Tigers minor league catcher Chace Numata died days after being injured in a skateboarding accident in Pennsylvania. He was 27.
Numata’s family and the team announced the death on Monday.
Numata, who was playing for Double-A Erie, was found unresponsive Friday morning by police in the northwestern Pennsylvania city.
GoErie.com reported that police found Numata on the ground, bleeding from the head.
The circumstances around Numata’s death suggest he was riding his skateboard home around 2 a.