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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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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2007 CIN NL 26 OF 84 75 663.2 211 200 7 4 2 .981 5.2 9.4 3.2 -2.6 5.8 2 2.81 2.46 .984 2.30 1.94
2007 CIN NL 26 CF 71 64 555.2 178 168 6 4 2 .978 3.2 6.9 2.2 -3.1 5.3 1 2.82 2.45 .987 2.71 2.30
2007 CIN NL 26 RF 10 9 81.0 28 27 1 0 0 1.000 3.0 44.4 2.0 2.0 0.0 1 3.11 2.80 .982 2.18 1.81
2007 CIN NL 26 LF 9 2 27.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -44.4 -1.0 -1.5 0.5 0 1.67 0.56 .980 2.00 1.56
2008 TEX AL 27 OF 141 140 1201.0 358 345 7 6 5 .983 -2.8 -2.8 -3.8 -4.9 1.1 1 2.64 2.50 .986 2.31 2.02 AS,MVP-7,SS
2008 TEX AL 27 CF 111 107 912.0 276 268 3 5 3 .982 -0.8 -1.1 -0.8 -2.7 1.9 0 2.67 2.44 .989 2.71 2.35 AS,MVP-7,SS
2008 TEX AL 27 RF 34 33 289.0 82 77 4 1 2 .988 -2.0 -8.3 -3.0 -2.2 -0.8 1 2.52 2.38 .985 2.15 1.83 AS,MVP-7,SS
2008 TEX AL 27 DH 15 AS,MVP-7,SS
2009 TEX AL 28 OF 79 79 682.2 190 185 4 1 1 .995 2.49 2.39 .987 2.33 2.04 AS
2009 TEX AL 28 CF 56 55 472.2 134 132 2 0 1 1.000 2.55 2.39 .992 2.73 2.38 AS
2009 TEX AL 28 RF 24 24 210.0 56 53 2 1 0 .982 2.36 2.29 .982 2.13 1.75 AS
2009 TEX AL 28 DH 6 AS
3 Seasons OF 304 294 2547.1 759 730 18 11 8 .986 2.4 1.1 -0.6 -7.5 6.9 3 2.64 2.46 .986 2.31 2.00
3 Seasons CF 238 226 1940.1 588 568 11 9 6 .985 2.4 1.5 1.4 -5.8 7.2 1 2.69 2.43 .989 2.71 2.34
3 Seasons RF 68 66 580.0 166 157 7 2 2 .988 1.0 2.1 -1.0 -0.2 -0.8 2 2.54 2.41 .984 2.15 1.80
2 Seasons DH 21
1 Season LF 9 2 27.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -44.4 -1.0 -1.5 0.5 0 1.67 0.56 .980 2.00 1.56
3 Seasons TOT 315 294 2547.1 759 730 18 11 8 .986 2.4 1.1 -0.6 -7.5 6.9 3 2.64 2.37 .973 2.58 2.20

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 (411), 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

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

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

December 21, 2007: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Texas Rangers for Danny Herrera and Edinson Volquez.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2007Cincinnati Reds$380,000
2008Texas Rangers$396,830
2009Texas Rangers$555,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,331,830
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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