Low velocity closer Doug Jones died at age 64:

Jones spent seven seasons with the Indians and ranks third on the club’s career saves list with 129. The club, which officially transitioned to Cleveland Guardians last week, said Monday it was “saddened by the loss of one of our organization’s all-time greats.”

ESPN.com

My thoughts go out to his family and friends.

Jones was a late bloomer, or maybe the majors didn’t realize his value due to his low velocity. He didn’t play a full season in the majors until his seasonal age 30 season. He posted his best year at seasonal age 31, and made the All-Star team that season and four more times.

He would start batters out with a slow pitch, and then get slower. He fooled enough of them to average 7.3 K per 9 IP for his career. He also stayed in the strike zone, walking just 2.0 per 9 IP. He was a lot of fun watch pitch.