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Portrait of Darryl Strawberry

Darryl Strawberry OFMets

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
20 6326 .259 .357 .505 132 34.8
Birth Date3-12-1962
Height6' 6"
Weight200 lbs
Age63 years, 0 months, 16 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
1983 NYN 21 122 473 108 15 7 26 47 128 4 19 6 .257 .336 .512 125 13.4 2.4 -0.2 2.5
1984 NYN 22 147 602 131 27 4 26 75 131 0 27 8 .251 .343 .467 123 17.5 -0.4 -4.3 2.6
1985 NYN 23 111 470 109 15 4 29 73 96 1 26 11 .277 .389 .557 160 34.6 0.6 -3.7 4.3
1986 NYN 24 136 562 123 27 5 27 72 141 6 28 12 .259 .358 .507 122 15.1 -2.6 -5.5 1.8
1987 NYN 25 154 640 151 32 5 39 97 122 7 36 12 .284 .398 .583 156 44.6 4.3 1.2 6.1
1988 NYN 26 153 640 146 27 3 39 85 127 3 29 14 .269 .366 .545 153 37.5 -1.0 -1.9 4.9
1989 NYN 27 134 541 107 26 1 29 61 105 1 11 4 .225 .312 .466 118 11.9 -0.8 6.5 2.9
1990 NYN 28 152 621 150 18 1 37 70 110 4 15 8 .277 .361 .518 143 30.6 -1.7 -4.9 3.7
1991 LAN 29 139 588 134 22 4 28 75 125 3 10 8 .265 .361 .491 130 21.5 2.8 -9.6 2.6
1992 LAN 30 43 177 37 8 0 5 19 34 1 3 1 .237 .322 .385 97 0.0 -1.1 -2.2 0.0
1993 LAN 31 32 120 14 2 0 5 16 19 2 1 0 .140 .267 .310 97 0.0 0.1 -3.6 -0.1
1994 SFN 32 29 113 22 3 1 4 19 22 0 0 3 .239 .363 .424 102 0.8 1.7 2.4 0.7
1995 NYA 33 32 99 24 4 1 3 10 22 2 0 0 .276 .364 .448 101 0.5 0.6 3.6 0.6
1996 NYA 34 63 237 53 13 0 11 31 55 1 6 5 .262 .359 .490 111 4.6 1.0 -2.9 0.7
1997 NYA 35 11 32 3 1 0 0 3 9 0 0 0 .103 .188 .138 68 -1.2 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1
1998 NYA 36 101 345 73 11 2 24 46 90 3 8 7 .247 .354 .542 126 12.4 -0.8 -1.4 1.3
1999 NYA 37 24 66 16 5 0 3 17 16 0 2 0 .327 .500 .612 137 3.6 -0.4 0.0 0.4
Career1583632614012563833581613523822199.259.357.505132247.24.2-26.834.8

