Devastating News: Mets star player and coach is dead.

Former Mets player and MLB coach Mike “Cubby” Cubbage died on Saturday after a battle with cancer at the age of 74, the New York Post reported Monday.

Cubbage spent the final season of his eight-year professional career with the Mets in 1981, appearing in 67 games.

The Charlottesville, Virginia, native began working his way through the managerial ranks in 1983, starting with the Little Fall Mets. He coached for the Mets’ then-Class A affiliate Lynchburg Mets in 1984 and 1985.

In 1986, when the Mets won the World Series, Cubbage was with the Mets’ Double-A affiliate Jackson Mets. By 1987, he arrived in the Triple-A with the Tidewater Tides.

Cubbage made his Major League coaching debut with the Mets in 1990 as a hitting and first base coach under Davey Johnson. According to the New York Post, Cubbage was the team’s interim manager for seven games in 1991 after the firing of Bud Harrelson.

He also had coaching roles with the Houston Astros, Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox and once served as Special Assistant to the President of the Washington Nationals.

Cubbage was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, UVA Baseball Hall of Fame, Tidewater Baseball Hall of Fame and the Valley League Hall of Fame.