Two-time World Series champion Tim Wakefield has died, the Boston Red Sox announced Sunday.
Wakefield was 57 years old.
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The Red Sox announced September 28 that Wakefield was "undergoing treatment for an unspecified illness," per ESPN.
Wakefield pitched in Boston from 1995 to 2011 and played a key role in the 2004 ALCS win that led to the team's first World Series championship since 1918.