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1980 KNG Rk APL 44 180 .000 .000 .000 .327 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1981 LYN A+ CRL 123 513 .000 .000 .000 .310 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1982 JAC AA TXS 129 548 .000 .000 .000 .346 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1983 NYN MLB NL 122 473 .254 .316 .373 .306 96 18 12.8 -4.7 125 13 -0.2 2.4 13.4 2.5
1983 TID AAA INT 16 71 .000 .000 .000 .444 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1984 NYN MLB NL 147 602 .255 .315 .369 .285 95 16.6 16.1 -5 123 13 -4.3 -0.4 17.5 2.6
1985 NYN MLB NL 111 470 .254 .321 .377 .295 93 32.1 12.8 -3.4 160 13 -3.7 0.6 34.6 4.3
1986 NYN MLB NL 136 562 .253 .319 .383 .304 96 35 15.6 -5.7 122 9 -5.5 -2.6 15.1 1.8
1987 NYN MLB NL 154 640 .260 .325 .406 .299 96 56.2 18.9 -7 156 9 1.2 4.3 44.6 6.1
1988 NYN MLB NL 153 640 .254 .312 .376 .277 94 48.7 16.8 -6.2 153 13 -1.9 -1.0 37.5 4.9
1989 NYN MLB NL 134 541 .248 .309 .366 .226 98 16.4 14.1 -5.2 118 8 6.5 -0.8 11.9 2.9
1990 NYN MLB NL 152 621 .259 .321 .388 .283 98 37.1 16.7 -6.1 143 10 -4.9 -1.7 30.6 3.7
1991 LAN MLB NL 139 588 .251 .316 .372 .297 97 29.4 15.9 -5.9 130 9 -9.6 2.8 21.5 2.6
1992 LAN MLB NL 43 177 .252 .308 .368 .271 98 2.7 4.6 -1.7 97 13 -2.2 -1.1 0.0 0.0
1993 LAN MLB NL 32 120 .262 .325 .405 .115 101 -3.8 3.4 -1.2 97 21 -3.6 0.1 0.0 -0.1
1993 ABQ AAA PCL 5 21 .000 .000 .000 .385 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 SFN MLB NL 29 113 .262 .325 .403 .265 95 2.4 3.4 -1.2 102 14 2.4 1.7 0.8 0.7
1994 PHX AAA PCL 3 11 .000 .000 .000 .250 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 NYA MLB AL 32 99 .258 .325 .401 .339 102 3.8 3.0 -1.4 101 15 3.6 0.6 0.5 0.6
1995 TAM A+ FSL 2 10 .000 .000 .000 .167 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 COH AAA INT 22 101 .000 .000 .000 .305 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 NYA MLB AL 63 237 .276 .347 .439 .302 101 4.4 7.3 -3.1 111 11 -2.9 1.0 4.6 0.7
1996 COH AAA INT 2 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 NYA MLB AL 11 32 .277 .346 .454 .150 101 -5.2 0.9 -0.4 68 11 -0.3 -0.4 -1.2 -0.1
1997 TAM A+ FSL 0 17 .000 .000 .000 .538 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 NRW AA EAS 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 COH AAA INT 0 46 .000 .000 .000 .227 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 NYA MLB AL 101 345 .274 .340 .438 .269 96 18.1 9.4 -5.9 126 14 -1.4 -0.8 12.4 1.3
1999 NYA MLB AL 24 66 .268 .345 .424 .433 97 8.7 1.8 -1.2 137 18 0.0 -0.4 3.6 0.4
1999 COH AAA INT 0 84 .000 .000 .000 .304 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1980 KNG Rk APL 180 157 27 42 5 2 5 66 20 20 39 5 1 .268 .354 .420 .153 0 0
1981 LYN A+ CRL 513 420 84 107 22 6 13 180 78 82 105 31 8 .255 .383 .429 .174 1 1
1982 JAC AA TXS 548 435 93 123 19 9 34 262 97 100 145 45 22 .283 .423 .602 .320 1 1
1983 NYN MLB NL 473 420 63 108 15 7 26 215 74 47 128 19 6 .257 .336 .512 .255 2 0
1983 TID AAA INT 71 57 12 19 4 1 3 34 13 14 18 7 1 .333 .465 .596 .263 0 0
1984 NYN MLB NL 602 522 75 131 27 4 26 244 97 75 131 27 8 .251 .343 .467 .216 4 1
1985 NYN MLB NL 470 393 78 109 15 4 29 219 79 73 96 26 11 .277 .389 .557 .280 3 0
1986 NYN MLB NL 562 475 76 123 27 5 27 241 93 72 141 28 12 .259 .358 .507 .248 9 0
1987 NYN MLB NL 640 532 108 151 32 5 39 310 104 97 122 36 12 .284 .398 .583 .299 4 0
1988 NYN MLB NL 640 543 101 146 27 3 39 296 101 85 127 29 14 .269 .366 .545 .276 9 0
1989 NYN MLB NL 541 476 69 107 26 1 29 222 77 61 105 11 4 .225 .312 .466 .242 3 0
1990 NYN MLB NL 621 542 92 150 18 1 37 281 108 70 110 15 8 .277 .361 .518 .242 5 0
1991 LAN MLB NL 588 505 86 134 22 4 28 248 99 75 125 10 8 .265 .361 .491 .226 5 0
1992 LAN MLB NL 177 156 20 37 8 0 5 60 25 19 34 3 1 .237 .322 .385 .147 1 0
1993 LAN MLB NL 120 100 12 14 2 0 5 31 12 16 19 1 0 .140 .267 .310 .170 2 0
1993 ABQ AAA PCL 21 19 3 6 2 0 1 11 2 2 5 1 0 .316 .381 .579 .263 0 0
1994 SFN MLB NL 113 92 13 22 3 1 4 39 17 19 22 0 3 .239 .363 .424 .185 2 0
1994 PHX AAA PCL 11 10 3 3 0 0 2 9 3 0 4 0 0 .300 .300 .900 .600 0 0
1995 COH AAA INT 101 83 20 25 3 1 7 51 29 15 17 1 1 .301 .414 .614 .313 0 0
1995 TAM A+ FSL 10 9 1 2 1 0 1 6 2 1 2 0 0 .222 .300 .667 .444 0 0
1995 NYA MLB AL 99 87 15 24 4 1 3 39 13 10 22 0 0 .276 .364 .448 .172 0 0
1996 COH AAA INT 8 8 3 3 0 0 3 12 5 0 3 0 0 .375 .375 1.500 1.125 0 0
1996 NYA MLB AL 237 202 35 53 13 0 11 99 36 31 55 6 5 .262 .359 .490 .228 3 0
1997 NYA MLB AL 32 29 1 3 1 0 0 4 2 3 9 0 0 .103 .188 .138 .034 0 0
1997 COH AAA INT 46 38 8 11 3 0 6 32 19 8 10 0 0 .289 .413 .842 .553 0 0
1997 TAM A+ FSL 17 16 2 7 1 0 0 8 4 1 3 0 0 .438 .471 .500 .063 0 0
1997 NRW AA EAS 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
1998 NYA MLB AL 345 295 44 73 11 2 24 160 57 46 90 8 7 .247 .354 .542 .295 1 0
1999 NYA MLB AL 66 49 10 16 5 0 3 30 6 17 16 2 0 .327 .500 .612 .286 0 0
1999 COH AAA INT 84 73 12 21 5 1 4 40 15 11 13 1 2 .288 .381 .548 .260 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
1997-04-07 1997-08-15 60-DL 130 114 Left Knee Cartilage Injury Patellar Cartilage - -

