Michael Curtis Darr (March 21, 1976 – February 15, 2002) was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the San Diego Padres (1999–2001). Mike Darr was a promising young outfielder. The last season he played prior to his death, he appeared in 105 games for the San Diego Padres, compiling a .277 batting average with 2 home runs, 34 runs batted in, and 6 stolen bases. On February 15, 2002, Mike Darr was involved in a high speed roll-over accident on a highway near Peoria, Arizona. Darr and his childhood friend Duane Johnson were both thrown from the vehicle. (neither one was wearing a seat belt harness, a third passenger who was wearing his seat belt survived). 25 year old Mike Darr, a young man with his entire life an career before him, was killed almost instantly. Mike Darr was legally drunk at the time. He was buried at the Riverside, California, Crestlawn Memorial Park. Nearly the entire Padres organization was among the more than 1,500 in attendance at Darr’s funeral. Darr left behind a wife, Natalie, also a graduate of Corona Senior High School and two sons. The Padres wore a black circle patch with Darr’s uniform number 26 on the right-sleeve of their uniform during the 2002 season. His father, Mike Sr., pitched in one game, for the Toronto Blue Jays in 1977. Brother Ryan played in the Detroit organization for many years before ending his baseball career.