1989 World Series winner and former Oakland Athletics utility player Tony Phillips has died at age 56 of "an apparent heart attack," reports the San Francisco Chronicle's Susan Slusser. Former teammate Dave Stewart told Slusser he received the news from Rickey Henderson.
Phillips played in nine seasons for the A's from 1982-1989, and his final MLB season in 1999. He played pretty much everything except catcher and pitcher in 941 career regular season games for the A's.
Dave Stewart says losing Bob Welch, Dave Henderson and now Tony Phillips from those great #Athletics teams, "It's just unbelievable.