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ST. PETERSBURG (SNN-TV) – Former Tampa Bay Devil Rays shortstop Julio Lugo, who played for six other teams in a 12-year major league career and was the shortstop for Boston’s 2007 World Series championship team, has passed away. He was 45.
The cause of death was presumed to be a heart attack, per the Lugo family.
Lugo batted .269 with 80 homers and 475 RBIs from 2000 to 2011 with the Astros, Devil Rays, Dodgers, Red Sox, Cardinals, Orioles and Braves. He batted .385 in the Red Sox’s 2007 World Series sweep of the Colorado Rockies.
