High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! James Lee "Jim" Kaat (born November 7, 1938), nicknamed "Kitty", is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins (1959–1973), Chicago White Sox (1973–1975), Philadelphia Phillies (1976–1979), New York Yankees (1979–1980), and St. Louis Cardinals (1980–1983).