Ken Clay, an American baseball player who pitched for the New York Yankees, Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners, died on March 25, 2026.
He was 71. Clay, whose full name was Kenneth Earl Clay, was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, and played in Major League Baseball from 1977 to 1981.
He won back-to-back World Series titles with the Yankees in 1977 and 1978, both against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was a right-handed pitcher.
Kenneth Earl Clay (April 6, 1954 – March 26, 2026) was an American professional baseball right-handed pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees (1977-1979), Texas Rangers (1980), and Seattle Mariners (1981), winning back-to-back World Series titles with the Yankees in 1977 and 1978, both over the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was born in Lynchburg, Virginia.