Josh Hamilton
Joshua Holt Hamilton
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 21, 1981 in Raleigh, NC
High School: Athens Drive (Raleigh, NC)
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 2, 2007
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Standard Batting

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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
2007 26 CIN NL 90 337 298 52 87 17 2 19 47 3 3 33 65 .292 .368 .554 .922 131 165 6 4 0 2 4 89/7
2008 27 TEX AL 156 704 624 98 190 35 5 32 130 9 1 64 126 .304 .371 .530 .901 134 331 8 7 0 9 9 *89D AS,MVP-7,SS
2009 28 TEX AL 89 365 336 43 90 19 2 10 54 8 3 24 79 .268 .315 .426 .741 90 143 5 1 0 4 2 89/D AS
3 Seasons 335 1406 1258 193 367 71 9 61 231 20 7 121 270 .292 .356 .508 .864 122 639 19 12 0 15 15
162 Game Avg. 162 680 608 93 177 34 4 29 112 10 3 59 131 .292 .356 .508 .864 122 309 9 6 0 7 7
TEX (2 yrs) 245 1069 960 141 280 54 7 42 184 17 4 88 205 .292 .352 .494 .845 119 474 13 8 0 13 11
CIN (1 yr) 90 337 298 52 87 17 2 19 47 3 3 33 65 .292 .368 .554 .922 131 165 6 4 0 2 4
AL (2 yrs) 245 1069 960 141 280 54 7 42 184 17 4 88 205 .292 .352 .494 .845 119 474 13 8 0 13 11
NL (1 yr) 90 337 298 52 87 17 2 19 47 3 3 33 65 .292 .368 .554 .922 131 165 6 4 0 2 4

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2007 26 CIN NL 337 222 60 7.3 115 .315 .292 .278 .368 .347 .554 .444 .922 .791 131 .658 13.2 1.2 .918 .372 .262 5.2
2008 27 TEX AL 704 452 128 7.6 107 .333 .304 .270 .371 .339 .530 .425 .901 .763 134 .684 31.0 2.9 .926 .341 .226 14.0
2009 28 TEX AL 365 258 46 4.8 111 .319 .268 .272 .315 .342 .426 .436 .741 .778 90 .471 -5.8 -0.5 .681 .244 .158 8.9
3 Seasons 1406 932 234 6.7 110 .325 .292 .272 .356 .342 .508 .432 .864 .774 122 .631 38.3 3.6 .856 .323 .216 30.1
162 Game Avg. 680 451 113 6.7 110 .325 .292 .272 .356 .342 .508 .432 .864 .774 122 .631 19 2 .856 .323 .216 15
TEX (2 yrs) 1069 710 174 6.5 109 .328 .292 .271 .352 .340 .494 .429 .845 .768 119 .621 25.2 2.4 .836 .307 .202 24.2
CIN (1 yr) 337 222 60 7.3 115 .315 .292 .278 .368 .347 .554 .444 .922 .791 131 .658 13.2 1.2 .918 .372 .262 5.2
AL (2 yrs) 1069 710 174 6.5 109 .328 .292 .271 .352 .340 .494 .429 .845 .768 119 .621 25.2 2.4 .836 .307 .202 24.2
NL (1 yr) 337 222 60 7.3 115 .315 .292 .278 .368 .347 .554 .444 .922 .791 131 .658 13.2 1.2 .918 .372 .262 5.2

