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Jim Kaat
	James Lee Kaat
	(Kitty)

	Born: November 7, 1938 in Zeeland, MI
	74 years old
	Bats: L	Throws: L	Ht: 6'4"	Wt: 205

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Notes:
- Signed by the Washington Senators as an Amateur Free Agent in 1957
- High School: Zeeland (Zeeland, MI)
- College/Univ: Hope College (1957)

Comparison

Starting Pitchers				All Positions
Contemporaries	All-Time	Hall of Famers		Contemporaries	All-Time

#	Player	Yrs	Pos	WAR	HoF	Mil	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Tom Seaver	1967 - 1986	SP	110.4	Pl		3.9	0.5	106.2	0.2
2	Phil Niekro	1964 - 1987	SP	96.6	Pl		-1.1	0.5	97.4	0.2
3	Bert Blyleven	1970 - 1992	SP	95.3	Pl		-1.2	0.4	96.5	0.4
4	Gaylord Perry	1962 - 1983	SP	91.0	Pl		-2.9	0.6	93.7	0.4
5	Steve Carlton	1965 - 1988	SP	90.4	Pl		5.9	0.4	84.1	0.1
6	Bob Gibson	1959 - 1975	SP	89.9	Pl		7.7	0.3	81.9	0.1
7	Robin Roberts	1948 - 1966	SP	86.0	Pl	WW2	3.4	-0.3	83.1	0.1
8	Fergie Jenkins	1965 - 1983	SP	84.9	Pl		2.0	0.5	82.8	0.3
9	Nolan Ryan	1966 - 1993	SP	81.9	Pl		-2.2	0.6	83.9	0.4
10	Rick Reuschel	1972 - 1991	SP	70.1			1.7	0.3	68.2	0.1
11	Jim Palmer	1965 - 1984	SP	69.4	Pl		1.4	0.2	68.1	0.3
12	Don Sutton	1966 - 1988	SP	67.3	Pl		-1.7	0.5	68.6	0.2
13	Don Drysdale	1956 - 1969	SP	67.2	Pl		5.9	0.1	61.2	0.1
14	Luis Tiant	1964 - 1982	SP	66.7			0.8	0.1	66.1	0.2
15	Juan Marichal	1960 - 1975	SP	63.1	Pl		0.9	0.3	61.9	0.0
16	Tommy John	1963 - 1989	SP	62.0			-0.2	0.1	62.3	0.2
17	Jim Bunning	1955 - 1971	SP	59.4	Pl		-0.8	0.0	60.3	0.1
18	Frank Tanana	1973 - 1993	SP	57.9			0.4	0.5	57.5	0.5
19	Whitey Ford	1950 - 1967	SP	57.4	Pl	KOR	3.7	-0.3	53.9	-0.1
20	Jerry Koosman	1967 - 1985	SP	53.9		VN	-3.4	0.4	57.1	0.2
21	Larry Jackson	1955 - 1968	SP	52.2			-0.4	0.1	52.5	0.0
22	Jim Kaat	1959 - 1983	SP	51.4			6.5	-0.1	45.2	0.2
23	Wilbur Wood	1961 - 1978	SP	50.2			-1.9	-0.1	52.2	-0.0
24	Dennis Martinez	1976 - 1998	SP	49.3			-0.3	0.5	49.5	0.3
25	Mickey Lolich	1963 - 1979	SP	49.1			0.5	-0.1	48.8	0.1
26	Sandy Koufax	1955 - 1966	SP	49.0	Pl		-4.2	0.0	53.2	-0.0
27	Ron Guidry	1975 - 1988	SP	48.0			0.2	0.3	47.8	0.3
28	Vida Blue	1969 - 1986	SP	45.5			0.4	0.3	45.0	0.2
29	Steve Rogers	1973 - 1985	SP	45.1			-0.4	0.2	45.3	0.1
30	Milt Pappas	1957 - 1973	SP	44.5			-2.3	0.1	46.8	0.1
31	Curt Simmons	1947 - 1967	SP	43.4		MIL	0.8	-0.1	42.7	0.1
32	Mel Stottlemyre	1964 - 1974	SP	43.1			2.7	-0.1	40.6	0.1
33	John Candelaria	1975 - 1993	SP	42.4			2.2	0.3	40.1	0.3
34	Jim Perry	1959 - 1975	SP	42.0			3.6	-0.3	38.7	-0.0
35	Sam McDowell	1961 - 1975	SP	41.8			-1.0	-0.2	42.9	0.0
36	Claude Osteen	1957 - 1975	SP	41.6			4.6	0.1	37.0	0.0
37	Catfish Hunter	1965 - 1979	SP	41.4	Pl		5.0	-0.0	36.5	0.2
38	Camilo Pascual	1954 - 1971	SP	41.2			3.7	-0.2	37.8	0.0
39	Bob Friend	1951 - 1966	SP	41.1			-5.8	-0.2	47.0	0.0
40	Andy Messersmith	1968 - 1979	SP	40.1			2.8	-0.0	37.4	-0.0
41	Jon Matlack	1971 - 1983	SP	39.7			0.6	0.2	39.1	0.2
42	Charlie Hough	1970 - 1994	SP	39.5			-0.2	0.6	39.6	0.5
43	Jim Maloney	1960 - 1971	SP	37.9			3.4	0.2	34.3	0.1
44	Rick Wise	1964 - 1982	SP	36.7			4.5	0.4	32.1	0.2
45	Burt Hooton	1971 - 1985	SP	35.9			-0.9	0.3	36.6	0.1
