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Darryl
Strawberry		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6''
Weight: 205
 
Born: March 12, 1962 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1987   
Rookie Of The Year 1983   
Gold Glove Award 1984    1985    1986    1987    1988    1992    1994   
All-Star Selections 1984    1993   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1983 21 CHC NL 157 579 79 147 25 13 30 105 19 11 54 147 .254 .319 .497 .817 90.4 18.7
1984 22 CHC NL 156 555 80 152 22 11 20 91 41 8 51 156 .274 .336 .461 .797 87.0 20.9
1985 23 CHC NL 157 563 91 134 28 7 30 101 42 9 48 135 .238 .300 .472 .772 85.5 16.1
1986 24 CHC NL 156 542 102 135 29 17 24 89 44 8 83 157 .249 .350 .498 .848 98.1 23.0
1987 25 CHC NL 159 559 101 143 32 8 28 92 43 12 74 133 .256 .343 .492 .835 98.3 24.8
1988 26 CHC NL 158 559 84 142 34 6 26 89 54 11 65 193 .254 .333 .476 .809 93.3 24.4
1989 27 CHC NL 156 601 66 125 28 9 23 100 37 17 55 235 .208 .276 .399 .675 69.3 11.0
1990 28 CHC NL 155 565 86 122 23 6 31 83 33 12 54 192 .216 .292 .442 .734 76.6 11.6
1991 29 CHC NL 161 561 85 128 28 1 33 105 34 14 57 204 .228 .298 .458 .757 82.8 15.6
1992 30 BOS AL 153 589 96 148 38 5 36 97 37 17 78 229 .251 .341 .516 .857 103.6 18.7
1993 31 BOS AL 157 585 117 149 33 6 35 109 31 10 77 179 .255 .345 .511 .856 104.8 20.9
1994 32 BOS AL 155 569 87 137 22 7 30 96 31 17 71 189 .241 .325 .462 .787 88.9 13.2
1995 33 NOR AL 160 586 92 137 26 7 28 91 23 16 65 219 .234 .312 .445 .757 82.1 10.7
1996 34 NOR AL 41 97 16 19 3 1 3 12 4 2 18 35 .196 .322 .340 .662 12.1 1.3
14 Years Sim 2081 7510 1182 1818 371 104 377 1260 473 164 850 2403 .242 .321 .470 .791 1172.7 230.9
162 Game Average 584 92 141 28 8 29 98 36 12 66 187 .242 .321 .470 .791 91.3  
Career Highs 161 601 117 152 38 17 36 109 54 17 83 235 .274 .350 .516 .857 104.8  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1983 21 CHC NL RF 156 142 1327.7 254 10 5 2 .981 1.79   4.0
1984 22 CHC NL RF 154 142 1269.0 255 12 10 4 .964 1.89   3.7
1985 23 CHC NL RF 156 142 1299.7 267 10 8 3 .972 1.92   3.6
1986 24 CHC NL RF 156 148 1336.0 274 11 2 1 .993 1.92   4.5
1987 25 CHC NL RF 157 151 1358.7 299 5 6 1 .981 2.01   3.7
1988 26 CHC NL RF 156 149 1329.0 260 8 6 1 .978 1.81   2.9
    CF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
1989 27 CHC NL RF 155 153 1405.0 276 8 6 3 .979 1.82   3.6
1990 28 CHC NL RF 134 130 1174.3 248 6 2 2 .992 1.95   3.5
    CF 17 17 145.7 31 1 1 0 .970 1.98    
1991 29 CHC NL RF 159 155 1368.0 269 10 4 2 .986 1.84   4.3
1992 30 BOS AL RF 152 147 1324.3 296 9 5 2 .984 2.07   4.2
1993 31 BOS AL RF 152 145 1307.0 283 9 3 1 .990 2.01   5.1
    CF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1994 32 BOS AL RF 154 150 1339.0 272 8 3 2 .989 1.88   5.1
1995 33 NOR AL RF 158 152 1352.0 304 6 6 0 .981 2.06   2.5
1996 34 NOR AL RF 34 26 234.3 50 1 1 0 .981 1.96   0.4
    CF 2 0 14.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.57    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  RF 2033 1932 17424.0 3607 113 67 24 .982 1.92   51.1
  CF 21 18 170.7 37 2 1 0 .975 2.06    
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   2055 1950 17595.6 3644 115 68 24 .982 1.92   51.1
Career Highs   159 155 1405.0 304 12 10 4 .993 2.07    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1987 25 CHC NL 16 60 4 10 1 1 0 4 7 2 7 23 .167 .275 .217 .492
1993 31 BOS AL 9 34 4 5 0 0 0 3 2 2 5 13 .147 .250 .147 .397
Career Post-Season Batting 25 94 8 15 1 1 0 7 9 4 12 36 .160 .266 .191 .458
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1983-3-.497
1984-7-.461
