James Lee “Jim” Kaat (born November 7, 1938), nicknamed “Kitty”, is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, and St. Louis Cardinals.
After a brief stint as a pitching coach for the Cincinnati Reds under Pete Rose, he went on to became a sportscaster and for the next 22 years called games for the New York Yankees and the Minnesota Twins. Following a brief retirement in 2006, Jim Kaat was back in the broadcast booth calling Pool D for the 2009 World Baseball Classic in Puerto Rico, called games for NESN in 2009 (as a replacement for Jerry Remy), and was under contract with the MLB Network through the 2010 season.
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