{"id":31499,"date":"2026-07-23T15:50:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=31499"},"modified":"2026-07-23T15:50:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:50:43","slug":"baseball-star-reliever-dies-at-62-fans-mourn-a-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=31499","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Star Reliever Dies at 62 \u2014 Fans Mourn a Legend."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ad_ph\">\n<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"16\" data-end=\"60\"><strong data-start=\"16\" data-end=\"60\">Blue Jays Champion Duane Ward Dies at 62<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"62\" data-end=\"161\">The baseball world is mourning the loss of Toronto Blue Jays legend Duane Ward, who has died at 62.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"163\" data-end=\"405\">Ward was a crucial part of the Blue Jays teams that won back-to-back World Series titles in 1992 and 1993. Known for his powerful pitching and reliability in high-pressure moments, he became one of the greatest relievers in franchise history.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"407\" data-end=\"583\">During his career in Toronto, Ward recorded 121 saves and appeared in 452 games. In 1993, he earned All-Star honors and set a Blue Jays record with 45 saves in a single season.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"585\" data-end=\"710\">Fans will forever remember his role in the team\u2019s championship era, including his victory in Game 6 of the 1993 World Series.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"712\" data-end=\"831\">The Blue Jays honored Ward with a tribute and moment of silence, remembering him as a true legend of the franchise. \u26be\u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N9Pnb0cghtQ?si=LhfzJb_f3avH0h-H\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Jays Champion Duane Ward Dies at 62 The baseball world is mourning the loss of Toronto Blue Jays legend Duane Ward, who has died at 62. Ward was a crucial part of the Blue Jays teams that won back-to-back World Series titles in 1992 and 1993. Known for his powerful pitching and reliability in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=31499\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Baseball Star Reliever Dies at 62 \u2014 Fans Mourn a Legend.&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31500,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31501,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31499\/revisions\/31501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}