Tim Wakefield, one of the few knuckleball pitchers in recent times and a two-time World Series champion with the Boston Red Sox, has died at 57.
The Boston baseball team announced his death on social media on Sunday.
“Our hearts are broken with the loss of Tim Wakefield,” the team wrote. “Wake embodied true goodness; a devoted husband, father and teammate, beloved broadcaster, and the ultimate community leader. He gave so much to the game and all of Red Sox Nation.”
“Our deepest love and thoughts are with Stacy, Trevor, Brianna and the Wakefield family,” the post concluded.
Who was Tim Wakefield?
Timothy Stephen Wakefield was an American professional baseball knuckleball pitcher who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).
Wakefield began his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates but is most remembered for his 17-year tenure with the Boston Red Sox, from 1995 until his retirement in 2012 as the longest-serving player on the team.
When he retired, Wakefield was the oldest active player in the major leagues.
Wakefield won his 200th career game on September 13, 2011, and he ranks third in career wins in Red Sox franchise history (186), behind Cy Young and Roger Clemens.
He is second in all-time wins at Fenway Park with 97, behind Clemens’s 100, and is the all-time leader in innings pitched by a Red Sox pitcher, with 3,006, having surpassed Clemens’s total of 2,777 on June 8, 2010.
Wakefield was an All-Star in 2009 and he won the Roberto Clemente Award in 2010.
Tim Wakefield was born in Melbourne, Florida, on August 2, 1966. He attended Eau Gallie High School and then attended Florida Institute of Technology, where he played college baseball for the Florida Tech Panthers.
At Florida Tech, he was named the Panthers’ team most valuable player as a first baseman in his sophomore and junior years.
He set a single-season Panthers record with 22 home runs, as well as the career home run record at 40. In 2006, his uniform number, No. 3, was retired by the college.
Tim Wakefield Wife Stacy Stover
Tim Wakefield met his wife Stacy Stover in 2000 and the two began dating the following.
They later tied the knot on November 9, 2002.
While Stacy might keep her life private, she has worked closely with the Wakefield Warriors — an organization that helps children at the Franciscan Hospital for Children.
Tim Wakefield wife cancer
On September 27, 2023, Wakefield’s former teammate Curt Schilling revealed that Wakefield and his wife, Stacy Stove, were diagnosed with different forms of cancer.
Wakefield’s former teammate Curt Schilling revealed the Florida native was diagnosed with brain cancer.
Additionally, he revealed Stacy is also battling pancreatic cancer.
While Schilling was the first to share the news, both the Wakefields and the Red Sox revealed he broke the news without their permission.
In a statement released by the organization, the Red Sox said: “We are aware of the statements and inquiries about the health of Tim and Stacy Wakefield.
“Unfortunately, this information has been shared publicly without their permission. Their health is a deeply personal matter they intended to keep private as they navigate treatment and work to tackle this disease.”
They concluded the statement by saying that the Wakefields “respectfully ask for privacy at this time.”
Tim Wakefield Children
Tim Wakefield had two children with his wife Stacy Stover.
Their son Trevor Wakefield was born in 2004 followed by the birth of their daughter Brianna Grace Wakefield in 2005.
Tim Wakefield Family
Father: Steve Wakefield.
Mother: Not Known.
Siblings: Not Known
Wife: Stacy Stover.
Children: Trevor Wakefield and Brianna Grace Wakefield.
Tim Wakefield Death cause
On October 1, 2023, Tim Wakefield died of brain cancer, aged 57.
Following the news of his death on Sunday, tributes immediately poured in for the 2009 All-Star, with one Red Sox fan writing: ‘I’m broken.’
Another noted: ‘Every complimentary word you’ve heard about Tim Wakefield, take that and multiply it by a million. It’s all true.
Genuinely one of the kindest, most selfless, caring and giving people I’ve ever met. I’m heartbroken. All the love and condolences to his family. Rest in power, 49.’
Wakefield’s former teammate Kevin Youkilis became choked up while honoring Wakefield before the Red Sox’s game against the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday.
“He was a great competitor. When he took that mound, he was just a great teammate,” he said in a clip shared on X by the New England Sports Network.
Youkilis continued, “And just a great friend. And I had the luxury to play with him on the field [and] on the booth. [I’m] just glad that I had the opportunity over the years to be alongside him.”
"He was a great teammate and just a great friend."
Kevin Youkilis on Tim Wakefield, who passed away this morning at the age of 57. pic.twitter.com/8YPg3cOfgm
— NESN (@NESN) October 1, 2023
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