Claudell Washington, the broad-shouldered kid from Berkeley who burst on the scene as a 19-year-old with his hometown A’s and grew into a world champion and two-time All-Star, died on Wednesday. He was 65.
Washington, who enjoyed a 17-year major league career that ended in 1990 with the Yankees, revealed in 2018 he was battling prostate cancer and had chosen to discontinue treatment for the disease.
“If I go tomorrow, I’m good,” Washington told The Athletic two years ago. “I’m at total peace with my life. I wouldn’t change my script for nothing in the world.