What years did Darryl Strawberry play?

Darryl Strawberry played in Major League Baseball from 1983 to 1999.

Was Darryl Strawberry a pitcher?

No. Darryl Strawberry was a position player (Outfielder).

How many home runs did Darryl Strawberry hit?

Darryl Strawberry hit 335 career home runs with 1401 hits.

What was Darryl Strawberry's career batting average?

Darryl Strawberry batted .259 over his career, with 1,401 hits in 5,418 at bats.

How many RBI did Darryl Strawberry have?

Darryl Strawberry drove in 1,000 runs in his career.

Is Darryl Strawberry in the Hall of Fame?

No. Darryl Strawberry has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Darryl Strawberry

Outfielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1983-1999)

Darryl Strawberry was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1983 to 1999 for 4 teams, including the New York Mets, a span of 17 seasons. In 1,583 career games, he hit .259 with 1,401 hits, 335 home runs, and 1,000 RBI. Darryl Strawberry was a 8-time All-Star, a Rookie of the Year, and a 2-time Silver Slugger. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 22,150.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated September 9, 2026

AVG .259

HR 335

RBI 1,000

H 1,401

OPS .862

PIV 22,150

Position: Outfielder
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'6" / 190 lb
Born: 3/12/1962 in Los Angeles, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1983-05-06
Last Game: 1999-10-03
Awards: 8× All-Star · Rookie of the Year · 2× Silver Slugger

Full name: Darryl Eugene Strawberry

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Career Batting Statistics

Darryl Strawberry — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,583	5,418	898	1,401	256	38	335	1,000	221	816	1,352	.259	.357	.505	.862	22,150

Career AVG .259 vs. league average .262 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .357 vs. league average .330 across their career seasons — +8.1% above league average.

Career SLG .505 vs. league average .402 across their career seasons — +25.8% above league average.

Career OPS .862 vs. league average .731 across their career seasons — +17.8% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Darryl Strawberry Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1983	NYN	NL	122	420	63	108	15	7	26	74	19	47	128	.257	.260 (-1%)	.324 (+3%)	.389 (+32%)	.714 (+19%)	1448.9
1984	NYN	NL	147	522	75	131	27	4	26	97	27	75	131	.251	.259 (-3%)	.322 (+6%)	.384 (+21%)	.707 (+14%)	1534.9
1985	NYN	NL	111	393	78	109	15	4	29	79	26	73	96	.277	.257 (+8%)	.323 (+20%)	.390 (+43%)	.714 (+33%)	2578.2
1986	NYN	NL	136	475	76	123	27	5	27	93	28	72	141	.259	.257 (avg)	.325 (+10%)	.395 (+28%)	.720 (+20%)	1885.8
1987	NYN	NL	154	532	108	151	32	5	39	104	36	97	122	.284	.262 (+8%)	.331 (+20%)	.415 (+40%)	.746 (+31%)	3726.5
1988	NYN	NL	153	543	101	146	27	3	39	101	29	85	127	.269	.254 (+6%)	.317 (+15%)	.377 (+44%)	.695 (+31%)	3354.5
1989	NYN	NL	134	476	69	107	26	1	29	77	11	61	105	.225	.254 (-12%)	.319 (-2%)	.375 (+24%)	.694 (+12%)	1027.4
1990	NYN	NL	152	542	92	150	18	1	37	108	15	70	110	.277	.257 (+7%)	.324 (+11%)	.385 (+35%)	.710 (+24%)	2634.5
1991	LAN	NL	139	505	86	134	22	4	28	99	10	75	125	.265	.255 (+4%)	.323 (+12%)	.384 (+28%)	.708 (+20%)	2088.2
1992	LAN	NL	43	156	20	37	8	0	5	25	3	19	34	.237	.255 (-7%)	.322 (avg)	.377 (+2%)	.699 (+1%)	43.0
1993	LAN	NL	32	100	12	14	2	0	5	12	1	16	19	.140	.265 (-47%)	.332 (-20%)	.403 (-23%)	.735 (-22%)	-355.4
1994	SFN	NL	29	92	13	22	3	1	4	17	0	19	22	.239	.269 (-11%)	.338 (+7%)	.424 (avg)	.763 (+3%)	76.6
1995	NYA	AL	32	87	15	24	4	1	3	13	0	10	22	.276	.266 (+3%)	.337 (+8%)	.417 (+7%)	.755 (+8%)	133.4
1996	NYA	AL	63	202	35	53	13	0	11	36	6	31	55	.262	.269 (-3%)	.340 (+5%)	.426 (+15%)	.767 (+11%)	410.8
1997	NYA	AL	11	29	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	3	9	.103	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	NYA	AL	101	295	44	73	11	2	24	57	8	46	90	.247	.266 (-7%)	.335 (+6%)	.420 (+29%)	.755 (+19%)	1102.1
1999	NYA	AL	24	49	10	16	5	0	3	6	2	17	16	.327	—	—	—	—	460.9
Career · 17 seasons			1,583	5,418	898	1,401	256	38	335	1,000	221	816	1,352	.259	—	—	—	—	22,150

