MetsMan67
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(11/19/03 5:46 pm)
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Former pitcher Ken Brett dies
11/19/2003 3:40 PM ET
Former pitcher Ken Brett dies
Associated Press
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Ken Brett, brother of Hall of Famer George Brett and the youngest World Series pitcher in history, is dead after a long battle with brain cancer. He was 53.
Brett, who died Tuesday night, was part-owner of the Spokane Indians minor league baseball team and Spokane Chiefs hockey team. The teams confirmed his death Wednesday.
Brett pitched 14 years in the Major Leagues, going 83-85 with a 3.67 ERA. He also hit .262.
He was 19 years, 1 month when he pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings for the Boston Red Sox in the 1967 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals.
The left-hander also played for Milwaukee, Philadelphia, the New York Yankees, the Chicago White Sox, California, Minnesota, Los Angeles and Kansas City before retiring in 1981.
He later served as a broadcaster for the Angels and Mariners.
He moved to Spokane several years ago to help run the minor league teams he owned with his brothers George and Bobby.
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prayers and good wishes to the entire brett family.
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