Jeff Torborg, World Series champion and former MLB manager, has died at 83

Jeff Torborg, a World Series champion catcher who played 10 seasons in the majors and became a manager for 11 more years, has died, the Chicago White Sox announced on Sunday. He was 83.

Torborg, a native of New Jersey, played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and California Angels during his playing career, which 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 on the Dodgers World Series winning team in 1965. He was also the manager of the Marlins to open the 2003 season before he was fired and replaced with 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, N.J. He was 83 years old,” the team said in a post on X.

Florida Marlins manager Jeff Torborg is shown 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 from the previous year.”

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Torborg hit .214 with 101 RBI and 297 hits in 1,525 plate appearances in his 10-year playing career. He started as a manager with the Indians four years after his retirement. He was only the manager for a 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 did not make the postseason. He took the Mets job in 1992 and did not have the same success.

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

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Torborg was a broadcaster between managerial stints. He was 634-718 as a manager.

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