What years did Damion Easley play?

Damion Easley played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 2008.

Was Damion Easley a pitcher?

No. Damion Easley was a position player (Second Baseman).

How many home runs did Damion Easley hit?

Damion Easley hit 163 career home runs with 1386 hits.

What was Damion Easley's career batting average?

Damion Easley batted .253 over his career, with 1,386 hits in 5,484 at bats.

How many RBI did Damion Easley have?

Damion Easley drove in 684 runs in his career.

Is Damion Easley in the Hall of Fame?

No. Damion Easley has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Damion Easley

Second Baseman · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1992-2008)

Damion Easley was a second baseman who played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 2008 for 6 teams, including the California Angels, a span of 17 seasons. In 1,706 career games, he hit .253 with 1,386 hits, 163 home runs, and 684 RBI. Damion Easley was an All-Star and a Silver Slugger.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 12, 2026

AVG .253

HR 163

RBI 684

H 1,386

OPS .733

PIV -2,257

Position: Second Baseman
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 155 lb
Born: 11/11/1969 in New York, NY, USA
MLB Debut: 1992-08-13
Last Game: 2008-09-28
Awards: All-Star · Silver Slugger

Full name: Jacinto Damion Easley

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Career Batting Statistics

Damion Easley — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,706	5,484	735	1,386	287	27	163	684	114	510	935	.253	.329	.404	.733	-2,257

Career AVG .253 vs. league average .266 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .329 vs. league average .335 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .404 vs. league average .421 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OPS .733 vs. league average .756 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Damion Easley Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1992	CAL	AL	47	151	14	39	5	0	1	12	9	8	26	.258	.255 (+1%)	.322 (-5%)	.377 (-17%)	.699 (-12%)	-258.2
1993	CAL	AL	73	230	33	72	13	2	2	22	6	28	35	.313	.265 (+18%)	.332 (+18%)	.403 (+2%)	.735 (+9%)	489.2
1994	CAL	AL	88	316	41	68	16	1	6	30	4	29	48	.215	.269 (-20%)	.338 (-15%)	.424 (-22%)	.763 (-19%)	-1017.5
1995	CAL	AL	114	357	35	77	14	2	4	35	5	32	47	.216	.266 (-19%)	.337 (-15%)	.417 (-28%)	.755 (-22%)	-1313.8
1996	CAL	AL	28	45	4	7	1	0	2	7	0	6	12	.156	—	—	—	—	-199.9
1996	DET	AL	21	67	10	23	1	0	2	10	3	4	13	.343	.269 (+27%)	.340 (+13%)	.426 (+5%)	.767 (+8%)	-199.9
1997	DET	AL	151	527	97	139	37	3	22	72	28	68	102	.264	.266 (-1%)	.336 (+7%)	.419 (+12%)	.756 (+10%)	1231.4
1998	DET	AL	153	594	84	161	38	2	27	100	15	39	112	.271	.266 (+2%)	.335 (-1%)	.420 (+14%)	.755 (+7%)	835.4
1999	DET	AL	151	549	83	146	30	1	20	65	11	51	124	.266	.271 (-2%)	.344 (avg)	.433 (avg)	.778 (avg)	55.5
2000	DET	AL	126	464	76	120	27	2	14	58	13	55	79	.259	.270 (-4%)	.344 (+2%)	.437 (-5%)	.782 (-2%)	-71.8
2001	DET	AL	154	585	77	146	27	7	11	65	10	52	90	.250	.263 (-5%)	.332 (-3%)	.426 (-12%)	.758 (-8%)	-732.8
2002	DET	AL	85	304	29	68	14	1	8	30	1	27	43	.224	.261 (-14%)	.331 (-7%)	.416 (-15%)	.747 (-11%)	-544.9
2003	TBA	AL	36	107	8	20	3	1	1	7	0	2	18	.187	.264 (-29%)	.332 (-39%)	.422 (-38%)	.754 (-39%)	-695.9
2004	FLO	NL	98	223	26	53	20	1	9	43	4	24	36	.238	.266 (-11%)	.335 (-1%)	.427 (+7%)	.762 (+3%)	132.5
2005	FLO	NL	102	267	37	64	19	1	9	30	4	26	47	.240	.264 (-9%)	.330 (-5%)	.418 (avg)	.749 (-2%)	-142.8
2006	ARI	NL	90	189	24	44	6	1	9	28	1	21	30	.233	.269 (-14%)	.336 (-4%)	.431 (-3%)	.768 (-4%)	-104.2
2007	NYN	NL	76	193	24	54	6	0	10	26	0	19	35	.280	.268 (+4%)	.335 (+7%)	.422 (+10%)	.758 (+9%)	360.9
2008	NYN	NL	113	316	33	85	10	2	6	44	0	19	38	.269	.263 (+2%)	.333 (-3%)	.416 (-11%)	.749 (-8%)	-387.3
Career · 18 seasons			1,706	5,484	735	1,386	287	27	163	684	114	510	935	.253	—	—	—	—	-2,564

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Damion Easley — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	856	2663	347	664	84	335	.249
Away	850	2821	388	722	79	349	.256

Last 10 Games — Batting

Damion Easley — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO
2008-09-28	NYN	MIA	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2008-09-26	NYN	MIA	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008-09-25	NYN	CHC	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008-09-22	NYN	CHC	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008-09-21	NYN	ATL	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008-09-13	NYN	ATL	L	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	2
2008-09-10	NYN	WAS	W	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
2008-09-09	NYN	WAS	W	3	0	1	1	0	2	1	0
2008-09-07	NYN	PHI	W	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	1
2008-09-07	NYN	PHI	L	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Damion Easley — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	27	21	170	10	2	19
2B	1172	1107	2171	3321	91	772
3B	173	151	117	306	21	27
OF	24	15	26	0	2	0
SS	199	119	189	366	15	76

