Ryne Sandberg

Ryne Dee Sandberg (September 18, 1959 – July 28, 2025), nicknamed "Ryno," was an American professional baseball player, coach, and manager. He played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1981 and the Chicago Cubs from 1982 to 1994 and again from 1996 to 1997. He was honored into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005.

In January 2024, Sandberg announced that he had metastatic prostate cancer. After months of chemotherapy, Sandberg was declared cancer-free in August 2024, but in December 2024, Sandberg announced that the cancer had returned and spread to other organs. He died at his home in Lake Bluff, Illinois on July 28, 2025, at age 65.

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