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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.
Jim Kaat is a left-handed pitcher who played 21 seasons in the major leagues from 1960 to 1982. He won 16 Gold Gloves, pitched in three All-Star games and one World Series, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2022.
- November 7, 1938
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).
Dec 5, 2021 · Jim Kaat, who pitched in four decades and won 189 games for the Twins, was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Golden Days Era Committee in 2022. He will join Tony Oliva and other former Twins teammates in Cooperstown on July 24.
- Do-Hyoung Park
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.”.
For parts of four decades, Jim Kaat used every strategy and skill at his disposal to win big league baseball games.
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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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