After suffering a heart attack, former New York Mets and Yankees player Darryl Strawberry is still in the hospital in the St. Louis area.
A day before the eight-time All-Star’s 62nd birthday, on Monday, Strawberry suffered a heart attack, according to Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz on Tuesday.
Strawberry said, “I am so happy and honored to report that all is well,” beside a photo of himself taken at the hospital on Instagram.
“So thankful for the medical team and staff at St. Joseph West in Lake St. Louis for responding so quickly and bringing me through a stent-procedure that has brought my heart to total restoration!!!” Strawberry added.
According to Horwitz, Strawberry, an O’Fallon, Missouri resident, is soundly sleeping.
After honoring Dwight Gooden’s No. 16 on April 14, the Mets will retire Strawberry’s No. 18 on June 1. Together, they won the 1986 World Series for the squad.
The Mets owner Steven Cohen and his wife, Alex, released a statement saying, “We are looking forward to Straw’s speedy recovery and welcoming him for his number retirement ceremony on June 1.”
NL Rookie of the Year in 1983, Strawberry was a seven-time All-Star for the Mets from 1983 to 1990.
Through 17 seasons, including stints with the Los Angeles Dodgers (1991–1993), San Francisco Giants (1994), and Yankees (1995–99), he hit .259 with 335 home runs, 1,000 RBIs, and 221 stolen bases. He played for the Yankees on three World Series winning teams.
In addition to drug and alcohol problems, Strawberry’s colon cancer treatment kept him out of the 1998 World Series, which completely destroyed his career.