Former main league first baseman/outfielder Dave McCarty has handed away after a cardiac occasion, the Crimson Sox introduced. He was 54.
A Stanford product, McCarty was the third total choose within the 1991 draft by the Twins. Baseball America ranked the 6’5″ right-handed hitter as a high 25 prospect within the sport over the following two seasons. McCarty reached the majors in Might ’93. He performed components of three seasons in Minnesota, hitting .226/.275/.310 earlier than being traded to the Reds. Cincinnati flipped McCarty to the Giants round six weeks later. He performed components of two seasons with San Francisco earlier than once more discovering himself on the transfer, this time to Seattle.
McCarty had his most efficient 12 months in 2000 with the Royals. He appeared in a career-high 103 video games and turned in a .278/.329/.478 batting line with 12 homers. He bounced to the Satan Rays and A’s earlier than touchdown with the Crimson Sox on a waiver declare in 2003. McCarty performed in 89 video games as a task participant for the World Collection profitable workforce the next season. He hit 4 homers, together with a walk-off shot to heart subject towards the Mariners in Might. He completed his enjoying profession after the ’05 season and labored as an analyst on NESN for the following few years.
Over components of 11 years within the majors, McCarty performed in 630 video games. He hit .242/.305/.371 with 36 house runs, 68 doubles and 175 RBI. He suited up for seven groups, noticed some motion within the postseason in 2003, and picked up a World Collection ring the next 12 months. MLBTR joins others across the recreation in sending our condolences to the McCarty household, his pals and former teammates.
