Rich Hacker

Richard Warren Hacker (October 6, 1947 – April 22, 2020) was an American Major League Baseball player, base coach and scout.

Hacker was seriously hurt in a car accident on the Martin Luther King Bridge in St. Louis in July 1993, when he collided with a driver who was racing.

During his recovery from injury he remained a member of the Blue Jays coaching staff, but was transferred to off-field work such as creating hitting charts of opposing teams.

[2] Hacker and his wife Kathryn lived in Belleville, Illinois, and had three grown children.

[3] Hacker died on April 22, 2020, in Fairview Heights, Illinois, due to leukemia.