Torborg bet the Dodgers and the Angels prior to coming to be a supervisor from 1977 to the very early 2000s.
NEW JACKET, U.S.A.– Jeff Torborg, the previous catcher that captured Sandy Koufax’s excellent video game and was the 1990 AL supervisor of the year with the Chicago White Sox, passed away Sunday. He was 83.
The White Sox stated on social networks that Torborg passed away in his home town of Westfield, New Jacket. A reason of fatality had not been offered.
” I am sad,” previous White Sox gamer and supervisor Ozzie Guillen uploaded on X. “My advisor and my good friend has actually died. Somebody that really recognized me and provided me a possibility to lead, to be a captain. A lot of my means of handling and remaining in a club originated from him.”
Torborg lagged home plate for 3 no-hitters, the initial with Koufax and the Los Angeles Dodgers for the excellent video game versus the Chicago Cubs in 1965. Torborg had the 2nd in 1970 with Expense Vocalist for the Dodgers versus Philly, after that in 1973 with the Angels captured the initial of Nolan Ryan’s document 7 no-hitters in a video game versus Kansas City.
After starring at Westfield Secondary school and Rutgers College, Torborg invested 10 periods in the majors as gamer– the initial 7 with the Dodgers and the last 3 with the Angels. He struck.214 with 8 homers and 101 RBIs in 574 video games.
He started his handling job with Cleveland in 1977 at the age of 35 and was release in 1979. He was with the White Sox from 1989-91 and likewise had jobs with the New york city Mets (1992-93), Montreal (2000) and Florida (2002-03). He was the AL supervisor of the year in 1990, leading the White Sox to 94 success.
Torborg likewise hung around as a broadcaster.
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