ESPN.com · Jan 20, 2025
Jeff Torborg, former major league catcher and manager, dies
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Jeff Torborg, the former catcher who caught Sandy Koufax's perfect game and was the 1990 American League 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.
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 in 1970 with Bill Singer for the Dodgers against Philadelphia, then in 1973 with the Angels caught the first of Nolan Ryan's record seven no-hitters in a game against Kansas City.