Jack Hamilton
Jack Edwin Hamilton
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 25, 1938 in Burlington, IA
High School: Morning Sun (Morning Sun, IA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1962
Final Game: August 10, 1969
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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
1962 23 PHI NL 9 12 .429 5.09 41 26 8 4 1 2 182.0 185 115 103 18 107 8 101 5 1 22 820 76 1.604 9.1 0.9 5.3 5.0 0.94
1963 24 PHI NL 2 1 .667 5.40 19 1 5 0 0 1 30.0 22 19 18 3 17 2 23 0 0 4 129 60 1.300 6.6 0.9 5.1 6.9 1.35
1964 25 DET AL 0 1 .000 8.40 5 1 1 0 0 0 15.0 24 17 14 2 8 0 5 1 1 3 77 44 2.133 14.4 1.2 4.8 3.0 0.63
1965 26 DET AL 1 1 .500 14.54 4 1 1 0 0 0 4.1 6 7 7 1 4 0 3 0 0 1 25 24 2.308 12.5 2.1 8.3 6.2 0.75
1966 27 NYM NL 6 13 .316 3.93 57 13 29 3 1 13 148.2 138 89 65 13 88 4 93 5 0 18 662 92 1.520 8.4 0.8 5.3 5.6 1.06
1967 28 TOT MLB 11 6 .647 3.35 43 21 10 0 0 1 150.2 128 62 56 8 79 8 96 2 0 14 643 94 1.374 7.6 0.5 4.7 5.7 1.22
1967 28 NYM NL 2 0 1.000 3.73 17 1 9 0 0 1 31.1 24 15 13 2 16 5 22 1 0 3 135 90 1.277 6.9 0.6 4.6 6.3 1.38
1967 28 CAL AL 9 6 .600 3.24 26 20 1 0 0 0 119.1 104 47 43 6 63 3 74 1 0 11 508 96 1.399 7.8 0.5 4.8 5.6 1.17
1968 29 CAL AL 3 1 .750 3.32 21 2 4 1 0 2 38.0 34 15 14 0 15 1 18 0 0 5 157 87 1.289 8.1 0.0 3.6 4.3 1.20
1969 30 TOT AL 0 5 .000 6.49 28 0 8 0 0 1 43.0 60 33 31 3 30 7 18 0 0 7 208 58 2.093 12.6 0.6 6.3 3.8 0.60
1969 30 CLE AL 0 2 .000 4.40 20 0 5 0 0 1 30.2 37 17 15 2 23 4 13 0 0 5 143 85 1.957 10.9 0.6 6.8 3.8 0.57
1969 30 CHW AL 0 3 .000 11.68 8 0 3 0 0 0 12.1 23 16 16 1 7 3 5 0 0 2 65 33 2.432 16.8 0.7 5.1 3.6 0.71
8 Seasons 32 40 .444 4.53 218 65 66 8 2 20 611.2 597 357 308 48 348 30 357 13 2 74 2721 78 1.545 8.8 0.7 5.1 5.3 1.03
162 Game Avg. 8 10 .444 4.53 52 16 16 2 0 5 147 143 86 74 12 84 7 86 3 0 18 654 78 1.545 8.8 0.7 5.1 5.3 1.03
NYM (2 yrs) 8 13 .381 3.90 74 14 38 3 1 14 180.0 162 104 78 15 104 9 115 6 0 21 797 91 1.478 8.1 0.8 5.2 5.8 1.11
PHI (2 yrs) 11 13 .458 5.14 60 27 13 4 1 3 212.0 207 134 121 21 124 10 124 5 1 26 949 74 1.561 8.8 0.9 5.3 5.3 1.00
CAL (2 yrs) 12 7 .632 3.26 47 22 5 1 0 2 157.1 138 62 57 6 78 4 92 1 0 16 665 94 1.373 7.9 0.3 4.5 5.3 1.18
DET (2 yrs) 1 2 .333 9.78 9 2 2 0 0 0 19.1 30 24 21 3 12 0 8 1 1 4 102 37 2.172 14.0 1.4 5.6 3.7 0.67
CLE (1 yr) 0 2 .000 4.40 20 0 5 0 0 1 30.2 37 17 15 2 23 4 13 0 0 5 143 85 1.957 10.9 0.6 6.8 3.8 0.57
CHW (1 yr) 0 3 .000 11.68 8 0 3 0 0 0 12.1 23 16 16 1 7 3 5 0 0 2 65 33 2.432 16.8 0.7 5.1 3.6 0.71
AL (5 yrs) 13 14 .481 4.47 84 24 15 1 0 3 219.2 228 119 109 12 120 11 118 2 1 27 975 73 1.584 9.3 0.5 4.9 4.8 0.98
NL (4 yrs) 19 26 .422 4.57 134 41 51 7 2 17 392.0 369 238 199 36 228 19 239 11 1 47 1746 81 1.523 8.5 0.8 5.2 5.5 1.05

