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0 Share Newsweek is a Trust Project member See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Former New York Mets outfielder Butch Huskey died , the team announced in a statement Aug. 14. He was 54.
According to longtime Mets PR guru Jay Horwitz, Huskey died as a result of a blood clot in his lungs .
A veteran of seven MLB seasons (1993-2000), Huskey roamed the Mets' outfield from 1993-98 before finishing his career with the Seattle Mariners (1999), Boston Red Sox (1999), Minnesota Twins (2000) and Colorado Rockies (2000).
Manager Andy Green, who also played for the Mets but was not a teammate of Huskey's, began his pregame press conference Aug. 14 by acknowledging his passing.
"I just want to send prayers and thoughts to his family," Green said. "I know all of our Mets family is thinking of him and the people who love him today."
Huskey was selected by the Mets in the seventh round of the 1989 MLB Draft, made his big league debut in 1993 and played parts of five seasons with the Mets.
Huskey had his best season in 1997. That year, he set career highs in games (142), plate appearances (505), home runs (24), RBIs (81), slugging percentage (.503) and OPS+ (114).
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Huskey finished his playing career with a .267/.318/.442 slash line, 86 home runs, and 336 RBIs.
"Butch was always a joy to speak to on the phone," Horwitz wrote . "I must have gotten at least 20 calls today from former teammates asking if the news was true."
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Huskey is also the last Mariners player to wear No. 42 . He broke into MLB wearing number 10 with the Mets in 1993, before switching to No. 42 in 1995 to pay tribute to Jackie Robinson. He was still wearing the number when MLB announced it was retired league-wide to honor Robinson in 1997, and continued wearing it under the league's "grandfather clause."
According to Horwitz, Huskey is survived by his wife Kristy, daughters Kennedy and Kyrbi, and a son, Bryce.
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