Damaso Garcia ✝

Originally, he played soccer. In 1974, he was the Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra soccer team\'s captain. That year he also played as the captain for the Dominican Republic national football team at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo.\n', ' García made his major league debut in 1978 with the New York Yankees. He played in 29 games over the following two seasons before being traded with Chris Chambliss and Paul Mirabella to the Toronto Blue Jays for Tom Underwood, Rick Cerone, and Ted Wilborn prior to the 1980 season.\n', ' As Toronto\'s second baseman through 1986, García batted over .300 twice (1982 and 1983); stole 54 bases in 1982 (2nd in the American League) and 46 in 1984 (6th in the AL), and was an All-Star twice (1984–85). He also won the Silver Slugger Award in 1982.\n', '