The Golden Days Era Committee voted on the following players for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame this year: Dick Allen, Ken Boyer, Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, Roger Maris, Minnie Minoso, Danny Murtaugh, Tony Oliva, Billy Pierce, and Maury Wills. The four players who received the necessary seventy-five percent of the vote to get in are Gil Hodges, Minnie Minoso, Tony Oliva, and Jim Kaat.

Let’s take a look at the career of Jim Kaat and compare him to other pitchers in the Hall of Fame. Kaat’s career started in 1959 with the Washington Senators and ended in 1983 with the St. Louis Cardi...