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1962 23 PHI NL 41 820 690 115 185 21 6 18 12 7 107 101 .268 .366 .394 .760 .287 272 19 5 8 10 8
1963 24 PHI NL 19 129 110 19 22 6 0 3 2 1 17 23 .200 .307 .336 .643 .226 37 1 0 2 0 2
1964 25 DET AL 5 77 66 17 24 3 0 2 1 1 8 5 .364 .434 .500 .934 .367 33 1 1 1 1 0
1965 26 DET AL 4 24 19 7 6 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 .316 .417 .474 .890 .313 9 0 0 0 1 0
1966 27 NYM NL 57 661 555 89 138 18 3 13 11 7 88 93 .249 .354 .362 .716 .276 201 15 5 9 4 4
1967 28 CAL AL 26 508 435 47 104 18 4 6 4 5 63 74 .239 .334 .340 .674 .273 148 12 1 5 4 3
1967 28 NYM NL 17 135 117 15 24 3 1 2 4 0 16 22 .205 .306 .299 .605 .237 35 3 1 1 0 5
1967 28 TOT MLB 43 643 552 62 128 21 5 8 8 5 79 96 .232 .328 .332 .660 .265 183 15 2 6 4 8
1968 29 CAL AL 21 157 138 15 34 9 1 0 5 2 15 18 .246 .316 .326 .642 .279 45 4 0 2 2 1
1969 30 CHW AL 8 65 56 16 23 8 2 1 0 0 7 5 .411 .476 .679 1.155 .440 38 0 0 2 0 3
1969 30 CLE AL 20 143 117 17 37 3 0 2 3 1 23 13 .316 .426 .393 .819 .340 46 6 0 2 1 4
1969 30 TOT AL 28 208 173 33 60 11 2 3 3 1 30 18 .347 .441 .486 .927 .373 84 6 0 4 1 7
8 Seasons 218 2719 2303 357 597 89 17 48 42 24 348 357 .259 .357 .375 .732 .286 864 61 13 32 23 30
162 Game Avg. 52 653 553 86 143 21 4 12 10 6 84 86 .259 .357 .375 .732 .286 208 15 3 8 6 7
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1962 23 PHI NL 41 26 7 12 7 2 2 11 15 .423 1 3 4 1 8 31% 43 80 18 21 8 9 6 4.3 4.4 5.8
1963 24 PHI NL 19 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 54 54 54 9 3 0 0 1.0 1.3 7.0
1964 25 DET AL 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40 40 40 5 3 0 1 2.0 2.6 7.0
1965 26 DET AL 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28 28 28 1 0 1 0 3.0 0.7
1966 27 NYM NL 57 13 4 7 2 0 2 4 9 .308 1 0 3 1 7 54% 51 90 23 31 17 7 3 4.0 4.7 5.7
1967 28 TOT MLB 43 21 8 6 7 3 2 13 8 .619 3 1 0 0 11 52% 53 82 32 32 13 7 8 4.3 4.0 5.4
1967 28 NYM NL 17 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35 35 35 4 0 0 1 9.0 12.0 3.0
1967 28 CAL AL 26 20 8 6 6 3 2 13 7 .650 3 1 0 0 11 55% 54 82 32 28 13 7 7 4.0 3.8 5.5
1968 29 CAL AL 21 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 1 50% 49 75 22 12 2 1 0 3.7 3.0 6.8
7 Seasons 190 65 20 29 16 5 6 29 36 .446 5 4 8 2 27 42% 48 90 18 111 46 25 18 4.1 4.2 5.6
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1962 23 PHI NL 41 15 8 2 0 2 2 0 100% 3 1 4 1 25% 8 0.996 2 2 10 3 0 12 2 13 10 2 10 4 6.5
1963 24 PHI NL 19 18 5 2 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 7 6 86% 5 0.564 1 4 13 1 0 17 5 13 9 4 9 3 3.8
1964 25 DET AL 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 7 0.473 0 1 3 1 0 3 1 3 4 0 4 0 6.0
1965 26 DET AL 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 3 1.037 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 0 2 1 2 0 3.7
