Former Yankees pitcher Rollie Sheldon dies at 89

Rollie Sheldon, who won two World Series rings as a pitcher with the New York Yankees, died at 89 in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, the team announced. A Putnam, Connecticut native, Sheldon served in the United States Air Force and later competed in both baseball and basketball at Texas A&M and the University of Connecticut. He joined the Yankees organization before the 1960 season, impressing in the New York Penn League with a 15-1 record and a 2.88 ERA.

Sheldon helped the Yankees secure back-to-back championships, though he did not pitch in those series, and logged 2 2/3 scoreless innings in the 1964 Fall Classic. In total, he compiled a 23-15 record, a 4.14 ERA and 202 strikeouts over 389 1/3 innings. After being traded to Kansas City in 1965, he finished his MLB tenure with Boston and continued in the minors until 1970.