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Jim Kaat -- P

W L ERA

0 / 2 / 12.60

WHIP K/9 WAR

2.20 / 3.6 /

GG 16x

AS 3x

WS 1x

Hall of Fame

Year	Name	Team	T	W	L	IP	G	GS	CG	ShO	SV	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	K/9	ERA	WHIP	WAR	Awards
1959	Jim Kaat	WAS	L	0	2	5.0	3	2	0	0	0	7	9	7	1	4	2	3.6	12.60	2.20	-0.2
1960	Jim Kaat	WAS	L	1	5	50.0	13	9	0	0	0	48	39	31	8	31	25	4.5	5.58	1.58	-0.3
1961	Jim Kaat	MIN	L	9	17	200.7	36	29	8	1	0	188	105	87	12	82	122	5.5	3.90	1.35	3.8
1962	Jim Kaat	MIN	L	18	14	269.0	39	35	16	5	1	243	106	94	23	75	173	5.8	3.14	1.18	5.4	AS, GG-P
1963	Jim Kaat	MIN	L	10	10	178.3	31	27	7	1	1	195	96	83	24	38	105	5.3	4.19	1.31	1.9	GG-P
1964	Jim Kaat	MIN	L	17	11	243.0	36	34	13	0	1	231	100	87	23	60	171	6.3	3.22	1.20	4.7	GG-P
1965	Jim Kaat	MIN	L	18	11	264.3	45	42	7	2	2	267	121	83	25	63	154	5.2	2.83	1.25	4.3	GG-P
1966	Jim Kaat	MIN	L	25	13	304.7	41	41	19	3	0	271	114	93	29	55	205	6.1	2.75	1.07	6.4	AS, GG-P, MVP-5
1967	Jim Kaat	MIN	L	16	13	263.3	42	38	13	2	0	269	110	89	21	42	211	7.2	3.04	1.18	6.4	GG-P, MVP-20
1968	Jim Kaat	MIN	L	14	12	208.0	30	29	9	2	0	192	78	68	16	40	130	5.6	2.94	1.12	3.9	GG-P
1969	Jim Kaat	MIN	L	14	13	242.3	40	32	10	0	1	252	114	94	23	75	139	5.2	3.49	1.35	3.5	GG-P
1970	Jim Kaat	MIN	L	14	10	230.3	45	34	4	1	0	244	110	91	26	58	120	4.7	3.56	1.31	3.2	GG-P
1971	Jim Kaat	MIN	L	13	14	260.3	39	38	15	4	0	275	104	96	16	47	137	4.7	3.32	1.24	5.9	GG-P
1972	Jim Kaat	MIN	L	10	2	113.3	15	15	5	0	0	94	36	26	6	20	64	5.1	2.06	1.01	2.6	GG-P
1973	Jim Kaat	CHW	L	4	1	42.7	7	7	3	1	0	44	23	20	4	4	16	3.4	4.22	1.13	0.8	GG-P
1973	Jim Kaat	MIN	L	11	12	181.7	29	28	7	2	0	206	101	89	26	39	93	4.6	4.41	1.35	1.9	GG-P
1974	Jim Kaat	CHW	L	21	13	277.3	42	39	15	3	0	263	106	90	18	63	142	4.6	2.92	1.18	4.8	GG-P
1975	Jim Kaat	CHW	L	20	14	303.7	43	41	12	1	0	321	121	105	20	77	142	4.2	3.11	1.31	5.1	AS, CY-4, GG-P, MVP-28
1976	Jim Kaat	PHI	L	12	14	227.7	38	35	7	1	0	241	95	88	21	32	83	3.3	3.48	1.20	2.9	GG-P
1977	Jim Kaat	PHI	L	6	11	160.3	35	27	2	0	0	211	100	96	20	40	55	3.1	5.39	1.57	1.0	GG-P
1978	Jim Kaat	PHI	L	8	5	140.3	26	24	2	1	0	150	67	64	9	32	48	3.1	4.10	1.30	1.7
1979	Jim Kaat	NYY	L	2	3	58.3	40	1	0	0	2	64	29	25	4	14	23	3.5	3.86	1.34	0.6
1979	Jim Kaat	PHI	L	1	0	8.3	3	1	0	0	0	9	4	4	1	5	2	2.2	4.32	1.68	-0.1
1980	Jim Kaat	NYY	L	0	1	5.0	4	0	0	0	0	8	5	4	0	4	1	1.8	7.20	2.40	0.0
1980	Jim Kaat	STL	L	8	7	129.7	49	14	6	1	4	140	61	55	6	33	36	2.5	3.82	1.33	1.2
1981	Jim Kaat	STL	L	6	6	53.0	41	1	0	0	4	60	25	20	2	17	8	1.4	3.40	1.45	-0.1
1982	Jim Kaat	STL	L	5	3	75.0	62	2	0	0	2	79	40	34	6	23	35	4.2	4.08	1.36	-0.1
1983	Jim Kaat	STL	L	0	0	34.7	24	0	0	0	0	48	19	15	5	10	19	4.9	3.89	1.67	-0.2
Totals				283	237	4,530.3	898	625	180	31	18	4620	2038	1738	395	1083	2461	4.9	3.45	1.26	71

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