Butch Huskey, a former New York Mets player associated with uniform number 42, has died at age 54. Multiple outlets report that he is the penultimate Met to wear No. 42.
Huskey spent parts of five seasons with the Mets, according to the coverage. The reports do not indicate further details about the circumstances of his death or provide additional career milestones beyond his Mets tenure and the significance of his jersey number. Different sources align on the basic facts: his age at death, his link to No. 42, and that he played intermittently in Queens over five seasons. The New York Post and Yahoo Sports both frame the announcement around his place in Mets uniform history rather than broader statistical achievements.
