Jim Kaat vs. Ramon Ramirez — Career Comparison

Jim Kaat
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star
Ramon Ramirez
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Kaat built a career as a starting pitcher and Ramon Ramirez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ramon Ramirez led in home run suppression (HR9+ 150 vs 81), run prevention (ERA+ 127 vs 87), and strikeout rate (K%+ 98 vs 73). Jim Kaat held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 178 vs 93). Role difference aside, Ramon Ramirez holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jim Kaat and Ramon Ramirez

Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
898
1.78
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
8.78
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
1.24
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
0.56
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.48
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
0.47
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.43
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.42
54.42
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.27
52.27
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.6
69.6
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.36
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.06
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.04
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.19
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
1738
3.45
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.42
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13591
27
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1304
27
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4530.1
9
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
434.2
9
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
4620
9.18
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
7.66
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.18
9.18
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.66
7.66
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
395
0.78
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.66
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1083
2.15
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
3.93
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.23
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.56
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2461
4.89
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
7.54
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.54
7.54
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
0.782
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.25
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.58
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.24
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.19
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.01
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19023
37.79
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1835
37.99
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
0.2
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.38
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
2038
4.05
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.77
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.18
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.39
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.16
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.37
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
0.39
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.66
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.288
1.288
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17645
35.05
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1599
33.11
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.79
37.79
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.99
37.99

Fielding Stats for Jim Kaat and Ramon Ramirez

Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
898
1.78
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
8.78
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
1.24
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13587
27
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1304
27
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4529
9
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
434.2
9
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
262
0.52
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.54
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
1.48
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.81
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.11
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1062
2.11
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
1.49
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
2
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.35
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.73
94.73
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.28
90.28
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.153
0.153
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.6
69.6
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.13
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Kaat and Ramon Ramirez

Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
25
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1004
442.29
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
424
36342.86
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1362
600
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1251
551.1
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
232
102.2
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
73.57
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
19.38
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.2
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
7.05
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
28.63
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81.45
35.88
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
52.38
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
334
147.14
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
302
133.04
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.494
0.494
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.396
0.396
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
51.54
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
46.7
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
91.19
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71.39
31.45
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
70.6
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.08
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
27.75
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.44
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 600 PAverified
367
161.67
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.71
3.71
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
2.33
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
14.98
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.08
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 600 PA
14
6.17
Ramon Ramirez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.2
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.44
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.64
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33
Ramon Ramirez
Career
Per 600 PA