.60 | .320 | CLE |
1965 | 42 | 42 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 5.48 | 321.2 | 403 | 238 | 196 | 59 | 110 | 175 | 16 | 0 | 1.59 | .316 | CLE |
1966 | 40 | 40 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 5.80 | 299.2 | 394 | 231 | 193 | 41 | 99 | 136 | 15 | 1 | 1.65 | .330 | CLE |
1967 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.30 | 20.1 | 35 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.07 | .354 | BOS |
1968 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | .111 | BOS |
Total | 241 | 239 | 89 | 119 | 0 | 4.99 | 1900.0 | 2183 | 1202 | 1053 | 256 | 638 | 917 | 121 | 3 | 1.48 | .301 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1967, AAA | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5.11 | 74.0 | 92 | 50 | 42 | 9 | 19 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 1.50 | .350 |
1968, AAA | 33 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3.02 | 137.0 | 142 | 49 | 46 | 11 | 38 | 90 | 5 | 1 | 1.31 | .310 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1961 | 43 | 129 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 2 | .217 | .250 | .271 | .521 | CLE |
1962 | 38 | 121 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .266 | .248 | .514 | CLE |
1963 | 43 | 127 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 0 | .220 | .266 | .252 | .518 | CLE |
1964 | 30 | 82 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | .122 | .133 | .122 | .254 | CLE |
1965 | 42 | 118 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 1 | .203 | .228 | .229 | .456 | CLE |
1966 | 40 | 98 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | .173 | .243 | .184 | .427 | CLE |
1967 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .333 | .143 | .476 | BOS |
Total | 241 | 682 | 136 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 54 | 60 | 17 | 169 | 0 | 3 | .199 | .239 | .224 | .463 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3.0 | 0.00 | | | | |
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Injured on 4/1/1964 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 5 weeks... Injured on 8/7/1965 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks... Signed as a free agent by Boston on 2/6/1967 to a 5-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year... Injured on 7/1/1967 with a Sore Back, out for one week...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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Wins 1961 - 21 - 5th 1962 - 19 - 9th 1963 - 21 - 9th
| Losses 1961 - 17 - 6th 1962 - 16 - 8th 1963 - 18 - 8th 1964 - 18 - 5th 1965 - 26 - 3rd 1966 - 23 - 4th
| IP 1961 - 349.0 - 5th 1962 - 312.2 - 9th 1963 - 357.2 - 4th 1966 - 299.2 - 10th
| BB 1961 - 123 - 10th
| CG 1961 - 26 - 3rd 1962 - 25 - 3rd 1963 - 26 - 5th
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