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Steve Hamilton
Steven Absher Hamilton

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 7", Weight 195 lb.
School Morehead State University

Debut April 23, 1961
  vs. KCA 2.3 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER
Final Game August 16, 1972
Born November 30, 1935 in Columbia, KY
Died December 2, 1997 in Morehead, KY

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1961 25 CLE AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  0    3.0    2    1    1   0    3    4   0   1    15   0   1  3.00  3.94  132 1.667
 1962 26 WSA AL   3   8  41  10   1   0  11  2  107.3  103   51   45  10   39   83   3   0   466   5   1  3.77  4.05  107 1.323
 1963 27 TOT AL   5   2  37   0   0   0  19  5   64.3   54   22   21   3   26   64   1   3   268   2   0  2.94  3.53  120 1.244
         WSA AL   0   1   3   0   0   0   2  0    2.0    5    3    3   0    2    1   0   0    13   0   0 13.50  3.74   28 3.500
         NYY AL   5   1  34   0   0   0  17  5   62.3   49   19   18   3   24   63   1   3   255   2   0  2.60  3.52  135 1.171
 1964 28 NYY AL   7   2  30   3   1   0  11  3   60.3   55   24   22   6   15   49   0   2   246   0   0  3.28  3.63  110 1.160
 1965 29 NYY AL   3   1  46   1   0   0  13  5   58.3   47   12    9   2   16   51   0   0   240   5   0  1.39  3.39  244 1.080
 1966 30 NYY AL   8   3  44   3   1   1  17  3   90.0   69   32   30   8   22   57   3   1   353   3   0  3.00  3.30  110 1.011
 1967 31 NYY AL   2   4  44   0   0   0  19  4   62.0   57   25   24   7   23   55   1   0   261   4   0  3.48  3.10   89 1.290
 1968 32 NYY AL   2   2  40   0   0   0  24 11   50.7   37   13   12   0   13   42   1   1   195   4   0  2.13  2.86  134 0.987
 1969 33 NYY AL   3   4  38   0   0   0  23  2   57.0   39   22   21   7   21   39   0   2   225   5   0  3.32  3.48  105 1.053
 1970 34 TOT AL   4   3  38   0   0   0  16  3   48.3   40   18   16   3   17   36   1   2   200   5   0  2.98  3.55  119 1.179
         NYY AL   4   3  35   0   0   0  16  3   45.3   36   16   14   3   16   33   1   2   186   5   0  2.78  3.53  127 1.147
         CHW AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   0  0    3.0    4    2    2   0    1    3   0   0    14   0   0  6.00  3.79   63 1.667
 1971 35 SFG NL   2   2  39   0   0   0  16  4   44.7   29   15   15   4   11   38   1   1   173   6   0  3.02  3.44  114 0.896
 1972 36 CHC NL   1   0  22   0   0   0  12  0   17.0   24    9    9   1    8   13   1   1    84   3   0  4.76  3.80   80 1.882
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .563  40  31 421  17   3   1 181 42  663.0  556  244  225  51  214  531  12  14  2726  42   2  3.05  3.49  114 1.161
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   4  65   2   0   0  28  6  102.7   86   37   34   7   33   82   1   2   423   6   0  3.05  3.49  114 1.161
 Career High      8   8  46  10   1   1  24 11  107.3  103   51   45  10   39   83   3   3   466   6   1  1.39  4.05  244 0.896
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1961 25 CLE AL   2    1    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  445    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1962 26 WSA AL  43   26    1    2   0  1   0    2   0  0   1   7  .077  .111  .154  -29    4   3   0   0   0   1
 1963 27 TOT AL  37   14    2    4   0  1   0    2   0  0   0   3  .286  .286  .429   98    6   5   0   0   0   0
         NYY AL  34   14    2    4   0  1   0    2   0  0   0   3  .286  .286  .429   98    6   5   0   0   0   0
 1964 28 NYY AL  32   20    3    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   4  .200  .273  .200   34    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1965 29 NYY AL  46    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .167  .286  .167   33    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1966 30 NYY AL  44   19    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .053  .053  .053  -69    1   2   0   0   0   0