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2019 Preseason Forecast

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DateQuestionAnswer
2013-09-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)What would you most want to write about if you had total access?
(Habyart from Mission)		If I had total access and people would be honest with me, I'd really want to spend an offseason writing about Ken Rosenthal and what he does, how he does it. Or, maybe larger, an offseason; how an offseason develops, in the rooms, in the negotiations, every team starting with one idea about themselves and ending the winter with another one. The offseason is where the real personalities are, not on the field.

Also. In Moneyball, in the section about the year Billy Beane got drafted, they talk about how the Mets had the first overall pick. Quoting:

Plus, there was this one other thing: In the months leading up to the draft the Mets front office had allowed themselves to become part of a strange experiment. Sports Illustrated had asked the Mets' GM if one fo the magazine's reporters could follow the team as it decided who would become the first overall draft pick. The Mets had shown the magazine their short list of prospects, and the magazine had said it would be convenient, journalistically, if the team selected Darryl Strawberry."

That would be an amazing article to write and report, with enough access. I wonder how much that story is apocrypha, though. I went looking through the SI Vault and found no such story. Only an article about Strawberry two months before the draft, maybe 1,000 words. So hmmmmm. I'm now skeptical. (Sam Miller)
2009-12-15 14:00:00 (link to chat)Which BJ Upton do you think we see in 2010? I say this is the breakout where the glimpses of greatness far outweigh the stretches of inconsistency - thoughts?
(Walter from Tampa Bay)		Talk about one of the most maddening players in the game today. If you had to pick between Upton, Chris B. Young, and Delmon Young, I might still pick Upton as the most frustrating, not just because he's been frustrating for longer, but because of those same flashes of greatness and the expectation that there's a big corner that, once turned, will give us one of the game's best stars. At this point, he's not even Darryl Strawberry or Darin Erstad, former standards of high expectations not meeting actual performance as often as we might have liked. Which is the problem--if he "only" gets back to his 2008 level of production, people will keep anticipating more, when that's very good. That said, he's only just heading into his age-25 season, so I think there are more years like 2007 in him. I just don't expect it to be flipped on, like a switch. (Christina Kahrl)
2009-12-11 13:00:00 (link to chat)Which pairing represents the silliest comp in the prospect hype machine from the last 12 months? A) Martin Perez & Johan Santana, B) Dee Gordon & Jose Reyes, C) Smoak & Teixiera, and D) Starlin & Hanley? Which is most realistic? I know you like to avoid comps yourself, but do see any now that just seem realistic (likely not my list of outlandish ones)? Thank you.
(Randy from Camden County)		I'm going of the board and picking the Dom Brown (Phillies) = Darryl Strawberry one. Easily the laziest of the current comps. Yes, he's LH, African-American, tall and lanky, but that's about it. Go look at what Daryl did at the same age as Brown. (Kevin Goldstein)
2009-09-17 14:00:00 (link to chat)Thanks for the chat, Kevin. If Darryl Strawberry is a cheap comp for Domonic Brown, how far away is Brown from Strawberry, and in what direction? Do you have a better comp in mind?
(myshkin from Santa Clara, CA)		I really don't like comps unless they are obvious. Let me put in this way: We can all agree that Brown had a fine year this year in the minors. When Straw was the same age, he was the NL Rookie of the year with nearly twice as many HRs as Brown hit in High- and Double-A. That's not to knock Brown by any sense, as on pure tools, Strawberry is a historic talent. (Kevin Goldstein)
2008-12-23 14:00:00 (link to chat)What baseball related items do you hope to find in your stocking or under your tree this season?
(mhixpgh from Pittsburgh)		Heehee... I may as close on this note because I have to get back to working on the book and working out what we might do to cover Teixeira's signing, but I'm always hopeful that I get a copy of Light's "Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball" some year. Sokolove's book on Darryl Strawberry ("The Ticket Out"?) has always been on my wish list as well. I'd also love to get a copy of Dan Levitt's biography of Ed Barrow and Lowenfish's bio of Branch Rickey. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-09-16 13:00:00 (link to chat)Where do the Cubs improve next year? Sign a pitcher and somehow fix Fukudome while platooning Johnson/Pie in CF? Furcal at SS?
(jklein from TP)		Can we let them win this year's championship first? I'm not ready to look that far down the road for them yet. Ever listen to Mets Extra on the radio back in the 80s when Howie Rose used to do it? He'd be screaming at the callers after wins.

