Ex-MLB Pitcher Scott Sauerbeck's cause of death unveiled

The former MLB pitcher Scott Sauerbeck, who died in February, died due to complications from the flu, according to an autopsy.

The medical examiner's office in Florida in District 12 listed the cause of death as “consequence of acute influenza A, including streptococcal pharyngitis”, according to the autopse report preserved by TMZ.

It was found that the death of the 53-year-old was due to natural causes and that no substances were found in his system, according to the toxicological report.

After the autopsy, hypertensive heart disease were also listed as a contribution factor.

Sauerbeck died in Bradenton, Florida in mid -February, and the news was soon announced by the pirates.

Sauerbeck had spent seven seasons in the majors after he had been confiscated by the Mets in the 1994 draft and had played the next three seasons in the Minor League system of the METS.

He was selected in 1998 by the pirates in the draft of Rule 5 and played for the franchise from 1999 to 2003, achieving an ERA of 3.56 in 341 appearances.

Sauerbeck was then traded on the Red Sox during the 2003 season and was later signed at Cleveland in 2004, but missed it all year round.

Then he spent the time in 2006 with the A's and in the next two years in the Minor League Systems of the Astros, Blue Jays, Reds and White Sox.