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Jeff Torborg, who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and California Angels and was on the 1965 Dodgers team that won the World Series, has died, according to media reports Monday.

He was 83.

Torborg, who died Sunday, started his 10-year major league career with the Dodgers in 1964. He spent the first seven years of his career as a catcher with the Dodgers and caught Sandy Koufax’s perfect game against the Chicago Cubs on Sept.

9, 1965.

He also caught Bill Singer’s no-hitter with the Dodgers against the Philadelphia Phillies in 1970 and is one of 18 catchers to start a no-hitter for three pitchers.

He spent the final three seasons of his playing career with the Angels and caught Nolan Ryan’s no-hitter on May 15, 1973, his first of seven career no-hitters.