Legendary Pirates National Baseball Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski has died at the age of 89, according to a release from the Pittsburgh Pirates. Mazeroski died on Friday, Feb. 20. He is survived by his two sons, Darren and David, and his four grandchildren. Mazeroski was a seven-time All-Star who hit the most famous home run in baseball history, a ninth-inning, game-winning blast against the Yankees in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series.“His name will always be tied to the biggest home run in baseball history and the 1960 World Series championship, but I will remember him most for the person he was: humble, gracious and proud to be a Pirate,” said Pirates Chairman Bob Nutting in a release sent out by the organization Saturday morning. “Everyone across the Pirates organization is deeply saddened by the loss of Bill Mazeroski,” wrote Nutting before adding, “Maz was one of a kind — a true Pirates legend, a National Baseball Hall of Famer and one of the finest defensive second basemen the game has ever seen.” Mazeroski’s career with the Pirates spanned 17 years. He was an inaugural member of the Pirates Hall of Fame class in 2022. In 2001, Maz was enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. He won a total of eight Gold Glove Awards and was known as one of the “finest fielding second basemen in the history of the game,” according to a release from the team. He holds National League records for most seasons leading the league in assists (9), most seasons leading the league in double plays (8) and most double plays turned in a single season (161 in 1966). On Mazeroski’s 74th birthday in 2010, the Pirates unveiled a statue outside PNC Park in his honor. The statue is located at the end of Mazeroski Way near the right field entrance to the ballpark. “He was a teammate. He was a human. He was humble. And he was really, really good,” said current Pirate’s manager Don Kelly when speaking to the media in Bradenton ahead of the Spring Training game Saturday. Kelly added, “He meant a lot to a lot of people here and a lot of people in Pittsburgh.”

PITTSBURGH —

Legendary Pirates National Baseball Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski has died at the age of 89, according to a release from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Mazeroski died on Friday, Feb. 20. He is survived by his two sons, Darren and David, and his four grandchildren.

Mazeroski was a seven-time All-Star who hit the most famous home run in baseball history, a ninth-inning, game-winning blast against the Yankees in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series.

“His name will always be tied to the biggest home run in baseball history and the 1960 World Series championship, but I will remember him most for the person he was: humble, gracious and proud to be a Pirate,” said Pirates Chairman Bob Nutting in a release sent out by the organization Saturday morning.

“Everyone across the Pirates organization is deeply saddened by the loss of Bill Mazeroski,” wrote Nutting before adding, “Maz was one of a kind — a true Pirates legend, a National Baseball Hall of Famer and one of the finest defensive second basemen the game has ever seen.”

Mazeroski’s career with the Pirates spanned 17 years. He was an inaugural member of the Pirates Hall of Fame class in 2022.

In 2001, Maz was enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. He won a total of eight Gold Glove Awards and was known as one of the “finest fielding second basemen in the history of the game,” according to a release from the team.

He holds National League records for most seasons leading the league in assists (9), most seasons leading the league in double plays (8) and most double plays turned in a single season (161 in 1966).

On Mazeroski’s 74th birthday in 2010, the Pirates unveiled a statue outside PNC Park in his honor.

The statue is located at the end of Mazeroski Way near the right field entrance to the ballpark.

“He was a teammate. He was a human. He was humble. And he was really, really good,” said current Pirate’s manager Don Kelly when speaking to the media in Bradenton ahead of the Spring Training game Saturday.

Kelly added, “He meant a lot to a lot of people here and a lot of people in Pittsburgh.”