DETROIT -- Longtime Detroit Tigers outfielder and 1984 World Series hero Chet Lemon has died at the age of 70. Lemon’s wife Gigi told the Detroit Free Press that he died in his sleep Thursday morning.

Lemon played the first seven years of his career on the White Sox and was a back-to-back All-Star in 1978 and 1979. He played for the Tigers for the final nine years of his career and was an All-Star during that World Series title season in 1984.

Lemon was a three-time All-Star, and during the 1984 season, the outfielder earned his final All-Star nod in leading the Tigers to their first World Series title since 1968. That year, Lemon posted a .287 batting average with 20 home runs.