Greenwell, who revealed in August that he had been diagnosed with medullary thyroid cancer, was 62 years old.

Mike Greenwell, an outfielder who played 12 seasons with the Boston Red Sox and finished second in the 1988 American League MVP voting, died Thursday, his wife said.

Greenwell spent his entire 12-year career in MLB in Boston, compiling a career batting average of .303 and winning a Silver Slugger Award in 1988.