Jeff McKnight died at the all too young age of 52:
McKnight’s family told the Mets that McKnight died Sunday after battling leukemia for 10 years. His father, Jim, who played for the Chicago Cubs briefly in the early 1960s, was born in Bee Branch, Arkansas.
Jeff McKnight made his big league debut with the Mets in 1989 and hit .233 with five home runs and 34 RBIs in 218 games. He singled in his final at-bat for the Mets in August 1994, on the final day before a players’ strike wiped out the rest of the season.
My thoughts go out to his family and friends. McKnight could not hit at the major league level, but played every position except centerfield in his career.
WE WISH TO OFFER OUR MOST SINCERE AND HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY, ALL OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, MANY FORMER ASSOCIATES IN BASEBALL AND HIS FANS ON THIS MOST UNTIMELY AND FAR TOO SOON DEPARTURE FROM THE SCENE OF JEFF McKNIGHT …
JEFF WAS ALWAYS A VERY DECENT, PLEASANT FELLOW AND WILL BE FONDLY REMEMBERED BY ALL THOSE OF US WHO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW HIM OR SPEAK WITH OVER TIME …
ONLY GOD KNOWS HOW WELL HE PLAYED THE GAME …
R E M E M B R A N C E
COLONEL77
He scored the only Mets run in Darryl Kile’s 1993 no-hitter, and now each are gone way too soon. RIP.