{"id":82557,"date":"2025-11-19T16:04:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T20:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/randy-jones-padres-first-cy-young-winner-passes-away-baseball-legend\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T16:04:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T20:04:45","slug":"randy-jones-padres-first-cy-young-winner-passes-away-baseball-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/mlb\/randy-jones-padres-first-cy-young-winner-passes-away-baseball-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"Randy Jones, Padres&#8217; First Cy Young Winner, Passes Away: Baseball Legend"},"content":{"rendered":"The baseball world mourns the loss of Randy Jones, the left-handed pitcher who shone with the San Diego Padres for a decade in the Major Leagues.\n\nJones, recognized for his outstanding performance, passed away at the age of 75. The news was announced by the Padres, without revealing details about the cause or place of his death.\n\nDuring his career, Jones left an indelible mark, especially on the Padres, where he played eight seasons. He was also part of the New York Mets for two seasons.\n\nHis major league record was 100 wins and 123 losses, with an ERA of 3.42. He still holds impressive records with the Padres, including 253 starts, 71 complete games, 18 shutouts, and 1,766 innings pitched.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1119%2Fr1577827_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Randy Jones en acci\u00f3n\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Randy Jones fue uno de los mejores lanzadores de las mayores en 1975 y 1976, obteniendo dos selecciones All-Star y convirti\u00e9ndose en el primer jugador de los Padres en ganar el Cy Young. Lanz\u00f3 ocho temporadas para los Padres y dos para los Mets, con un r\u00e9cord de 100-123 y una efectividad de 3.42.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nJones stood out as one of the best pitchers in the majors in 1975 and 1976, achieving two All-Star selections and being the first Padres player to win the Cy Young award.\n\nIn 1975, he finished second in the Cy Young voting, surpassed by Tom Seaver, after recording a 20-12 record with an ERA of 2.24, the best in the National League.\n\nA year later, Jones conquered the Cy Young award, obtaining 22 victories and pitching 315 1\/3 innings in 40 starts, including 25 complete games, leading the majors in these last two categories.\n\nHis playing style, based on control and cunning rather than speed, earned him the nickname &#8220;Junkman&#8221;.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Randy was a cornerstone of our franchise for over five decades. His impact and popularity only grew after his playing career, becoming a great ambassador for the team and a true fan favorite.<\/p><cite>Statement from the Padres<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nAfter retiring, Jones returned to San Diego County and became an emblematic face of the Padres, participating in events and in the community.\n\nIn 2017, he announced that he suffered from throat cancer, probably due to the use of chewing tobacco during his career. In 2018, he announced that he was cancer-free.\n\nThe number 35 of Jones was retired by the Padres in 1997, and he was inducted into the team&#8217;s Hall of Fame in 1999.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The baseball world mourns the loss of Randy Jones, the left-handed pitcher who shone with the San Diego Padres for a decade in the Major Leagues. Jones, recognized for his outstanding performance, passed away at the age of 75. The news was announced by the Padres, without revealing details about the cause or place of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[4663,344,10390,1019],"class_list":{"0":"post-82557","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-cy-young","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-randy-jones","11":"tag-san-diego-padres"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}