The health of the former Yankees pitcher Mel Stottlemyre was said to be improving Sunday.
“Please know that the greatest warrior I have ever known is doing a lot better,” Stottlemyre’s son Todd wrote on his Facebook page. Stottlemyre, 75, was found to have multiple myeloma, a bone marrow cancer, in 2000.
The younger Stottlemyre had said Friday that his father was fighting for his life in a hospital.
“He is recovering at God speed and he is looking forward to getting out of the hospital,” Todd Stottlemyre wrote.
Stottlemyre pitched for the Yankees from 1964 to 1974, winning 20 or more games in 1965, 1968 and 1969.