Grote helped transform the New York Mets from perennial losers into the 1969 World Series champions.
NEW YORK — Jerry Grote, the catcher who helped transform the New York Mets from perennial losers into the 1969 World Series champions, died Sunday. He was 81.Grote had suffered from heart issues and died in Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center in Austin, Texas, Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz said. Grote had been scheduled for a procedure and died of respiratory failure during the procedure, Horwitz said.
Grote caught every inning of the postseason. He had a two-out single off Dave McNally in the ninth inning of World Series Game 2 to put runners at the corners, and Al Weis followed with an RBI single that lifted the Mets to a 2-1 win. Grote doubled off Dick Hall leading off the 10th inning of Game 4, and pinch-runner Rod Gaspar scored on J.C. Martin's sacrifice bunt for another 2-1 victory.
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