44 Facts About Johnny Damon

Johnny Damon played for the Thailand national baseball team and was a member of the squad for the 2013 World Baseball Classic qualifiers.

Johnny Damon's mother Yome is a Thai immigrant to the United States and his father Jimmy is an American of Croatian and Irish descent.

Johnny Damon spent much of his infancy as an "Army brat, " moving to several posts including Okinawa, Japan and West Germany before his father was discharged from the Army.

The Damon family settled in the Orlando, Florida area while Johnny was a pre-schooler.

Johnny Damon was a quiet child, largely on account of a stutter.

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Johnny Damon played for the Walker Jr High baseball team before attending Dr Phillips High School in Orlando when during his senior year in 1992, he was rated the top high school prospect in the country by Baseball America, was named to USA Today's High School All-America team and was the Florida Gatorade Player of the Year.

Johnny Damon ran track at Dr Phillips where his senior year he was runner up in the 200m dash.

Johnny Damon played football in high school, once getting hit by Warren Sapp and sustaining the first concussion in his life.

Johnny Damon was selected by the Kansas City Royals in the first round of the 1992 MLB draft.

Johnny Damon was third in the league in at bats and seventh in runs .

Johnny Damon suffered a severe concussion and had to be removed from the field on a stretcher.

In 2004, Johnny Damon was second in the league in runs and began to re-establish himself among the premier lead-off hitters and center fielders in the game.

Johnny Damon batted a torrid 7-for-15 during that year's Division Series against the Angels but struggled in the ALCS against the Yankees, going only 3-for-29 from the plate through the first six games.

In Game 7, Johnny Damon hit two home runs, one of which was a grand slam, to lead the Red Sox to the pennant.

Johnny Damon batted second in the lineup for 156 at-bats in 2002, accounting for nearly all of the rest except for occasional pinch hit.

Johnny Damon started two games as the third hitter in 2004, and in 2005, he had 624 at-bats, and all but three as the lead-off hitter.

Johnny Damon earned his second All-Star selection, starting as the American League's center fielder.

Johnny Damon led the AL with 35 infield hits, and matched the 35 doubles he had hit in 2004.

Johnny Damon, who had a clean-cut appearance until his third season with the Red Sox, had been planning on cutting his hair and shaving his beard off even if he didn't sign with the Yankees, but waited until after he signed with them in order to prevent speculation.

In 2006, Johnny Damon finished third in runs and ninth in stolen bases in the AL, while hitting 24 home runs, his career high.

Johnny Damon tied his mark of 35 doubles from the previous two seasons.

Johnny Damon was only one of 4 players in the major leagues to hit at least 24 home runs and steal at least 24 bases.

Johnny Damon is the first Yankee to have six hits in a 9 inning game since Myril Hoag accomplished the feat in 1934.

Johnny Damon said in a post-game on-field interview that this was his first walk-off as a Yankee.

The injury occurred a day earlier when Johnny Damon collided with the outfield wall in an attempt to catch a triple.

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At that time, Johnny Damon was one of only three active major league ballplayers who had played at least 10 years in the majors without going on the disabled list.

Johnny Damon returned to active duty, and hit 27 doubles for the season.

Johnny Damon hit 53 home runs in his three complete seasons with the Yankees.

Johnny Damon hit a home run in Games 3 and 4 of the 2009 ALCS, defeating the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in six games.

Johnny Damon got his second championship ring as the Yankees would eventually defeat the Phillies in six games.

Johnny Damon, after winning his second World Series, entered free agency after the 2009 season despite expressing his desire to return to the Yankees.

Johnny Damon hoped to be signed for 2013, and offered the Yankees the opportunity to sign him to a contract for the league's minimum salary as a replacement for the injured Curtis Granderson, expressing a willingness to be released once Granderson returned.

Johnny Damon remained unsigned for all of 2013, and did not play.

Johnny Damon told members of the media that he has stayed in good physical condition and hoped to receive invitations to spring training.

Johnny Damon did not receive any offers prior to the start of the 2014 season.

In 2005, Johnny Damon wrote Idiot: Beating "The Curse" and Enjoying the Game of Life with Peter Golenbock.

Johnny Damon participated in the Celebrity Apprentice competition in the spring of 2014 in New York City.

Johnny Damon appeared on MTV Cribs in 2005, where he gave a tour of his home near Orlando, Florida.

Johnny Damon was eliminated on the first episode, and he placed in ninth place.

Johnny Damon has had two marriages and has fathered eight children.

Johnny Damon married Angela Vannice, his high school sweetheart in 1992, and later divorced in 2002.

Johnny Damon is active with the Wounded Warrior Project, which works to raise awareness and enlist the public's aid for the needs of severely injured service men and women.

Johnny Damon spoke at a rally in Florida during Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and chanted in support of a border wall between the United States and Mexico.

Bodycam footage released by the Windermere Police Department showed Johnny Damon claiming that his arrest was part of being targeted because of his support of Trump.