Todd Benzinger, a former Boston first baseman who went on to win a championship with the Cincinnati Reds, has died at 63.

“The Cincinnati Reds are saddened by the passing of former first baseman and 1990 World Series champion Todd Benzinger,” the team announced on Thursday. “Our deepest condolences go out to his family, friends, former teammates and all who knew and loved him.”

Boston selected Benzinger in the fourth round of the 1981 MLB Draft, and he made his major league debut with the Red Sox in June 1987.

He spent the first two seasons of his big-league career in Boston, playing the outfield before moving to first base, then joined Cincinnati in 1989.

Benzinger finished with a .257 batting average, 66 home runs and 376 RBI across 924 games, according to his official MLB statistics.

His time with Boston was brief compared with the remainder of his career, but it was the organization that gave him his first opportunity in the majors. After leaving the Red Sox, he continued his career with the Reds, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants.