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Steve Hamilton
Steven Absher Hamilton

Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 7" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 30, 1935 in Columbia, KY
High School: Charleston (Charleston, IN)
School: Morehead State University
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1961
Final Game: August 16, 1972
Died: December 2, 1997 in Morehead, KY
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Steve Hamilton
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Minors
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HR Log
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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
1961	25	CLE	AL	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	445	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1962	26	WSA	AL	43	30	26	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	7	.077	.111	.154	.265	-29	4	1	0	3	0	0	1
1963	27	TOT	AL	37	19	14	2	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.429	.714	98	6	0	0	5	0	0	1
1963	27	WSA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1963	27	NYY	AL	34	19	14	2	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.429	.714	98	6	0	0	5	0	0	1
1964	28	NYY	AL	32	22	20	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.200	.273	.200	.473	34	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1965	29	NYY	AL	46	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1966	30	NYY	AL	44	21	19	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.053	.053	.053	.105	-69	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
1967	31	NYY	AL	44	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222	-32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1968	32	NYY	AL	40	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1969	33	NYY	AL	38	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1970	34	TOT	AL	38	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1970	34	NYY	AL	35	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1970	34	CHW	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1971	35	SFG	NL	39	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1972	36	CHC	NL	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12 Seasons				425	128	112	8	14	0	2	0	6	0	0	5	25	.125	.162	.161	.323	-8	18	1	0	11	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	49	43	3	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	10	.125	.162	.161	.323	-8	7	0	0	4	0	0

NYY (8 yrs)				313	94	82	6	11	0	1	0	4	0	0	4	17	.134	.174	.159	.333	-4	13	0	0	8	0	0
WSA (2 yrs)				46	30	26	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	7	.077	.111	.154	.265	-29	4	1	0	3	0	0
SFG (1 yr)				39	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	445	1	0	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (10 yrs)				364	125	109	8	14	0	2	0	6	0	0	5	24	.128	.167	.165	.332	-6	18	1	0	11	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				61	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1961	25	CLE	AL	1	0	1		101	1.000	1.000	.260	1.000	.335	1.000	.405	2.000	.740	445		0.5	0.0		.000	.000
1962	26	WSA	AL	30	28	0	0.0	103	.105	.077	.263	.111	.335	.154	.410	.265	.745	-29	.000	-5.0	-0.5	.200	.115	.077
1963	27	TOT	AL	19	15	2	3.6	95	.364	.286	.255	.286	.322	.429	.394	.714	.716	98	.430	-0.2	-0.0	.600	.143	.143
1963	27	NYY	AL	19	15	2	3.6	95	.364	.286	.255	.286	.322	.429	.394	.714	.716	98	.430	-0.2	-0.0	.600	.143	.143
1964	28	NYY	AL	22	16	1	1.7	97	.250	.200	.257	.273	.325	.200	.399	.473	.724	34	.155	-1.8	-0.2	.375	.100	.000
1965	29	NYY	AL	7	5	0	0.0	91	.250	.167	.250	.286	.319	.167	.382	.452	.702	33	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.400	.167	.000
1966	30	NYY	AL	21	20	0	0.0	86	.059	.053	.243	.053	.308	.053	.374	.105	.683	-69	.000	-4.0	-0.4	.056	.000	.000
1967	31	NYY	AL	10	9	0	0.0	80	.125	.111	.238	.111	.306	.111	.356	.222	.662	-32	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.125	.000	.000
1968	32	NYY	AL	4	3	0	0.0	77	.000	.000	.233	.250	.302	.000	.346	.250	.648	-17	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.333	.000
1969	33	NYY	AL	5	5	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.250	.000	.326	.000	.377	.000	.702	-100	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1970	34	TOT	AL	6	6	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.252	.000	.325	.000	.385	.000	.710	-100	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1970	34	NYY	AL	6	6	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.252	.000	.325	.000	.385	.000	.710	-100	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1971	35	SFG	NL	2	2	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.258	.000	.324	.000	.378	.000	.703	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1972	36	CHC	NL	1	1	0	0.0	99		.000	.268	.000	.337	.000	.395	.000	.732	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
12 Seasons				128	110	4	1.0	93	.161	.125	.253	.162	.322	.161	.389	.323	.711	-8	.066	-16.7	-1.7	.232	.080	.036
162 Game Avg.				49	42	2	1.0	93	.161	.125	.253	.162	.322	.161	.389	.323	.711	-8	.066	-16.7	-1.7	.232	.080	.036

NYY (8 yrs)				94	79	3	1.0	90	.169	.134	.249	.174	.317	.159	.382	.333	.700	-4	.074	-11.4	-1.2	.239	.073	.024
SFG (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.258	.000	.324	.000	.378	.000	.703	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
WSA (2 yrs)				30	28	0	0.0	103	.105	.077	.263	.111	.335	.154	.410	.265	.745	-29	.000	-5.0	-0.5	.200	.115	.077
CHC (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	99		.000	.268	.000	.337	.000	.395	.000	.732	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
CLE (1 yr)				1	0	1		101	1.000	1.000	.260	1.000	.335	1.000	.405	2.000	.740	445		0.5	0.0		.000	.000

