Former MLB player Jim Marshall, who spent time playing for the Orioles, Cubs, Giants, Mets and Pirates, has died following an illness. He was 94 years old.
Longtime Mets public relations staffer Jay Horwitz announced the news Monday on X.
“Jim Marshall, the oldest living Met, passed away [Sunday] night after a short illness,” Horwitz posted.
Marshall played Major League Baseball for five seasons, before leaving to play professionally in Japan.
Following his playing career, Marshall managed the Cubs from 1974-76, before serving as the manager of the Athletics in 1979.
“The Hall of Fame remembers former outfielder and manager Jim Marshall, who passed away Sunday at the age of 94,” the Baseball Hall of Fame posted on X. “Marshall, a member of the original Mets in 1962, was among the first American-born major leaguers to play professionally in Japan.”
Marshall joined the original Mets team for 1962 after he had been playing for the Giants.
He closed out his career with the Pirates to finish out the 1962 season.
During his five-year Major League Baseball career, Jim Marshall hit .242 with 24 doubles, seven triples, 29 home runs and 106 RBIs across 410 games.
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