Bob Boone, a four-time All-Star catcher who spent two seasons as a player with the Kansas City Royals before managing the club for parts of three seasons, has died at the age of 78, according to a social media post…
Former Kansas City Royals catcher and manager Bob Boone has passed away at the age of 78, according to his family. Boone played two seasons with Kansas City toward the end of his 19-year MLB career and later managed the club across parts of three seasons from 1995 to 1997.
A four-time All-Star and seven-time Gold Glove winner, Boone won the 1980 World Series with the Philadelphia Phillies and spent seven seasons with the California Angels. Part of MLB's first three-generation family, he also managed the Cincinnati Reds and worked in the Washington Nationals' front office before retiring in 2021.
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