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- Kaat, 83, will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame next Sunday in Cooperstown, N.Y. Elected seven months ago by the Golden Days Era committee, he will have a Minnesota Twins cap on his plaque.
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Jul 24, 2022 · The reason why Jim Kaat (and Tommy John) never made the Hall of Fame (until Kaat got elected last fall) essentially comes down to this: they were workhorses who logged a lot of innings but fell short of the magic number of 300 wins.
It was there that he donned a Hall of Fame jersey and cap, signed the backer at the spot his plaque will arrive this summer, and took questions from a media contingent. “We welcome Jim to the Museum, to the Hall of Fame, to Cooperstown, and to probably the best team he’s ever been on,” said Clark in introducing Kaat to the crowd.
Jul 24, 2022 · July 24th, 2022. Bill Ladson. @ ladsonbill24. COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- The wait is finally over. 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 nervous before ...
Dec 5, 2021 · Kaat elected to Hall of Fame: 'A gift to me'. December 5th, 2021. Do-Hyoung Park. @ dohyoungpark. MINNEAPOLIS -- Jim Kaat will be the first to tell you that he was never a consistently ace-caliber pitcher, the likes of which are usually inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He said as much on Sunday, many times over, and it seemed ...
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Kaat, who pitched for the Senators, Twins, White Sox, Phillies, Yankees and Cardinals during 25 major league seasons, is one of 10 finalists on this year’s Golden Era ballot that will be considered by the committee on managers, umpires, executives and long-retired players at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Born Nov. 7, 1938 in Zeeland, Mich., Kaat studied speech and journalism while playing baseball at Hope College before signing with the Washington Senators on June 17, 1957. The strapping 6-foot-4, 205-pound left-hander moved quickly through the minor leagues before debuting with the Senators on Aug. 2, 1959 at the age of 20.
In 2014, Kaat appeared for the second time as a candidate on the National Baseball Hall of Fame's Golden Era Committee election ballot for possible Hall of Fame consideration for 2015, which required 12 votes. He missed getting inducted by two votes. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2021, and was formally enshrined on July 24, 2022.
