Darryl Strawberry

==Personal life==
Strawberry is an evangelical born-again Christian and has appeared on the [[Trinity Broadcasting Network]]. In 1999, he and [[Tiny Lister]] appeared on evangelist [[Benny Hinn]]'s television program giving their testimonies. Strawberry has also appeared on ''[[The 700 Club]]'' to talk about his life and his newfound Christian faith.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbn.com/700club/guests/bios/darryl_strawberry051209.aspx|title=Darryl Strawberry's Way to the Cross |website= CBN.com |access-date=May 23, 2012}}</ref> He eventually became an ordained minister.<ref name="maroke" />

Strawberry frequently donates to charity and was a headliner of the BGC Charity Day event at [[BGC Partners]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://worldredeye.com/2010/09/bgc-charity-day/ |title= BCG Charity Day| website= worldredeye.com| date= September 2010}}</ref>

In October 2005, his wife Charisse filed for divorce.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2184079 |work= ESPN.go.com |title=Charisse Strawberry files for divorce from Darryl|access-date=April 5, 2012}}</ref>

In 2006, he moved to [[St. Peters, Missouri]]<ref name="maroke">{{cite news |last1=Markoe |first1=Lauren |title=Darryl Strawberry goes from ballfield to pulpit |url=https://www.sj-r.com/story/lifestyle/faith/2013/07/27/darryl-strawberry-goes-from-ballfield/41724853007/ |access-date=12 March 2024 |work=[[The State Journal-Register]] |date=July 27, 2013}}</ref> with his third wife Tracy whom he met in a drug recovery convention. The couple were married in October 2006 and have since founded "The Darryl Strawberry Foundation", an organization dedicated to children with [[autism]]. Strawberry's son, [[D. J. Strawberry|Darryl "D.J." Strawberry, Jr.]], born in 1985, was a star [[shooting guard]] with the [[Maryland Terrapins men's basketball]] team and was drafted by the [[Phoenix Suns]] in the [[2007 NBA draft]]. Strawberry has another son, Jordan, who played [[college basketball]] for the [[Mercer Bears men's basketball|Mercer Bears]].

Strawberry has stated that his father was an alcoholic who was verbally and physically abusive to him and his brothers.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morris |first1=Shawn |title=Darryl Strawberry |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/a75750fb |website=SABR.org |publisher= Society for American Baseball Research}}</ref> He attributes his initial alcohol and drug use to the pain he endured as a child and his subsequent substance abuse to the pressures of performing in New York.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=Chris |title=Celebrity Addiction Series: Darryl Strawberry |url=https://www.thediscoveryhouse.com/11/02/2015/celebrity-addiction-series-darryl-strawberry/ |access-date=19 September 2019 |date=November 2, 2015}}</ref>

On September 26, 2020, Strawberry led a prayer in the 2020 Franklin Graham Prayer March.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/HPKR0pB_NEY Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200926163445/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPKR0pB_NEY&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPKR0pB_NEY| title = Prayer March 2020 with Franklin Graham | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===Legal and health problems===
Strawberry has described himself as having struggled with a [[sex addiction]]. After retirement he admitted to having routinely had sex between innings of MLB games in which he played.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Rapaport|first1=Daniel|date=December 21, 2017|title=Darryl Strawberry says he used to have sex between innings|language=en|magazine=Sports Illustrated|url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/12/21/darryl-strawberry-sex-addiction-dr-oz-between-innings-during-games|access-date=22 December 2017}}</ref>

On December 19, 1995, Strawberry was charged in [[California]] with failing to make child support payments. When he missed a June 5, 1996, deadline to pay the child support, a Los Angeles judge set a trial date of July 17, at which time Strawberry agreed to use his signing bonus to pay the debt.<ref>{{cite news|title=Strawberry agrees to pay support for wife, children |agency=[[Associated Press]]| date=June 6, 1996|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/sbbw0511.htm|work=[[USA Today]]| access-date= May 1, 2010}}</ref>

In August 1998, Strawberry was sued by attorney [[Robert Shapiro (lawyer)|Robert Shapiro]] for failing to pay $100,000 in legal fees, dating back to 1994, when Shapiro represented him in a contract with the Dodgers.<ref>{{cite news |title= Strawberry Sued Over Legal Fees |date=August 19, 1998 |url=https://apnews.com/35ed9d81753bdc73ffa09c269d257806 |website= apnewsarchive.com |publisher=The Associated Press |access-date=December 30, 2016}}</ref>

