Jeff Torborg

**Jeffrey Allen Torborg** (26 ga Nuwamba, 1941 - 19 ga Janairu, 2025) ƙwararren mai kama ƙwallon baseball ne na Amurka kuma manaja . Ya buga wasa a Major League Baseball (MLB) ga Los Angeles Dodgers da California Angels daga 1964 zuwa 1973. Ya jagoranci Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, New York Mets, Montreal Expos, da Florida Marlins .

## Sana'ar wasa
Torborg ya girma a Westfield, New Jersey, inda ya kasance mai kama ƙwallon baseball a ƙungiyar ƙwallon baseball ta Westfield High School .  Ya halarci Jami'ar Rutgers kuma ya buga ƙwallon baseball ta kwaleji ga Rutgers Scarlet Knights daga 1961 zuwa 1963. A shekarar 1963, Torborg yana da matsakaicin bugun .537 kuma an ba shi suna All-American . 

Kungiyar Los Angeles Dodgers ta dauki Torborg a matsayin mai tsaron gida a shekarar 1963. Bayan ta buga wasa a kananan kungiyoyi a shekarar 1963, Torborg ta shiga jerin 'yan wasan Dodgers a matsayin mai kama 'yan wasa na uku a shekarar 1964 bayan John Roseboro da Doug Camilli . A ranar 9 ga Satumba, 1965, Torborg ta kama wasan Sandy Koufax mai kyau .  A ranar 20 ga Yuli, 1970, shi ne mai kama 'yan wasa da Bill Singer ba ya buga 'yan wasa.  

A ranar 13 ga Maris, 1971, Dodgers ta sayar da kwangilar Torborg ga California Angels . A ranar 15 ga Mayu, 1973, Torborg ta kuma kama ɗan wasa na farko daga cikin ' yan wasa bakwai na Nolan Ryan waɗanda ba su buga ba, wanda hakan ya sa Torborg ta zama ɗan wasa na biyu da ya kama ɗan wasa ba tare da buga ba a gasar biyu. Gus Triandos shi ne na farko da ya kama ɗan wasa ba tare da buga ba tare da Hoyt Wilhelm tare da Orioles na AL a 1958 kuma yana bayan ƙungiyar wasan Jim Bunning mai kyau tare da Phillies na NL a 1964.  An yi ciniki da shi daga Angels zuwa St. Louis Cardinals don John Andrews a taron hunturu a ranar 6 ga Disamba, 1973.  A ranar 25 ga Maris, 1974, Cardinals ta sake shi. 

## Aikin koyarwa, gudanarwa, da watsa shirye-shirye
A shekarar 1977, Torborg ya zama kocin Cleveland Indians . A ranar 19 ga Yuni, Indiyawan sun kori kocin Frank Robinson kuma Torborg ya karɓi matsayin.  Wasanni biyu na farko na Torborg a matsayin kocin babban lig sun zo ne a wannan ranar a wasan da suka yi da Detroit Tigers, inda Cleveland ta doke Tigers a wasanni biyu, 4-2 da 4-0. Indians na Torborg sun ci gaba da cin nasara a wasanni bakwai na farko a matsayin kocin Cleveland, wanda hakan ya ƙara yawan nasarorin da Indians suka samu zuwa wasanni tara kafin ƙungiyar ta sha kashi a hannun Detroit da ci 6-4 a filin wasa na Tiger a ranar 25 ga Yuni. Torborg ya riƙe matsayin kocin Indians na tsawon shekaru uku, inda ya tattara rikodin 157-201.

Ya kasance koci a ƙungiyar New York Yankees daga 1979 zuwa 1988. A shekarar 1989, Torborg ya bar Yankees ya zama kocin Chicago White Sox .  Shekara guda bayan ya hau kan mulki, White Sox ta lashe wasanni 94, wanda hakan ya kasance ci gaba na wasanni 25 idan aka kwatanta da kakar wasa ta 1989 da ƙungiyar ta yi. Saboda ƙoƙarinsa a gasar White Sox ta 1990, Torborg ta lashe kyautar Manajan Shekara ta Amurka . Torborg ya ci gaba da zama tare da White Sox na tsawon shekara ɗaya kafin ya koma New York Mets kan yarjejeniyar shekaru huɗu ta dala miliyan 1.7 wanda ya ninka yarjejeniyar da ya yi a baya ta dala 250,000 a shekara. 

Shekara guda bayan jagorantar White Sox zuwa rikodin rashin nasara da nasara na 87–75 (.537), ƙungiyar Torborg ta New York Mets ta 1992 ta buga rikodin 70–92 (.432) . Bayan fara kakar wasa ta 1993 da rikodin 13–25 (.342), Mets ta kori Torborg ta maye gurbinsa da Dallas Green .

Torborg ya auri Suzie Barber a ranar 6 ga Yuni, 1963.  Fiye da shekaru 25, Torborg ya zauna tare da iyalinsa a wani gida a Mountainside, New Jersey .