NEW YORK -- Longtime New York Mets Spanish broadcaster Juan Alicea died Monday, the team said. He was 85.
The Mets said Alicea died in his sleep at home in Florida.
Alicea joined the Mets in April 1969, the season they won their first World Series championship, and worked in the scouting and community relations departments.
Alicea started doing Spanish broadcasts for the Mets in 1982 and called more than 4,000 games through 2019. The Mets named the Spanish radio booth at Citi Field in his honor last year.
During the 1986 postseason, Alicea was the lead voice on the International Spanish Network.