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By Jon Paul Hoornstra
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Randy Moffitt, a pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros and Toronto Blue Jays over 12 major league seasons, died Thursday after an extended illness according to the Associated Press. He was 76.
Moffitt went 35-46 with a 3.68 ERA in 459 games — all but one in relief — from 1972-81 for the Giants, who drafted him in the first round (18th overall) in 1970.
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"The Giants are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former San Francisco Giants pitcher Randy Moffitt," the team wrote in a social media post Friday. "We extend our deepest condolences to the Moffitt family."
The Astros signed Moffitt to a one-year contract in February 1982, and he went 2-4 with a 3.02 ERA in 30 games for Houston.
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The Blue Jays signed Moffitt to a one-year contract in February 1983. He went 6-2 with a 3.77 ERA in 45 games in his only season in Canada.
Remarkably, Moffitt was only the second-most famous athlete in his family. His sister, tennis legend Billie Jean King, is a co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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A standout athlete at Long Beach Poly High School and Long Beach State, Moffitt reached the big leagues after three seasons in the minors. Although never a star, he established himself as one of the most consistent relievers in the National League.
From 1973 to 1978, Moffitt saved at least 10 games each season. Moffitt averaged more than 61 appearances and 91 innings per season during that span.
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In his final season in the majors, Moffitt again saved 10 games for the Blue Jays, finishing his career with a total of 96 saves.
Moffitt was part of the Giants' inaugural Wall of Fame Class in 2008. He is ninth all-time in Giants franchise history in saves (83) and sixth all-time in games pitched (459).
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King said in a 2018 interview that she and Moffitt "grew up bleeding Dodger blue" in Long Beach.
"I'm not quite sure how my parents were able to raise two professional athletes and keep their sanity," King wrote in a post to her Twitter/X account in June, "but we were so fortunate to have had them in our corner, always."
According to the AP, Moffitt is survived by two daughters (Miranda Harrah and her husband, Rusty, and Alysha Gosse and her husband, James) and four grandchildren (Evan, Cason, Byron and Derek) along with King and her wife, Ilana Kloss.
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