Baseball Hall of Famer Tom Seaver, a pitcher who was a vital member of the 1969 “Miracle Mets” World Series championship team, has died at the age of 75, CBS Sports reports.
Seaver’s family says he “passed peacefully in his sleep of complications of Lewy body dementia and COVID-19.” Lewy body dementia, the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer’s, is caused by protein build up on brain receptors.
Seaver pitched for the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox over a 19-year Major League career. He finished with 311 wins and 3,640 strike outs, as well as three Cy Young Awards.
He won the 1967 Rookie of the Year award, and his number 41 jersey was retired by the New York Mets. “Tom Terrific” went on to a broadcasting career after his playing days ended. Prior to his professional baseball career, he joined the US Marine Corps Reserves and spent six months on active duty at Twentynine Palms Base in California.
He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Nancy, and their two daughters.