Legendary baseball player Darryl Strawberry enjoyed a 17-year career in professional baseball, helping the Mets and the Yankees to a number of World Series championships. He would also undergo some legal troubles and controversies, and survived a battle with cancer in the late '90s. In 2010 he appeared in the celebrity version of the reality competition program The Apprentice.
Darryl Strawberry
Active - 1986 - 2012 |
Born - Mar 12, 1962 in Los Angeles, California, United States |
Genres - Sports & Recreation, Music, Historical Film
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- First overall pick (New York Mets) in the 1980 Major League Baseball Draft.
- 1983 NL Rookie of the Year.
- Named an All-Star in eight consecutive seasons, from 1984 to 1991.
- Played for four World Series champions.
- Voiced himself in a Simpsons episode titled "Homer at the Bat."
- Appeared on the sports-reality competition Pros vs. Joes.
- Founded the Darryl Strawberry Foundation to raise funds for services needed by sufferers of autism and their families.