Former White Sox pitcher Bobby Jenks died of stomach cancer in Portugal Friday after being diagnosed earlier this year, according to ESPN.

“We have lost an iconic member of the White Sox family today,” White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said in a statement.

Jenks launched his pro career in Alabama, playing for the Birmingham Barons in 2005, before ascending to pitch for the White Sox in 2006.

Jenks played with the White Sox for six seasons, between 2005 and 2010. He played for the Boston Red Sox in 2011.

In 2005, he played a key role in helping the White Sox win the World Series for the first time in 88 years.

“You play for the love of the game, the joy of it,” ESPN reported Jenks said in his last interview with SoxTV last year. “It’s what I love to do. I [was] playing to be a world champion, and that’s what I wanted to do from the time I picked up a baseball.”

A California native, Jenks was originally drafted by the Anaheim Angels in 2000, according to ESPN.

Jenks ended his career with a 16-20 record. He had a 3.53 ERA and 173 saves.

He is survived by his wife and their two children as well as four children from a previous marriage.