Randy Moffitt, major league reliever and brother of Billie Jean King, dies at 76

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Randy Moffitt, major league reliever and brother of Billie Jean King, dies at 76

Updated 2:03 PM EDT, August 29, 2025

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Randy Moffitt, a reliever who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball and was the younger brother of tennis great and equality advocate Billie Jean King, has died after an extended illness. He was 76.

Moffitt died on Thursday in Long Beach, California, according to a representative of the family.

Moffitt was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the first round in 1970 and made his major league debut with the team in 1972.

He went on to play 10 seasons with the Giants, before spending one each with the Houston Astros and Toronto Blue Jays. He went 43-52 with 96 saves and a 3.65 ERA in 534 appearances in the majors, all but one in relief.

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[Oeditpus Rex]

1. Moffitt was a member of the Giants' 'God Squad'

in the late '70s, a group of about half a dozen mostly pitchers who were "born again" and outspoken about it. They reportedly caused a lot of division in the clubhouse with their "witnessing" and whatnot.

_{Up yer butt, JoBu.}