BOSTON (AP) — Dave McCarty, a member of the Boston Red Sox' 2004 championship team who played for seven MLB teams in his 11-year profession, has died. He was 54.
The Red Sox announced McCarty's death in an announcement, saying the previous first baseman and outfielder died Friday after suffering a heart attack in Oakland.
McCarty was in Boston and Fenway Park earlier this month as a part of the club's twentieth anniversary celebration of the 2004 championship team that won the World Series for the primary time since 1918.
McCarty played his final three seasons within the majors with the Red Sox from 2003 to 2005. In 118 games with Boston, he hit .286 and hit five home runs. He appeared in 89 games during Boston's title-winning season, including 25 starts at first base and 6 within the outfield, along with three pitching appearances.
The Houston, Texas native was chosen by Minnesota in the primary round, third overall, of the 1991 draft out of Stanford.
After three seasons with the Twins (1993-95), he played for the San Francisco Giants (1995-96), Seattle Mariners (1998), Kansas City Royals (2000-02) and Tampa Bay Rays (2002). Oakland A's (2003) before ending his profession in Boston.
McCarty batted .242 with 362 hits, 36 home runs and 175 RBIs in 630 big league games.
After ending his playing profession, McCarty was an analyst for the New England Sports Network from the summer of 2005 through the 2008 MLB season.
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