Career: Played in the big leagues for parts of 17 seasons with three different teams, including the Dodgers from 1964 to 1975.
Did you know? Saved 20 or more games for the Dodgers four times and retired as the club's all-time saves leader with 124.
Post Game: Served as a pitching coach for the Montreal Expos, and later at Oral Roberts University and at the University of Northwestern, before returning to the Dodgers during the summer of 1987 as a pitching coach in the low minors ... died at age 50 on November 16, 1987, after being involved in a fatal traffic collision.
Sources: baseball-reference.com; Mattoon Journal Gazette, 7/26/1986; Great Falls Tribune, 7/26/1987; Chicago Sun-Times, 11/17/1987; Tampa Bay Times, 11/19/1987.
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