Jeff Torborg, who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and California Angels and was on the 1965 Dodgers team that won the World Series, has died, according to media reports Monday. He was 83.
Torborg, who died Sunday, started his 10-year major league career with the Dodgers in 1964. He spent the first seven years of his career as a catcher with the Dodgers and caught Sandy Koufax's perfect game against the Chicago Cubs on Sept. 9, 1965.
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He also caught Bill Singer's no-hitter with the Dodgers against the Philadelphia Phillies in 1970 and is one of 18 catchers to start a no-hitter for three pitchers.
He spent the final three seasons of his playing career with the Angels and caught Nolan Ryan's no-hitter on May 15, 1973, his first of seven career no-hitters.
Torborg was a .214 career hitter and became a coach and manager after his playing days. He was the American League Manager of the Year with the Chicago White Sox in 1990, when he won 94 games for a team that won 69 games the year before.
He was also manager of the New York Mets, Montreal Expos and Florida Marlins.
He was fired as manager of the Marlins in 2003 after a 16-22 start. That team, under new manager Jack McKeon, went on to win the World Series.
Torborg's lifetime record as manager was 634-718 (.469 winning percentage).
He was also a baseball broadcaster and was on the call for three World Series from 1995 to 1997 alongside play-by-play legend Vin Scully for CBS radio.
He also worked on Fox baseball broadcasts from 1996 to 2000 and 2004 to 2005. Torborg spent his final season in baseball, 2006, as a color commentator for televised Atlanta Braves games.
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