Damion Easley

Full Name: Jacinto Damion Easley Primary Position: 2B,SS,3B Height/Weight: 5'11"/195 First Game: August 13, 1992 Birthdate: November 11, 1969 MLB Experience: 16 years Birthplace: New York, New York Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Damion Easley (Jacinto Damion Easley) was born on November 11, 1969 in New York, New York. He made his Major League debut on August 13, 1992 for the California Angels. In 1992, his rookie year, he hit .258 with 1 home run and 12 RBI. Easley played for the California Angels, Detroit Tigers, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Florida Marlins and Arizona Diamondbacks over the course of his 15 year career.

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Career Highlights

There is some disagreement on what was Damion Easley's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1998, when he slugged 27 home runs and knocked in 100 runs. However, others believe that it was 1997, when he slugged 22 home runs, stole 28 bases and knocked in 72 runs.

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1992	CAL	A	47	151	14	39	1	12	.258	.307	.311	5	0	8	26	3	2	9	0	2
1993	CAL	A	73	230	33	72	2	22	.313	.392	.413	13	2	28	35	3	1	6	2	5
1994	CAL	A	88	316	41	68	6	30	.215	.288	.329	16	1	29	48	4	4	4	0	8
1995	CAL	A	114	357	35	77	4	35	.216	.288	.300	14	2	32	47	6	6	5	1	11
1996	DET	A	21	67	10	23	2	10	.343	.384	.448	1	0	4	13	1	2	3	0	0
1996	CAL	A	28	45	4	7	2	7	.156	.255	.311	1	0	6	12	0	3	0	0	0
1996	TOT	A	49	112	14	30	4	17	.268	.331	.393	2	0	10	25	1	5	3	0	0
1997	DET	A	151	527	97	139	22	72	.264	.362	.471	37	3	68	102	16	4	28	3	18
1998	DET	A	153	594	84	161	27	100	.271	.332	.478	38	2	39	112	16	0	15	2	8
1999	DET	A	151	549	83	146	20	65	.266	.346	.434	30	1	51	124	19	2	11	2	15
2000	DET	A	126	464	76	120	14	58	.259	.350	.416	27	2	55	79	11	4	13	1	11
2001	DET	A	154	585	77	146	11	65	.250	.323	.376	27	7	52	90	13	4	10	3	10
2002	DET	A	85	304	29	68	8	30	.224	.307	.355	14	1	27	43	11	1	1	3	4
2003	TB	A	36	107	8	20	1	7	.187	.202	.262	3	1	2	18	0	1	0	0	3
2004	FLA	N	98	223	26	53	9	43	.238	.331	.457	20	1	24	36	8	0	4	1	6
2005	FLA	N	102	267	37	64	9	30	.240	.312	.419	19	1	26	47	4	3	4	3	6
2006	ARI	N	90	189	24	44	9	28	.233	.323	.418	6	1	21	30	5	3	1	0	4
2007	NYM	N	76	193	24	54	10	26	.280	.358	.466	6	0	19	35	5	0	0	1	2
Total	NL		366	872	111	215	37	127	.246	?	?	51	3	90	148	22	6	9	5	18
Total	AL		1227	4296	591	1086	120	513	.253	.329	.399	226	22	401	749	103	34	105	17	95
Total			1593	5168	702	1301	157	640	.252	.329	.406	277	25	491	897	125	40	114	22	113

