Jerry Grote, beloved ex-Mets catcher and World Series champion, dead at 81
NY Post
Jerry Grote, the starting catcher for the Mets’ first World Series championship team in 1969, died Sunday afternoon from respiratory failure following a heart procedure, his wife Cheryl announced on Facebook.
He was 81.
“It’s with great sorrow that I make this post to all of Jerry’s fans. Today, April 7, 2024 at 4:29 p.m., I lost our beloved catcher,” she wrote, in part. “He gave a hard fight to the very end as we all expected he would. He is now home with Jesus. Thank you for all the memories and support.”
In a statement of their own, the Mets said that Grote had died at Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute in Austin, Texas.
Grote, a member of both the Mets’ beloved 1969 championship team and the 1973 club that won the National League pennant, spent the majority of his 16-year major league career with the franchise, from 1966 until he was traded to the Dodgers during the 1977 season.
Grote was considered one of the best defensive catchers in baseball in his day.
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