Jeff Torborg Passes Away
By Mark Polishuk | January 19, 2025 at 6:26pm CDT
Longtime former big league catcher, manager, and broadcaster Jeff Torborg
passed away today at age 83, the White Sox announced. Torborg played for 10
seasons with the Dodgers and Angels from 1964-73, and then managed the
Indians, White Sox, Mets, Expos, and Marlins over parts of 11 seasons from
1977-2003.
芝加哥白袜队今日发新闻稿指出，前捕手、总教练、主播的Jeff Torborg逝世，享寿83岁
。Torborg于1964年至1973年效力洛杉矶道奇队、加州天使队，之后1977年至2003年在多
队担任总教练。
Torborg was the Dodgers’ backup catcher behind John Roseboro and then Tom
Haller during his seven seasons in Chavez Ravine, and this tenure was
highlighted by a World Series with Los Angeles’ 1965 championship team.
That same season saw Torborg play a big role in one of the most memorable
pitching performances in baseball history — Sandy Koufax’s 14-strikeout
perfect game against the Cubs on September 9.
Torborg在效力道奇队期间，担任John Roseboro与Tom Haller的替补捕手，其中获得了
1965年的世界大赛冠军，在同年的9月9日，他与Sandy Koufax搭档帮助Koufax对芝加哥小
熊队投出14次夺三振的完全比赛。
Torborg holds a unique place in baseball history as the only catcher who
caught no-hitters from both Koufax and Nolan Ryan, as Torborg was behind the
plate for the first of Ryan’s record seven career no-nos on May 15, 1973.
Torborg also caught Bill Singer’s no-hitter on July 20, 1970, and is one of
only 18 catchers to ever catch three different no-hit games.
Torborg唯一一位曾担任过Koufax与Nolan Ryan的无安打比赛的捕手，他在1973年5月15日
接了Ryan生涯七场无安打比赛的第一场，此外，他也在1970年7月20日搭档Bill Singer达
成无安打比赛，成为大联盟历史中接过三场无安打比赛的捕手（共18人）。
Over 574 games and 1525 plate appearances, Torborg hit eight home runs with a
career slash line of .214/.268/.265. He retired after the 1973 season at the
end of a three-year stint with the Angels, and quickly moved into coaching
with a job on the Indians’ staff in 1975. This led to Torborg’s first
managerial gig, as he was promoted to become Cleveland’s skipper partway
through the 1977 season, and he managed the club through the end of the 1979
campaign.
Torborg生涯成绩介绍，1975年开始担任克里夫兰印地安人队教练直到1979年。
It took a decade for Torborg to become a manager again, as after he spent the
next decade on the Yankees’ coaching staff, he was hired as Chicago’s new
manager prior to the start of the 1989 season. He won only 69 games in his
first year, but after the Sox surged to a 90-win season in 1990, Torborg was
named the American League’s Manager of the Year. The White Sox won 87 games
in 1991 to finish second in the AL West for the second consecutive season, as
Torborg’s Sox were beaten out first by an Athletics team that won three
straight AL pennants, and then by the upstart Twins who won the 1991 World
Series.
Torborg在纽约洋基队担任教练直到1989年才被芝加哥白袜队聘请为新总教练，1989年拿
69胜、1990年拿94胜并获取最佳总教练，1991年拿87胜。
This successful run in Chicago led the Mets to lure Torborg away to become
their next manager, with Torborg receiving a hefty four-year, $1.7MM contact.
Unfortunately, the 1992 Mets were one of the more infamous teams in
franchise history, as the club’s splashy acquisitions of Bobby Bonilla, Bret
Saberhagen, and others resulted in only a 72-90 record. After the Mets
stumbled again to a 13-25 start in 1993, Torborg was fired with more than two
and a half years remaining on his contract.
Torborg与纽约大都会队签下4年170万美金的合约，结果1992年-1993年成绩不好被开除（
球队有在1992年高薪签下Bobby Bonilla与用三名球员换来的Bret Saberhagen，但成绩不
如预期）。
Torborg returned to the dugout in 2001 as the Expos’ manager, but when
then-Expos owner Jeffrey Loria took over as the Marlins’ new owner prior to
the 2002 season, Torborg also went to South Florida as the Marlins’ new
skipper. Torborg had a 95-105 record in parts of two years with the Marlins,
and the 2003 team went on to win the World Series after Jack McKeon stepped
in as Torborg’s replacement. Torborg’s overall managerial record was
634-718 over 1352 games with his five clubs.
Torborg最后去佛罗里达马林鱼队当总教练。2003年刚开打就被开除，但最后马林鱼队获
得世界大赛冠军。
Both before and after these stints in Montreal and Florida, Torborg worked as
a TV and radio broadcaster. He worked for CBS Radio throughout the 1990’s
and for Fox in both the 90’s and 2000s, with Torborg calling Braves games in
2006.
Torborg当主播。
MLB Trade Rumors sends our condolences to Torborg’s family, friends, and
loved ones.
MLB Trade Rumors向认识Torborg的亲朋好友致以深切哀悼。
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