1966 27 NYM NL 57 44 29 2 6 15 13 2 87% 18 3 38 14 37% 8 1.344 23 8 12 18 5 21 21 23 27 7 29 16 5.0
1967 28 TOT MLB 43 22 10 3 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 15 6 40% 1.044 5 4 12 4 2 16 8 14 11 5 13 10 5.1
1967 28 NYM NL 17 16 9 2 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 10 5 50% 6 0.655 3 3 9 1 1 14 4 12 8 2 8 8 5.3
1967 28 CAL AL 26 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 20% 4 1.148 2 1 3 3 1 2 4 2 3 3 5 2 4.5
1968 29 CAL AL 21 19 4 2 0 3 2 1 67% 5 1 21 9 43% 8 1.139 8 2 9 7 3 9 10 9 10 6 12 3 3.8
1969 30 TOT AL 28 28 8 0 5 3 1 2 33% 3 0 17 9 53% 0.973 9 4 15 4 5 19 9 19 16 7 16 9 4.6
1969 30 CLE AL 20 20 5 0 2 3 1 2 33% 3 0 15 9 60% 6 0.934 5 4 11 4 1 15 8 12 10 5 10 6 4.6
1969 30 CHW AL 8 8 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 7 1.060 4 0 4 0 4 4 1 7 6 2 6 3 4.6
8 Seasons 218 153 66 12 11 25 20 5 80% 32 6 110 50 45% 1.064 49 27 74 38 16 99 59 94 89 32 95 45 4.8

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1962 23 PHI NL 820 39% 2.2% 12.3% 13.1% 5.5% 24% 1.40 71% 170 19 11%
1963 24 PHI NL 129 33% 2.3% 17.8% 13.2% 7.0% 41% 1.44 65% 20 1 5%
1964 25 DET AL 77 49% 2.6% 6.5% 10.4% 6.5% 21% 2.00 78% 21 1 5%
1965 26 DET AL 24 54% 4.2% 12.5% 16.7% 4.2% 17% 1.50 67% 11 0 0%
1966 27 NYM NL 662 41% 2.0% 14.1% 13.3% 5.1% 25% 1.80 69% 126 15 12%
1967 28 TOT MLB 643 47% 1.2% 14.9% 12.3% 5.3% 27% 1.30 70% 117 15 13%
1967 28 NYM NL 135 44% 1.5% 16.3% 11.9% 4.4% 25% 1.67 69% 26 3 12%
1967 28 CAL AL 508 48% 1.2% 14.6% 12.4% 5.5% 27% 1.23 71% 91 12 13%
1968 29 CAL AL 157 43% 0.0% 11.5% 9.6% 6.4% 29% 1.19 78% 30 4 13%
1969 30 TOT AL 208 31% 1.4% 8.7% 14.4% 7.7% 27% 1.70 74% 45 6 13%
1969 30 CLE AL 143 30% 1.4% 9.1% 16.1% 3.5% 14% 1.57 72% 34 6 18%
1969 30 CHW AL 65 32% 1.5% 7.7% 10.8% 16.9% 48% 2.10 77% 11 0 0%
8 Seasons 2720 41% 1.8% 13.1% 12.8% 5.7% 26% 1.48 71% 540 61 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1962 23 PHI NL 820 185 18 2 18 13 5 11 7 55 35 8 64% 13 22 6 323 12 7 63% 11 5 1 1 0 1 5 0 52 0
1963 24 PHI NL 129 22 3 0 3 2 1 0 3 7 4 1 57% 2 4 0 40 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0
1964 25 DET AL 77 24 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 12 8 1 67% 1 3 0 33 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1965 26 DET AL 24 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 100% 1 1 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1966 27 NYM NL 662 138 13 0 36 8 5 6 7 44 24 8 55% 15 18 4 241 11 7 61% 11 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 41 0
1967 28 TOT MLB 643 128 8 0 21 4 4 3 5 42 21 7 50% 6 14 3 236 8 5 62% 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
