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Davey Johnson, the man who managed the New York Mets to their last World Series title, has passed away. He was 82.
SNY, the Mets’ cable network, announced his death Saturday morning without revealing a specific cause of death.
In addition to managing the Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Nationals, Johnson was also an All-Star player who won a pair of World Series titles as the Orioles’ second baseman.
In fact, it was Johnson who made the final out of the 1969 World Series when his Orioles lost to the Mets, giving New York its first Major League championship. He would lead the Mets to their second just 17 years later.
Coincidentally, two of Johnson's former teams, the Mets and Reds, will face off Saturday evening in Cincinnati.
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Davey Johnson, the man who managed the Mets to their last title, has passed away at 82
