Jeff Torborg, a World Series champion who played 10 seasons in the major leagues and coached for 11 more years, has died. Chicago White Sox Announced Sunday. He was 83 years old.
Torborg, a New Jersey native, played for Los Angeles Dodgers and California Angels during his playing career that lasted from 1964 to 1973. He managed the White Sox, Cleveland Indians, New York Mets, Montreal Expos, and Florida Marlins.
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He was a member of the World Series-winning Dodgers team in 1965. He was also 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.
“Jeff Torborg, former MLB player and manager of the Chicago White Sox, passed away this morning in Westfield, New Jersey, at the age of 83,” the team said in a post on the X website.
Florida Marlins manager Jeff Torborg appears during the 2002 season. (RVR Photos – USA TODAY Sports)
“Torborg was named the 1990 AL Manager of the Year after leading the Sox to a 94-68 record that season, a 25-game improvement over the previous year.”
Torborg hit .214 with 101 RBI and 297 hits in 1,525 games in his 10-year playing career. He began his tenure as manager with the Indians four years after his retirement. He was coach for only one full season and two half seasons before being fired.
He led the White Sox to a 94-68 record in 1990 behind Carlton Fisk, Greg Hubbard and Bobby Thigpen, but the team never reached the postseason. He took the Mets job in 1992 and did not have the same success.
He served as interim director of exhibitions in 2001 and was Marlins He became full-time manager in 2002 before being let go midway through the 2003 season.
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Torborg was a broadcaster between his managerial stints. He was 634-718 as a manager.
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