What is Dámaso García?
[[File:Damaso Garcia Fort Lauderdale Yankees.jpg|thumb|200px|García in {{circa|1976}}]] '''Dámaso Domingo García Sánchez''' (7 February 1957 – 15 April 2020) was a [[Dominican Republic|Dominican]] [[baseball]] player. He was born in [[Moca, Dominican Republic|Moca]]. He is best known for his time spent at [[Major League Baseball]]'s [[Toronto Blue Jays]] from 1980 to 1986. He also played in MLB for the [[New York Yankees]] (1978–1979), the [[Atlanta Braves]] (1987–1988) and the [[Montreal Expos]] (1989). He was also a two-time [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] (1984, 1985). Before his [[professional baseball]] career, García was a [[association football|footballer]]. He [[captain (sports)|captained]] both [[Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra]] and the [[Dominican Republic national football team|Dominican Republic national team]]. García died in [[San Pedro de Macorís]] on 15 April 2020 at the age of 63.<ref>{{Cite news|publisher=[[NBC]]|url=https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2020/04/15/long-time-blue-jays-infielder-damaso-garcia-has-died/|title=Long time Blue Jays infielder Dámaso García has died|date=15 April 2020|access-date=15 April 2020|author=Calcaterra, Craig}}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Baseballstats |mlb=114584 |espn= |br=g/garcida01 |fangraphs= |brm=garcia001dam |retro=Pgarcd001}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Damaso}} [[Category:1955 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Atlanta Braves players]] [[Category:Dominican Republic baseball players]] [[Category:Caribbean footballers]] [[Category:Montreal Expos players]] [[Category:New York Yankees players]] [[Category:Toronto Blue Jays players]] {{sports-bio-stub}}