Former major league pitcher of Boston Red Sox Lee Stange dies

Former major league pitcher Lee Stange died Friday, according to the Boston Red Sox. He was 81.

Former major league pitcher Lee Stange died Friday, according to the Boston Red Sox. He was 81.

Stange was a member of Boston's "Impossible Dream" team in 1967 that won the team's first American League pennant in 21 years. The right-hander went 8-10 with a 2.77 ERA in 35 appearances (24 starts) that season and pitched two innings of relief in Game 3 of the World Series that was won in seven games by the St. Louis Cardinals.

Stange pitched 10 big league seasons and went 62-61 with 21 saves and a 3.56 ERA. He won a career-best 12 games for the Minnesota Twins in 1963.

Stange pitched for the Twins from 1961-64 before moving on to the Cleveland Indians (1964-66), Red Sox (1966-70) and Chicago White Sox 1970).

Stange was later the Red Sox pitching coach on two occasions and spent 23 years in the organization as a player, coach, and instructor.

Among Stange's survivors are step-son Jody Reed, a former major league second baseman with Boston and four other teams.