Mike Greenwell, who spent his entire 12-year major league career with the Red Sox and was the American League MVP runner-up in 1988, died Thursday, Lee County, Fla., officials announced. He was 62.
In August, Greenwell revealed he had been diagnosed with medullary thyroid cancer, which forced him to work remotely in his role on the board of county commissioners in Lee County, where he lived nearly his entire life.
“Greenwell was one of my favorites,” Joe Morgan, the Red Sox manager from mid-1988 through 1991, said in a statement released by the team. “He didn’t start out great, but he worked hard and became a very good left fielder. He was fun to be around, happy-go-lucky. We’ll all miss him greatly.”
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