Dave McCarty, World Series Winner With Red Sox, Dies at 54

Dave McCarty of the Boston Red Sox watches his game-winning two-run home run, scoring teammate Jason Varitek, to win the game against the Seattle Mariners in the twelfth inning at Boston's Fenway Park, on May 30, 2004. Jim Bourg JRB/Reuters

Dave McCarty, a first baseman and outfielder on the Boston Red Sox 2004 team that won the World Series, died Friday in Oakland, California. He was 54.

The Red Sox announced his death and said it was caused by a “cardiac event.”