AL (10 yrs)				125	107	4	1.0	93	.165	.128	.252	.167	.322	.165	.389	.332	.711	-6	.069	-15.9	-1.7	.240	.083	.037
NL (2 yrs)				3	3	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.262	.000	.329	.000	.384	.000	.713	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1963	27	NYY	AL	WS	LAD	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	28	NYY	AL	WS	STL	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1971	35	SFG	NL	NLCS	PIT	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Seasons (3 Series)							4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 WS							3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1961	25	CLE	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					100%
1962	26	WSA	AL	30	0.0%	23.3%	3.3%	3.3%	50%	7.00	3.7	13.0	1.33	63%
1963	27	TOT	AL	19	0.0%	15.8%	0.0%	5.3%	25%		4.7	7.0	5.00	58%
1963	27	NYY	AL	19	0.0%	15.8%	0.0%	5.3%	25%		4.7	7.0	5.00	58%
1964	28	NYY	AL	22	0.0%	18.2%	9.1%	0.0%	0%	2.00	5.0	20.0	0.44	73%
1965	29	NYY	AL	7	0.0%	28.6%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	2.00	3.0		0.50	57%
1966	30	NYY	AL	21	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		9.5	19.0	1.43	81%
1967	31	NYY	AL	10	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		9.0		0.33	80%
1968	32	NYY	AL	4	0.0%	25.0%	25.0%	0.0%		1.00	3.0			50%
1969	33	NYY	AL	5	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.5		2.00	60%
1970	34	TOT	AL	6	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0		3.00	67%
1970	34	NYY	AL	6	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0		3.00	67%
1971	35	SFG	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%					1.00	100%
1972	36	CHC	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0		0.00	0%
12 Seasons				128	0.0%	19.5%	3.9%	1.6%	14%	5.00	4.5	18.7	1.21	68%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1961	25	CLE	AL	0	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	26	WSA	AL	0	0	33%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	27	TOT	AL	1	0	50%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	27	NYY	AL	1	0	50%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	28	NYY	AL	0	0	50%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	40%	3	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	1
1965	29	NYY	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	30	NYY	AL	1	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1967	31	NYY	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	32	NYY	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	33	NYY	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	34	TOT	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	34	NYY	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	35	SFG	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	36	CHC	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12 Seasons				2	0	42%	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	50%	7	4	3	1	1	0	2	0	2
MLB Averages

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
1961	25	CLE	AL	1	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1962	26	WSA	AL	30	80%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	6	1	17%	7	2	29%	21	2	10%	4	1	25%	1	0	0%	0
1963	27	TOT	AL	20	80%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	6	0	0%	6	2	33%	14	2	14%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1963	27	NYY	AL	20	80%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	6	0	0%	6	2	33%	14	2	14%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1964	28	NYY	AL	22	77%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	12	1	8%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1965	29	NYY	AL	7	71%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1966	30	NYY	AL	21	57%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	4	0	0%	3	0	0%	13	1	8%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1967	31	NYY	AL	10	80%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1968	32	NYY	AL	4	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1969	33	NYY	AL	5	80%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1970	34	TOT	AL	6	83%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1970	34	NYY	AL	6	83%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1971	35	SFG	NL	2	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1972	36	CHC	NL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
12 Seasons				129	74%	14			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	11	79%	22	1	5%	24	5	21%	85	6	7%	8	2	25%	3	2	67%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1961	25	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	445	1	0	0
1962	26	45	31	27	2	3	1	2	1	7	.111	.143	.185	.328	-12	5	1	3
1963	27	82	50	41	4	7	2	4	1	10	.171	.190	.268	.459	24	11	1	8
1964	28	114	72	61	7	11	2	5	3	14	.180	.219	.246	.465	28	15	1	8
1965	29	160	79	67	7	12	2	5	4	16	.179	.225	.239	.464	28	16	1	8
1966	30	204	100	86	8	13	2	6	4	18	.151	.189	.198	.387	8	17	1	10
1967	31	248	110	95	8	14	2	6	4	19	.147	.182	.189	.371	5	18	1	11
1968	32	288	114	98	8	14	2	6	5	20	.143	.184	.184	.368	5	18	1	11
1969	33	326	119	103	8	14	2	6	5	22	.136	.176	.175	.351	-0	18	1	11
1970	34	364	125	109	8	14	2	6	5	24	.128	.167	.165	.332	-6	18	1	11
1971	35	403	127	111	8	14	2	6	5	24	.126	.164	.162	.326	-7	18	1	11
1972	36	425	128	112	8	14	2	6	5	25	.125	.162	.161	.323	-8	18	1	11

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1961	25	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	2
1962	26	43	27	26	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.037	.000	.037	0	43
1963	27	37	14	14	2	0	2	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	37
1964	28	32	22	20	2	4	1	2	4	.200	.273	.200	.473	1	32
1965	29	46	7	6	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	46
1966	30	44	19	19	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	44
1967	31	44	9	9	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	44
1968	32	40	4	3	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	40
1969	33	38	5	5	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	38
1970	34	38	6	6	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	38
1971	35	39	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	39
1972	36	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	22
12 Seasons		426	117	112	5	4	3	5	25	.036	.077	.036	.113	4	425
162 Game Avg.		162	44	43	2	2	1	2	10	.036	.077	.036	.113	2	425

* 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.

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