Bill Buckner, long time MLB first baseman who played with the Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs, among other teams, has died, it has been announced. He was 69, and suffering from Lewy Body Dementia.
Buckner spent 22 years in the majors, being one of the rare players to play in four decades, as his career spanned from 1969 to 1990. He was a product of the contact-oriented game at the time, a guy who was a steady .300 hitter who didn’t hit for much power, walk or strike out.