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Damaso Garcia

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Full Name: Damaso Domingo (Sanchez) Garcia Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/165 First Game: June 24, 1978
Birthdate: February 7, 1957 Final Game: September 12, 1989
Birthplace: Moca, Espaillat (Dominican Republic) MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Damaso Garcia (Damaso Domingo (Sanchez) Garcia) was born on February 7, 1957 in Moca, Espaillat (Dominican Republic). He made his Major League debut on June 24, 1978 for the New York Yankees. In 1980, his rookie year, he hit .278 with 4 home runs and 46 RBI. Garcia played for the New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, Atlanta Braves and Montreal Expos over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Damaso Garcia's best season was 1982, when he stole 54 bases and hit for a .310 average.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1978 NY A 18 41 5 8 0 1 .195 .227 .195 0 0 2 6 0 0 1 0 1
1979 NY A 11 38 3 10 0 4 .263 .263 .289 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1
1980 TOR A 140 543 50 151 4 46 .278 .296 .381 30 7 12 55 3 4 13 2 14
1981 TOR A 64 250 24 63 1 13 .252 .277 .304 8 1 9 32 0 3 13 1 6
1982 TOR A 147 597 89 185 5 42 .310 .338 .399 32 3 21 44 5 5 54 1 7
1983 TOR A 131 525 84 161 3 38 .307 .336 .390 23 6 24 34 2 5 31 3 9
1984 TOR A 152 633 79 180 5 46 .284 .310 .374 32 5 16 46 9 3 46 1 6
1985 TOR A 146 600 70 169 8 65 .282 .302 .377 25 4 15 41 4 5 28 2 13
1986 TOR A 122 424 57 119 6 46 .281 .306 .375 22 0 13 32 4 2 9 0 14
1988 ATL N 21 60 3 7 1 4 .117 .159 .183 1 0 3 10 0 1 1 0 4
1989 MON N 80 203 26 55 3 18 .271 .317 .369 9 1 15 20 0 1 5 1 6
Total NL 101 263 29 62 4 22 .236 .282 .327 10 1 18 30 0 2 6 1 10
Total AL 931 3651 461 1046 32 301 .286 .311 .374 173 26 112 292 27 27 197 10 71
Total 1032 3914 490 1108 36 323 .283 .309 .371 183 27 130 322 27 29 203 11 81

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1978 NY A SS 3 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1978 NY A 2B 16 14 113 36 35 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1979 NY A SS 10 9 84 9 28 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 .902
1979 NY A 3B 1 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1980 TOR A 2B 138 133 1206.1 316 471 16 112 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1980 TOR A DH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1981 TOR A DH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1981 TOR A 2B 62 62 561.1 132 181 9 32 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1982 TOR A 2B 141 140 1219 273 461 15 94 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1982 TOR A DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1983 TOR A 2B 130 125 1095.1 266 360 12 75 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1984 TOR A 2B 149 146 1264.1 267 427 14 95 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1984 TOR A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1985 TOR A 2B 142 141 1169.1 302 371 13 88 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1986 TOR A 1B 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1986 TOR A 2B 105 102 885.2 224 286 8 66 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1986 TOR A DH 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1988 ATL N 2B 13 12 114 26 35 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1989 MON N 3B 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1989 MON N 2B 62 46 407.1 86 157 7 25 0 0 0 0 0 .972
Total SS 13 9 88 9 28 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 .881
Total 3B 2 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 1B 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total DH 18 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 2B 958 921 8035.2 1928 2784 98 602 0 0 0 0 0 .980

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as a non-drafted free agent by New York Yankees (March 10, 1975).
  • Traded by New York Yankees with Chris Chambliss and Paul Mirabella to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Tom Underwood, Rick Cerone and Ted Wilborn (November 1, 1979).
  • Traded by Toronto Blue Jays with Luis Leal to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Craig McMurtry (February 2, 1987).
  • Released by Atlanta Braves (May 17, 1988).
  • Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (June 29, 1988).
  • Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (July, 1988).
  • Signed by Montreal Expos (January 19, 1989).
  • Granted free agency (November 13, 1989).
  • Signed by New York Yankees (December 22, 1989).

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