Darryl Hamilton, an outfielder for the Mets on their last pennant-winning team, was shot to death on Sunday at a home in suburban Houston.
The authorities in Pearland, Tex., said that Hamilton was the victim of a murder-suicide and that Monica Jordan, the mother of Hamilton’s 14-month-old son, had also been found dead in the home from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The child was in the house, unharmed.
“All of us at Major League Baseball are shocked and saddened by this tragedy,” Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement, adding later, “He was a talented and personable individual, and we were proud to call him a member of the baseball family.