46	Rick Rhoden	1974 - 1989	SP	35.8			5.5	0.3	30.2	0.1
47	Jerry Reuss	1969 - 1990	SP	35.5			2.3	0.4	33.1	0.2
48	Doyle Alexander	1971 - 1989	SP	35.5			0.5	0.5	34.9	0.4
49	Rick Sutcliffe	1976 - 1994	SP	34.3			3.0	0.2	31.2	0.1
50	Vern Law	1950 - 1967	SP	32.7			6.6	-0.1	26.2	0.0
51	John Denny	1974 - 1986	SP	32.4			1.1	0.2	31.2	0.1
52	Sonny Siebert	1964 - 1975	SP	32.3			3.1	-0.2	29.4	-0.0
53	Larry Dierker	1964 - 1977	SP	31.9		VN	-2.5	0.2	34.2	0.1
54	Jim Barr	1971 - 1983	SP	31.1			0.4	0.2	30.6	0.2
55	Joe Nuxhall	1944 - 1966	SP	30.3			3.8	-0.2	26.6	-0.0
56	Johnny Podres	1953 - 1969	SP	30.0			1.8	-0.1	28.2	-0.0
57	Joe Niekro	1967 - 1988	SP	29.9			1.0	0.3	28.7	0.2
58	Dean Chance	1961 - 1971	SP	29.8			-4.8	-0.4	34.9	-0.1
59	Gary Peters	1959 - 1972	SP	29.5			7.3	-0.3	22.5	-0.0
60	Lew Burdette	1950 - 1967	SP	28.9			3.4	-0.2	25.8	-0.0
61	Chris Short	1959 - 1973	SP	28.8			-2.8	0.3	31.4	0.2
62	Earl Wilson	1959 - 1970	SP	28.3			8.0	-0.3	20.5	-0.0
63	Don Wilson	1966 - 1974	SP	27.9			0.1	0.2	27.7	0.1
64	Bill Hands	1965 - 1975	SP	27.6			-2.7	0.4	30.2	0.2
65	Ken Holtzman	1965 - 1979	SP	27.6			0.3	0.3	27.1	0.2
66	Mike Cuellar	1959 - 1977	SP	27.2			-2.2	0.2	29.3	0.2
67	Ken Forsch	1970 - 1986	SP	26.3			-0.8	0.3	27.1	0.2
68	Mike Flanagan	1975 - 1992	SP	26.3			0.3	0.4	26.0	0.4
69	Dennis Leonard	1974 - 1986	SP	26.3			0.2	0.3	26.1	0.3
70	Dave McNally	1962 - 1975	SP	26.0			1.1	-0.2	25.2	0.0
71	Gary Nolan	1967 - 1977	SP	25.9			0.1	0.2	25.7	0.1
72	Bob Forsch	1974 - 1989	SP	25.1			5.9	0.2	19.1	0.1
73	Mike Krukow	1976 - 1989	SP	24.1			2.6	0.2	21.4	0.1
74	Steve Renko	1969 - 1983	SP	24.0			2.9	0.3	21.0	0.2
75	Dave Roberts	1969 - 1981	SP	23.8			1.5	0.3	22.2	0.2
76	Joe Coleman	1965 - 1979	SP	23.7			-1.2	0.1	25.0	0.2
77	Joe Horlen	1961 - 1972	SP	23.5			-1.8	-0.3	25.5	-0.1
78	Paul Splittorff	1970 - 1984	SP	23.5			0.8	0.3	22.8	0.4
79	Mike Torrez	1967 - 1984	SP	23.4			-0.7	0.3	24.1	0.3
80	Dave Goltz	1972 - 1983	SP	23.2		VN	-0.1	0.3	23.3	0.3
81	Bob Purkey	1954 - 1966	SP	23.0			-1.9	-0.0	24.9	-0.0
82	Stan Bahnsen	1966 - 1982	SP	22.8		VN	-0.9	0.2	23.8	0.3
83	Pedro Ramos	1955 - 1970	SP	22.3			0.1	-0.2	22.4	-0.1
84	J.R. Richard	1971 - 1980	SP	22.3			0.7	0.1	21.5	0.0
85	Bill Lee	1969 - 1982	SP	22.2			0.8	0.2	21.4	0.2
86	Bob Veale	1962 - 1974	SP	22.1			-2.8	0.3	24.8	0.2
87	Bob Knepper	1976 - 1990	SP	22.1			1.0	0.3	21.0	0.1
88	Stan Williams	1958 - 1972	SP	22.0			-1.4	-0.2	23.5	-0.1
89	Billy O'Dell	1954 - 1967	SP	21.9			-0.6	0.1	22.4	0.1
90	Larry Gura	1970 - 1985	SP	21.8			0.1	0.3	21.7	0.3
91	Bob Buhl	1953 - 1967	SP	21.7		KOR	-6.1	-0.1	27.9	0.1
92	Mudcat Grant	1958 - 1971	SP	21.6			2.5	-0.3	19.4	-0.1
93	Nelson Briles	1965 - 1978	SP	21.1			0.5	0.4	20.5	0.2
94	Fritz Peterson	1966 - 1976	SP	21.1			1.7	-0.1	19.5	0.1
95	Al Downing	1961 - 1977	SP	21.0			-1.3	-0.1	22.5	0.0
96	Geoff Zahn	1973 - 1985	SP	20.7			-0.0	0.3	20.7	0.2
97	Rudy May	1965 - 1983	SP	20.7			-0.0	0.3	20.7	0.3
98	Bill Monbouquette	1958 - 1968	SP	20.6			-1.7	-0.3	22.5	-0.1
99	Billy Hoeft	1952 - 1966	SP	20.5			3.7	-0.0	16.9	-0.0
100	Scott McGregor	1976 - 1988	SP	20.4			0.2	0.3	20.2	0.3

	Jim Kaat	1959 - 1983	SP	51.4			6.5	-0.1	45.2	0.2

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com