Clyde King, whose baseball career as a player, coach, manager and front-office man spanned six decades, has died in North Carolina. He was 86. Wayne Memorial Hospital spokeswoman Amy Cain says King died Tuesday in Goldsboro, N.C. He was hospitalized two weeks ago with several problems, including heart trouble.

King pitched with the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds during a seven-year big-league career, compiling a 32-25 record and an ERA of 4.14. His best season was in 1951, when he went 14-7. He was 3-6 in his only season at Cincinnati. King, who was the founder of the Baseball Chapel fellowship of Christian players, was a close friend of Dodgers great Jackie Robinson, the first black player in the major leagues.

He managed in the minors before getting a major league skipper's job with San Francisco ahead of the 1969 season. He lasted about a season-and-a-half with the Giants, and had a similar tenure in the mid-1970s with the Atlanta Braves.

King was the last of three managers to lead the New York Yankees in 1982 under owner George Steinbrenner, following Bob Lemon and Gene Michael. He then served as general manager of the Yankees from 1984-86 and was a member of the coaching staff again in 1988. From 1998 to 2005, he was a special assistant to the general manager. His overall managerial record in the majors was 234-229. George Steinbrenner died in July at the age of 80, just days after 99-year-old former Yankees public address announcer Bob Sheppard passed away.

"Clyde was a loyal and dedicated friend and advisor to my father, our family and the Yankees organization," Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner said. "Although his baseball achievements were impressive and deserving, he also lived a rich and fulfilling life away from the game. Clyde was a man of great faith who cared deeply about his friends and family, and he served as a role model to so many of us."King is survived by his wife of 64 years, Norma, their three daughters and sons-in-law, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.