Chuck Hiller, 70; Mets Coach, Ex-Big Leaguer
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Chuck Hiller, a member of the Mets organization for the past 24 seasons and who hit the National League’s first grand slam in the World Series, died Wednesday. He was 70.
Hiller played for four teams in eight seasons and batted .243 with 20 home runs and 152 RBIs.
His grand slam in Game 4 of the 1962 World Series off New York Yankees pitcher Marshall Bridges snapped a seventh-inning tie and helped the San Francisco Giants to a 7-3 victory. The Yankees went on to win the series in seven games.
With the Mets, Hiller was the third base coach in 1990 and Darryl Strawberry’s first minor league manager a decade earlier.
Hiller played in the major leagues from 1961-68, including three seasons with the Mets from 1965-67.
