The baseball world is mourning a star.
Robert “Bobby” Jenks, a two-time All-Star pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, died in Portugal July 4 following a battle with stage 4 stomach cancer, the team confirmed. He was 44.
“We have lost an iconic member of the White Sox family,” White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said in a July 4 statement released by the organization. “None of us will ever forget that ninth inning of Game 4 in Houston, all that Bobby did for the 2005 World Series champions and for the entire Sox organization during his time in Chicago.”
“He and his family knew cancer would be his toughest battle, and he will be missed as a husband, father, friend, and teammate,” he continued. “He will forever hold a special place in all our hearts.”
Jenks—who played for the White Sox from 2005 to 2010 and the Boston Red Sox in 2011—proved his strength on and off the field with his loved ones.