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The big number is this season's NUT, his total production against league average, with its letter grade. Below that are his season and career lines, recent form over 7, 14 and 30 days, game logs, and percentile ranks against every qualified player. NUT is built on the advanced hitting and pitching stats analysts trust, with defense left out, so the number reflects what the player controls.

Jim Kaat 2026 Season · STL

Career: 283-237, 3.45 ERA, 2461 K in 4530.1 IP.

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Year by Year


1959	20	WSH	—	0	2	12.60	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	5.0	7	7	4	2	2	2.20
1960	21	WSH	-1.1	1	5	5.58	13	9	0	0	2	0	0	0	228	50.0	48	31	31	5	25	1.58
1961	22	MIN	+1.1	9	17	3.90	36	29	8	1	3	0	0	0	865	200.2	188	87	82	11	122	1.35
1962	23	MIN	+1.5	18	14	3.14	39	35	16	5	2	1	0	0	1112	269.0	243	94	75	18	173	1.18
1963	24	MIN	-0.8	10	10	4.19	31	27	7	1	1	1	0	0	764	178.1	195	83	38	9	105	1.31
1964	25	MIN	+0.9	17	11	3.22	36	34	13	0	1	1	0	0	1009	243.0	231	87	60	9	171	1.20
1965	26	MIN	+0.5	18	11	2.83	45	42	7	2	2	2	0	0	1115	264.1	267	83	63	5	154	1.25
1966	27	MIN	+1.9	25	13	2.75	41	41	19	3	0	0	0	0	1227	304.2	271	93	55	3	205	1.07
1967	28	MIN	+2.5	16	13	3.04	42	38	13	2	1	0	0	0	1100	263.1	269	89	42	9	211	1.18
1968	29	MIN	+0.6	14	12	2.94	30	29	9	2	0	0	0	0	854	208.0	192	68	40	3	130	1.12
1969	30	MIN	-0.1	14	13	3.49	40	32	10	0	4	1	1	2	1048	242.1	252	94	75	9	139	1.35
1970	31	MIN	+0.1	14	10	3.56	45	34	4	1	3	0	1	1	972	230.1	244	91	58	3	120	1.31
1971	32	MIN	+2.2	13	14	3.32	39	38	15	4	0	0	0	0	1098	260.1	275	96	47	6	137	1.24
1972	33	MIN	+1.1	10	2	2.06	15	15	5	0	0	0	0	0	443	113.1	94	26	20	0	64	1.01
1973	34	MIN	-0.8	11	12	4.41	29	28	7	2	1	0	0	0	778	181.2	206	89	39	4	93	1.35
1973	34	CWS	+0.2	4	1	4.22	7	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	173	42.2	44	20	4	0	16	1.13
1973	34	TOT	-0.6	15	13	4.37	36	35	10	3	1	0	0	0	951	224.1	250	109	43	4	109	1.31
1974	35	CWS	+1.6	21	13	2.92	42	39	15	3	0	0	0	0	1139	277.1	263	90	63	6	142	1.18
1975	36	CWS	+1.3	20	14	3.11	43	41	12	1	1	0	0	0	1279	303.2	321	105	77	9	142	1.31
1976	37	PHI	+0.0	12	14	3.48	38	35	7	1	1	0	0	0	924	227.2	241	88	32	0	83	1.20
1977	38	PHI	-0.8	6	11	5.39	35	27	2	0	3	0	0	0	709	160.1	211	96	40	2	55	1.57
1978	39	PHI	+0.3	8	5	4.10	26	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	586	140.1	150	64	32	5	48	1.30
1979	40	PHI	—	1	0	4.32	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	37	8.1	9	4	5	0	2	1.68
1979	40	NYY	+0.2	2	3	3.86	40	1	0	0	13	2	0	2	249	58.1	64	25	14	2	23	1.34
1979	40	TOT	+0.1	3	3	3.92	43	2	0	0	15	2	0	2	286	66.2	73	29	19	2	25	1.38
1980	41	NYY	—	0	1	7.20	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	27	5.0	8	4	4	0	1	2.40
1980	41	STL	+0.4	8	7	3.82	49	14	6	1	22	4	0	4	546	129.2	140	55	33	0	36	1.33
1980	41	TOT	+0.4	8	8	3.94	53	14	6	1	25	4	0	4	573	134.2	148	59	37	0	37	1.37
1981	42	STL	-0.1	6	6	3.40	41	1	0	0	16	4	0	4	229	53.0	60	20	17	0	8	1.45
1982	43	STL	+0.0	5	3	4.08	62	2	0	0	12	2	0	2	321	75.0	79	34	23	2	35	1.36
1983	44	STL	-0.2	0	0	3.89	24	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	162	34.2	48	15	10	0	19	1.67
Career	—	25 yrs	+12.2	283	237	3.45	898	625	180	31	102	18	2	20	19023	4530.1	4620	1738	1083	122	2461	1.26

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Awards

1962Rawlings AL Gold Glove · AL All-Star

1963Rawlings AL Gold Glove

1964Rawlings AL Gold Glove · Twins Charles O. Johnson Most Improved Award

1965Rawlings AL Gold Glove

1966Rawlings AL Gold Glove · AL All-Star · Twins Charles O. Johnson Most Improved Award · Twins Joseph W. Haynes Pitcher of the Year Award

1967Rawlings AL Gold Glove

1968Rawlings AL Gold Glove

1969Rawlings AL Gold Glove

1970Rawlings AL Gold Glove

1971Rawlings AL Gold Glove

1972Rawlings AL Gold Glove · Twins Joseph W. Haynes Pitcher of the Year Award

1973Rawlings AL Gold Glove

1974AL Player of the Week · Rawlings AL Gold Glove

1975AL Player of the Week · Rawlings AL Gold Glove · AL All-Star

1976Rawlings NL Gold Glove

1977Rawlings NL Gold Glove

1982World Series Championship

2021Hall Of Fame

2022Uniform number retired

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