NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — New York baseball suffered a blow on Monday when multiple news outlets reported that former major league player and longtime pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre passed away following a long battle with cancer.
He was 77.
Stottlemyre was a standout pitcher for the Yankees during the one era of their storied history when they weren’t that good. From 1964 until 1974, Stottlemyre compiled a 164-139 record with a 2.97 ERA, spanning 360 appearances, including 356 starts. The five-time All-Star won 15 games seven times, including 20-win seasons in 1965, ’68 and ’69.