Jim Kaat, Tony Oliva Inducted Into The Baseball Hall Of Fame

By WCCO Staff, CBS Minnesota

July 25, 2022

A few former Minnesota Twins players became immortal Sunday in Cooperstown, New York.

Jim Kaat and Tony Oliva were enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Also in the 2022 class was David Otis, who made his Major League Baseball debut in Minnesota, playing with the Twins for five years before becoming a star slugger for the Boston Red Sox.

The 83-year-old Kaat, now a broadcaster for the Twins, pitched for a quarter of a century, winning a World Series a year before retiring in 1983. In his speech, he thanked his dad for instilling the discipline needed to succeed, his wife for always being there, and his former minor league manager, 94-year-old Jack McKeon, who was in the audience.

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