Dr. Ron Taylor, a two-time World Series champion with the New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals who later became the Toronto Blue Jays' team physician, has died. He was 87.

Taylor, who also pitched for four other teams in an 11-year big-league career later became the team physician for the Toronto Blue Jays for over three decades.

Ron Taylor, a reliever on the Mets' 1969 World Series championship team, died on Monday at the age of 87 after a lengthy illness.