Terrance Gore, a speedy outfielder who played for three World Series champions while spending parts of eight seasons in the major leagues, has died. He was 34.<\/p>\n
Chad Funderburk, a family friend who also worked with Gore through his baseball academy, confirmed Gore died Friday night. He deferred to Gore\u2019s family in terms of providing any further details.<\/p>\n
While Gore was known for his athleticism, Funderburk said he was \u201ca much kinder human.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cJust a giving, giving man to so many youth. … That\u2019s just who Terrance was,\u201d Funderburk said.<\/p>\n
Gore, a Georgia native, was selected by Kansas City in the 20th round of the 2011 amateur draft. He batted .216, scored 33 runs and swiped 43 bags in 52 attempts over 112 regular-season games with the Royals, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets.<\/p>\n
\u201cTerrance was an unforgettable part of our organization with a unique talent that catapulted him to some of the biggest moments in Royals history,\u201d Royals general manager J.J. Picollo said in a team statement. \u201cWhile his speed and athleticism were what most people immediately noticed, those of us who had the opportunity to know him also remember his energy, his humility, and the impact he made in big moments on the game\u2019s biggest stage.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gore was mostly used as a pinch runner and defensive replacement. He made his debut with the Royals in 2014 and stole 23 bases before he got his first hit, a single to center for the Cubs against Max Scherzer in the ninth inning of a 10-3 loss at Washington on Sept. 8, 2018.<\/p>\n
Gore appeared in two postseason games during Kansas City\u2019s championship run in 2015. He played in two regular-season games when the Dodgers won the World Series in 2020. He appeared in one NL playoff game with Atlanta in 2021, and the Braves went on to win the<\/p>\n
\u201cTerrance brought a high level of excitement and anticipation to the game,\u201d former Royals executive Dayton Moore said. \u201cHe was unstoppable as a base stealer, and he inspired athletes throughout our country to pursue baseball. He was loved and respected by his very special teammates, who will continue to love his family during this time of sadness.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Terrance Gore, a speedy outfielder who played for three World Series champions while spending parts of eight seasons…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":566090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2288],"tags":[2309,5,2316,2323,2313,2325,57,19,2310,2328,2304,2318,2308,2319,4,2305,2303,2327,2321,185,2339,2324,2311,16006],"class_list":{"0":"post-566089","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb-postseason","8":"tag-ball-and-bat-games","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-baseball-competitions","11":"tag-baseball-events","12":"tag-baseball-playoffs-and-champions","13":"tag-baseball-teams","14":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","15":"tag-major-league-baseball","16":"tag-major-league-baseball-competitions","17":"tag-major-league-baseball-playoffs","18":"tag-major-league-baseball-postseason","19":"tag-major-league-baseball-seasons","20":"tag-major-league-baseball-teams","21":"tag-major-league-baseball-teams-seasons","22":"tag-mlb","23":"tag-mlb-playoffs","24":"tag-mlb-postseason","25":"tag-seasons-in-american-sport","26":"tag-seasons-in-baseball","27":"tag-sports","28":"tag-sports-competitions","29":"tag-sports-events","30":"tag-team-sports","31":"tag-terrance-gore"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}