World Series-Winning Yankees Pitcher Dead at 89

Rollie Sheldon, two-time World Series-winning Yankees pitcher, dead at 89

Rollie Sheldon, a two-time World Series champion pitcher with the Yankees, has died, the team announced Wednesday. He was 89.

Yankees Icon Passes Away at 89

Rollie Sheldon, renowned for his contributions to the Yankees during the early 1960s, has passed away at the age of 89. He was a key player in two World Series victories for the team.

Yankees Legend Dead At 89

Rollie Sheldon, the former Yankees pitcher who was part of two World Series championship teams in the early 1960s, has died at 89. The Yankees announced Sheldon’s death Wednesday. According to an online obituary, he died Aug. 31 in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. A cause of death was not disclosed. “The Yankees mourn the passing of […]

Yankees Pay Emotional Tribute as Former Star Sadly Passes Away at 89

“[The Yankees] will always be in my DNA, and I guess I’m in their DNA.” These were the words of Rollie Sheldon, who grew up as a Boston Red Sox fan and hated the New York Yankees. But Sheldon’s perspective changed after his professional baseball career started with the team he hated in 1960. Starting […]

World Series-winning Yankees pitcher dead at 89

Rollie Sheldon, a New York Yankees pitcher who won two World Series titles in pinstripes, has died at the age of 89.