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gt2590
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Tony Phillips has died of an apparent Heart attack at the age of 56.
An unbelievably versatile player, who played everywhere but Catcher and pitcher all the time, had a 18 year career, most of it with Oakland, ending his career there after the 1989 WS Win. He went to Detroit and enjoyed his best stats years there.
He was also the first Oakland A's player to hit for the cycle.
Personally, he was one of my Late father's favorite players and it is sad to see another member of the '89 team pass away too young...
An unbelievably versatile player, who played everywhere but Catcher and pitcher all the time, had a 18 year career, most of it with Oakland, ending his career there after the 1989 WS Win. He went to Detroit and enjoyed his best stats years there.
He was also the first Oakland A's player to hit for the cycle.
Personally, he was one of my Late father's favorite players and it is sad to see another member of the '89 team pass away too young...
