Bob Boone Baseball
FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers Steve Garvey, right, crashes into Philadelphia Phillies catcher Bob Boone as he touches home plate during the an NL playoff baseball game, Friday, Oct. 7, 1977, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Bob Boone, the catcher on the Philadelphia Phillies’ first World Series championship team who won seven Gold Gloves and was part of baseball’s first three-generation family, has died. He was 78. Boone’s son, Bret, announced his father’s death Tuesday on social media. The Phillies said in a statement Boone died Monday. No cause of death was announced. Boone spent his first 10 seasons with the Phillies, played seven with the California Angels and two with the Kansas City Royals. He also managed the Royals and Cincinnati Reds. His father, Ray, played in the major leagues, and two of his sons, Bret and Aaron, enjoyed long major league careers.
