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Butch Huskey, a slugging outfielder who spent five of his seven major league seasons with the New York Mets, died according to a team announcement.
“We are saddened to learn about the passing of former Met Butch Huskey,” the team wrote on its official Twitter/X account on Aug. 14.
A native of Oklahoma, Huskey was drafted by the Mets in the seventh round out of high school in 1989. He debuted four years later.
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Huskey slashed .267/.418/.442 with 86 home runs and 336 RBIs for the Mets (1993-98), Seattle Mariners (1999), Boston Red Sox (1999), Minnesota Twins (2000), Colorado Rockies (2000).
Huskey’s best season came in 1997, whe he set career highs in games (142), plate appearances (505), home runs (24), RBIs (81), slugging percentage (.503) and OPS+ (114).
On September 15, 1997, Huskey hit a home run off Philadelphia’s Matt Beech that reached Section 638 of Veterans Stadium’s upper deck. At the time, he became only the third player ever to hit a ball into the stadium’s 600 level, joining Willie Stargell and Rubén Rivera.
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In December 1998, the Mets traded Huskey to the Seattle Mariners for pitcher Leslie Brea. In 74 games for the Mariners, Huskey slashed .290/.353/.496 before he was packaged to the Boston Red Sox in a deadline trade for pitcher Robert Ramsay.
Huskey played 45 games for the Red Sox after the trade, slashing .266/.305/.484 with seven home runs and 28 RBIs. In six postseason games with the Red Sox in October 1999, he went 2 for 10.
After bouncing from Minnesota to Colorado the following year, Huskey caught fire for the Rockies. In only 45 games, he hit .348/.432/.565, with 4 homers and 18 RBI.
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A native of Andarko, Oklahoma, Huskey was one of seven siblings. He was an all-state performer in both football and baseball at Eisenhower High School in Lawton, Oklahoma before he was drafted by the Mets.
The cause of Huskey’s death is unknown.
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