Boston.com · Aug 20, 2022
Former Red Sox pitcher Bill Lee, 75, collapses at exhibition game
Bill Lee went 94-68 with a 3.64 ERA for the Red Sox from 1969-78, and was inducted into the team's Hall of Fame in 2008.SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Former Boston Red Sox star Bill Lee collapsed in the bullpen while warming up for a Savannah Bananas exhibition game Friday night, but the 75-year-old pitcher walked off the field with assistance.
“He was able to leave the stadium with medical attention and was taken to a local hospital,” team president Jared Orton said in an email to The Associated Press.
Lee, a member of the Red Sox Hall of Fame and fondly nicknamed “Spaceman,” was in the right-field bullpen when the episode occurred.
