Cy Young winning pitcher Bob Welch, hurler for Dodgers, Oakland As, dies at 57

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FILE - This is a March 1, 1987 file photo provided by the Los Angeles Dodgers showing pitcher Bob Welch. Welch, a former All-Star pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Oakland A’s, has died. The two-time All-Star and Cy Young award winner was found dead at his home in Seal Beach, Calif. He was 57. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Dodgers, File)

SEAL BEACH, Calif. – The Oakland Athletics say Cy Young-winning pitcher Bob Welch has died.

The team says in a statement the two-time All-Star died in Seal Beach, California, on Monday night. He was 57. The team says a cause of death was unavailable.

Welch also pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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