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1992	CAL	A	3B	45	41	373.1	28	100	4	13	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1992	CAL	A	SS	3	1	6.1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1993	CAL	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1993	CAL	A	2B	54	54	457	101	125	5	26	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1993	CAL	A	3B	14	14	123.1	10	32	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.977
1994	CAL	A	3B	47	44	386.1	39	84	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	.953
1994	CAL	A	2B	40	39	338.1	83	95	1	32	0	0	0	0	0	.994
1995	CAL	A	2B	88	82	701	145	209	7	41	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1995	CAL	A	SS	25	25	195	41	67	3	18	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1996	DET	A	SS	8	8	56	6	19	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1996	DET	A	3B	2	2	16	2	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.857
1996	DET	A	2B	8	6	64	14	24	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1996	DET	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1996	CAL	A	2B	8	4	46.2	13	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.960
1996	CAL	A	CF	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1996	CAL	A	3B	4	1	14	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1996	CAL	A	DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1996	CAL	A	SS	13	5	69	9	24	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	.943
1996	CAL	A	OF	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1996	TOT	A	3B	6	3	30	2	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.909
1996	TOT	A	DH	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1996	TOT	A	2B	16	10	110.2	27	35	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1996	TOT	A	SS	21	13	125	15	43	3	16	0	0	0	0	0	.951
1997	DET	A	2B	137	130	1161.2	234	389	12	82	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1997	DET	A	SS	21	7	68.1	9	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1997	DET	A	DH	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	DET	A	2B	140	136	1179.1	285	439	11	102	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1998	DET	A	SS	30	10	121	27	41	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1998	DET	A	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1999	DET	A	2B	147	141	1229	302	421	8	111	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1999	DET	A	SS	19	7	76	16	24	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2000	DET	A	2B	125	124	1070	197	411	6	98	0	0	0	0	0	.990
2001	DET	A	2B	153	153	1329.1	278	496	14	113	1	0	0	0	0	.982
2002	DET	A	2B	84	84	732.1	181	253	9	54	0	0	0	0	0	.980
2002	DET	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2003	TB	A	3B	23	22	188.2	12	35	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.922
2003	TB	A	DH	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2003	TB	A	2B	4	3	24.2	4	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2004	FLA	N	SS	15	5	65.1	6	24	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.968
2004	FLA	N	RF	5	4	32	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.909
2004	FLA	N	2B	25	15	158.1	28	53	3	11	0	0	0	0	0	.964
2004	FLA	N	3B	6	5	42	4	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2004	FLA	N	DH	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2004	FLA	N	1B	18	16	138	119	8	2	16	0	0	0	0	0	.984
2004	FLA	N	OF	5	4	32	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.909
2005	FLA	N	SS	30	24	215.2	43	77	4	14	0	0	0	0	0	.968
2005	FLA	N	3B	10	7	66.1	9	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.962
2005	FLA	N	2B	46	34	324	80	98	4	26	0	0	0	0	0	.978
2006	ARI	N	3B	20	14	121.2	10	18	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.903
2006	ARI	N	RF	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2006	ARI	N	2B	9	5	46.2	16	16	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2006	ARI	N	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2006	ARI	N	SS	27	24	204.2	23	58	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	.976
2006	ARI	N	1B	3	0	6.1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2006	ARI	N	OF	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	21	16	144.1	125	9	2	16	0	0	0	0	0	.985
Total			CF	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			RF	6	5	39	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.909
Total			2B	1068	1010	8862.1	1961	3047	82	710	1	0	0	0	0	.984
Total			DH	23	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			SS	191	116	1077.1	182	352	15	75	0	0	0	0	0	.973
Total			3B	171	150	1331.2	114	304	20	27	0	0	0	0	0	.954
Total			OF	8	5	42	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.917

Transactions

• Selected by California Angels in the 30th round of the free-agent draft (June 1, 1988 - signed May 24, 1989).
• Traded by California Angels to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Greg Gohr (July 31, 1996).
• Released by Detroit Tigers (March 28, 2003).
• Signed by Tampa Bay Devil Rays (April 2, 2003).
• Released by Tampa Bay Devil Rays (June 4, 2003).
• Signed by Florida Marlins (December 29, 2003).
• Granted free agency (October 28, 2004).
• Signed by Florida Marlins (November 22, 2004).
• Granted free agency (October 28, 2005).
• Signed by Arizona Diamondbacks (December 15, 2005).
• Granted free agency (October 30, 2006).
• Signed by New York Mets (November 16, 2006).

Trivia

• In 2001, Easley became the ninth Detroit Tiger to hit for the cycle.
• On August 2, 2007, Easley became the 24th player in Mets' history to hit an inside the park home run (against the Milwaukee Brewers), during a 12-4 victory.
• At the end of the 2007 regular season, Easley held the unwelcome record among active players as the one who had played the most games without reaching the postseason (1,593 games).