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Damaso Garcia
Damaso Domingo (Sanchez) Garcia

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 170 lb.

Debut June 24, 1978
  vs. DET 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 12, 1989
Born February 7, 1955 in Moca, D.R.

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1978 23 NYY AL  18   41    5    8   0  0   0    1   1  0   2   6  .195  .227  .195   22    8   0   1   0   0   1
 1979 24 NYY AL  11   38    3   10   1  0   0    4   2  0   0   2  .263  .263  .289   51   11   0   0   0   0   1
 1980 25 TOR AL 140  543   50  151  30  7   4   46  13 13  12  55  .278  .296  .381   81  207   4   3   2   3  14 RoY-4
 1981 26 TOR AL  64  250   24   63   8  1   1   13  13  3   9  32  .252  .277  .304   64   76   3   1   1   0   6
 1982 27 TOR AL 147  597   89  185  32  3   5   42  54 20  21  44  .310  .338  .399   94  238   5   1   1   5   7 SS,MVP-26
 1983 28 TOR AL 131  525   84  161  23  6   3   38  31 17  24  34  .307  .336  .390   95  205   5   5   3   2   9
 1984 29 TOR AL 152  633   79  180  32  5   5   46  46 12  16  46  .284  .310  .374   86  237   3   4   1   9   6 AS
 1985 30 TOR AL 146  600   70  169  25  4   8   65  28 15  15  41  .282  .302  .377   82  226   5   3   2   4  13 MVP-24,AS
 1986 31 TOR AL 122  424   57  119  22  0   6   46   9  6  13  32  .281  .306  .375   83  159   2   3   0   4  14
 1988 33 ATL NL  21   60    3    7   1  0   1    4   1  0   3  10  .117  .159  .183   -3   11   1   0   0   0   4
 1989 34 MON NL  80  203   26   55   9  1   3   18   5  4  15  20  .271  .317  .369   95   75   1   3   1   0   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1032 3914  490 1108 183 27  36  323 203 90 130 322  .283  .309  .371   84 1453  29  24  11  27  81
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        614   77  174  29  4   6   51  32 14  20  51  .283  .309  .371   84  228   5   4   2   4  13
 Career High    152  633   89  185  32  7   8   65  54 20  24  55  .310  .338  .399   95  238   5   5   3   9  14
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1978 23 NYY AL   44   35    2   1.5    91| .195  .258| .227  .322| .195  .380| .422  .702|  22  .130  -4.2  -0.4 100%
 1979 24 NYY AL   38   29    3   2.8   100| .263  .267| .263  .332| .289  .405| .552  .736|  51  .273  -2.7  -0.3 100%
 1980 25 TOR AL  565  426   54   3.4   103| .278  .275| .296  .338| .381  .408| .677  .746|  81  .366 -16.6  -1.6  50%
 1981 26 TOR AL  263  200   21   2.8    94| .252  .263| .277  .328| .304  .382| .581  .711|  64  .337 -12.7  -1.3  81%
 1982 27 TOR AL  629  445   81   4.9   107| .310  .275| .338  .341| .399  .420| .737  .760|  94  .529  -6.3  -0.6  72%
 1983 28 TOR AL  561  400   67   4.5   103| .307  .272| .336  .335| .390  .411| .726  .746|  95  .494  -4.6  -0.5  64%
 1984 29 TOR AL  665  478   76   4.3   100| .284  .268| .310  .332| .374  .405| .684  .736|  86  .473 -13.9  -1.4  79%
 1985 30 TOR AL  627  467   64   3.7   102| .282  .266| .302  .332| .377  .413| .679  .745|  82  .398 -17.1  -1.7  65%
 1986 31 TOR AL  446  330   44   3.6   103| .281  .265| .306  .333| .375  .413| .681  .747|  83  .378 -11.2  -1.1  60%
 1988 33 ATL NL   64   58    1   0.5    93| .117  .261| .159  .325| .183  .383| .342  .708|  -3  .019  -8.4  -0.9 100%
 1989 34 MON NL  222  162   23   3.8    92| .271  .256| .317  .324| .369  .381| .686  .705|  95  .475  -1.5  -0.2  55%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     4124 3030  436   3.9   101| .283  .269| .309  .334| .371  .407| .680  .741|  84  .429 -99.2 -10.0  69%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1978 23 NYY AL 2B 16 36 35 3 10 .959 .981 4.44 4.74 5.65 5.47 14 113.0 SS 3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 4.20 0.00 4.95 0 4.0 1979 24 NYY AL SS 10 9 28 4 4 .902 .966 3.70 4.10 3.96 5.01 9 84.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 3.13 0 2.3 1980 25 TOR AL 2B 138 316 471 16 112 .980 .981 5.70 4.91 5.87 5.60 133 1206.3 DH 1 1981 26 TOR AL 2B 62 132 181 9 32 .972 .982 5.05 4.93 5.02 5.54 62 561.3 DH 1 1982 27 TOR AL 2B 141 273 461 15 94 .980 .981 5.21 4.70 5.42 5.35 140 1219.0 DH 4 1983 28 TOR AL 2B 130 266 360 12 75 .981 .981 4.82 4.77 5.14 5.36 125 1095.3 1984 29 TOR AL 2B 149 267 427 14 95 .980 .980 4.66 4.45 4.94 5.24 146 1264.3 AS DH 1 AS 1985 30 TOR AL 2B 143 302 371 13 88 .981 .982 4.71 4.48 5.18 5.29 142 1169.3 AS 1986 31 TOR AL 2B 106 224 286 8 66 .985 .981 4.81 4.34 5.18 5.10 103 885.7 DH 11 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.60 9.00 9.00 0 1.0 1988 33 ATL NL 2B 13 26 35 1 5 .984 .981 4.69 4.58 4.82 5.22 12 114.0 1989 34 MON NL 2B 62 86 157 7 25 .972 .981 3.92 4.43 5.37 5.12 46 407.3 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.70 0 2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1986 31 TOR AL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.60 9.00 9.00 0 1.0 1978 23 NYY AL 2B 16 36 35 3 10 .959 .981 4.44 4.74 5.65 5.47 14 113.0 1980 25 TOR AL 2B 138 316 471 16 112 .980 .981 5.70 4.91 5.87 5.60 133 1206.3 1981 26 TOR AL 2B 62 132 181 9 32 .972 .982 5.05 4.93 5.02 5.54 62 561.3 1982 27 TOR AL 2B 141 273 461 15 94 .980 .981 5.21 4.70 5.42 5.35 140 1219.0 1983 28 TOR AL 2B 130 266 360 12 75 .981 .981 4.82 4.77 5.14 5.36 125 1095.3 1984 29 TOR AL 2B 149 267 427 14 95 .980 .980 4.66 4.45 4.94 5.24 146 1264.3 1985 30 TOR AL 2B 143 302 371 13 88 .981 .982 4.71 4.48 5.18 5.29 142 1169.3 1986 31 TOR AL 2B 106 224 286 8 66 .985 .981 4.81 4.34 5.18 5.10 103 885.7 1988 33 ATL NL 2B 13 26 35 1 5 .984 .981 4.69 4.58 4.82 5.22 12 114.0 1989 34 MON NL 2B 62 86 157 7 25 .972 .981 3.92 4.43 5.37 5.12 46 407.3 1979 24 NYY AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 3.13 0 2.3 1989 34 MON NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1980 25 TOR AL DH 1 1981 26 TOR AL DH 1 1982 27 TOR AL DH 4 1984 29 TOR AL DH 1 1986 31 TOR AL DH 11 1978 23 NYY AL SS 3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 4.20 0.00 4.95 0 4.0 1979 24 NYY AL SS 10 9 28 4 4 .902 .966 3.70 4.10 3.96 5.01 9 84.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 960 1928 2784 98 602 .980 .981 4.91 4.62 5.28 5.34 923 8035.7 DH 18 Games not counted in Overall Total below SS* 13 9 28 5 4 .881 .966 2.85 4.12 3.78 5.01 9 88.0 3B* 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.45 0.00 2.93 0 4.3 1B* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.60 9.00 9.00 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 976 1938 2812 103 606 .979 .981 4.87 4.62 5.26 5.33 932 8129
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1985   ALCS  TOR KCR     L   7  30   4   7  4  0  0   1   3   3  .233  .303  .367   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1984   TOR AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1985   TOR AL       2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   1  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   1  0   0   0   0  .333  .333  .333 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1984 *
1985 *

