Mike Greenwell
Longtime Crimson Sox Star Lifeless At 62
… After Most cancers Battle
Revealed
Unhappy information out of Crimson Sox Nation … longtime outfielder Mike Greenwell died on Thursday, the MLB workforce introduced, following a brave battle with thyroid most cancers.
“We are deeply saddened by the passing of Red Sox Hall of Famer Mike Greenwell,” the Sox mentioned on X this afternoon.
“‘The Gator” spent his entire career in a Red Sox uniform and was a beloved fixture of Fenway and Fort Myers. He gave so much to Lee County and Sox Nation. We send our love to the Greenwell family.”
Greenwell performed 12 seasons within the majors — all for the Crimson Sox — after being chosen by the group within the third spherical of the 1982 draft. He made his Massive League debut in 1985.
After taking part in sparingly his first few seasons, Greenwell had a unbelievable 1988 season, incomes his first All-Star nod (he additionally made the ASG in ’89) and ending second within the A.L. MVP race behind slugger Jose Canseco … all whereas securing his function because the workforce’s left fielder.
Greenwell had 192 hits, 22 dwelling runs, and drove in 119 runs in ’88 … his finest season as a professional.
Mike retired in 1996 … after a terrific profession wherein he had 1400 hits, 275 doubles, 387 triples, 130 dwelling runs, and 726 RBIs. He additionally walked 460 occasions and had a batting common of .303.
Sadly, in August, Greenwell instructed an area information station in Florida — the place he was residing post-baseball profession — that he’d been recognized with medullary thyroid most cancers, a uncommon type of most cancers.
R.I.P.
