BOSTON — 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. He was 62.

The Boston Globe reported in mid-August that Mr. Greenwell had medullary thyroid cancer. Tracy Greenwell told WINK, a radio station in Lee County, Fla., that her husband died in Boston.

“With a heavy heart, I lost my best friend today,” Tracy Greenwell wrote on social media. “It was Mike’s time to be an angel. At 10:30 a.m. in Boston’s General Hospital. We are forever grateful for the life he has given us.”

Lee County Manager Bruce Harner also announced Mr. Greenwell's death on the county government's social media account. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Mr. Greenwell to the county commission in 2022

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