Silver Sluggers
1982-AL--2B

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1982-AL-26-0.01
1985-AL-24-0.01
Car-1314-0.02 shares

Batting Average
1982 AL-.310-6

At Bats
1984 AL-633-5

Hits
1982 AL-185-6
1984 AL-180-10

Stolen Bases
1982 AL-54-2
1984 AL-46-6

Singles
1982 AL-145-4
1983 AL-129-8
1984 AL-138-6
1985 AL-132-8

Hit By Pitch
1984 AL-9-2

Caught Stealing
1980 AL-13-6
1982 AL-20-2
1983 AL-17-2
1984 AL-12-8
1985 AL-15-2

At Bats per Strikeout
1982 AL-13.6-6
1983 AL-15.4-4
1984 AL-13.8-5
1985 AL-14.6-4

Outs
1984 AL-478-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 15 (1154) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 14.9 (1023) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 12.0 (1022) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

March 10, 1975: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

November 1, 1979: Traded by the New York Yankees with Chris Chambliss and Paul Mirabella to the Toronto Blue Jays for Tom Underwood, Rick Cerone, and Ted Wilborn.

February 2, 1987: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with Luis Leal to the Atlanta Braves for Craig McMurtry.

May 17, 1988: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

June 29, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

July, 1988: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

January 19, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 22, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Toronto Blue Jays$740,000
1986Toronto Blue Jays$790,000
1987Atlanta Braves$646,726
1988Atlanta Braves$691,507
1989Montreal Expos$200,000
1990New York Yankees$500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,568,233

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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