Ultimate Mets Database - Darryl Strawberry

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Darryl Strawberry
Inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame, 2010
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 11 of 1252 players

Darryl Eugene Strawberry
Born: March 12, 1962 at Los Angeles, Cal.
Throws: Left Bats: Left
Height: 6.05 Weight: 190

Darryl Strawberry has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 85 times, most recently on November 10, 2024.

First Mets game: May 6, 1983
Last Mets game: September 27, 1990

Winner of National League Rookie of the Year award, 1983. (New York Mets)
Winner of National League Player of the Week award, July 22, 1984, July 21, 1985, August 11, 1985, June 10, 1990. (New York Mets)
Winner of National League Player of the Month award, September 1987. (New York Mets)
Named Outfielder on the National League Silver Slugger team, 1988, 1990. (New York Mets)

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Darryl Strawberry also played for the following teams:

Los Angeles Dodgers 1991 - 1993; San Francisco Giants 1994; New York Yankees 1995 - 1999

Selected by New York Mets organization in first round (first pick overall) of free agent draft on June 3, 1980.

Signed with Los Angeles Dodgers as a free agent on November 8, 1990.

On disabled list:

from May 12, 1985 to June 28, 1985 (torn inner ulnar collateral ligament of the right thumb)

Established a Mets season record for Home Runs in 1987 with 39. Tied record in 1988. Broken by Todd Hundley in 1996 with 41.
Established a Mets season record for Runs Batted In in 1990 with 108. Broken by Howard Johnson in 1991 with 117.
Established a Mets season record for Runs in 1987 with 108. Tied by Howard Johnson in 1991. Broken by Lance Johnson in 1996 with 117.
Tied Mets season record of 97 Walks in 1987. Record was previously set by Keith Hernandez in 1984. Broken by John Olerud in 1999 with 125.
Established a Mets season record for Total Bases in 1987 with 310. Broken by Howard Johnson in 1989 with 319.

Click the icon to see a graph of Darryl Strawberry's batting, slugging, and on base percentages

Batting Record with New York Mets

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1983 122 420 63 108 15 7 26 74 47 9 128 4 19 6 0 2 215 .257 .512 .336

1984 147 522 75 131 27 4 26 97 75 15 131 0 27 8 1 4 244 .251 .467 .343

1985 111 393 78 109 15 4 29 79 73 13 96 1 26 11 0 3 219 .277 .557 .389

1986 136 475 76 123 27 5 27 93 72 9 141 6 28 12 0 9 241 .259 .507 .358

1987 154 532 108 151 32 5 39 104 97 13 122 7 36 12 0 4 310 .284 .583 .398

1988 153 543 101 146 27 3 39 101 85 21 127 3 29 14 0 9 296 .269 .545 .366

1989 134 476 69 107 26 1 29 77 61 13 105 1 11 4 0 3 222 .225 .466 .312

1990 152 542 92 150 18 1 37 108 70 15 110 4 15 8 0 5 281 .277 .518 .361

8 years 1109 3903 662 1025 187 30 252 733 580 108 960 26 191 75 1 39 2028 .263 .520 .359

League Championship Series Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1986 6 22 4 5 1 0 2 5 3 0 12 0 1 0 0 1 12 .227 .545 .308

1988 7 30 5 9 2 0 1 6 2 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 14 .300 .467 .344

2 years 13 52 9 14 3 0 3 11 5 0 17 0 1 1 0 1 26 .269 .500 .328

World Series Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1986 7 24 4 5 1 0 1 1 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 0 9 .208 .375 .321

1 year 7 24 4 5 1 0 1 1 4 0 6 0 3 1 0 0 9 .208 .375 .321

All-Star Game Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1984 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500

1985 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.000

1986 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500

1987 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

1988 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250

1990 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

6 years 6 12 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 4 .333 .333 .429

Led National League in home runs with 39 in 1988.
Led National League in slugging percentage with .545 in 1988.

Led Mets in games with 153 in 1988.
Led Mets in runs with 108 in 1987 and with 101 in 1988.
Led Mets in triples with 7 in 1983.
Led Mets in home runs with 26 in 1984, with 27 in 1986, with 39 in 1987, with 39 in 1988 and with 37 in 1990.
Led Mets in runs batted in with 97 in 1984, with 104 in 1987, with 101 in 1988 and with 108 in 1990.
Led Mets in stolen bases with 36 in 1987.
Led Mets in caught stealing with 12 in 1986, with 12 in 1987 and with 14 in 1988. Tied for Mets lead in caught stealing with 8 in 1990.
Led Mets in slugging percentage with .467 in 1984, with .507 in 1986, with .583 in 1987, with .545 in 1988 and with .518 in 1990.
Led Mets in on base percentage with .398 in 1987 and with .366 in 1988.
Led Mets in on base plus slugging with .865 in 1986, with .981 in 1987, with .911 in 1988 and with .879 in 1990.
Led Mets in strikeouts with 128 in 1983, with 131 in 1984, with 96 in 1985, with 141 in 1986, with 122 in 1987, with 127 in 1988 and with 110 in 1990.
Led Mets in walks with 97 in 1987.
Led Mets in intentional walks with 13 in 1989 and with 15 in 1990. Tied for Mets lead in intentional walks with 9 in 1983 and with 15 in 1984.
Led Mets in hit by pitch with 7 in 1987. Tied for Mets lead in hit by pitch with 4 in 1983 and with 6 in 1986.
Led Mets in total bases with 310 in 1987, with 296 in 1988 and with 281 in 1990.
Led Mets in sacrifice flies with 9 in 1988.

