Mike Cubbage, a journeyman infielder who performed eight years in the majors and was a supervisor, coach and a scout for a number of groups, died over the weekend after a battle with most cancers. He was 74.
Jerry Ratcliffe, a Virginia Cavaliers reporter, confirmed Cubbage’s loss of life via the previous participant’s spouse, Jan. Cubbage had been battling most cancers for almost a yr.
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Mike Cubbage of the Boston Purple Sox poses throughout media day at Purple Sox coaching camp in Fort Myers, Florida. (Craig Ambrosio/Allsport)
“He’s completed every part within the recreation,” Jeff Zona, a former scout who labored with Cubbage, informed The Day by day Progress. “He was a very good hitter within the large leagues. He was an ideal coach, nice supervisor. He was an ideal major-league scout.
“There’s nothing he didn’t do,” he added.
Cubbage was a sixth-round pick of highschool in Virginia in 1968 by the Washington Senators. Nonetheless, he determined to play on the College of Virginia as an alternative earlier than turning professional. Three years later, the Senators took him once more – solely this time it was within the second spherical.
The Senators finally turned the Texas Rangers, and in 1974, Cubbage made his debut for the workforce at 22 years outdated. He was with the Rangers for about two years earlier than he was included in a commerce with the Minnesota Twins that centered round Bert Blyleven.
Johnny Damon of the Boston Purple Sox, left, chats along with his third base coach Mike Cubbage within the American League Division Collection in opposition to the Oakland A’s on Oct. 1, 2003 at Community Associates Coliseum in Oakland, California. (Jeff Gross/Getty Photographs)
He performed greater than 4 years with the Twins earlier than he hit free company and signed with the New York Mets in 1981. He retired from taking part in professionally after that 1981 season.
He hit .258 with 34 dwelling runs and 251 RBI in his time within the large leagues.
Cubbage was a minor league supervisor for a number of years earlier than he obtained the decision to function the Mets’ interim supervisor for the ultimate seven video games of the 1991 season. He was 3-4 in that span.
Supervisor Jeff Torborg, #10, first base coach Mike Cubbage, #4, and Vince Coleman, #1 of the New York Mets, argue with umpire Bob Davidson throughout an MLB recreation in opposition to the Atlanta Braves on Might 30, 1992 at Shea Stadium in Flushing, New York. (Bruce Bennett Studios by way of Getty Photographs Studios/Getty Photographs)
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He was a coach for the Mets, Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox and was a scout for the Washington Nationals when the workforce gained the World Collection in 2019.
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