“Davey was a good man, close friend and a mentor,” Rizzo said in a text message. “A Hall of Fame caliber manager with a baseball mind ahead of his time.”

Davey Johnson, an All-Star second baseman who won the World Series twice with the Baltimore Orioles as a player and managed the New York Mets to the title in 1986, has died.

Johnson was American League Manager of the Year with Baltimore in 1997 and Washington in 2012 and went 1,372-1,071 in 17 seasons as an MLB manager from 1984 to 2013.