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James Lee Kaat

First name: Jim

Last name: Kaat

Birthdate: 1938-11-07

Bats: L   Throws: L

MLBAM ID: 116803

Retro ID: kaatj101

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1959WS10.00.00.00.00.00.00
1960WS10.20.00.20.00.10.10
1961MIN0.90.00.90.60.80.03
1962MIN1.40.01.40.71.10.33
1963MIN0.80.00.80.30.50.32
1964MIN1.20.01.20.81.10.13
1965MIN1.30.01.30.91.20.04
1966MIN1.60.01.60.91.40.24
1967MIN1.40.01.40.40.80.62
1968MIN1.00.01.00.30.60.42
1969MIN1.20.01.20.71.10.13
1970MIN1.10.01.10.71.10.13
1971MIN1.30.01.30.30.60.62
1972MIN0.60.00.60.60.8-0.22
1974CHA0.00.00.00.00.00.00
1976PHI1.00.01.00.50.80.22
1977PHI0.70.00.70.00.20.41
1978PHI0.60.00.60.00.20.41
1979PHI0.00.00.00.00.00.00
1980SLN0.50.00.5-0.10.10.50
1981SLN0.10.00.10.20.3-0.11
1982SLN0.20.00.2-0.2-0.10.30
1983SLN0.10.00.10.00.00.00
Career17.20.017.27.612.74.338

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1959WS11000000000009.30.00.00.00.00
1960WS114-2-20000000209.50.00.00.00.00
1961MIN71-3-3-1000000849.80.40.00.00.40
1962MIN109-10-1000100001349.80.40.00.00.40
1963MIN66-8-82000000719.30.10.00.00.10
1964MIN98-5-5-10000001159.40.50.00.00.50
1965MIN102-4-4-10000001169.20.60.00.00.60
1966MIN124-9-1001000001458.60.60.00.00.60
1967MIN107-7-8-10-100001118.60.10.00.00.10
1968MIN79-8-81000000817.90.10.00.00.10
1969MIN95-4-4000-10001059.40.50.00.00.50
1970MIN88-6-61-1010001059.10.50.00.00.50
1971MIN102-11-11-11000001109.10.00.00.00.00
1972MIN47110-200000548.00.50.00.00.50
1974CHA1000000000009.30.00.00.00.00
1976PHI83-7-70-111000939.00.30.00.00.30
1977PHI56-6-6-10000006-19.9-0.10.00.0-0.10
1978PHI50-7-700000006-18.8-0.10.00.0-0.10
1979PHI2000000000009.30.00.00.00.00
1980SLN41-4-4-1-1000004-29.6-0.20.00.0-0.20
1981SLN9110000000129.30.20.00.00.20
1982SLN13-3-300000001-28.8-0.20.00.0-0.20
1983SLN5-1-10000000109.30.00.00.00.00
Career1,363-103-105-3-31100014940-4.20.00.04.20

Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1959 WS1 AL 3 0.2 5.0 9 3 -1 1.67 12.3 -0.28 -0.09 -6 0.90 -6 -0.5 -0.4 0.6 -0.5 -1
1960 WS1 AL 13 2.1 50.0 39 26 0 3.85 10.6 0.01 -0.09 -14 0.93 -13 -1.2 -0.2 2.2 -0.8 -1
1961 MIN AL 36 9.2 200.7 104 104 -2 5.57 9.8 0.10 -0.09 2 1.01 2 0.2 4.8 4.4 2.1 14
1962 MIN AL 39 12.0 269.0 106 135 2 6.90 9.1 0.12 -0.09 28 1.01 28 3.1 9.1 2.9 5.6 27
1963 MIN AL 31 8.0 178.3 96 80 -2 5.75 9.3 0.08 -0.09 -13 0.99 -13 -1.4 2.6 5.4 0.3 8
1964 MIN AL 36 10.5 243.0 100 107 -2 6.75 8.6 0.11 -0.09 10 1.01 10 1.2 6.5 4.1 3.4 20
1965 MIN AL 45 11.2 264.3 121 118 1 5.87 9.0 0.07 -0.09 -5 1.00 -5 -0.6 5.0 6.2 1.7 15
1966 MIN AL 41 13.8 304.3 114 137 4 7.42 8.6 0.10 -0.09 20 1.00 20 2.3 9.2 4.6 5.1 28
1967 MIN AL 42 11.9 263.3 110 114 -8 6.27 8.5 0.10 -0.09 13 1.00 13 1.5 7.4 4.4 3.9 22
1968 MIN AL 30 9.5 208.0 77 85 -3 6.93 8.1 0.12 -0.09 12 0.99 12 1.5 6.2 3.2 3.4 19
1969 MIN AL 40 10.7 242.3 114 108 -4 6.06 8.9 0.11 -0.09 -1 1.11 -1 -0.1 5.2 5.4 2.1 16
1970 MIN AL 45 10.3 230.3 110 108 0 5.12 9.2 0.10 -0.03 0 1.03 0 0.0 5.1 5.1 2.1 15
1971 MIN AL 39 11.8 260.3 104 112 -4 6.67 8.4 0.08 -0.03 13 1.00 13 1.5 7.4 4.4 3.9 22
1972 MIN AL 15 5.0 113.3 36 45 1 7.55 7.8 0.10 -0.03 9 1.00 9 1.2 3.7 1.3 2.2 11
1973 CHA AL 7 1.9 42.7 23 21 0 6.10 9.7 0.03 -0.03 -2 1.00 -2 -0.2 0.8 1.2 0.2 2
1973 MIN AL 29 8.3 181.7 101 89 -1 6.27 9.8 0.03 -0.03 -11 1.05 -11 -1.1 3.0 5.2 0.6 9
1974 CHA AL 42 12.0 277.3 106 130 2 6.60 8.8 0.02 -0.03 22 1.02 22 2.5 8.5 3.5 5.0 26
1975 CHA AL 43 12.7 303.7 121 150 -8 7.06 8.9 0.04 -0.03 37 1.00 37 4.2 10.6 2.2 6.9 32
1976 PHI NL 38 10.4 227.7 95 104 5 5.99 9.0 0.09 0.03 7 1.07 7 0.8 6.0 4.4 2.9 18
1977 PHI NL 35 6.9 160.3 100 80 -3 4.58 10.0 0.07 0.03 -16 0.97 -16 -1.6 1.8 5.0 -0.2 5
1978 PHI NL 26 6.5 140.3 66 62 3 5.40 9.0 0.12 0.03 -5 0.97 -5 -0.6 2.6 3.8 0.7 8
1979 NYA AL 40 2.6 58.3 29 30 -1 1.46 9.8 -0.29 -0.03 0 1.12 0 0.0 1.3 1.3 0.5 4
1979 PHI NL 3 0.4 8.3 4 4 0 2.77 9.4 -0.20 0.03 0 1.30 0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 1
1980 SLN NL 49 6.1 129.7 61 60 0 2.65 9.1 -0.26 -0.04 -6 1.07 -6 -0.7 2.4 3.8 0.6 7
1980 NYA AL 4 0.2 5.0 5 2 -1 1.25 8.6 -0.34 0.04 -2 1.03 -2 -0.2 -0.1 0.3 -0.2 0
1981 SLN NL 41 3.5 53.0 25 23 0 1.29 8.8 -0.34 -0.04 -4 2.10 -6 -0.7 1.0 2.4 0.0 3
1982 SLN NL 62 3.6 75.0 40 34 -1 1.21 9.0 -0.38 -0.04 -9 1.28 -10 -1.1 0.7 2.9 -0.4 2
1983 SLN NL 24 1.1 34.7 19 15 -2 1.45 8.8 -0.33 -0.04 -3 0.47 -2 -0.2 0.4 0.8 0.1 1
Career 898 202.4 4529.8 2035 2086 -25 76 75 9.8 110.8 91.2 51.3 333

Defense

Pitcher Defense

Year Team Chances OAA OAA adj
1959 WS1 1 0.0 0
1960 WS1 14 1.0 1
1961 MIN 57 2.0 2
1962 MIN 87 5.0 5
1963 MIN 48 2.0 2
1964 MIN 61 0.0 0
1965 MIN 82 2.0 2
1966 MIN 61 0.0 0
1967 MIN 60 -1.0 -1
1968 MIN 42 0.0 0
1969 MIN 43 -5.0 -5
1970 MIN 57 1.0 1
1971 MIN 55 -3.0 -3
1972 MIN 22 0.0 0
1973 CHA 5 0.0 0
1973 MIN 33 -2.0 -2
1974 CHA 44 -1.0 -1
1975 CHA 54 -1.0 -1
1976 PHI 31 -4.0 -4
1977 PHI 27 -2.0 -2
1978 PHI 24 0.0 0
1979 NYA 9 -1.0 -1
1979 PHI 1 0.0 0
1980 SLN 21 -2.0 -2
1980 NYA 4 0.0 0
1981 SLN 17 0.0 0
1982 SLN 18 1.0 1
1983 SLN 11 0.0 0
989 -8.0 -8

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1965MIN0.10.00.1-0.1-0.10.10
1970MIN0.00.00.00.00.00.00
1976PHI0.00.00.00.00.00.00
Career0.10.00.1-0.1-0.10.10

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1965MIN6-1-100000000-17.5-0.10.00.0-0.10
1970MIN10000000000012.10.00.00.00.00
1976PHI30000000000010.40.00.00.00.00
Career10-1-100000000-1--0.10.00.0-0.10

Postseason Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1965 MIN MLB 3 0.7 14.3 7 7 -1 4.77 9.1 0.08 0.00 0 1.00 0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.2 1
1970 MIN MLB 1 0.1 2.0 4 1 -1 2.00 11.8 -0.14 0.00 -2 1.00 -2 -0.2 -0.2 0.2 -0.2 -1
1976 PHI MLB 1 0.2 6.0 2 4 1 6.00 10.5 0.06 0.00 1 1.00 1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 1
1982 SLN MLB 4 0.1 2.3 1 2 0 0.57 11.6 -0.38 0.00 1 1.10 1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 1
Career 9 1.1 24.6 14 14 -1 0 0 0 0.6 0.6 0.3 2

Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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