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 TEX AL 27 as CF 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
2009 TEX AL 28 as CF 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 2 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2007 26 CIN NL 337 5.6% 19.3% 9.8% 11.3% 44% 1.97 4.6 15.7 6.3 0.84 1.25 64% 22% 15.2% 2%
2008 27 TEX AL 704 4.6% 17.9% 9.1% 10.2% 38% 1.97 5.0 19.5 4.8 0.82 1.20 67% 24% 11.9% 3%
2009 28 TEX AL 365 2.7% 21.6% 6.6% 8.5% 34% 3.29 4.3 33.6 6.2 0.59 0.84 69% 25% 6.3% 4%
3 Seasons 1406 4.3% 19.2% 8.6% 10.0% 38% 2.23 4.7 20.6 5.4 0.76 1.10 67% 24% 11.0% 3%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2007 26 CIN NL 4 0 31% 123 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 34% 19 12 7 5 4 1 8 5 3
2008 27 TEX AL 6 0 29% 296 9 1 90% 9 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 13 51% 44 25 19 12 4 8 18 6 11
2009 28 TEX AL 1 0 31% 123 8 3 73% 6 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 8 36% 14 11 3 3 2 1 11 5 6
3 Seasons 11 0 30% 542 20 7 74% 17 6 3 1 0 0 3 1 7 28 44% 77 48 29 20 10 10 37 16 20
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2007 26 CIN NL 337 76% 87 11 0 9 2 2 2 1.25 19 0 11 18 1 11 8 0 0 0 55 6 11% 24 8 33% 182 29 16% 14 10 71% 17 9 53% 0
2008 27 TEX AL 704 68% 190 11 0 1 0 0 0 1.24 32 2 17 24 8 19 13 0 0 0 147 8 5% 60 27 45% 474 99 21% 50 28 56% 56 28 50% 0
2009 28 TEX AL 365 67% 90 8 0 4 1 0 1 1.99 10 0 12 4 6 6 4 0 0 0 78 5 6% 37 12 32% 248 46 19% 24 13 54% 31 16 52% 0
3 Seasons 1406 70% 367 30 0 14 3 2 3 1.46 61 2 40 46 15 36 25 0 0 0 280 19 7% 121 47 39% 904 174 19% 88 51 58% 104 53 51% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2007 26 CIN NL 337 1263 3.75 782 62% 19% 20% 31% 30% 81% 3% 50% 75% 39% 4% 15 2 15% 52 30 9% 32 20 28% 0 0 0
2008 27 TEX AL 704 2620 3.72 1656 63% 14% 24% 32% 31% 86% 3% 55% 72% 45% 6% 41 9 14% 97 47 8% 54 31 19% 0 0 0
2009 28 TEX AL 365 1336 3.66 859 64% 12% 26% 32% 30% 88% 2% 57% 71% 50% 3% 11 1 12% 45 29 6% 21 16 19% 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1406 5219 3.71 3297 63% 14% 24% 32% 30% 86% 3% 54% 72% 45% 5% 67 12 14% 194 106 8% 107 67 21% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 26 90 337 298 52 87 17 2 19 47 3 3 33 65 .292 .368 .554 .922 131 165 6 4 0 2 4
2008 27 246 1041 922 150 277 52 7 51 177 12 4 97 191 .300 .370 .538 .908 133 496 14 11 0 11 13
2009 28 335 1406 1258 193 367 71 9 61 231 20 7 121 270 .292 .356 .508 .864 122 639 19 12 0 15 15

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2007 26 90 330 293 47 82 16 2 18 42 3 31 65 .280 .355 .532 .887 54 90
2008 27 156 705 625 94 191 35 5 32 125 9 64 126 .306 .372 .531 .903 123 156
2009 28 89 362 334 42 88 19 2 10 52 8 23 79 .263 .309 .422 .732 44 89
3 Seasons 335 1397 1252 183 361 70 9 60 219 20 118 270 .288 .351 .502 .854 221 335
162 Game Avg. 162 676 605 88 175 34 4 29 106 10 57 131 .288 .351 .502 .854 107 335

* 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

All-Star Games
2008 (CF)
2009 (CF)

Silver Sluggers
2008-AL-OF

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2008-AL-7-28%
0.29 Career Shares (599th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2008 AL--.530--9th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2008 AL--.901--6th

At Bats s c a p y
2008 AL--624--10th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2008 AL--704--9th

Hits s c a p y
2008 AL--190--4th

Total Bases s c a p y
2008 AL--331--1st

Home Runs s c a p y
2008 AL--32--8th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2008 AL--130--1st

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2008 AL--134--7th

Runs Created s c a p y
2008 AL--128--2nd

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2008 AL--31--10th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2008 AL--2.9--10th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2008 AL--72--8th

Times On Base s c a p y
2008 AL--261--7th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2008 AL--.684--6th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2008 AL--9--3rd

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2008 AL--9--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (402), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 15 (1161), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 18 (835), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (621), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Adam Lind (958)
  2. Hunter Pence (956)
  3. Shin-Soo Choo (954)
  4. Ed Coleman (941)
  5. Matt Kemp (940)
  6. Hack Miller (932)
  7. Mark Quinn (932)
  8. Carlos Quentin (932)
  9. Cody Ross (931)
  10. Ron Blomberg (931)
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  1. Gus Zernial (970)
  2. Bob Johnson (957)
  3. Brad Hawpe (957)
  4. Juan Rivera (952)
  5. Wally Westlake (949)
  6. Wes Covington (948)
  7. Wally Judnich (945)
  8. George Selkirk (945)
  9. Moises Alou (944)
  10. George Altman (944)
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  1. Bing Miller (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Gus Zernial (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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