Danny Garcia (outfielder)
Daniel R. Garcia is a former professional baseball player. He played for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball during the 1981 season.
Raised in Queens, New York, Garcia studied psychology at Bernard M. Baruch College. He was a batboy for the 1974 National League Champion New York Mets and a former member of the 1974 National Champion Alaska Goldpanners baseball team.
Garcia was drafted as an outfielder by the Royals in the 11th round of the 1975 Major League Baseball Draft. He enjoyed a 7-year minor league career, before reaching the major leagues. He played in 825 minor league games compiling 821 hits, a.290 batting avg. with over 200 stolen bases. Garcia enjoyed his best year in 1980 at AAA Omaha Royals batting.320, which was good for 4th place in the American Association.That same winter he won a batting title for the Leones del Caracas, of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League and the 1982 Caribbean Series Champions. During the spring of the 1982 season he tied a Mexican League record with 10 consecutive hits for the Mexico City Tigers. He retired after the 1982 season batting.378 for AA Buffalo Bisons. Later in his career, he went to Australia, as a player/coach with the Brisbane Bandits of the Australian Baseball League.
From 1990-1992 he was a minor league hitting, and mental skills coach for the San Diego Padres. 1992-1999 he became a Major League scout for the Milwaukee Brewers before being named a Special Assistant to the General Manager, Player Personnel for the Baltimore Orioles 1999-2003. He is a Personal Development Coach, a Pro Baseball Hitting Instructor, and a Motivational Speaker, presenting his inspirational 'DG Talks' on the value of Perseverance, Success Strategies, and the similarities between the fundamentals of baseball and being successful in life.
