Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, December 28, 1994                   TAG: 9412280098
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-9   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: OKLAHOMA CITY                                LENGTH: Short

WINNER REYNOLDS LOSES HIS LONG FIGHT WITH CANCER

Reynolds, a right-hander for the Yankees on six World Series champion teams from 1947 to 1954, died Tuesday of cancer at St.Anthony Hospital. He was 77.

``He was a dominating pitcher. He was as good as any pitcher that pitched during his time,'' said Bobby Brown, the former American League president who played third base behind Reynolds for the Yankees. ``He was extremely instrumental in the success of the Yankees'' during that time.

Reynolds was 182-107 with 49 saves and a 3.30 ERA in 13 years with Cleveland and New York. He became the first AL pitcher to throw two no-hitters in a season in 1951, then went 20-8 in 1952 when he led the league with a 2.06 ERA, 160 strikeouts and six shutouts.

``In my 15 years in the American League, he was the toughest'' pitcher to face, said former first baseman Eddie Robinson. ``He was a very gutsy, tough pitcher - an extreme competitor.''

``I really didn't want to face him unless I had to and I had to,'' Robinson said. Robinson spent much of his career facing Reynolds, but also played with him for the Yankees.

Former major-league first baseman Eddie Robinson and Brown said they had visited Reynolds about two weeks ago. Reynolds had been hospitalized for about two months, said his grandson, David Reynolds.

Reynolds, known as ``Chief,'' was 7-2 with four saves and a 2.79 ERA in 15 World Series games.