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Darryl Strawberry — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
40	126	20	32	4	0	9	22	18	38	.254

Playoff Batting by Year

Darryl Strawberry — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1999	ALCS	NYA	3	6	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	.333
1999	ALDS2	NYA	2	6	2	2	0	1	3	1	0	.333
1999	WS	NYA	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	.333
1996	ALCS	NYA	4	12	4	5	0	3	5	2	2	.417
1996	ALDS2	NYA	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000
1996	WS	NYA	5	16	0	3	0	0	1	4	6	.188
1995	ALDS2	NYA	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
1988	NLCS	NYN	7	30	5	9	2	1	6	2	5	.300
1986	NLCS	NYN	6	22	4	5	1	2	5	3	12	.227
1986	WS	NYN	7	24	4	5	1	1	1	4	6	.208

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Darryl Strawberry — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	777	2587	434	692	171	518	.267
Away	806	2831	464	709	164	482	.250

Last 10 Games — Batting

Darryl Strawberry — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO
1999-10-03	NYY	TBR	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
1999-10-01	NYY	TBR	W	2	1	1	0	1	1	3	0
1999-09-30	NYY	BAL	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
1999-09-28	NYY	BAL	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999-09-27	NYY	TBR	L	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1999-09-26	NYY	TBR	L	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1999-09-25	NYY	TBR	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999-09-24	NYY	TBR	W	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
1999-09-23	NYY	CHW	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999-09-22	NYY	CHW	W	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Darryl Strawberry — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
OF	1384	1357	2515	76	62	24

Season-by-Season Fielding

Darryl Strawberry — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1983	NYN	OF	117	114	232	8	4	0
1984	NYN	OF	146	143	276	11	6	3
1985	NYN	OF	110	108	211	5	2	2
1986	NYN	OF	131	127	226	10	6	3
1987	NYN	OF	151	149	272	6	8	3
1988	NYN	OF	150	149	297	4	9	3
1989	NYN	OF	131	128	272	4	8	2
1990	NYN	OF	149	146	268	10	3	4
1991	LAN	OF	136	136	209	11	5	2
1992	LAN	OF	42	41	67	2	1	0
1993	LAN	OF	29	29	37	1	4	0
1994	SFN	OF	27	27	61	1	2	1
1995	NYA	OF	11	10	18	2	2	1
1996	NYA	OF	34	31	45	1	0	0
1997	NYA	OF	4	4	5	0	0	0
1998	NYA	OF	16	15	19	0	2	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Darryl Strawberry Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Left Field	54
Center Field	48
Right Field	1308
Designated Hitter	143

Awards & Honors

Darryl Strawberry — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1998	Player of the Week	Week of 1998-04-11
1991	Player of the Week	Week of 1991-08-24
1990	Player of the Week	Week of 1990-06-09
1990	Silver Slugger	OF
1990	TSN All-Star	OF
1988	Silver Slugger	OF
1988	TSN All-Star	OF
1987	Player of the Month	September
1985	Player of the Week	Week of 1985-07-19
1985	Player of the Week	Week of 1985-08-09
1984	Player of the Week	Week of 1984-07-20
1983	Rookie of the Year
1983	TSN Rookie Player of the Year

Salary History

Darryl Strawberry — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1998	NYA	AL	$875,000
1997	NYA	AL	$750,000
1996	NYA	AL	$300,000
1995	LAN	NL	$5,300,000
1995	NYA	AL	$675,000
1994	LAN	NL	$3,300,000
1994	SFN	NL	$109,000
1993	LAN	NL	$3,800,000
1992	LAN	NL	$4,050,000
1991	LAN	NL	$3,800,000
1990	NYN	NL	$1,850,000
1989	NYN	NL	$1,495,000
1988	NYN	NL	$1,320,000
1987	NYN	NL	$1,245,000
1986	NYN	NL	$945,000
1985	NYN	NL	$516,667
Total Career Earnings			$30,330,667

Award Voting History

Darryl Strawberry — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1991	Most Valuable Player	NL	9th	76.0	336	0
1990	Most Valuable Player	NL	3rd	167.0	336	0
1988	Most Valuable Player	NL	2nd	236.0	336	7
1987	Most Valuable Player	NL	6th	95.0	336	0
1983	Rookie of the Year	NL	1st	106.0	120	18

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Frequently Asked Questions about Darryl Strawberry

What years did Darryl Strawberry play?: Darryl Strawberry played in Major League Baseball from 1983 to 1999.
Was Darryl Strawberry a pitcher?: No. Darryl Strawberry was a position player (Outfielder).
How many home runs did Darryl Strawberry hit?: Darryl Strawberry hit 335 career home runs with 1401 hits.
What was Darryl Strawberry's career batting average?: Darryl Strawberry batted .259 over his career, with 1,401 hits in 5,418 at bats.
How many RBI did Darryl Strawberry have?: Darryl Strawberry drove in 1,000 runs in his career.
Is Darryl Strawberry in the Hall of Fame?: No. Darryl Strawberry has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.