Mike McCormick, the first San Francisco Giants pitcher to win the Cy Young Award, died peacefully on Saturday, the Giants announced on social media.
According to the Giants, McCormick, 81, died at his home in North Carolina after waging a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease.
Mike McCormick was born in Pasadena. His father Kenneth, a semi-pro pitcher, set about teaching his son the craft of pitching when Mike was 7. By the time the prodigy reached high school, he was a terror on the mound.
As a senior McCormick threw two no-hitters, and added three more in American Legion play — one in which he struck out 26 of the 27 hitters he faced.