Jim Kaat pitched in nearly 900 games over 25 seasons in the big leagues, the majority of them as a starter.
Kaat, a 283-game winner who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on Sunday, also made 43 relief appearances and one start for the Yankees in parts of two seasons, in 1979 and 1980. The longtime Yankees announcer recalled his pinstriped debut on Saturday.
“So I caught the red-eye that night, and got in early in the morning and had to go right to the ballpark. [Manager] Bob Lemon is sitting with his feet up on the desk, smoking a heater and said, ‘Welcome to the Bronx Zoo. Are you ready to pitch?’ I came into the game that day with the bases loaded, and of all things, I got my good friend and [former Twins] teammate Rod Carew to hit into a double play.”, also played for Billy Martin, both with the Yankees and earlier in his career with the Twins.
Derek Jeter originally was on a list of Hall of Famers expected to be in attendance Sunday, but a Hall spokesman said the former Yankees captain and 2020 honoree was a last-minute scratch.to be at the ceremony, including Dodgers legend Sandy Koufax.
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