 1967 31 NYY AL  44    9    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .111  .111  .111  -32    1   1   0   0   0   0
 1968 32 NYY AL  40    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .250  .000  -17    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1969 33 NYY AL  38    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1970 34 TOT AL  38    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         NYY AL  35    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1971 35 SFG NL  39    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1972 36 CHC NL  22    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     425  112    8   14   0  2   0    6   0  0   5  25  .125  .162  .161   -8   18  11   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         43    3    5   0  1   0    2   0  0   2  10  .125  .162  .161   -8    7   4   0   0   0   0
 Career High     46   26    3    4   0  1   0    2   0  0   2   7                           6   5   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1961 25 CLE AL    1    0    1         101|1.000  .260|1.000  .335|1.000  .405|2.000  .740| 445         0.5   0.0   0%
 1962 26 WSA AL   30   28    0   0.0   103| .077  .263| .111  .335| .154  .410| .265  .745| -29  .000  -5.0  -0.5   0%
 1963 27 TOT AL   19   15    2   3.6    95| .286  .255| .286  .322| .429  .394| .715  .716|  98  .430  -0.2   0.0   0%
         NYY AL   19   15    2   3.6    95| .286  .255| .286  .322| .429  .394| .715  .716|  98  .430  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1964 28 NYY AL   22   16    1   1.7    97| .200  .257| .273  .325| .200  .399| .473  .724|  34  .155  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 1965 29 NYY AL    7    5    0   0.0    91| .167  .250| .286  .319| .167  .382| .453  .702|  33  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
 1966 30 NYY AL   21   20    0   0.0    86| .053  .243| .053  .308| .053  .374| .106  .683| -69  .000  -4.0  -0.4   0%
 1967 31 NYY AL   10    9    0   0.0    80| .111  .238| .111  .306| .111  .356| .222  .662| -32  .000  -1.5  -0.2   0%
 1968 32 NYY AL    4    3    0   0.0    77| .000  .233| .250  .302| .000  .346| .250  .648| -17  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1969 33 NYY AL    5    5    0   0.0    91| .000  .250| .000  .326| .000  .377| .000  .702|-100  .000  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1970 34 TOT AL    6    6    0   0.0    93| .000  .252| .000  .325| .000  .385| .000  .710|-100  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
         NYY AL    6    6    0   0.0    93| .000  .252| .000  .325| .000  .385| .000  .710|-100  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1971 35 SFG NL    2    2    0   0.0    91| .000  .258| .000  .324| .000  .378| .000  .703|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
 1972 36 CHC NL    1    1    0   0.0    99| .000  .268| .000  .337| .000  .395| .000  .732|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      128  110    4   1.0    93| .125  .253| .162  .322| .161  .389| .323  .711|  -8  .066 -16.7  -1.8   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1961 25 CLE AL P 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.85 5.45 2.18 0 3.3 1962 26 WSA AL P 41 8 22 2 0 .938 .958 0.73 0.79 2.52 2.08 10 107.3 1963 27 TOT AL P 37 3 13 0 0 1.000 .958 0.43 0.79 2.24 1.99 0 64.3 WSA AL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 0.80 4.50 1.80 0 2.0 NYY AL P 34 3 12 0 0 1.000 .955 0.44 0.79 2.17 1.99 0 62.3 1964 28 NYY AL P 30 3 9 0 1 1.000 .960 0.40 0.72 1.79 1.90 3 60.3 1965 29 NYY AL P 46 0 3 1 0 .750 .938 0.07 0.75 0.46 2.04 1 58.3 1966 30 NYY AL P 44 2 12 2 0 .875 .952 0.32 0.75 1.40 1.99 3 90.0 1967 31 NYY AL P 44 0 12 0 