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Former Major League Baseball catcher and 1990 American League Manager of the Year Jeff Torborg died Sunday (January 19) at the age of 83, the Chicago White Sox announced in a post shared on their X account.
Torborg, played catcher in the majors for 10 seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers (1964-1970), which included winning the 1965 World Series, and then-California Angels (1971-1973) before an 11-year managerial career with the then-Cleveland Indians (1977-1979), White Sox (1989-91), New York Mets (1992-1993), then-Montreal Expos (2001) and then-Florida Marlins (2002-03), as well as working as a coach on the New York Yankees' staff from 1979 to 1988.
"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," the White Sox wrote.
Torborg hit for a .214 career average with eight home runs and 101 RBIs during his 10 MLB seasons as a catcher. The New Jersey native went 634-718 as a manager, which included a career-best 94-68 record with the White Sox in 1990.
Torborg's cause of death was not publicly revealed as of Monday (January 20) morning.