1967 28 NYM NL 135 24 2 0 7 1 1 1 1 19 10 4 53% 4 3 2 44 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1967 28 CAL AL 508 104 6 0 14 3 3 2 4 23 11 3 48% 2 11 1 192 4 5 44% 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1968 29 CAL AL 157 34 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 13 10 0 77% 2 5 1 60 5 2 71% 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
1969 30 TOT AL 208 60 3 0 7 2 1 1 2 18 8 0 44% 0 7 0 101 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1969 30 CLE AL 143 37 2 0 7 1 1 0 2 12 6 0 50% 0 5 0 69 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1969 30 CHW AL 65 23 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 2 0 33% 0 2 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8 Seasons 2720 597 48 2 91 30 18 22 26 194 113 25 58% 40 74 15 1049 42 24 64% 41 20 1 3 0 1 8 0 154 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1962 23 9 12 .429 5.09 41 26 8 4 1 2 182.0 185 115 103 18 107 8 101 5 1 22 820 76 1.604 9.1 0.9 5.3 5.0 0.94 76
1963 24 11 13 .458 5.14 60 27 13 4 1 3 212.0 207 134 121 21 124 10 124 5 1 26 949 74 1.561 8.8 0.9 5.3 5.3 1.00 74
1964 25 11 14 .440 5.35 65 28 14 4 1 3 227.0 231 151 135 23 132 10 129 6 2 29 1026 70 1.599 9.2 0.9 5.2 5.1 0.98 70
1965 26 12 15 .444 5.52 69 29 15 4 1 3 231.1 237 158 142 24 136 10 132 6 2 30 1051 68 1.612 9.2 0.9 5.3 5.1 0.97 68
1966 27 18 28 .391 4.90 126 42 44 7 2 16 380.0 375 247 207 37 224 14 225 11 2 48 1713 76 1.576 8.9 0.9 5.3 5.3 1.00 76
1967 28 29 34 .460 4.46 169 63 54 7 2 17 530.2 503 309 263 45 303 22 321 13 2 62 2356 80 1.519 8.5 0.8 5.1 5.4 1.06 80
1968 29 32 35 .478 4.38 190 65 58 8 2 19 568.2 537 324 277 45 318 23 339 13 2 67 2513 80 1.504 8.5 0.7 5.0 5.4 1.07 80
1969 30 32 40 .444 4.53 218 65 66 8 2 20 611.2 597 357 308 48 348 30 357 13 2 74 2721 78 1.545 8.8 0.7 5.1 5.3 1.03 78

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1962 23 7 12 .368 5.38 174.0 186 116 104 18 108 97 5 1.690 9.6 5.6 5.0 0.90 0.9 41
1963 24 1 2 .333 7.07 28.0 25 24 22 3 19 21 0 1.571 8.0 6.1 6.8 1.11 1.0 19
1964 25 0 1 .000 9.64 14.0 25 17 15 2 8 5 1 2.357 16.1 5.1 3.2 0.63 1.3 5
1965 26 0 0 18.00 4.0 7 9 8 1 5 3 0 3.000 15.8 11.3 6.8 0.60 2.3 4
1966 27 6 9 .400 4.56 140.0 144 79 71 14 92 88 5 1.686 9.3 5.9 5.7 0.96 0.9 57
1967 28 7 8 .467 4.43 138.0 141 76 68 9 87 88 2 1.652 9.2 5.7 5.7 1.01 0.6 43
1968 29 1 2 .333 4.76 34.0 38 20 18 0 17 16 0 1.618 10.1 4.5 4.2 0.94 0.0 21
1969 30 1 3 .250 7.38 39.0 60 36 32 3 30 16 0 2.308 13.8 6.9 3.7 0.53 0.7 28
8 Seasons 23 37 .383 5.33 571.0 626 377 338 50 366 334 13 1.737 9.9 5.3 0.91 0.8 218

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Saves s c a p y
1966 NL--13--7th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1962 NL--107--1st
1966 NL--88--4th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1962 NL--22--1st
1966 NL--18--2nd
1967 AL--11--7th
Career--74--196th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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