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Jeff Torborg

Jeffrey Allen Torborg (born November 26, 1941 in Plainfield, New Jersey) is a former catcher and manager in Major League Baseball. Torborg was signed by Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in . On September 9, , Torborg caught Sandy Koufax's perfect game. On July 20, , he was the catcher receiving Bill Singer's no-hitter and on May 15, , Torborg also caught the first of Nolan Ryan's 7 no-hitters.

After a successful ten-year career as a catcher with the Dodgers and Angels, Torborg switched to coaching. In , he became the manager of the Cleveland Indians (a position he held for three years). In , Torborg became the manager of the Chicago White Sox. A year later, the White Sox won 94 games which was a 25 game improvement from 1989. For his efforts with the Chicago White Sox, Torborg won the American League Manager of the Year Award. Torborg would stay with the White Sox for one more year before moving to the New York Mets.

Unfortunately, Torborg wasn't as successful with the Mets as he was with the White Sox. A year after leading the White Sox to an 87-75 record, Torborg's New York Mets posted a 70-92 record. After starting the season with a 13-25 record, the Mets fired Torborg and replaced him with Dallas Green.

For the rest of the 1990s, Torborg kept busy working as a sportscaster for the likes of CBS Radio and Fox. Torborg returned to managing first with the Montreal Expos in and then the Florida Marlins in .

In , Torborg was fired from the Florida Marlins after they started off the season 16-22. Jack McKeon was hired to replace him and led them to the 2003 World Series victory. He then returned to broadcasting on Fox. He served as the color commentator for Atlanta Braves games on FSN South and Turner South in 2006, where he was partnered with Bob Rathbun. However, neither Torborg nor Rathbun was retained for the 2007 season.

While a Braves commentator, Torborg had a fan club known as "Torborg South". The club's logo looks similar to the logo of the Turner South Network.

Managerial Statistics

Team	Year	Regular Season				Post Season
Team	Year	Won	Lost	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
CLE	1977	45	59	.433	5^th in AL East	-	-	-	-
CLE	1978	69	90	.434	6^th in AL East	-	-	-	-
CLE	1979	43	52	.453	6^th in AL East	-	-	-	-
CWS	1989	69	92	.429	7^th in AL West	-	-	-	-
CWS	1990	94	68	.580	2^nd in AL West	-	-	-	-
CWS	1991	87	75	.537	2^nd in AL West	-	-	-	-
NYM	1992	72	90	.444	5^th in NL East	-	-	-	-
NYM	1993	13	25	.342	7^th in NL East	-	-	-	-
MON	2001	47	62	.431	5^th in NL East	-	-	-	-
FLA	2002	79	83	.488	4^th in NL East	-	-	-	-
FLA	2003	16	22	.421	4^th in NL East	-	-	-	-
Total		634	718	.469		-	-	-	-