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Josh Hamilton
Joshua Holt Hamilton

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 4", Weight 205 lb.

Debut April 2, 2007

Born May 21, 1981 in Raleigh, NC

Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1999. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2007 26 CIN NL  90  298   52   87  17  2  19   47   3  3  33  65  .292  .368  .554  131  165   0   2   4   4   6
 2008 27 TEX AL  39  160   22   49  13  2   8   43   0  0  15  24  .306  .359  .563  151   90   0   5   0   1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons      129  458   74  136  30  4  27   90   3  3  48  89  .297  .365  .557  137  255   0   7   4   5   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        575   93  171  38  5  34  113   4  4  60 112  .297  .365  .557  137  320   0   9   5   6  11
 Career High     90  298   52   87  17  2  19   47   3  3  33  65  .306  .368  .563  151  165   0   5   4   4   6
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2007 26 CIN NL  337  222   60   7.3   115| .292  .277| .368  .347| .554  .444| .922  .791| 131  .658  13.2   1.2  50%
 2008 27 TEX AL  181  119   33   7.4    97| .306  .259| .359  .330| .563  .395| .922  .725| 151  .707  11.3   1.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons       518  341   93   7.3   109| .297  .271| .365  .341| .557  .427| .922  .768| 137  .676  24.5   2.3  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2007 26 CIN NL OF 84 200 7 4 2 .981 .984 2.46 1.94 2.81 2.30 75 663.7 CF 71 168 6 4 2 .978 .987 2.45 2.30 2.82 2.71 64 555.7 RF 10 27 1 0 0 1.000 .982 2.80 1.81 3.11 2.18 9 81.0 LF 9 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.56 1.56 1.67 2.00 2 27.0 2008 27 TEX AL CF 30 60 2 2 2 .969 .986 2.07 2.36 2.18 2.67 29 256.0 RF 7 22 0 0 0 1.000 .982 3.14 1.79 3.09 2.05 7 64.0 DH 3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2007 26 CIN NL CF 71 168 6 4 2 .978 .987 2.45 2.30 2.82 2.71 64 555.7 2008 27 TEX AL CF 30 60 2 2 2 .969 .986 2.07 2.36 2.18 2.67 29 256.0 2008 27 TEX AL DH 3 2007 26 CIN NL LF 9 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.56 1.56 1.67 2.00 2 27.0 2007 26 CIN NL OF 84 200 7 4 2 .981 .984 2.46 1.94 2.81 2.30 75 663.7 2007 26 CIN NL RF 10 27 1 0 0 1.000 .982 2.80 1.81 3.11 2.18 9 81.0 2008 27 TEX AL RF 7 22 0 0 0 1.000 .982 3.14 1.79 3.09 2.05 7 64.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total CF* 101 228 8 6 4 .975 .987 2.34 2.32 2.62 2.70 93 811.7 OF* 84 200 7 4 2 .981 .984 2.46 1.94 2.81 2.30 75 663.7 9 101 17# RF* 17 49 1 0 0 1.000 .982 2.94 1.80 3.10 2.12 16 145.0 LF* 9 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.56 1.56 1.67 2.00 2 27.0 DH 3 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 84 200 7 4 2 .981 .984 2.46 1.94 2.81 2.30 75 664
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Slugging %
2008 AL-.563-3

OPS
2008 AL-.922-5

Games
2008 AL-39-5

At Bats
2008 AL-160-4

Plate Appearances (approx.)
2008 AL-181-2

Hits
2008 AL-49-2

Total Bases
2008 AL-90-1

Doubles
2008 AL-13-2

Triples
2008 AL-2-2

Home Runs
2008 AL-8-2

RBI
2008 AL-43-1

Adjusted OPS+
2008 AL-151-5

Runs Created
2008 AL-33-2

Adjusted Batting Runs
2008 AL-11-3

Batting Wins
2008 AL-1.1-3

Extra-Base Hits
2008 AL-23-1

Times on Base
2008 AL-65-3

Offensive Win%
2008 AL-.707-7

Sac. Flies
2008 AL-5-2

         

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (407) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 19 (1018) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 24.0 (455) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 4.0 (1578) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1999.

December 7, 2006: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Chicago Cubs.

December 7, 2006: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 2006 rule 5 draft.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2007Cincinnati Reds$380,000
Career (may be incomplete)$380,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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