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Dave Hamilton
David Edward Hamilton
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 13, 1947 in Seattle, WA
Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in the 5th round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 29, 1972
Final Game: September 19, 1980
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1972 24 OAK AL 6 6 .500 2.93 25 14 3 1 0 0 101.1 94 34 33 7 31 2 55 1 0 0 419 97 1.234 8.3 0.6 2.8 4.9 1.77
1973 25 OAK AL 6 4 .600 4.39 16 11 1 1 0 0 69.2 74 37 34 8 24 0 34 1 0 1 296 81 1.407 9.6 1.0 3.1 4.4 1.42
1974 26 OAK AL 7 4 .636 3.15 29 18 3 1 1 0 117.0 104 45 41 10 48 3 69 5 0 2 490 106 1.299 8.0 0.8 3.7 5.3 1.44
1975 27 TOT AL 7 7 .500 3.25 41 5 27 0 0 6 105.1 105 42 38 8 47 3 71 0 0 0 458 117 1.443 9.0 0.7 4.0 6.1 1.51
1975 27 OAK AL 1 2 .333 4.04 11 4 4 0 0 0 35.2 42 19 16 4 18 1 20 0 0 0 166 90 1.682 10.6 1.0 4.5 5.0 1.11
1975 27 CHW AL 6 5 .545 2.84 30 1 23 0 0 6 69.2 63 23 22 4 29 2 51 0 0 0 292 137 1.321 8.1 0.5 3.7 6.6 1.76
1976 28 CHW AL 6 6 .500 3.59 45 1 34 0 0 10 90.1 81 38 36 4 45 6 62 4 0 3 395 100 1.395 8.1 0.4 4.5 6.2 1.38
1977 29 CHW AL 4 5 .444 3.61 55 0 21 0 0 9 67.1 71 33 27 6 33 4 45 0 0 2 307 114 1.545 9.5 0.8 4.4 6.0 1.36
1978 30 TOT NL 0 2 .000 4.46 29 0 8 0 0 1 40.1 39 29 20 7 18 2 23 0 0 1 180 82 1.413 8.7 1.6 4.0 5.1 1.28
1978 30 STL NL 0 0 6.43 13 0 4 0 0 0 14.0 16 13 10 5 6 0 8 0 0 0 62 55 1.571 10.3 3.2 3.9 5.1 1.33
1978 30 PIT NL 0 2 .000 3.42 16 0 4 0 0 1 26.1 23 16 10 2 12 2 15 0 0 1 118 109 1.329 7.9 0.7 4.1 5.1 1.25
1979 31 OAK AL 3 4 .429 3.70 40 7 16 1 0 5 82.2 80 42 34 5 43 2 52 1 0 2 361 110 1.488 8.7 0.5 4.7 5.7 1.21
1980 32 OAK AL 0 3 .000 11.40 21 1 3 0 0 0 30.0 44 39 38 6 28 2 23 3 1 0 164 33 2.400 13.2 1.8 8.4 6.9 0.82
9 Seasons 39 41 .488 3.85 301 57 116 4 1 31 704.0 692 339 301 61 317 24 434 15 1 11 3070 93 1.433 8.8 0.8 4.1 5.5 1.37
162 Game Avg. 7 8 .488 3.85 57 11 22 1 0 6 134 131 64 57 12 60 5 82 3 0 2 583 93 1.433 8.8 0.8 4.1 5.5 1.37
OAK (6 yrs) 23 23 .500 4.04 142 55 30 4 1 5 436.1 438 216 196 40 192 10 253 11 1 5 1896 85 1.444 9.0 0.8 4.0 5.2 1.32
CHW (3 yrs) 16 16 .500 3.37 130 2 78 0 0 25 227.1 215 94 85 14 107 12 158 4 0 5 994 114 1.416 8.5 0.6 4.2 6.3 1.48
PIT (1 yr) 0 2 .000 3.42 16 0 4 0 0 1 26.1 23 16 10 2 12 2 15 0 0 1 118 109 1.329 7.9 0.7 4.1 5.1 1.25
STL (1 yr) 0 0 6.43 13 0 4 0 0 0 14.0 16 13 10 5 6 0 8 0 0 0 62 55 1.571 10.3 3.2 3.9 5.1 1.33
AL (8 yrs) 39 39 .500 3.81 272 57 108 4 1 30 663.2 653 310 281 54 299 22 411 15 1 10 2890 94 1.434 8.9 0.7 4.1 5.6 1.37
NL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 4.46 29 0 8 0 0 1 40.1 39 29 20 7 18 2 23 0 0 1 180 82 1.413 8.7 1.6 4.0 5.1 1.28

