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Jim Kaat

Twins Career team 1959 to 1973
Position P
Born Nov 7, 1938

Key Insights

1983
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Mike Vail has hit .636/.667/1.182 against Kaat over 12 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

7 for 11 with 2 home runs and 1 strikeout, against a .686 OPS median across his matchups.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Dean Chance is 0 for 12 against Kaat, a .000 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

12 career plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Kaat throws than Larry Biittner: 50% of the swings between them come up empty.

18 plate appearances between them. 100th percentile of the 38 matchups on his own record.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

Kaat has faced Brooks Robinson more than any other hitter: 155 plate appearances, and Brooks Robinson has hit .333/.361/.472 in them.

48 hits, 3 home runs and 11 strikeouts across 155 plate appearances.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Kaat has struck Earl Wilson out 9 times in 17 plate appearances, 52.9% of everything between them.

9 strikeouts in 17 plate appearances.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Al Kaline has taken Kaat deep 10 times, once every 12.7 plate appearances between them.

127 career plate appearances against him.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Nov 7, 1938