» May 16, 1983: Mets rookie Darryl Strawberry hits his first ML home run in an 11–4 rout of the Pirates.

» November 21, 1983: Darryl Strawberry becomes the first non-Dodger since 1978 to win the National League Rookie of the Year Award. Strawberry hit .257 for the Mets with 26 home runs and 74 RBI and also stole 19 bases.

» April 28, 1985: Darryl Strawberry hits a grand slam in the first inning at New York but it takes another five hours before the Mets score again. Mookie Wilson scores from 3B when Clint Hurdle's grounder went through the legs of Pittsburgh first baseman Jason Thompson for an error in the 18th inning to give the Mets a 5-4 victory in a game that lasts five hours 21 minutes. Lee Tunnell, the Bucs 7th pitcher, takes the loss. A defensive gem by Rusty Staub, robs the Pirates of at least one run in the top of the 18th. Staub, 41, who weighs 230 is pressed into service when the Mets ran out of players in the 12th inning. Staub played right field when right-handed batters came up and left field when left-handed hitters batted. He was playing right in the top of the 18th. With Tunnell on second and two out, pinch hitter Rick Rhoden hits a looping fly ball down the RF line and Staub makes a running catch to save a run. In the bottom of the 18th Gary Carter draws a walk and Wilson, running for him, goes to third on Strawberry's single to right. When Hurdle's grounder went through Thompson, it ends the longest game in three years. Through one stretch in the marathon, in which 43 players were used, Pirate pitchers hold the Mets hitless for 10 innings.

» July 20, 1985: Driving in seven runs on two homers, Darryl Strawberry leads the Mets to a 16–5 drubbing of the visiting Braves. Straw's first home run, in the 1st off Steve Bedrosian, is a grand slam, and his next is a 3-run home run in the 3rd.

» August 5, 1985: Darryl Strawberry belts three home runs to lead the Mets to a 7–2 win over the Cubs and vault the Mets into first place in the National League East. In the 9th, Straw singles in his 4th at bat.

» October 1, 1985: In the first game of a 3-game showdown between the Mets and Cardinals, Ron Darling and John Tudor each pitch 10 shutout innings before Darryl Strawberry belts a titanic home run off reliever Ken Dayley. The Mets' 1–0, 11-inning win cuts the Cardinals' lead in the National League East to two games.

» July 22, 1986: The Mets win a crazy five-hour marathon with the Reds in 14 innings, winning 6–3 (as recalled by Bill Deane). Setting the tone, Darryl Strawberry is ejected after arguing a called 3rd strike in the 5th. In the 9th, Howard Johnson inadvertently kicks the ball after Reds C Bo Diaz drops a third strike. Johnson runs out of the baseline and is hit in the back with the throw from pitcher Ron Robinson. Reds coach Billy DeMars is ejected for arguing the safe call. The Mets, down 3–1, with two out, tie the game when Dave Parker who drops a routine fly ball. In the 10th, Davey Johnson sends in pitcher Rick Aguilera to hit for pitcher Doug Sisk. Aguilera walks, but is stranded. In the Reds 10th, pinch-runner Eric Davis steals 2B and 3B, bumping into Ray Knight. Knight decks Davis and both benches empty. Knight, Davis, Kevin Mitchell and Mario Soto are ejected. Gary Carter moves to 3B, McDowell comes in to pitch, and Orosco moves from the mound to RF. With two out and a runner on 2B in the 11th, Orosco returns to pitch, McDowell moves to LF, and Mookie Wilson shifts to right. Rose protests when Orosco is permitted eight warm-up pitches. Orosco whiffs Max Venable to end the inning. In the 12th, The Mets are forced to lead off the inning with Orosco and McDowell, and go down in order. McDowell returns to pitch in the 13th and gets Tony Perez to fly to Orosco in right. Howard Johnson belts a three-run homer in the 14th and McDowell retires the side in order.

» September 21, 1987: Darryl Strawberry joins Howard Johnson as the first teammates ever to achieve 30 homers and 30 steals in the same season, stealing two bases in the Mets 7–1 win at Chicago. Strawberry is only the 10th member of the 30-30 club, but the 4th to accomplish the feat this season. The sinning pitcher is Doc Gooden, who had his 10-game win streak over Chicago snapped in August; however, today's win will start him on another 12-game win streak over the Cubs.

