Former main league outfielder and speedy playoff bench weapon Terrance Gore has died on the age of 34, the Kansas Metropolis Royals introduced on Saturday.

Gore spent elements of eight seasons in Main League Baseball. Whereas he logged simply 85 complete plate appearances in these eight seasons with the Royals, Cubs, Dodgers, and Mets, his elite pace and base-running smarts made him a bench weapon in three totally different postseasons. For his profession, Gore batted .216/.310/.270 with 43 stolen bases in 52 makes an attempt and time spent in any respect three outfield positions.

Within the playoffs, Gore performed in 11 video games, every time as a pinch-runner. Whereas he batted simply twice in postseason play, he additionally stole 5 bases in six makes an attempt and scored three runs. A type of runs got here in Sport 2 of the 2014 World Collection, a sequence that the Royals ultimately misplaced to the Giants in seven video games. The following yr, Gore earned a World Collection ring as a member of those self same Royals, the staff that initially drafted him with a Twentieth-round choice in 2011. Gore was additionally a member of the Dodgers in 2020 and, for a time, on their playoff roster, however he didn’t seem in a playoff sport throughout Los Angeles’ run to the title in that COVID-abbreviated season. As nicely, Gore appeared in a playoff sport for the Braves in 2021, after they went on to win the World Collection.

A Georgia native, Gore attended faculty in Panama Metropolis, Florida. In keeping with MLB.com, Gore is survived by his spouse and three youngsters, who stay in Panama Metropolis. On the time of his passing, Gore was working as a baseball coach and likewise teaching his son’s youth staff.