Former pitcher Jim Corsi died Tuesday morning. He suffered from liver and colon cancer:

He then went on to play 10 seasons in the major leagues, posting a 22-24 record with a 3.35 ERA and winning a World Series with the Oakland A’s in 1989 alongside former Red Sox star and current NESN analyst Dennis Eckersley.

“Jim was as friendly as anything to everybody. Everybody had a relationship with him,” Eckersley said of Corsi. “Everything was open with him. His life was an open book.”

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My thoughts go out to his family and friends.

Corsi eventually got to pitch for his home town team, the Red Sox, his penultimate team. Corsi’s strength as a pitcher was keeping the ball in the park with just 33 home runs allowed in 481 1/3 innings. In fact, it was this stat ballooning in 1999 that helped finish his career.

His best season probably was 1998, when he posted a 2.59 ERA in 66 relief innings. His walk rate and strikeout rate were both better than his career averages that season, helping him to a low 1.2 WHIP.