Jeff Thorborg, World Series Champion and Former MLB Manager, Dies at 83

World Series champion Jeff Torborg, who played 10 seasons in the majors and managed 11 more, has died, the Chicago White Sox announced Sunday. He was 83.

A native of New Jersey, Torborg played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and California Angels from 1964 to 1973. He managed the White Sox, Cleveland Indians, New York Mets, Montreal Expos and Florida Marlins.

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In the year He was on the Dodgers World Series winning team in 1965. He was the Marlins manager to open the 2003 season before being fired and replaced by Jack McKeon. The Marlins defeated the New York Yankees in six games to win the World Series.

“Former MLB catcher and Chicago White Sox manager Jeff Torborg passed away this morning in Westfield, NJ at the age of 83,” the team said in a post on X.

“Torborg was named the 1990 AL Manager of the Year after leading the Sox to a 94-68 record and a 25-game improvement from the previous year.”

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Torborg hit .214 with 101 RBI and .297 in 1,525 plate appearances during his 10-year career. Four years after his retirement, he began working as a manager with the Indians. He was only the manager for one full season and two half seasons before he was fired.

He led the White Sox to a 94-68 record in 1990 behind Carlton Fisk, Greg Hubbard and Bobby Thigpen, but the team did not make the postseason. In the year He took the Mets job in 1992 and did not have the same success.

In the year He served as interim manager for the Expos in 2001 and was the full-time manager of the Marlins in 2002 before being fired midway through the 2003 season.

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Torborg was a mediator between managerial periods. He was 634-718 as a manager.

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