Season-by-Season Fielding

Damion Easley — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1992	CAL	3B	45	41	28	100	4	13
1992	CAL	SS	3	1	2	2	1	0
1993	CAL	2B	54	54	101	125	5	26
1993	CAL	3B	14	14	10	32	1	3
1994	CAL	2B	40	39	83	95	1	32
1994	CAL	3B	47	44	39	84	6	4
1995	CAL	2B	88	82	145	209	7	41
1995	CAL	SS	25	25	41	67	3	18
1996	CAL	2B	9	4	13	11	1	2
1996	CAL	3B	3	1	0	4	0	0
1996	CAL	OF	2	0	1	0	0	0
1996	CAL	SS	13	5	9	24	2	10
1996	DET	2B	8	6	14	24	1	4
1996	DET	3B	2	2	2	4	1	2
1996	DET	SS	8	8	6	19	1	6
1997	DET	2B	137	130	234	389	12	82
1997	DET	SS	21	7	9	16	0	0
1998	DET	2B	140	136	285	439	11	102
1998	DET	SS	30	10	27	41	1	10
1999	DET	2B	147	141	302	421	8	111
1999	DET	SS	19	7	16	24	0	5
2000	DET	2B	125	125	198	411	6	98
2001	DET	2B	153	153	279	496	14	113
2002	DET	2B	84	84	181	253	9	54
2003	TBA	2B	4	3	4	7	0	1
2003	TBA	3B	23	22	12	35	4	2
2004	FLO	1B	18	16	119	8	2	16
2004	FLO	2B	25	15	29	53	3	11
2004	FLO	3B	6	5	4	11	0	0
2004	FLO	OF	5	4	10	0	1	0
2004	FLO	SS	15	5	6	24	1	3
2005	FLO	2B	46	34	80	98	4	26
2005	FLO	3B	10	7	9	16	1	1
2005	FLO	SS	30	24	43	77	4	14
2006	ARI	1B	3	0	6	1	0	0
2006	ARI	2B	9	5	16	16	0	7
2006	ARI	3B	20	14	10	18	3	2
2006	ARI	OF	1	1	0	0	0	0
2006	ARI	SS	27	24	23	58	2	9
2007	NYN	1B	2	2	20	0	0	2
2007	NYN	2B	39	36	79	114	4	24
2007	NYN	3B	2	0	0	2	1	0
2007	NYN	OF	9	8	13	0	0	0
2008	NYN	1B	4	3	25	1	0	1
2008	NYN	2B	64	60	128	160	5	38
2008	NYN	3B	1	1	3	0	0	0
2008	NYN	OF	7	2	2	0	1	0
2008	NYN	SS	8	3	7	14	0	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Damion Easley Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
First Base	27
Second Base	1171
Third Base	174
Shortstop	199
Left Field	10
Center Field	2
Right Field	12
Designated Hitter	24

Awards & Honors

Damion Easley — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1998	Player of the Week	Week of 1998-05-23
1998	Silver Slugger	2B

Salary History

Damion Easley — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2008	NYN	NL	$950,000
2007	NYN	NL	$850,000
2006	ARI	NL	$700,000
2005	FLO	NL	$750,000
2004	FLO	NL	$300,000
2002	DET	AL	$6,250,000
2001	DET	AL	$5,075,000
2000	DET	AL	$3,950,000
1999	DET	AL	$3,350,000
1998	DET	AL	$2,050,000
1997	DET	AL	$675,000
1996	CAL	AL	$305,000
1995	CAL	AL	$230,000
1994	CAL	AL	$170,000
1993	CAL	AL	$112,500
Total Career Earnings			$25,717,500

College History

Damion Easley — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Long Beach City College	Long Beach	CA	1988, 1989

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Damion Easley: the record in brief

The profile opens with Damion Easley's first major league game on August 13, 1992; the last one listed came on September 28, 2008. Club by club, the record runs the California Angels (1992 through 1996), the Detroit Tigers (1996 to 2002), the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2003), the Florida Marlins (2004 through 2005), the Arizona Diamondbacks (2006), and the New York Mets (2007 through 2008). The bio lists Easley as a second baseman who both batted and threw right-handed. The recorded size is 5 feet, 11 inches and 155 pounds. The birth record reads November 11, 1969, in New York, NY, USA. The given name on file is Jacinto Damion Easley.

The batting record for Easley: 1,706 games, 1,386 hits in 5,484 at bats, and a .253 average, adding 163 homers, 684 RBI, and 114 stolen bases. Easley's career OPS of .733 combines a .329 on-base mark with .404 slugging. Against a .266 league average for those years, Easley's .253 average was near the norm. For power, 1998 stands out: 27 home runs with the Detroit Tigers.

Frequently Asked Questions about Damion Easley

What years did Damion Easley play?: Damion Easley played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 2008.
Was Damion Easley a pitcher?: No. Damion Easley was a position player (Second Baseman).
How many home runs did Damion Easley hit?: Damion Easley hit 163 career home runs with 1386 hits.
What was Damion Easley's career batting average?: Damion Easley batted .253 over his career, with 1,386 hits in 5,484 at bats.
How many RBI did Damion Easley have?: Damion Easley drove in 684 runs in his career.
Is Damion Easley in the Hall of Fame?: No. Damion Easley has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.