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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.
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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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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.
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 ...
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.
Kaat will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on July 24. (Ariele Goldman Hecht/National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) In the collection of the Hall of Fame is an April 1957 Washington Senators scouting report on the 18-year-old Kaat, raised in Zeeland, Mich., while he was attending nearby Hope College in Holland, Mich.
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Dec 7, 2021 · Jim Kaat, in his prime, was just that good, period. On Tuesday, he talked about another visit to Cooperstown, 10 years after his first, the summer after the Twins had lost to the Dodgers in the Series. “They were still playing a Hall of Fame [exhibition] game in those days,” Kaat said. “Us against the Cardinals.
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