» April 4, 1988: The Mets set an Opening Day record with six home runs in a 10–6 win over the Expos. Darryl Strawberry and Kevin McReynolds each connect twice for New York, with Strawberry's 2nd blast believed to be the longest ever hit at Olympic Stadium (estimated at 525 feet).

» November 15, 1988: Dodgers OF Kirk Gibson wins the National League MVP Award, edging Mets Darryl Strawberry and Kevin McReynolds. Gibson hit .290 with 25 home runs and just 76 RBI.

» June 9, 1989: Mets OF Darryl Strawberry hits his 200th career home run in a 4–3, 10-inning loss at Pittsburgh.

» November 8, 1990: Free-agent slugger Darryl Strawberry signs a 5-year contract with his hometown Dodgers, formally ending his 8-year stay with the Mets. He is the Mets all-time home run leader with 252.

» May 1, 1991: Dodger OF Darryl Strawberry ties an National League record by striking out five times in a game against the Expos. "I really can't figure it out," he says, "because I feel so good up there." Strawberry also drops a fly ball for a 3-base error in the 9-3 loss.

» July 26, 1991: Against the Dodgers, Montreal's Mark Gardner pitches a no-hitter for nine innings before Lenny Harris beats out an infield single in the 10th. The Dodgers get two more hits, including an RBI single by Darryl Strawberry, to plate the only run of the contest. After a 2-out walk in the 1st to Eddie Murray, Gardner retires 19 in a row. The Expos manage only two hits themselves against the combined efforts of Orel Hershiser, Kevin Gross, and Jay Howell. Gardner is the 11th pitcher to lose a no-hitter after nine innings; the last being Jim Maloney, on June 14, 1965, and the first pitcher to hurl nine no-hit innings against the Dodgers since Johnny Vander Meer, in 1938.

» March 3, 1994: Darryl Strawberry comes under investigation by the IRS for allegedly failing to report income from autograph and memorabilia shows.

» April 8, 1994: Darryl Strawberry enters the Betty Ford Clinic in Rancho Mirage, California, for 18 days of treatment for substance abuse.

» May 25, 1994: The Dodgers release OF Darryl Strawberry.

» June 19, 1994: The Giants sign OF Darryl Strawberry, recently released from a drug rehabilitation program in California, and then released by the Dodgers.

» December 8, 1994: Darryl Strawberry and his agent, Eric Goldschmidt, are indicted for allegedly failing to report a half million dollars of income from the sale of autographs at baseball card shows.

» February 6, 1995: Darryl Strawberry is suspended for 60 days for violation of baseball's drug policy and his aftercare program. He is also released by the Giants.

» February 9, 1995: Darryl Strawberry pleads guilty to income tax evasion and will spend three months in prison, in addition to paying back taxes, interest, and penalties.

» April 24, 1995: Darryl Strawberry is sentenced to six months of home confinement on tax evasion charges. He must also pay the government $350,000 in back taxes.

» June 19, 1995: The Yankees sign OF Darryl Strawberry.

» May 3, 1996: Mike Veeck, president of the St. Paul Saints (AA Northern League) announces the signing of Darryl Strawberry. The Straw joins another veteran, pitcher Jack Morris, who joined the team two weeks ago.

» June 2, 1996: At Duluth's Wade Stadium, Darryl Strawberry, in his comeback attempt, hits his first home run for the St. Paul Saints (Northern League), a mammoth 522-foot blast off Duluth Dukes pitcher Pat Ahearne.

» July 4, 1996: The Yankees provide the fireworks, signing Darryl Strawberry. On June 24th, Yankee GM Bob Watson said five times that Strawberry "doesn't fit."

» July 6, 1996: During the Yankees 2–0 win over the Brewers, the team announces the purchase of Darryl Strawberry's contract from Columbus. John Wetteland preserves Jimmy Key's win with a save in his 20th consecutive appearance, breaking Lee Smith's record.

» July 28, 1996: Darryl Strawberry's 300th career home run, a 2-run shot in the 9th, lifts the Yankees to a 3–2 win over the visiting Royals. The Yankees now lead by 12 games.

