Jeff Torborg, former MLB catcher and manager, dies at 83 [Video]

Torborg played for the Dodgers and the Angels before becoming a manager from 1977 to the early 2000s. He led the Tribe from 1977-79.

NEW JERSEY, USA — Jeff Torborg, the former catcher who caught Sandy Koufax’s perfect game 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.

“I am heartbroken,” former White Sox player and manager Ozzie Guillen posted on X. “My mentor and my friend has passed away. Someone who truly understood me and gave me a chance to lead, to be a captain. So much of my way of managing and being in a clubhouse came from him.”

Torborg was behind the plate for three no-hitters, the first with Koufax and the Los Angeles Dodgers for the perfect game against the Chicago Cubs in 1965. Torborg had the second …

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