0 1.000 .960 0.27 0.74 1.74 1.96 0 62.0 1968 32 NYY AL P 40 2 9 0 1 1.000 .957 0.28 0.73 1.95 1.88 0 50.7 1969 33 NYY AL P 38 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.11 0.69 0.63 1.88 0 57.0 1970 34 TOT AL P 38 0 11 1 0 .917 .948 0.29 0.67 2.05 1.86 0 48.3 NYY AL P 35 0 9 0 0 1.000 .947 0.26 0.67 1.79 1.87 0 45.3 CHW AL P 3 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 0.67 0.67 6.00 1.80 0 3.0 1971 35 SFG NL P 39 3 4 0 0 1.000 .959 0.18 0.78 1.41 1.89 0 44.7 1972 36 CHC NL P 22 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.09 0.73 1.06 1.80 0 17.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1961 25 CLE AL P 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.85 5.45 2.18 0 3.3 1962 26 WSA AL P 41 8 22 2 0 .938 .958 0.73 0.79 2.52 2.08 10 107.3 1963 27 TOT AL P 37 3 13 0 0 1.000 .958 0.43 0.79 2.24 1.99 0 64.3 WSA AL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 0.80 4.50 1.80 0 2.0 NYY AL P 34 3 12 0 0 1.000 .955 0.44 0.79 2.17 1.99 0 62.3 1964 28 NYY AL P 30 3 9 0 1 1.000 .960 0.40 0.72 1.79 1.90 3 60.3 1965 29 NYY AL P 46 0 3 1 0 .750 .938 0.07 0.75 0.46 2.04 1 58.3 1966 30 NYY AL P 44 2 12 2 0 .875 .952 0.32 0.75 1.40 1.99 3 90.0 1967 31 NYY AL P 44 0 12 0 0 1.000 .960 0.27 0.74 1.74 1.96 0 62.0 1968 32 NYY AL P 40 2 9 0 1 1.000 .957 0.28 0.73 1.95 1.88 0 50.7 1969 33 NYY AL P 38 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.11 0.69 0.63 1.88 0 57.0 1970 34 TOT AL P 38 0 11 1 0 .917 .948 0.29 0.67 2.05 1.86 0 48.3 NYY AL P 35 0 9 0 0 1.000 .947 0.26 0.67 1.79 1.87 0 45.3 CHW AL P 3 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 0.67 0.67 6.00 1.80 0 3.0 1971 35 SFG NL P 39 3 4 0 0 1.000 .959 0.18 0.78 1.41 1.89 0 44.7 1972 36 CHC NL P 22 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.09 0.73 1.06 1.80 0 17.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 421 22 102 6 2 .954 .956 0.29 0.74 1.68 1.96 17 663.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 421 22 102 6 2 .954 .956 0.29 0.74 1.68 1.96 17 663
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1963   WS    NYY LAD     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   1     0   0   0   1 
 1964   WS    NYY STL     L   2   0   4.50  0  0  1  0   2     3   1   0   2 
 1971   NLCS  SFG PIT     L   1   0   9.00  0  0  0  0   1     1   1   0   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   3   0   3.00  0  0  1  0   3     3   1   0   3 
  3 Postseason Ser      0-3   4   0   4.50  0  0  1  0   4     4   2   0   6 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1963   WS    NYY LAD     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1964   WS    NYY STL     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1971   NLCS  SFG PIT     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  3 Postseason Series   0-3   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Saves
1968 AL-11-7

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2081) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 19.0 (315) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (1445) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

April 3, 1958: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

May 3, 1962: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Don Rudolph to the Washington Senators for Willie Tasby.

April 21, 1963: Traded by the Washington Senators to the New York Yankees for Jim Coates.

September 9, 1970: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the New York Yankees.

March 23, 1971: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the San Francisco Giants for Steve Huntz.

October 26, 1971: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

January 18, 1972: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

August 18, 1972: Released by the Chicago Cubs.


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