President Donald Trump approved a pardon for baseball legend Darryl Strawberry in relation to his 1995 guilty plea for federal tax fraud, a White House official confirmed to the New York Post on Friday (November 7).

“President Trump has approved a pardon for Darryl Strawberry, three-time World Series champion and eight-time MLB All-Star,” the official said. “Mr. Strawberry served time and paid back taxes after pleading guilty to one count of tax evasion.

“Following his career, Mr. Strawberry found faith in Christianity and has been sober for over a decade – he has become active in ministry and started a recovery center which still operates today.”

Strawberry, 63, served three years probation and six months of home confinement, as well as having repaid $350,000 in back taxes a

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