Luis Arroyo Passes

Former pitcher Luis Arroyo died Wednesday:

Luis Arroyo, a two-time All-Star pitcher who helped the New York Yankees win the 1961 World Series, died Wednesday. He was 88.

The Yankees said Arroyo’s daughter, Milagros, told the team he died in Puerto Rico. She said he had been diagnosed last month with cancer.

According to baseballreference.com, Arroyo was the first Puerto Rican-born player to appear for the Yankees. He joined them in 1960 and was a key part of their AL pennant-winning staff that year.

My thoughts go out to his family and friends.

In 1961, Arroyo pitched 119 relief innings for the Yankees, going 15-5 with a 2.19 ERA. He only pitched 39 2/3 innings over the next two seasons and was done. I remember a story about the Yankees not wanting Arroyo pitching winter ball after the 1961 season, and Arroyo thought that lack of work hurt him. I suspect it was the high number of innings in 1961.

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