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Steve Hamilton

Steven Absher Hamilton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 190 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
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Senators/Giants/Cubs/WhiteSox/.. 1961-1972
Final Game: August 16, 1972
Died: December 2, 1997 in Morehead, KY
Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens,in Morehead, KY
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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
1961 25 CLE AL 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 4 0 1 1 15 132 1.667 6.0 0.0 9.0 12.0 1.33
1962 26 WSA AL 3 8 .273 3.77 41 10 11 1 0 2 107.1 103 51 45 10 39 5 83 3 1 0 466 107 1.323 8.6 0.8 3.3 7.0 2.13
1963 27 TOT AL 5 2 .714 2.94 37 0 19 0 0 5 64.1 54 22 21 3 26 2 64 1 0 3 268 120 1.244 7.6 0.4 3.6 9.0 2.46
1963 27 WSA AL 0 1 .000 13.50 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 5 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 13 28 3.500 22.5 0.0 9.0 4.5 0.50
1963 27 NYY AL 5 1 .833 2.60 34 0 17 0 0 5 62.1 49 19 18 3 24 2 63 1 0 3 255 135 1.171 7.1 0.4 3.5 9.1 2.63
1964 28 NYY AL 7 2 .778 3.28 30 3 11 1 0 3 60.1 55 24 22 6 15 0 49 0 0 2 246 110 1.160 8.2 0.9 2.2 7.3 3.27
1965 29 NYY AL 3 1 .750 1.39 46 1 13 0 0 5 58.1 47 12 9 2 16 5 51 0 0 0 240 244 1.080 7.3 0.3 2.5 7.9 3.19
1966 30 NYY AL 8 3 .727 3.00 44 3 17 1 1 3 90.0 69 32 30 8 22 3 57 3 0 1 353 110 1.011 6.9 0.8 2.2 5.7 2.59
1967 31 NYY AL 2 4 .333 3.48 44 0 19 0 0 4 62.0 57 25 24 7 23 4 55 1 0 0 261 89 1.290 8.3 1.0 3.3 8.0 2.39
1968 32 NYY AL 2 2 .500 2.13 40 0 24 0 0 11 50.2 37 13 12 0 13 4 42 1 0 1 195 134 0.987 6.6 0.0 2.3 7.5 3.23
1969 33 NYY AL 3 4 .429 3.32 38 0 23 0 0 2 57.0 39 22 21 7 21 5 39 0 0 2 225 105 1.053 6.2 1.1 3.3 6.2 1.86
1970 34 TOT AL 4 3 .571 2.98 38 0 16 0 0 3 48.1 40 18 16 3 17 5 36 1 0 2 200 119 1.179 7.4 0.6 3.2 6.7 2.12
1970 34 NYY AL 4 3 .571 2.78 35 0 16 0 0 3 45.1 36 16 14 3 16 5 33 1 0 2 186 127 1.147 7.1 0.6 3.2 6.6 2.06
1970 34 CHW AL 0 0 6.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 14 63 1.667 12.0 0.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
1971 35 SFG NL 2 2 .500 3.02 39 0 16 0 0 4 44.2 29 15 15 4 11 6 38 1 0 1 173 114 0.896 5.8 0.8 2.2 7.7 3.45
1972 36 CHC NL 1 0 1.000 4.76 22 0 12 0 0 0 17.0 24 9 9 1 8 3 13 1 0 1 84 80 1.882 12.7 0.5 4.2 6.9 1.63
12 Seasons 40 31 .563 3.05 421 17 181 3 1 42 663.0 556 244 225 51 214 42 531 12 2 14 2726 114 1.161 7.5 0.7 2.9 7.2 2.48
162 Game Avg. 6 5 .563 3.05 65 3 28 0 0 7 103 86 38 35 8 33 7 82 2 0 2 423 114 1.161 7.5 0.7 2.9 7.2 2.48
NYY (8 yrs) 34 20 .630 2.78 311 7 140 2 1 36 486.0 389 163 150 36 150 28 389 7 0 11 1961 121 1.109 7.2 0.7 2.8 7.2 2.59
WSA (2 yrs) 3 9 .250 3.95 44 10 13 1 0 2 109.1 108 54 48 10 41 5 84 3 1 0 479 102 1.363 8.9 0.8 3.4 6.9 2.05
SFG (1 yr) 2 2 .500 3.02 39 0 16 0 0 4 44.2 29 15 15 4 11 6 38 1 0 1 173 114 0.896 5.8 0.8 2.2 7.7 3.45
CHC (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 4.76 22 0 12 0 0 0 17.0 24 9 9 1 8 3 13 1 0 1 84 80 1.882 12.7 0.5 4.2 6.9 1.63
CLE (1 yr) 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 4 0 1 1 15 132 1.667 6.0 0.0 9.0 12.0 1.33
CHW (1 yr) 0 0 6.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 14 63 1.667 12.0 0.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
AL (10 yrs) 37 29 .561 3.01 360 17 153 3 1 38 601.1 503 220 201 46 195 33 480 10 2 12 2469 116 1.161 7.5 0.7 2.9 7.2 2.46
NL (2 yrs) 3 2 .600 3.50 61 0 28 0 0 4 61.2 53 24 24 5 19 9 51 2 0 2 257 101 1.168 7.7 0.7 2.8 7.4 2.68

