He was a pitching coach for Detroit Single-A affiliate team, Oneonta Tigers. Bill was also once professional hockey player Wayne Muloin's brother-in-law. When people would ask him for an autograph, he surprised people because although he pitched and batted right-handed, his hand writing was left handed. Illness and death In May 2008, the Boston Globe reported that Monbouquette was suffering from acute myelogenous leukemia. The chemotherapy and drug treatment he received had the disease in remission, but he needed a bone marrow and stem cell transplant to be cured. The Red Sox, in conjunction with Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, on June 7, 2008, encouraged fans to enroll in the National Marrow Donor Registry at Tufts University in hopes of finding a suitable donor for Monbouquette and others suffering from the disease. In 2010, the Boston rock band the Remains released a song, "Monbo Time", as a tribute to Monbouquette. The Remains pledged to donate 50% of the revenues they receive from sales of the song to cancer research. Boston Herald, April 22, 2010; nesn.com, April 14, 2010) Monbouquette died on January 25, 2015, aged 78 at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Medford Massachusetts. He was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford, Massachusetts. See also List of Major League Baseball no-hitters List of Major League Baseball career wins leaders References External links 1936 births 2015 deaths Albany Senators players American League All-Stars Baseball players from Massachusetts Bluefield Blue-Grays players Boston Red Sox players Corning Red Sox players Deaths from cancer in Massachusetts Deaths from leukemia Detroit Tigers players Greensboro Patriots players Major League Baseball pitchers Major League Baseball pitching coaches Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players New York Mets coaches New York Yankees coaches New York Yankees players New York Yankees scouts San Francisco Giants players Sportspeople from Medford, Massachusetts