前大联盟球员布奇·赫斯基因肺部血栓去世，享年54岁[1]。作为大联盟永久退役42号球衣前的最后几位穿着该号码的球员之一，赫斯基的离世标志着一个时代的落幕。
赫斯基在1989年被纽约大都会队在第七轮选中[1]，职业生涯共效力7个赛季，先后为大都会、西雅图水手和明尼苏达双城队效力[1]。他在1997年创造了职业生涯的巅峰，该赛季打出24个本垒打和81分打点的成绩[1]。整个职业生涯中，赫斯基出战642场比赛，打率为.267，累计贡献86个本垒打和336分打点[1]。赫斯基是大都会队倒数第二位穿42号球衣的球员，莫·沃恩为最后一位穿着者，效力大都会期间为2002年至2003年[1]。大联盟在1997年为纪念传奇球星杰基·罗宾逊而永久退役了42号球衣[1]。
Butch Huskey, a former Major League Baseball player who was among the final athletes to wear the iconic No. 42 before the league permanently retired the number, has died at age 54[1]. He passed away from a pulmonary embolism[1].
Huskey was selected by the New York Mets in the seventh round of the 1989 draft and went on to play seven seasons in the majors[1]. His career peak came in 1997, when he recorded 24 home runs and 81 runs batted in[1]. Over his professional tenure with the Mets, Seattle Mariners, and Minnesota Twins, he compiled a .267 batting average with 86 home runs, 336 RBIs across 642 games[1]. MLB permanently retired No. 42 in 1997 to honor Jackie Robinson[1]. Huskey was the second-to-last Mets player to wear the number; Mo Vaughn was the final Mets player to wear it during the 2002-2003 seasons[1].