“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 posted. “Torborg was named the 1990 A.L. Manager of the Year after guiding the Sox to a 94-68 record that season, a 25-game improvement from the previous year.”

The Mets then hired him but went 72-90 during the ’92 season, and he was fired 38 games into the 1993 season with the team sitting at 13-25. He was replaced by Dallas Green. Torborg, a former catcher who was part of the World Series champion Dodgers in 1965 and later played for the Angels,