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  • Associated Press

    Ken Holtzman, MLB's winningest Jewish pitcher who won 3 World Series with Oakland, has died at 78

    Ken Holtzman, MLB's winningest Jewish pitcher who threw two no-hitters for the Chicago Cubs and helped the Oakland Athletics win three straight World Series championships in the 1970s, has died, the Cubs announced Monday on social media. Holtzman's brother Bob Holtzman told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch he died Sunday night after being hospitalized for three weeks. Holtzman grew up in the St. Louis area and starred at the University of Illinois before becoming a two-time All-Star.