Games where Darryl Strawberry had 2 or more Home Runs
At St. Louis (NL) 06/28/83. At Atlanta (NL) 07/19/83. At San Diego (NL) 08/22/83. vs. San Francisco (NL) 08/27/83.
At St. Louis (NL) 06/17/84. At Montreal (NL) 09/30/84. vs. Atlanta (NL) 07/20/85. vs. Houston (NL) 07/28/85.
At Chicago (NL) 08/05/85. At Cincinnati (NL) 05/04/86. vs. Houston (NL) 07/03/86. At San Francisco (NL) 05/27/87.
At Montreal (NL) 06/18/87. vs. Chicago (NL) 08/06/87. vs. Philadelphia (NL) 09/09/87. At Montreal (NL) 04/04/88.
vs. St. Louis (NL) 06/15/88. vs. St. Louis (NL) 10/02/88. At St. Louis (NL) 04/16/89. vs. San Diego (NL) 08/16/89.
vs. Pittsburgh (NL) 06/08/90. vs. Houston (NL) 07/03/90.

Games where Darryl Strawberry had 4 or more Hits
At Philadelphia (NL) 04/22/84. At Chicago (NL) 08/05/85. At Los Angeles (NL) 09/07/85. At Atlanta (NL) 04/30/86.
vs. Houston (NL) 07/03/86. At Chicago (NL) 08/16/87. At Montreal (NL) 04/04/88. At San Diego (NL) 05/18/88.

Games played by position
1983: Outfield 117, Right Field 117
1984: Outfield 146, Right Field 134, Center Field 21
1985: Outfield 110, Right Field 100, Center Field 27
1986: Outfield 131, Right Field 130, Left Field 1
1987: Right Field 151, Outfield 151
1988: Outfield 150, Right Field 150
1989: Right Field 131, Outfield 131
1990: Outfield 149, Right Field 149

Lineup Analysis
Number of games in each batting order position in games in which Darryl Strawberry was in the starting lineup.

Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

1983 0 0 30 1 77 6 0 0 0
1984 0 0 4 73 53 13 0 0 0
1985 0 0 4 13 85 6 0 0 0
1986 0 0 3 46 78 0 0 0 0
1987 0 0 0 76 73 0 0 0 0
1988 0 0 2 147 0 0 0 0 0
1989 0 0 10 114 4 0 0 0 0
1990 0 0 0 129 17 0 0 0 0
Totals 0 0 53 599 387 25 0 0 0

Inside Sports DARRYL STRAWBERRY No Big Apple Hype - He's

Inside Sports
March 1984

Sunday News
April 1, 1984

Sports Illustrated THE STRAW THAT STIRS THE METS

Sports Illustrated
April 23, 1984

The Sporting News
May 21, 1984

New York Sports
July 1984

New York Times Magazine THE FUTURE IS NOW

New York Times Magazine
March 24, 1985

Baseball Digest
May 1986

Sports Illustrated DARRYL STRAWBERRY: Are The Mets As Good As Their Record?

Sports Illustrated
October 6, 1986

Sport Magazine DARRYL STRAWBERRY: BETTER THAN YOU THINK

Sport Magazine
April 1987

Sports Illustrated
July 13, 1987

Sports Illustrated
July 11, 1988

Sports Illustrated THE AMAZIN' (MESS) METS

Sports Illustrated
July 9, 1990

Sports Illustrated
February 27, 1995

Recovery Today DARRYL STRAWBERRY: DON'T GIVE UP ON ME!

Recovery Today
December 2017

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Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
1983	0	0	30	1	77	6	0	0	0
1984	0	0	4	73	53	13	0	0	0
1985	0	0	4	13	85	6	0	0	0
1986	0	0	3	46	78	0	0	0	0
1987	0	0	0	76	73	0	0	0	0
1988	0	0	2	147	0	0	0	0	0
1989	0	0	10	114	4	0	0	0	0
1990	0	0	0	129	17	0	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	53	599	387	25	0	0	0