Damion Easley
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| New York Mets — No. 3 | |
| Infielder | |
| Born: November 11, 1969 | |
| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
| August 13, 1992 for the California Angels | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through May 3, 2008) |
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| Batting average | .252 |
| Home runs | 157 |
| Runs batted in | 644 |
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Jacinto Damion Easley (born on November 11, 1969 in New York City, New York) is a Major League Baseball player who plays for the New York Mets.
At age 5, his family moved from the Bronx to Mount Vernon, New York. At age 11, his parents divorced and he moved with his father to California. He attended Lakewood High School in Lakewood, CA, where he was a member of the CIF champions in 1987. He attended Long Beach City College before being drafted by the California Angels in the 30th round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Easley has played for the California Angels, Detroit Tigers, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Florida Marlins, Arizona Diamondbacks, and the New York Mets.
While with the Tigers, Easley was a 1998 American League All-Star. That year, he batted .271 and set career-highs with 27 home runs and 100 RBI. He also participated in the 1998 Home Run Derby. In 2001, Easley became the ninth Detroit Tiger to hit for the cycle. In 2001, Easley also had a five-hit game and an inside-the-park home run.
On November 16, 2006, Easley signed with the Mets as a free agent.
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 [1].
On August 18, 2007, Easley suffered a high ankle sprain while advancing to second base on a wild pitch. This injury ended his 2007 baseball season.
Easley's wife's name is Dawn and they have four children: Rocky, Jasmine, Nathaniel, and Jayce Derrick (J.D.).
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). He had company with Jeff Cirillo of the Arizona Diamondbacks (with 1,617 games) and Todd Helton of the Colorado Rockies (with 1,577 games) until the streak ended for both when the Diamondbacks and the Rockies made it to the 2007 playoffs.[1]
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[edit] Career statistics
| Games | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BA | |
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| Career | 1593 | 5168 | 702 | 1301 | 277 | 25 | 157 | 640 | 114 | .252 |
[edit] See also
- Hitting for the cycle
- Major League Baseball hitters with three home runs in one game
- Florida Marlins all-time roster
- Tampa Bay Devil Rays all-time roster
- Arizona Diamondbacks all-time roster
- Top 500 home run hitters of all time
[edit] References
- ^ mlb.com recap of National League Wild Card Tiebreaker game played October 1, 2007
- ^ Damion Easley. baseball-reference.com (2007-08-19). Retrieved on 2007-08-19.
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
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