New Jerseyan Jeff Torborg after a Rutgers baseball Hall of Fame career played 10 years in MLB, catching 3 no-hitters, and managed the NY Mets.

Jeff Torborg, the former catcher who caught Sandy Koufax’s perfect game and was the 1990 AL manager of the year with the Chicago White Sox, died Jan. 20. He was 83. The White Sox said on

Jeff Torborg, a former Mets manager who also spent a decade coaching with the Yankees, has died. The MLB lifer, who was a catcher during his playing days, was 83. No cause of death was announced, but Torborg was said to have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in recent years.