A manager for the Mets for two seasons in the 1990s who played 10 seasons as a catcher for the Dodgers and Angels has passed away at age 83.
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.
Funeral services were pending Monday for Jeff Torborg, who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and California Angels and was on the 1965 Dodgers team that
Jeff Torborg, who played 10 seasons in the major leagues and managed in parts of 11 more, died on Sunday. He was 83.
Torborg, who had a 10-year career as a catcher, caught Sandy Koufax’s perfect game and Bill Singer’s no-hitter. A New Jersey native, Torborg played for the Dodgers and Angels before embarking on managerial and coaching career. In his final years, Torborg battled Parkinson’s Disease.
Jeff Torborg, the Dodgers catcher who caught Sandy Koufax's perfect game in 1965 and was a manager of the year with the Chicago White Sox, dies at 83.
Jeff Torborg caught Sandy Koufax's perfect game with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1965 and won AL Manager of the Year with the Chicago White Sox in 1990.
Jeff Torborg, the former catcher who caught Sandy Koufax’s perfect game ... the first with Koufax and the Dodgers for the perfect game against the Chicago Cubs in 1965. Torborg had the second ...
Jeff Torborg, the former catcher who caught Sandy Koufax's perfect game, managed the Mets for two seasons and was the 1990 AL Manager of the Year with the Chicago White Sox, died Sunday. He was 83. The White Sox said on social media that Torborg died in his hometown of Westfield, New Jersey. A cause of death wasn't given.