Randy Jones, Cy Young Award winner and Padres legend, dead at 75

Randy Jones, the southpaw who won the National League Cy Young Award successful 1976, died Tuesday astatine property 75.

Jones made his MLB debut with the San Diego Padres successful 1973 and impressed arsenic a rookie with a 3.16 ERA successful 20 appearances, 19 of them starts. After going 8-22 successful his 2nd season, helium bounced backmost with an NL-leading 2.24 ERA successful 1975, earning his archetypal All-Star motion and finishing 2nd successful the Cy Young Award ballot down Tom Seaver.

The pursuing season, helium racked up an MLB-leading 315.1 innings, and portion 5 others successful the National League had a higher ERA than his 2.74, helium led the majors with 25 implicit games, and his 1.03 WHIP was besides the champion people successful the National League. His 22 wins besides led the majors, and each that was capable to bushed retired Jerry Koosman. Don Sutton finished third, Steve Carlton was fourth, and Seaver fell to eighth.

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San Diego Padres pitcher Randy Jones successful enactment connected the mound during the 1976 season.  (Malcolm Emmons-USA Today Network)

In his last crippled of that magical season, helium injured a nervus successful his near limb and was ne'er rather capable to instrumentality to form. Despite a 2.88 ERA successful 1978, helium finished with an ERA higher than 4.50 successful 3 of his last six seasons. Jones joined the New York Mets for his last 2 seasons successful 1981 and 1982.

Jones was not known for striking retired batters. In fact, helium had lone 93 strikeouts successful his Cy Young Award-winning season, and his vocation champion was 124 successful 1974. He remains the lone pitcher ever to triumph a Cy Young Award but person a losing grounds for his career. Four times, helium was successful the apical 10 successful innings pitched, walks per 9 innings, starts, and location runs per 9 innings.

Former San Diego Padre Randy Jones waves anterior to the 87th Annual MLB All-Star Game astatine PETCO Park connected July 12, 2016 successful San Diego, California.   (Todd Warshaw/Getty Images)

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"With heavy sorrow and dense hearts, the Padres mourn the passing of our beloved left-hander, Randy Jones. Randy was a cornerstone of our franchise. The CY Young Award winner, Padres Hall of Famer, and tremendous assemblage ambassador, was a elephantine successful our lives and volition beryllium greatly missed," the Padres said successful a statement.

Former San Diego Padre Randy Jones tips his chapeau to the assemblage anterior to the 87th Annual MLB All-Star Game astatine PETCO Park connected July 12, 2016 successful San Diego, California. (Andy Hayt/Getty Images)

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Jones' No. 35 was retired by the Padres successful 1997, and helium was a subordinate of the team's inaugural Hall of Fame people 2 years later. He is wide credited with putting the enlargement franchise connected the map, arsenic the squad struggled mightily passim his tenure, but helium provided a spark successful acheronian days.

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