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LaMarr Hoyt, Former White Sox Player and Cy Young Winner, Dead at 66
LaMarr Hoyt, former Chicago White Sox player and 1983 American League Cy Young Award winner has died. He was 66.
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His family announced that the former athlete died Monday morning in his hometown, Colombia, South Carolina, following a battle with cancer.
"My dad passed away from cancer with me by his side early in the morning of the 29th," Hoyt's eldest son, Mathew, told the MLB.
"He genuinely loved being a part of the White Sox organization, and I can say without a doubt those were the best years of his life. All he talked about in his final days was baseball, the White Sox and all of his former teammates."
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Born Dewey LaMarr Hoyt Jr.
on January 1, 1955, the baseball player was drafted to the New York Yankees in 1973 before being traded in 1977 to the White Sox, where he spent eight seasons, per the MLB.
With the Sox, the pitcher led the American League