Baseball great Darryl Strawberry went from swatting homers to saving souls. Ex-Mets catcher Barry Lyons, a recovering alcoholic, credits Straw — now an evangelical minister — with saving his life.

Darryl Strawberry will have his No. 18 retired by the Mets next season. AP “I’m thrilled that two iconic members of the 1986 championship club will have their numbers retired in 2024,” Mets ...

Darryl Strawberry — there was always something about him. You could see it in his face. Strawberry can’t tell you much about the Mets’ left-handed bats off the bench.

Darryl Strawberry, a former Major League Baseball right fielder who is an ordained minister, speaks with 148 incarcerated men at the Roxbury Correctional Institution.

NEW YORK — Darryl Strawberry stood on the Citi Field grass as his No. 18 was being retired and addressed the New York Mets fans he had jilted 34 years earlier. "I mean this from the bottom of my ...

To this day, 43 years later, Darryl Strawberry still has a nickname for his 1981 season with the Class A Lynchburg Mets. “I call it,” Strawberry said by phone last week, “the suck season ...

Darryl Strawberry was honored before the American Association All-Star Game in St. {Paul in 2008. (Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune) Comment Gift Share Listen ...

Darryl Strawberry told New York Mets fans it was a mistake to leave for the Los Angeles Dodgers 34 years ago. Strawberry spoke for 16 minutes as his No. 18 was retired before a game against Arizona.

It was very serious. Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry at the 1986 Mets 30th anniversary reunion celebration at Citi Field on May 28, 2016, in New York City. (Adrian Edwards/WireImage) ...

Darryl Strawberry (l.) and Dwight Gooden speak during a press conference for their induction into the Mets Hall of Fame prior to the game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on July 31, 2010 at Citi ...

Darryl Strawberry poses with Jay Horwitz, public relations for Mets Alumni, at the Darryl Strawberry Golf Classic in Glen Head on Monday, June 26, 2023. Credit: Peter Frutkoff ...

Strawberry is also obligated to support two children from his first marriage: a 12-year-old daughter, Diamond, and a 15-year-old son, Darryl Jr., a promising 6-4 baseball player who already has ...