Legendary Blue Jays Pitcher Jim Clancy Passes Away at Age of 69
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The Toronto Blue Jays announced that Jim Clancy passed away on July 14.
He spent 12 of his 15 Major League seasons with the Blue Jays after they took him with the sixth pick in the 1976 expansion draft.
Clancy became a franchise legend for Toronto.
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He is second all-time in starts (345), innings pitched (2,204.2) and complete games (73).
Clancy made his Major League debut in 1977. He had eight double-digit win seasons and three where he had at least 15 -- 1982, 1983 and 1987.
His lone All-Star selection came in 1982.
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Clancy was a workhorse that's not seen in today's game anymore, with him going over the 200-inning mark six times and starting 30-plus games eight times.
In the entirety of his career from 1977-1991, he pitched in 472 games and threw over 2,517 innings. Clancy went 140-167 with an ERA of 4.23. During that time the righty struck out 1,422 batters.
Originally taken in the 1974 draft by the Texas Rangers in the fourth round, he was left unprotected ahead of the expansion draft, allowing Toronto to scoop him up and add him to their roster.
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That turned out to be an incredible selection by the Blue Jays, with Clancy becoming an icon during his time with the team and an important figure in the history of the franchise as they began their existence as a Major League Baseball club.
Condolences are offered to all of his family and friends at this time.
He is etched into Toronto's franchise history forever and will always be remembered.
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Maddy Dickens resides in Loveland, Colorado. She grew up with two older brothers, where their lives revolved around sports. She earned a master's degree in business management from Tarleton State University while simultaneously playing basketball and competing in rodeo at the collegiate level. She successfully parlayed a reserve national championship into a professional rodeo career and now stays involved in upper-level athletics by writing for On SI on several different MLB teams' pages, along with some NCAA sites.