https://www.foxnews.com/sports/former-mets-catcher-ron-hodges-after-brief-illness-hospital-stay

Ron Hodges career ended with the New York Mets in 1984, 39 years ago.
New York=39

Keep in mind it is the city on the 74th Meridian West, and Hodges rookie season counted as the ’74 season, going with his sudden death at age 74.

It goes with him dying from a sudden illness, when historically those deaths tended to be from poison.
Poison=74, Killing=74, Occult=74, Masonic=74

For another interesting tidbit, he played in exactly 666 games with the Mets.
New York=666

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hodgero01.shtml