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Kaat was an All-Star for three seasons and a Gold Glove winner for 16 seasons. He was the American League (AL) leader in shutouts (5) in 1962, and the AL leader in wins (25) and complete games (19) in 1966. In addition to his 283 career wins, he has three 20-win seasons.
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Dec 5, 2021 · He and Oliva will become the fifth and sixth players to enter the Hall of Fame as Twins, joining Harmon Killebrew, Rod Carew, Kirby Puckett and Bert Blyleven, who served as a member of the Golden Days Era Committee.
Jul 24, 2022 · Thirty-nine years after he played his final big league game, Jim Kaat is a Hall of Famer. He was inducted on Sunday, seven months after the Golden Days Era Committee made him a baseball immortal. Kaat, 83, acknowledged that he was more.
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For parts of four decades, Jim Kaat used every strategy and skill at his disposal to win big league baseball games.
Dec 7, 2021 · Jim Kaat, whose great baseball career and great baseball life has now been honored by the Golden Days Era Committee, was talking about that baseball life on Tuesday morning, and looking back, because I’ve asked him to. “I like to think I’m a lot like our game,” Kaat said. “I don’t live in the past. I just honor it.”.
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For parts of four decades, Jim Kaat used every strategy and skill at his disposal to win big league baseball games. Today, after more than 50 years in the game as a player, coach and broadcaster, Kaat finds himself on the cusp of Cooperstown – thanks to 283 wins achieved over the course of a remarkably consistent career.
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Jim Kaat, sitting in the Hall of Fame’s Plaque Gallery surrounded by the bronze images of his new teammates, had finally reached the sport’s pinnacle after eight decades in the game. The emotions flowed easily. “This is humbling,” is how Kaat described his feelings.
James Lee Kaat was a Major League Baseball player who pitched for the Washington Senators (1959-1960), Minnesota Twins (1961-1973), Chicago White Sox (1973-1975), Philadelphia Phillies (1976-1979), New York Yankees (1979-1980), and St. Louis Cardinals (1980-1983).
Jul 19, 2022 · While Jim Kaat concluded his 25-season career in the majors with a reputation for longevity, durability and dependability, he became the ace of the Twins staff shortly after the team moved...
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