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1972 24 OAK AL ALCS W DET 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
1972 24 OAK AL WS W CIN 0 0 27.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 3 4 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 7 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
1 Season (2 Series) 0 0 27.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 1.1 4 4 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 9 4.500 27.0 0.0 13.5 6.8 0.50
1 ALCS 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
1 WS 0 0 27.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 3 4 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 7 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1972 24 OAK AL 25 33 26 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 .154 .313 .192 .505 57 5 1 1 1 0 0 1
1974 26 OAK AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 27 TOT AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 27 OAK AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 30 TOT NL 29 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 30 STL NL 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 30 PIT NL 16 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Seasons 57 40 33 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 16 .121 .256 .152 .408 24 5 1 1 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 114 94 6 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 45 .121 .256 .152 .408 24 14 3 3 3 0 0
OAK (6 yrs) 28 33 26 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 .154 .313 .192 .505 57 5 1 1 1 0 0
PIT (1 yr) 16 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
STL (1 yr) 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (8 yrs) 28 33 26 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 .154 .313 .192 .505 57 5 1 1 1 0 0
NL (1 yr) 29 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1972 OAK AL 24 P 25 14 101.1 22 4 17 1 0 .955 0.0 0.0 1.87 0.84 .950 1.86 0.75
1973 OAK AL 25 P 16 11 69.2 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.16 0.56 .944 1.86 0.86
1974 OAK AL 26 P 29 18 117.0 22 3 17 2 1 .909 0.0 0.0 1.54 0.69 .950 1.81 0.83
1975 TOT AL 27 P 41 5 105.4 18 3 15 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.54 0.44 .933 1.87 0.85
1975 OAK AL 27 P 11 4 35.2 6 1 5 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.51 0.55 .933 1.87 0.85
1975 CHW AL 27 P 30 1 69.2 12 2 10 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.55 0.40 .933 1.87 0.85
1976 CHW AL 28 P 45 1 90.1 14 4 9 1 1 .929 0.0 0.0 1.30 0.29 .950 1.87 0.85
1977 CHW AL 29 P 55 0 67.1 15 4 10 1 1 .933 0.0 0.0 1.87 0.25 .947 1.95 0.84
1978 TOT NL 30 P 29 0 40.1 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.79 0.28 .950 1.92 0.72
1978 STL NL 30 P 13 0 14.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.57 0.31 .950 1.93 0.72
1978 PIT NL 30 P 16 0 26.1 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.37 0.25 .950 1.91 0.72
1979 OAK AL 31 P 40 7 82.2 18 3 15 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.96 0.45 .944 1.92 0.81
1980 OAK AL 32 P 21 1 30.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.50 0.24 .960 1.86 0.77
9 Seasons P 301 57 704.0 131 28 98 5 6 .962 0.0 0.0 1.61 0.42 .947 1.87 0.82
9 Seasons TOT 301 57 704.0 131 28 98 5 6 .962 0.0 0.0 1.61 0.42 .908 1.87 0.82

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Saves s c a p y
1976 AL--10--8th

Games Finished s c a p y
1976 AL--34--8th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2228), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1611), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1637), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 7, 1966: Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in the 5th round of the 1966 amateur draft.

June 15, 1975: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with Chet Lemon to the Chicago White Sox for Stan Bahnsen and Skip Pitlock.

November 28, 1977: Sent by the Chicago White Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete an earlier deal made on August 31, 1977. The Chicago White Sox sent players to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals for players to be named later and Clay Carroll. The Chicago White Sox sent Nyls Nyman (September 2, 1977), Dave Hamilton (November 28, 1977) and Silvio Martinez (November 28, 1977) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

May 28, 1978: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the St. Louis Cardinals.

November 2, 1978: Granted Free Agency.

February 28, 1979: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

November 1, 1979: Granted Free Agency.

February 20, 1980: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

December 12, 1980: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

January 10, 1981: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

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