The Massachusetts-born second baseman played seven seasons with the Red Sox before broadcasting the team’s games for decades.
Jerry Remy, a beloved former player and longtime broadcaster for the Boston Red Sox, has died at age 68. Remy died Saturday, the Boston Globe reported, following a battle with lung cancer that forced him to take a leave of absence from the broadcast booth in early August. The Massachusetts-born Remy played seven of his 10 MLB seasons with the Red Sox, joining the team in 1978 after spending his first three years with the California Angels. “It seems kind of funny to think I spent all those years living and dying with the Red Sox,” Remy said after getting traded to Boston, “and now here I am playing for them.” The speedy second baseman was named to his lone All-Star team during his first season with the Red Sox, batting.278 with 30 stolen bases and 44 RBI that year. The lefty-swinging Remy hit.275 and stole 208 bases over the course of his career to go along with seven home runs and 329 RBI.
