Damaso Garcia would have been 67 today. He was born in Moca, Dominica Republic. As a young man, he was more into soccer than baseball. He was captain of the Dominican Republic’s national football...
Damaso Garcia would have been 67 today. He was born in Moca, Dominica Republic. As a young man, he was more into soccer than baseball. He was captain of the Dominican Republic’s national football team at the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1974. The Yankees signed him as an amateur free agent in 1975. Damaso got up to the majors for a few games in 1978 and 1979, but the Yankees had Willie Randolph, and Garcia wasn’t going to move him off second base.
310 on-base percentage making the All-Star team today? We had three players on the All-Star team that year. Dave Stieb started the game for the AL, and Alfredo Griffin made the team, mostly because he travelled to the game with Garcia, and when Alan Trammell was injured, well, Griffin was there. In 1985, Garcia made the All-Star team again. Why? I don’t know. He hit a big .282/.302/.377 with 28 steals but was caught 15 times and scored 70 runs. He also received 2 MVP votes.
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