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Dr. Ron Taylor, a 2-time World Series winner and former Blue Jays team physician, dies at 87
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FILE - The 1969 New York Mets, pose for a 10th anniversary reunion photo at New York's Shea Stadium Saturday, July 14, 1979. Present at the Old Timers' Day were, top row, from left: Ken Boswell, Ron Taylor; Ron Swoboda, Ed Kranepool, Don Cardwell, Jim McAndrew, and Gary Gentry. Second row: Art Shamsky, Donn Clendenon, Jack DiLauro, J.C. Martin, Tommie Agee and Ed Charles. Third row: Cleon Jones, Joe Pinatano, Rube Walker, Jerry Grote, and Al Weis. - photo by AP Photo/Bob Schutz,File
NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Ron Taylor, a World Series champion pitcher with both the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets who later became the Toronto Blue Jays' team physician, died Monday. He was 87. Taylor died in Toronto after a long illness, the Mets said in a statement.