Former pitcher Jose DeLeon died Sunday:

DeLeón was 86-119 with a 3.76 ERA in 264 starts and 151 relief appearances for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1983-86), Chicago White Sox (1986-87, 1993-95), St. Louis (1988-92), Philadelphia Phillies (1992-93) and Montreal Expos (1995). The right-hander struck out 1,594 in 1,897? innings.

He topped the NL with 201 strikeouts in 1989 and tied for the NL lead with 19 losses in 1985 and 1990.

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My thoughts go out to his family and friends.

You need to be a pretty good pitcher to lose 19 games twice. Strikeouts were his strength as a pitcher, and his 1989 season saw a rare low walk rate for him, helping 1989 to be one of his best seasons. His 1991 season is rated at a higher WAR by Baseball Reference, but in scanning the numbers it’s tough for me not to believe that 1989 was the pinnacle of his career.