Red Sox great Tim Wakefield dead at 57.
Wakefield became known as a master knuckleball pitcher in his career.
Tim Wakefield, the knuckleballing workhorse of the Red Sox pitching staff who bounced back after giving up a season-ending home run to the Yankees in the 2003 playoffs to help Boston win its curse-busting World Series title the following year, has died. He was 57.
The Red Sox announced his death in a statement Sunday. Wakefield had brain cancer, according to ex-teammate Curt Schilling, who outed the illness on a podcast last week — drawing an outpouring of support for Wakefield. The Red Sox confirmed an illness at the time but did not elaborate, saying Wakefield had requested privacy.
Drafted by the Pirates as a first baseman who set home run records in college, Wakefield converted to a pitcher after mastering the knuckleball in the minor leagues. Relying on the old-timey pitch that had largely fallen into disuse, he went on to win 200 major league games, including 186 with the Red Sox — behind only Cy Young and Roger Clemens in franchise history.
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Wakefield became known as a master knuckleball pitcher in his career.
Tim Wakefield, the knuckleballing workhorse of the Red Sox pitching staff who bounced back after giving up a season-ending home run to the Yankees in the 2003 playoffs to help Boston win its curse-busting World Series title the following year, has died. He was 57.
The Red Sox announced his death in a statement Sunday. Wakefield had brain cancer, according to ex-teammate Curt Schilling, who outed the illness on a podcast last week — drawing an outpouring of support for Wakefield. The Red Sox confirmed an illness at the time but did not elaborate, saying Wakefield had requested privacy.
Drafted by the Pirates as a first baseman who set home run records in college, Wakefield converted to a pitcher after mastering the knuckleball in the minor leagues. Relying on the old-timey pitch that had largely fallen into disuse, he went on to win 200 major league games, including 186 with the Red Sox — behind only Cy Young and Roger Clemens in franchise history.
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00:00 Red Sox great Tim Wakefield dead at 57 Wakefield became known as a master knuckleball
00:06 pitcher in his career Tim Wakefield, the knuckleballing workhorse
00:10 of the Red Sox pitching staff who bounced back after giving up a season-ending home
00:14 run to the Yankees in the 2003 playoffs to help Boston win its curse-busting World Series
00:19 title the following year, has died.
00:22 He was 57.
00:24 The Red Sox announced his death in a statement Sunday.
00:28 Wakefield had brain cancer, according to ex-teammate Kurt Schilling, who outed the illness on a
00:33 podcast last week, drawing an outpouring of support for Wakefield.
00:38 The Red Sox confirmed an illness at the time but did not elaborate, saying Wakefield had
00:43 requested privacy.
00:45 Drafted by the Pirates as a first baseman who set home run records in college, Wakefield
00:50 converted to a pitcher after mastering the knuckleball in the minor leagues.
00:54 Relying on the old-timey pitch that had largely fallen into disuse, he went on to win 200
00:59 major league games, including 186 with the Red Sox, behind Ole Si Young and Roger Clemens
01:05 in franchise history.