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
1963 27 NYY AL WS L LAD 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1964 28 NYY AL WS L STL 0 0 4.50 2 0 1 0 0 1 2.0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 1.500 13.5 4.5 0.0 9.0
1971 35 SFG NL NLCS L PIT 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 9.0 0.0 27.0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 0 0 4.50 4 0 3 0 0 1 4.0 4 2 2 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 16 1.000 9.0 4.5 0.0 13.5
1 NLCS 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 9.0 0.0 27.0
2 WS 0 0 3.00 3 0 2 0 0 1 3.0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 1.000 9.0 3.0 0.0 9.0

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
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

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 BA OBP SLG OPS 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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1961 CLE AL 25 P 2 0 3.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 1.00 .950 2.16 0.85
1962 WSA AL 26 P 41 10 107.1 32 8 22 2 0 .938 2.52 0.73 .959 2.08 0.79
1963 TOT AL 27 P 37 0 64.1 16 3 13 0 0 1.000 2.24 0.43 .956 1.99 0.79
1963 WSA AL 27 P 3 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0.33 1.000 1.80 0.80
1963 NYY AL 27 P 34 0 62.1 15 3 12 0 0 1.000 2.17 0.44 .953 1.99 0.79
1964 NYY AL 28 P 30 3 60.1 12 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.79 0.40 .958 1.89 0.72
1965 NYY AL 29 P 46 1 58.1 4 0 3 1 0 .750 0.46 0.07 .950 2.04 0.75
1966 NYY AL 30 P 44 3 90.0 16 2 12 2 0 .875 1.40 0.32 .956 1.99 0.75
1967 NYY AL 31 P 44 0 62.0 12 0 12 0 0 1.000 1.74 0.27 .958 1.96 0.74
1968 NYY AL 32 P 40 0 50.2 11 2 9 0 1 1.000 1.95 0.28 .955 1.88 0.73
1969 NYY AL 33 P 38 0 57.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.63 0.11 .950 1.88 0.69
1970 TOT AL 34 P 38 0 48.1 12 0 11 1 0 .917 2.05 0.29 .950 1.86 0.67
1970 NYY AL 34 P 35 0 45.1 9 0 9 0 0 1.000 1.79 0.26 .944 1.87 0.67
1970 CHW AL 34 P 3 0 3.0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 6.00 0.67 .967 1.80 0.67
1971 SFG NL 35 P 39 0 44.2 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.41 0.18 .957 1.89 0.78
1972 CHC NL 36 P 22 0 17.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.06 0.09 .950 1.80 0.73
12 Seasons P 421 17 663.1 130 22 102 6 2 .954 1.68 0.29 .956 1.96 0.74
12 Seasons TOT 421 17 663.1 130 22 102 6 2 .954 1.68 0.29 .910 1.96 0.74

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Saves s c a p y
1968 AL  11 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2050), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1497), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 19 (321), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

April 3, 1958: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

May 3, 1962: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Don Rudolph to the Washington Senators for Willie Tasby.

April 21, 1963: Traded by the Washington Senators to the New York Yankees for Jim Coates.

September 9, 1970: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the New York Yankees.

March 23, 1971: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the San Francisco Giants for Steve Huntz.

October 26, 1971: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

January 18, 1972: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

August 18, 1972: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

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