Former President Obama is remembering Ryne Sandberg as a “class act” following the Chicago Cubs second baseman’s death.

Sixty-five-year-old Sandberg died Monday, the Cubs said in a social media post. The famed baseball player had announced last year that he had been diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer.

“Hall of Famer and Cubs stalwart Ryne Sandberg wasn’t just a great baseball player — he was a class act who never cheated the game,” Obama said on Tuesday.

“Everyone in Chicago — including White Sox fans — will miss him deeply,” he added. 

The former commander in chief, whose home city is Chicago, is a noted White Sox fan. But he’s expressed admiration for the Windy City’s crosstown rival before. 

Ahead of the Cubs’ 2016 World Series win, then-White House press secretary Josh Earnest said of Obama, “The president is a loyal Chicago White Sox fan.”

“But the president is also a champion of his hometown, and he has been pleased to see the Chicago Cubs play so well this year,” Earnest said at the time.

In a statement, MLB commissioner Bob Manfred called Sandberg a “legend of the Chicago Cubs franchise.”

“He was a five-tool player who excelled in every facet of the game thanks to his power, speed and work ethic,” Manfred said, recognizing Sandberg’s “10 consecutive All-Star selections, nine straight Gold Gloves, seven Silver Sluggers and 1984 National League MVP honors.”