Danny Garcia (outfielder)
| Danny Garcia | |
|---|---|
 Garcia in 1980 | |
| Outfielder | |
| Born: April 29, 1954 Brooklyn, New York | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 26, 1981, for the Kansas City Royals | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 26, 1981, for the Kansas City Royals | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .143 |
| Hits | 2 |
| Games played | 12 |
| Teams | |
Daniel R. Garcia is a former professional baseball player, coach, scout, and executive. He played for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB) during the 1981 season.
Raised in Queens, New York, Garcia studied cognitive behavioral psychology at Bernard M. Baruch College. He was a bat boy for the 1973 National League Champion New York Mets and a former member of the 1974 National Baseball Congress Champion Alaska Goldpanners baseball team.
Garcia was drafted as an outfielder by the Royals in the 11th round of the 1975 Major League Baseball draft. He played in the minor leagues for seven seasons before reaching the major leagues. He played in 862 minor league games compiling 862 hits, a .292 batting avgerage with over 200 stolen bases.[1] Garcia's best season occurred in 1980 with the Triple-A Omaha Royals batting .320, which was good for fourth place in the American Association. That same winter, he won a batting title for the Leones del Caracas, of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. During the spring of the 1982 season, he tied a Mexican League record with 10 consecutive hits while hitting .424 for the Tigres Capitalinos. He retired after the 1982 season in which he batted .378 for the Double-A Buffalo Bisons. Later in his career, he went to Australia, as a player/coach with the Brisbane Bandits of the Australian Baseball League.
From 1990 to 1992, he was a minor league hitting and mental skills coach for the San Diego Padres. From 1992 to 1999, he was a major league scout for the Milwaukee Brewers before being named a special assistant to the general manager, player personnel, for the Baltimore Orioles from 1999 to 2003. He is a personal life coach and baseball instructor, specializing on the mental approach to the game, and life. He often writes on the insights learned as a professional athlete and the similarities in having a successful life.
References[]
- ^ "Danny Garcia Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Retrosheet
- Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
- Official website
- 1954 births
- Living people
- American expatriate baseball players in Mexico
- American sportspeople of Cuban descent
- Baruch Bearcats baseball players
- Baseball players from New York (state)
- Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
- Daytona Beach Islanders players
- Fort Myers Royals players
- Gulf Coast Royals players
- Jacksonville Suns players
- Kansas City Royals players
- Leones del Caracas players
- American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
- Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
- Major League Baseball first basemen
- Major League Baseball left fielders
- Major League Baseball right fielders
- Mexican League baseball players
- Omaha Royals players
- Tiburones de La Guaira players
- Tigres del México players
- Waterloo Royals players
- American expatriate baseball players in Australia
- Brisbane Bandits players