1985-8-.472
1986-3-.498
1987-7-.492
1988-9-.476
1992-7-.516
1993-9-.511
 OPS
1986-4-.848
1987-10-.835
1992-10-.857
 XR
1984-7-87.0
1986-2-98.1
1987-5-98.3
1988-9-93.3
1992-8-103.6
1993-9-104.8
 Games
1987-5-159
1988-9-158
1991-4-161
1995-2-160
 Runs
1985-4-91
1986-2-102
1987-3-101
1993-1-117
 Total Bases
1983-5-288
1984-7-256
1985-9-266
1986-6-270
1987-9-275
1988-6-266
1992-7-304
1993-10-299
CAR-48-3528
Doubles
1988-10-34
 Triples
1983-5-13
1986-2-17
1989-7-9
CAR-31-104
 Homeruns
1983-2-30
1984-8-20
1985-1-30
1986-4-24
1987-2-28
1988-5-26
1989-10-23
1990-4-31
1991-3-33
1992-3-36
1993-5-35
1994-9-30
CAR-31-377
 RBIs
1983-2-105
1984-5-91
1985-4-101
1986-7-89
1987-5-92
1988-10-89
1989-5-100
1991-8-105
1993-5-109
CAR-34-1260
 Stolen Bases
1984-7-41
1985-3-42
1986-7-44
1988-10-54
CAR-31-473
 Caught Stealing
1989-10-17
1992-8-17
1994-10-17
1995-10-16
CAR-35-164
Walks
1986-5-83
1992-10-78
1993-10-77
 Strikeouts
1983-2-147
1984-3-156
1985-6-135
1986-2-157
1987-8-133
1988-3-193
1989-1-235
1990-3-192
1991-3-204
1992-1-229
1993-7-179
1994-7-189
1995-1-219
CAR-6-2403
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 143    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 41    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  6. Greg Luzinski (828)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Chicago (N) in 1983
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/1/1983, off John Denny (STL)
Won Rookie Of The Year in 1983, hitting .254 with 30 HR, 105 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 4/9/1984
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1984
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1985
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1986
Drove in 6 runs against Atlanta on 4/4/1987
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/1987, hitting .478 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Montreal on 4/15/1987
Won World Championship with Chicago (N) in 1987
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1987
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 4/26/1988
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1988, hitting .330 with 5 HR, 18 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1988
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 6/23/1991
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 8/27/1991
Traded from Chicago (N) to Boston on 3/2/1992 (Going to CHC: P Jamie Moyer, P Jose Rijo, 1B Ryan Klesko. Going to BOS: P Dennis Eckersley, RF Darryl Strawberry)
10/7/1992: Signed a contract extension with Boston, $13,000,000 per year, for 5 years
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1992
Won Player of the Week award on 5/6/1993, hitting .421 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1993, hitting .351 with 10 HR, 27 RBI
Was selected to the 1993 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Kansas City on 10/10/1993
Drove in 8 runs against Kansas City on 5/6/1994
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1994
Traded from Boston to New Orleans on 4/1/1995 (Going to NOR: P Mike Jeffcoat, P Rick Helling, LF Lee Tinsley, RF Darryl Strawberry, LF Scott Cooper. Going to BOS: P Gene Nelson, P Dave Mlicki, CF Matt Lawton)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Boston on 5/22/1995
Injured on 5/6/1996 with a Broken Hand, out for 7 weeks
Released by New Orleans on 11/11/1996
Signed as a free agent by Boston on 3/1/1997 to a minor league contract
Injured on 9/9/1997 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for one week
 
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