{"id":6564,"date":"2026-08-14T21:09:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T21:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=6564"},"modified":"2026-08-14T21:09:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T21:09:34","slug":"butch-huskey-the-penultimate-met-to-wear-no-42-dead-at-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=6564","title":{"rendered":"Butch Huskey, the penultimate Met to wear No. 42, dead at 54"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Butch Huskey, who was the penultimate Met to wear No. 42 and spent parts of five seasons in Queens, has died, the team announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=6562\">I\u2019ve talked with the maniacal \u2018Mangionistas\u2019 \u2014 they think he\u2019s a martyr but really he\u2019s just a sad-sack loser<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He was 54 years old.<\/p>\n<p>A cause of death wasn\u2019t revealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are saddened to learn about the passing of former Met Butch Huskey,\u201d the Mets said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Huskey was the Mets\u2019 seventh-round pick in 1989 out of high school, and he made his MLB debut four years later in 1993 before going on to appear in 414 games for the Mets \u2014 while also spending time with the Mariners, Twins, Red Sox and Rockies.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=6560\">Jason Arday, ex-Cambridge professor accused of plagiarism, found dead in UK week after investigation launched<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He hit .264 with a .740 OPS with the Mets, and in 1997, he launched 24 homers.<\/p>\n<p>After the 1998 season, the Mets traded Huskey to the Mariners, and he was dealt again to the Red Sox \u2014 a team that ended up making the ALCS in 1999 before falling to the Yankees and landing short of breaking the franchise\u2019s World Series curse.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=6558\">Read Luigi Mangione\u2019s full speech to the court as he pled guilty to killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><strong>More to come on this developing story\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Mets player Butch Huskey, who spent five seasons in Queens and was the penultimate Met to wear No. 42, has died at age 54.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","category-new-york-mets"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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