Brad Halsey, a former major league pitcher who gave up Barry Bonds’s 714th home run, which tied Bonds with Babe Ruth for second place on the career list in 2006, died on Oct. 31 after a fall in Texas. He was 33.

The police in Comal County confirmed the death, in the Texas Hill Country area, but said they were investigating it. A person close to Halsey’s family, USA Today reported, described the death as a recreational climbing accident. The newspaper reported that Halsey died from blunt force injuries after he fell or jumped from a 100-foot cliff.

Halsey, a left-hander, was 14-19 in 88 games with the Yankees, the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Oakland Athletics from 2004 to 2006.

In 2004, he dueled the Boston Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez into the middle innings in a game highlighted by Derek Jeter’s running catch that led him to dive into the stands at Yankee Stadium. Halsey gave up the Bonds home run in Oakland in 2006 while pitching for the A’s. (Bonds ended his career No. 1 on the home run list, with 762.)