"Few, if any, pitchers know hitters like Jim Kaat. He's spent 19 years in the big leagues with both National and American League clubs. He has been on playoff teams (Minnesota and Philadelphia) in both leagues.
Jim can mix experience and baseball knowledge well enough to do the job. Middle and late-inning appearances, as well as spot starting, are what Kitty lives on. 261 career victories have given him the finesse to handcuff even the most dangerous hitters. In fact, Jim is second only to Gaylord Perry as the winningest active hurler in baseball and that is good enough for 24th on the all-time list.
Kaat's addition to the Yankee staff gives them three pitchers with 200 or more career victories (Hunter and Tiant are the others). The last club to boast that many 200-game winners was the 1956 Cleveland Indians with Early Wynn, Bob Feller and Bob Lemon."
-The New York Yankees Official 1979 Yearbook
Jim can mix experience and baseball knowledge well enough to do the job. Middle and late-inning appearances, as well as spot starting, are what Kitty lives on. 261 career victories have given him the finesse to handcuff even the most dangerous hitters. In fact, Jim is second only to Gaylord Perry as the winningest active hurler in baseball and that is good enough for 24th on the all-time list.
Kaat's addition to the Yankee staff gives them three pitchers with 200 or more career victories (Hunter and Tiant are the others). The last club to boast that many 200-game winners was the 1956 Cleveland Indians with Early Wynn, Bob Feller and Bob Lemon."
-The New York Yankees Official 1979 Yearbook
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