Son says former Yankees pitcher Mel Stottlemyre 'fighting for his life'
— -- Former New York Yankees pitcher Mel Stottlemyre is in the hospital "fighting for his life," according to his son Todd in a Facebook post?Friday.?
Mel Stottlemyre announced in 2000 that he had been diagnosed with multiple myeloma.
Stottlemyre, 75, was a three-time 20-game winner for the Yankees and was a five-time All-Star. He played 11 seasons in the Bronx, from 1964 to 1974, and compiled a career record of?164-139.
He was their pitching coach for four World Series titles (1996, 1998-2000) and also was the pitching coach on the Mets' 1986 world championship team.
In 2015, the Yankees honored Stottlemyre with a plaque in Monument Park.
Todd Stottlemyre and his brother, Mel Jr., were both second-generation major league pitchers. Their brother Jason died of leukemia at age 11.
