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Three-time All-Star relief pitcher Willie Hernandez, who won the 1984 AL Cy Young and Most Valuable Player awards for the World Series champion Detroit Tigers, has died at the age of 69.

Tigers spokesman Chad Crunk said Tuesday that Hernandez died in Florida and the team confirmed Hernandez's death with his family. No cause has yet been announced.

The left-handed Hernandez had a 13-year career but is mostly known for his role as the closer on one of the most dominant teams in the past 40 years.

The 1984 Tigers, led by Alan Trammell, Lou Whitaker and Jack Morris, opened 35-5 and cruised to the AL East title with a 104-58 mark before sweeping Kansas City in the AL Championship Series and beating San Diego in a five-games World Series.

Hernandez had a 9-3 record and 32 saves in 33 chances in 1984, with a 1.92 ERA over 80 games and 140 1/3 innings. He is among just 11 pitchers to win the Cy Young and MVP in the same year, edging Kansas City's Dan Quisenberry for Cy Young in 1984 and Minnesota's Kent Hrbek for MVP.