Former major-leaguer Butch Huskey has died at the age of 54, the New York Mets announced on Friday.
Huskey played seven seasons in MLB, five of them with the Mets. He also played for the Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Minnesota Twins and Colorado Rockies. The 6-foot-3, 244-pound slugger finished with a .267/.318/.442 slash average with 86 home runs, 98 doubles and 336 RBI, while playing third base, first base, left field and right field throughout his career.
However, Huskey might be best known for being one of the last players in MLB to wear the jersey No. 42 after it was permanently retired in 1997 to honor Jackie Robinson...
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