On October 1, 1998, Strawberry was diagnosed with [[colon cancer]]. Two days later, he had surgery to remove a tumor. On October 14, doctors announced that cancer had been detected in a [[lymph node]] so he would also have to undergo [[chemotherapy]].<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.cnn.com/US/9810/16/strawberry.home/| work=CNN.com |title=Darryl Strawberry leaves hospital after cancer surgery |access-date=May 1, 2010}}</ref>

On April 3, 1999, Strawberry was arrested in [[Tampa, Florida]] for soliciting sex from a policewoman posing as a prostitute and for having a small amount of cocaine. On April 24, he was suspended for 140 days by Major League Baseball for the incident. On May 29, he pleaded [[nolo contendere|no contest]] to the charges and was sentenced to 21 months probation and community service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://augustasports.com/stories/051199/bas_124-1757.shtml|title=Sports|work=[[The Augusta Chronicle]]|access-date=May 23, 2012|archive-date=July 7, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707200406/http://augustasports.com/stories/051199/bas_124-1757.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On July 28, 2000, a [[Computed tomography|C.T. scan]] suggested that Strawberry's cancer had spread to his [[lymph nodes]]. The next month, he had surgery to remove a [[tumor]] near his left [[kidney]] on August 7.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/08/07/sports/main222698.shtml|work=CBS News|title=Strawberry In Stable Condition|date=August 7, 2000}}</ref>

On September 11, 2000, in [[Tampa]], [[Florida]], Strawberry tried to drive to see his probation officer after taking painkillers. While driving, he [[Syncope (medicine)|blacked out]], rear-ended another car, and then tried to drive away. An off-duty police officer witnessed the episode and arrested him at gunpoint. The next day, Strawberry admitted to the charges and his probation was changed to two years of house arrest. On November 21, he was sentenced to a year of probation and community service.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2000/11/21/strawberry_dui_ap/|work=CNN|title=Strawberry sentenced to probation, community service| access-date=May 1, 2010|url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100414083600/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2000/11/21/strawberry_dui_ap/|archive-date=April 14, 2010|df=mdy-all}}</ref> On October 25, 2000, Strawberry left a Tampa drug treatment center to use drugs with a female friend, violating his house arrest and parole. On November 9, he was sentenced to 40 days in jail with credit for time served.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2000/11/09/strawberry_ap/|work=CNN|access-date=May 1, 2010|title=Strawberry sentenced to 30 days in jail|url-status=dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110628224648/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2000/11/09/strawberry_ap/|archive-date=June 28, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> On November 3, 2000, Strawberry told a judge in Tampa that he had lost his will to live and had stopped chemotherapy. On November 30, he was released from jail and sent back to rehab.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2000/11/03/strawberry_ap/|work=CNN|title=Strawberry stops {{sic|chemotheraphy|expected=chemotherapy|nolink=y}}, wants release from jail|access-date=May 1, 2010|url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110628224347/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2000/11/03/strawberry_ap/|archive-date=June 28, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> On April 2, 2001, Strawberry was arrested for again disappearing from his house arrest drug treatment center in Tampa. On May 1, he was sentenced to more time at a drug treatment center.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2001/04/03/strawberry_update_ap/|work=CNN|title=Strawberry remains hospitalized after cocaine binge|access-date=May 1, 2010|url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110628224528/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2001/04/03/strawberry_update_ap/|archive-date=June 28, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

On March 12, 2002, Strawberry was back in jail for violating several non-drug rules at the drug treatment center where he was on probation in [[Ocala, Florida]]. On April 29, he was ordered to serve the 22-month suspended prison sentence from 1999.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/news/2002/04/29/strawberry_sentenced_ap/|work=CNN|title=Former slugger gets 18 months for violating probation|access-date=May 1, 2010}}</ref> On April 8, 2003, he was released from prison after 11 months.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/news/2003/04/07/strawberry_released_ap/|magazine=Sports Illustrated |title= Strawberry released 11 months into 18-month term|access-date=April 5, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140302072938/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/news/2003/04/07/strawberry_released_ap/|archive-date=March 2, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In September 2005, Strawberry was charged with filing a false police report after he claimed his SUV was stolen. He admitted that he had lied on the report but was not arrested because it was a misdemeanor.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2175653 |work=ESPN.go.com |title=Strawberry charged with filing false report| access-date= April 5, 2012}}</ref>

On or about March 11, 2024, Strawberry suffered a [[heart attack]], underwent a [[Coronary stent|stent]] procedure and reported that he was recovering in a hospital in [[Lake St. Louis, Missouri]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Strawberry says he's recovering after heart attack |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39713227/darryl-strawberry-recovering-heart-attack |access-date=12 March 2024 |work=[[ESPN.com]] |publisher=[[ESPN]] |date=12 March 2024 |language=en}}</ref>