Overview
- The New York Mets announced Sunday that Jerry Koosman died at age 83 and said his family was at his side in Osceola, Wisconsin.
- Mets alumni relations director Jay Horwitz said Koosman had been battling "multiple illnesses" and provided the team statement confirming his passing.
- Koosman won two games in the 1969 World Series, including a complete-game victory in Game 5 that clinched the franchise's first title.
- Over a 19-year major league career he compiled a 222-209 record with a 3.36 ERA and 2,556 strikeouts, and he still holds several Mets records for left-handed pitchers.
- The club inducted him into the Mets Hall of Fame in 1989 and retired his No. 36 in 2021; no specific cause of death has been released publicly as of the team announcement.