» August 6, 1996: Darryl Strawberry strokes three home runs off Kevin Tapani in the Yankees 9-2 victory over the White Sox. In doing so, he becomes just the 8th player to hit three in a game in both leagues. The others to do it were Babe Ruth, Johnny Mize, Dave Kingman, Cory Snyder, Darnell Coles, Claudell Washington, and Larry Parrish.

» September 14, 1996: Mets' C Todd Hundley hits his 41st home run of the season to set a new major league mark for catchers. The Mets defeat Atlanta, 6-5, in 12 innings. Johnny Bench hit 45 in 1970, but only 38 while behind the plate. Hundley also owns the Mets home run record, previously held by Darryl Strawberry with 39.

» October 12, 1996: The Yankees' 8-4 win over the Orioles gives them a 3-games-to-1 lead in the ALCS. Darryl Strawberry homers twice for NY, while Bernie Williams and Paul O'Neill add 4-baggers.

» October 13, 1996: The Yankees defeat the Orioles, 6-4, giving them the American League pennant. The victors score all of their runs in the 3rd inning, which features home runs by Jim Leyritz, Cecil Fielder, and Darryl Strawberry. Scott Erickson gives the three homers in one inning, a first in the LCS. Bobby Bonilla, Todd Zeile, and Eddie Murray homer for the losers.

» April 24, 1998: Yankee Stadium is cleared to reopen, so a series that was originally scheduled to be in Detroit opens in New York. Darryl Strawberry homers to complete a four run rally in the 1st in the Yankees 8–4 win. David Cone earns the win, his 150th, over Greg Keagle.

» August 4, 1998: OF Darryl Strawberry's pinch-hitter grand slam is the big blow in NY's 9–run 9th inning, as the Yankees come from behind to defeat the A's 10–5 in the 2nd game of a DH. It is his 2nd pinch-hitter slam of the season, setting a new American League record, and tying the National League mark held by his former manager, Davey Johnson, and Mike Ivie, both set in 1978. New York also wins the 1st game of the twinbill, 10–4.

» October 3, 1998: Yankees' OF Darryl Strawberry has a cancerous tumor removed from his colon during surgery. Doctors are optimistic that the cancer has not spread.

» April 14, 1999: Yankees OF Darryl Strawberry is arrested in Tampa on charges of soliciting a prostitute and possession of cocaine. Strawberry has been at the Yankees' extended training camp while he works himself back into shape following colon cancer surgery last October 3.

» May 28, 1999: Yankee OF Darryl Strawberry pleads no contest to cocaine possession and solicitation charges, and is sentenced to 18 months probation.

» June 18, 1999: Yankees OF Darryl Strawberry is suspended for 120 days, retroactive to April 14, for violating baseball's drug policy and aftercare program. He will be eligible to return on August 11.

» August 2, 1999: Commissioner Bud Selig announces that Darryl Strawberry's reinstatement has been moved up from August 11th to August 4th.

» October 9, 1999: The Yankees defeat the Rangers, 3-0, to sweep their league division series. Roger Clemens hurls seven shutout innings for the win, as Darryl Strawberry's 3-run homer in the 1st provides all the runs in the game.

» October 17, 1999: The Yankees defeat the Red Sox, 9-2, to take a 3-games-to-1 lead in the ALCS. Andy Pettitte gets the victory for NY, with home run support from Darryl Strawberry and Ricky Ledee.

» February 22, 2000: A Florida Department of Corrections report says Yankees OF Darryl Strawberry tested positive for cocaine on January 19.

» February 28, 2000: Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig announces the Yankees OF Darryl Strawberry is suspended for one year for having tested positive for cocaine last month. It is Strawberry's 3rd cocaine-related suspension.

» September 12, 2000: Suspended NY Yankee Darryl Strawberry is sentenced to two years' house arrest after admitting he violated probation by driving under the influence of medication, and leaving the scene of an accident.

» October 25, 2000: Yankees OF Darryl Strawberry is arrested and jailed after leaving a treatment center following a weekend drug binge.

» April 2, 2001: Former Yankees OF Darryl Strawberry is arrested at a Tampa hospital on a violation of a probation warrant. He has been missing for four days after leaving his drug treatment center on Thursday.

» April 29, 2002: Former ML OF Darryl Strawberry is sentenced to 18 months in prison for violating the terms of his probation six times.