Jeff Torborg, a catcher who won the World Series and played in Major League Baseball for ten years before going on to manage for eleven more seasons, has reportedly now passed, as stated in an announcement made by the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.
Torborg was a professional baseball player for ten years.
He was aged 83 at the time of his death.
Torborg, who was born and raised in New Jersey, played Major League Baseball from 1964 to 1973. During that time, he was a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the California Angels.
He was the manager of the White Sox, the Florida Marlins, the New York Mets, the Montreal Expos, and the Cleveland Indians. He also managed the Cleveland Indians.
Former MLB catcher and Chicago White Sox manager Jeff Torborg passed away this morning in Westfield, N.J. He was 83 years old.
Torborg was named the 1990 A.L. Manager of the Year after guiding the Sox to a 94-68 record that season, a 25-game improvement from the previous year. pic.twitter.com/cKpNNdLod7
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) January 20, 2025
In 1965, he was the manager of the Dodgers and won a World Series championship.
In 2003, he was the manager of the Marlins and came close to winning another championship until he was taken out of his position and replaced by Jack McKeon.
That season, the Marlins were victorious in the championship game by defeating the New York Yankees.
Over the course of his playing career, Torborg amassed 297 hits and 101 runs batted in, boasting a batting average of.214.
Torborg began his managerial career with the Cleveland Indians with the Cleveland Indians, four years after he had retired from baseball.
In his role as manager, Torborg had a record of 634-718.
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