The former all-star pitcher Jim Clancy disappears

Jim Clancy, a veteran of 15 Major League season, who made the ALL-Star team of the American League in 1982, died, the Toronto Blue Jays Announced on Twitter/X Monday. He was 69.

Clancy was only the third pitcher in the history of the Blue Jays franchise, which was included in an all-star team. He went 140-167 for Toronto, the Houston Astros (1989-91) and the Atlanta Braves (1991).

“His effects on our organization will be remembered forever,” said the team in an explanation. “Our hearts go to his family and friends in this difficult time.”

The Chicagoer native was designed in 1974 by the Texas Rangers and selected by the Blue Jays in the third round of the DRAFT expansion of the American League in November 1976. The following season he made his debut in the Major League as the opening member of the Canadian franchise.

This started a 12-year career in Toronto, in which Clancy had reached a number of franchise.

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In 1978 Clancy started the first triple game in the team history. In 1982 he started 40 games in one season that is still a team record of the Blue Jays. In 1986 he was the first pitcher to record 100 wins with the franchise.

Clancy still takes second place in the history of Blue Jays in Starts, Inning threw games and complete games. His 128 victories take third place in the history of Blue Jays and are only left Dave Stieb (175) and Hall of Famer Roy Halladay (148). His 24.8 war (according to baseball reference) is fifth of all time under Jay's Hurler and his 352 games are under Jay's Pitcher's eighth of all time.

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Only Stieb spent more seasons with the Toronto franchise (15) as Clancy (12). In 1981, his third complete Major League season, Clancy had his first opening day and started the team's home start in the following week.

In 1982 he scored his first and only all-star game. Later this year, he set up a franchise record by retiring 25 consecutive battery -a performance that has appointed him the AL player of the week for the second time in the season.

From April 1987, Clancy won six games in a row. The following month he won the Al Pitcher of the Month Award 5-1 with an ERA of 1.71.

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In December 1988, the Astros Clancy signed a three-year Free Agent Treaty of $ 3.45 million. He went 9-25 in the next two seasons and was then traded in Atlanta in July 1991.

Clancy went 3-2 with an ERA of 5.71 ERA in 24 games from the Bullpen of the Braves before he called Ti aa career.

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