After winning 283 games and 16 Gold Glove awards, Jim Kaat first hit the Hall of Fame ballot in 1989. He received just 19.5% of the vote, far from the 75% needed for election. He actually dropped ...

After decades of coming close, missing by handfuls of votes, Zeeland native Jim Kaat is a Hall of Famer. Kaat was one of four players elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday ...