Jim Fregosi, a six-time Major League Baseball All-Star shortstop and Gold Glove winner from his days with the Los Angeles/California Angels (he played 18 seasons in the Big Leagues with the Angels, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Texas Rangers) before becoming a manager with the Angels, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, and Toronto Blue Jays, passed away on Friday morning in Miami at age 71.
Mr. Fregosi was hospitalized in Miami after suffering a stroke last weekend in the Grand Cayman Islands while on an MLB alumni cruise.
It was while Jim (who started his MLB career at 19 with the expansion Angels in 1961) was managing the Angels that they won their first divisional title in 1979.
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