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Former MLB player, coach and manager Mike Cubbage dead at 74
Former Major League Baseball coach, manager, and players Mike Cubbage has passed away at the age of 74.
Cubbage died on Saturday after a year-long battle with cancer.
Cubbage was drafted twice by the then-Washington Senators , choosing not to sign a professional contract in 1968 and playing for the University of Virginia instead.
The now-Texas Rangers picked Cubbage again in 1971 and he made his MLB debut with the franchise after the move to the Dallas area in 1974.
Cubbage stayed with the Rangers until 1976, and signed for the earlier incarnation of the Washington Senators and played for the franchise until 1980.
Mike Cubbage passed away on Saturday at age 74 after a year-long battle with cancer
As a player, Cubbage suited up for the Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins, and the New York Mets
His final season of professional baseball was spent with the New York Mets, playing for them for a single season in 1981.
After retiring, Cubbage got into coaching within the Mets organization and worked his way up, managing the teams' Double-A and Triple-A affiliates before working for the Mets themselves in 1990 and 1991.
Cubbage spent one week as the team's interim manager after the firing of Bud Harrelson near the end of the 1991 season.
After the hiring of Jeff Torborg as the full-time manager, Cubbage stayed with the team through 1996.
Cubbage then spent five seasons as a bench coach with the Houston Astros before ending his coaching career holding the same position with the Boston Red Sox.
Cubbage also spent a brief period as the interim manager for the Red Sox, just before they broke their World Series curse in 2004.