Ex-MLB star Darryl Strawberry recovering from heart attack: ‘Your prayers are so absolutely appreciated’

(NEXSTAR) – Former MLB star and World Series champion Darryl Strawberry is recovering after suffering a heart attack this week, he revealed on Instagram.

Strawberry, 62, indicated that he was hospitalized at St. Joseph Hospital West in Lake St. Louis, Missouri, sometime Monday evening.

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“Praising God for His amazing grace and loving mercy in saving my life this evening from a heart attack,” Strawberry wrote in his post, which included a photo of him in a hospital bed. “I am so happy and honored to report that all is well.”

The eight-time All-Star also thanked his doctors for “bringing me through a stent-procedure that has brought my heart to total restoration,” he wrote.

“Your prayers are so absolutely appreciated as I continue to recover, in Jesus Name!”

Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz said Tuesday that Strawberry is currently resting comfortably, the Associated Press reported.

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Strawberry, who celebrated his 62nd birthday on March 12, had previously battled colon cancer, later becoming an advocate for early screening.

“I would encourage people, you know, because I had cancer twice,” Strawberry remarked in a segment on Nexstar’s WAVY in 2020. “I was in great shape. I was caught [in my] mid-30s, and there it was. I got a tumor inside of me, and I’m playing major league baseball. So it can happen to anybody.”

Strawberry, a member of the New York Baseball Hall of Fame, began his MLB career with the New York Mets in 1983. The team plans to retire his number during a pre-game ceremony this season.

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