CALLER: Howie, I'm a bit worried about Darryl Strawberry. He struck out three times today and seems kind of off.

ROSE: He's got 28 home runs! He hit one of them in the game!

CALLER: Yeah, but it seems like the Mets might really get hurt by the holes in his swing.

ROSE (screaming, shrill): THEY'RE LEADING THE DIVISION BY 18 GAMES!!!! AAAAAAAAAAGH!

I feel a little like that with this question about the Cubs. (Steven Goldman)
2008-09-10 13:00:00 (link to chat)I don't recall exactly when Eric Davis retired, and I have to acknowledge that his career numbers don't come close to HOF material. However, he stands out to this Reds fan as one of the most exciting players of his era, and I'll forever wonder what might have been had he stayed healthy. What's your top-5 list of "coulda shoulda" players?
(BelongstotheReds from Seattle)		No joke, I got all verklempt when I wrote up Davis' blurb for a JAWS piece a couple years back. The man possessed the most electrifying speed/power combo to hit the majors between Willie Mays and Barry Bonds, period. What I wouldn't give to see him play at his peak again...

Davis and his childhood pal Darryl Strawberry make a good strat to a top five for the Hall of Should aWouldaCoulda, and you can't mention the straw without calling upon Dwight Gooden too. Add David Cone and Fernando Valenzuela and you've got an easy five from me, though I'm certain there are others I could include particularly from other eras. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-05-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)Why do I keep reading about how much trouble the Yankees are in? Hasn't this been the story for three years running now? Slow start, fast finish. Do you see anything to make you think this year will be different from 2005-2007?
(Joe from Tewksbury, MA)		Yes. Everybody in the lineup, including Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada is a year older, and with the exception of Melky Cabrera and Robinson Cano, they're a year further away from their statistical primes, to say nothing about the fact that Cano looks pretty lost right now. The bench is weak even for a team that's done poorly in that area in the recent past. Seriously, I'd take Chili Davis, Darryl Strawberry, Luis Sojo and Ron Coomer circa 2008 over some of the stiffs they have lying around.

There's that, plus a weak pitching staff where the back of the rotation has been a thorough disaster thus far and the bullpen situation is considered so fragile that there's actually a question about whether they'll move Joba Chamberlain to a starting role this year. Add to that the fact that the AL East has gotten tougher and I think there's no longer any guarantee that the Yankees will contend, let alone win the division.

The other thing in play is the new manager. Through the early season debacles of the last few years, Torre was able to absorb the front office's slings and arrows and still give off a sense of calm confidence that things would eventually turn around. Girardi is protected from the barbs of Hank Steinbrenner at the moment -- his focus appears to be on forcing Brian Cashman out -- but Little Joe is the kind of guy who seems more likely to go Billy Martin bonkers as things get worse, and I don't think that's going to help. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-05-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)Jay, I was recently talking to a friend about the most "feared" hitters who are not in the Hall of Fame. I know that term was really beaten into the ground this past winter when discussing Jim Rice but still, there are some hitters that strike fear into you--either as a fan or an opposing pitcher. Who was the best and/or "most feared" hitters, in your subjective opinoin (in order): Dave Parker, Dick Allen, Darryl Strawberry, Jim Rice, Gary Sheffield, Edgar Martinez or Albert Belle?
(AlexBelth from Bronx, NY)		Yo, Alex! All of the hitters you mention certainly had the fear factor going for them in their prime, but as you say, that's a subjective thing, and subjectivity isn't really the way to go when it comes to sorting them out.

Neither Rice nor Parker had the plate discipline to keep them on the level with the rest of this group, so I'd put the two of them towards the back. Martinez is probably the toughest out, but lacking a bit of raw power relative to the rest of them. I'd put him and Strawberry in the middle. That leaves Allen, Shef, and Belle. Having never seen the former, I'm not sure I can fully grasp the visceral experience of watching him hit, I can only go by the numbers, and his numbers, compiled in an era of lower offense, suggest he was the best. But I'd quake in my boots at facing any of those three. (Jay Jaffe)


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