Blogged By: De De Tillman

Source:Yahoo News

Posted: Monday April 29, 2013 12:23 p.m PST

 Major League Baseball relief pitcher into an acting career, died last weekend from kidney failure. He was 54.

Lesley’s ex-wife Chiho Svimonoff told TMZ that he had been living in a nursing home for the past seven months, where he was receiving dialysis. He was rushed to a hospital Saturday night in Marina del Rey.

Lesley pitched for the Cincinnati Reds from 1982-84 and for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1985 before signing with the Hankyu Braves and staying two seasons in the Japanese professional league. Six-foot-6 and 220 pounds, he gained his nickname for his theatrics that included thrusting his fist in the air following a strikeout and stomping around the mound.