ATWOOD, Kan. (AP) -Former major league outfielder Ted Uhlaender, whose daughter was a member of the U.S. Olympic skeleton team, has died. He was 68.
Uhlaender died Thursday after a heart attack, the San Francisco Giants said. He had worked as a scout for the team since 2002, and was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer last year.
Uhlaender played in the majors from 1965-72 with Minnesota, Cleveland and Cincinnati. A sure-handed, fleet center fielder, he hit .263 with 36 home runs and 285 RBIs.
His daughter, Katie, competed in the 2006 Turin Olympics. She spoke to her father Thursday morning, shortly before she ended the World Cup skeleton sliding season with a silver medal in Park City, Utah.
“All year I was feeling like my priorities were messed up, and I felt like I should be with my family instead of sledding,” she said shortly before her father died.
Ted Uhlaender had been hospitalized for another round of chemotherapy, and doctors found a blood clot Thursday morning.
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Uhlaender was traded with Graig Nettles and Dean Chance to Cleveland in a package for Luis Tiant after the 1969 season. He was traded to Cincinnati for his final year, and ended his career with a pinch-hitting appearance in a Game 7 loss to Oakland in the 1972 World Series.
In later years, he worked for the Arizona Diamondbacks and New York Yankees. He spent two years with the Giants, became Cleveland’s first base coach in 2000-01 and then returned to San Francisco.
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