According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, West is the sixth former Phillies player to die of brain cancer since 2003, following Ken Brett (2003), Tug McGraw (2004), Johnny Oates (2004), John Vukovich (2007), and Darren Daulton (2017).as drafted by New York in 1993 and spent 10 years in the majors.
West was a fourth-round pick of the Mets in the 1993 MLB Draft, and he pitched two seasons for them, before spending four seasons with the Minnesota Twins, including 1991, when they won the World Series.
West was traded to the Phillies on Dec. 5, 1992, spent four seasons in Philadelphia, then finished his career with the Boston Red Sox in 1998. He pitched in 1997 with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Japan. With the Phillies in 1993-96, West, a member of the 1993 National League championship team, made 122 appearances, mostly out of the bullpen. He had a 15-18 record and a 3.50 earned run average with the Phillies, and compiled a 31-38 record and a 4.66 ERA in 202 games over his 10-year MLB career., West is the sixth former Phillies player to die of brain cancer since 2003, following Ken Brett , Tug McGraw , Johnny Oates , John Vukovich , and Darren Daulton .
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