1970 75 Jim Kaat

Jim Kaat

Probably one of the last remaining players from the old Senators team that was still with the Twins in 1970.   Probably the ONLY member of the old (pre-Twins) Senators that made it to a Donruss set (1981 # 536 and maybe others).  He pitched until 1983.  

He was demoted from appearing on a century card (#300) in 1967 to a multiple-of-five card in 1970 for reasons that should be obvious from looking on the back.

In 1970, Kaat repeated his win total of 14 from the previous two years. 

He pitched unsuccessfully in the playoffs against the Orioles in 1970.  No one from the Twins was successful against the Orioles that year or the previous year. 

Billy Martin was Kaat's manager in 1969 (and a Twins coach in prior years).   Kaat received a fair amount of discussion in Bill Pennington's book, including a controversial Martin pitching decision in the 1969 playoffs.