Ike Hampton

Isaac Bernard Hampton

Position: Catcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 22, 1951 in Camden, SC
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1974
Teams (by GP): Angels/Mets 1974-1979

Final Game: July 8, 1979
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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More Stats

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
1971	19	NYM-min	A	110	419	362	64	95	16	2	11	71	9	3	57	86	.262	.363	.409	.772		148						POM · FLOR
1972	20	NYM-min	A	101	406	349	64	88	24	1	21	77	10	6	57	134	.252	.357	.507	.864		177						VIS · CALL
1973	21	NYM-min	AA,AAA	106	378	340	51	73	18	0	10	37	11	4	33	102	.215	.285	.356	.641		121		1	3	1		MEM,TID · TL,IL
1974	22	NYM-min	AAA	95	336	303	33	73	8	4	6	26	7	2	29	81	.241	.309	.353	.662		107		1	3	0		TID · IL
1974	22	NYM	NL	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	1	0	/2
1975	23	ANA-min	AAA	76	288	251	43	65	15	1	10	51	6	5	28	56	.259	.332	.446	.778		112		1	5	3		SLC · PCL
1975	23	CAL	AL	31	77	66	8	10	3	0	0	4	0	0	7	19	.152	.243	.197	.440	31	13	1	1	3	0	0	2/65
1976	24	ANA-min	AAA	118	444	364	77	97	23	1	15	60	20	2	71	105	.266	.390	.459	.848		167		3	5	1		SLC · PCL
1976	24	CAL	AL	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/26
1977	25	CAL	AL	52	47	44	5	13	1	0	3	9	0	0	2	10	.295	.340	.523	.863	136	23	2	1	0	0	0	2/D
1978	26	ANA-min	AAA	31	117	105	15	26	4	2	3	18	4	0	11	25	.248	.316	.410	.726		43		0	0	1		SLC · PCL
1978	26	CAL	AL	19	16	14	2	3	0	1	1	4	1	0	2	7	.214	.313	.571	.884	149	8	0	0	0	0	0	2/D3
1979	27	ANA-min	AAA	106	461	391	85	113	14	8	30	97	23	5	63	100	.289	.388	.596	.984		233		3	0	4		SLC · PCL
1979	27	CAL	AL	4	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	121	2	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1980	28	MIL-TOR-DET-min	AA,AAA	107	407	352	54	84	11	3	12	60	14	3	49	83	.239	.333	.389	.722		137		2	1	3		VAN,KNX,EVN · PCL,SOUL,AA
6 Seasons				113	152	135	15	28	4	1	4	18	1	0	11	38	.207	.275	.341	.616	76	46	3	2	3	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	218	194	22	40	6	1	6	26	1	0	16	54	.207	.275	.341	.616	76	66	4	3	4	1	0

CAL (5 yrs)				109	147	131	15	28	4	1	4	17	1	0	11	37	.214	.285	.351	.636	82	46	3	2	3	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	1	0

AL (5 yrs)				109	147	131	15	28	4	1	4	17	1	0	11	37	.214	.285	.351	.636	82	46	3	2	3	0	0
NL (1 yr)				4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1974	22	NYM	NL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/2
1975	23	CAL	AL	77	-6	-1	2	0	-1	2	2	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	2/65
1976	24	CAL	AL	2	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	/26
1977	25	CAL	AL	47	2	0	0	-1	0	1	2	4	0.4	4	0.4	0.0	$	2/D
1978	26	CAL	AL	16	1	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$24,000	2/D3
1979	27	CAL	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$20,000	/3
6 Seasons				152	-5	-1	2	-1	-3	3	5	0	0.0	3	0.3	-0.3	$44,000

CAL (5 yrs)				147	-4	-1	2	-1	-3	3	5	1	0.1	4	0.4	-0.3	$44,000
NYM (1 yr)				5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1974	NYM	NL	22	C	1	0	0	4.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	4.50	2.00	.985	6.08	6.10	0	0	1	0	0%	0
1975	CAL	AL	23	C	28	21	13	197.0	132	111	14	7	1	.947	0	0	5.71	4.46	.983	6.00	5.98	3	4	14	11	44%	0
1975	CAL	AL	23	SS	2	1	1	9.0	4	2	1	1	0	.750	-1	-133	3.00	1.50	.960	4.80	4.85
1975	CAL	AL	23	3B	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-60	0.00	0.00		3.15	3.20
1976	CAL	AL	24	C	2	0	0	2.0	3	2	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	13.50	1.50	.980	5.85	5.75	0	0	0	0		0
1976	CAL	AL	24	SS	1	0	0	6.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	-1	-180	1.50	1.00	.970	4.95	5.00
1977	CAL	AL	25	C	47	7	7	135.0	95	87	5	3	0	.968	0	0	6.13	1.96	.986	6.01	5.97	0	2	11	6	35%	0
1977	CAL	AL	25	DH	2	2
1978	CAL	AL	26	C	13	0	0	27.2	21	18	1	2	0	.905	-1	-43	6.18	1.46	.983	5.53	5.48	1	0	4	1	20%	0
1978	CAL	AL	26	DH	3	3
1978	CAL	AL	26	1B	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	240	18.00	2.00	.990	9.90	10.00
1979	CAL	AL	27	1B	2	1	1	11.0	12	10	2	0	0	1.000	0	22	9.82	6.00	.992	10.06	9.95
	5 Seasons			C	91	28	20	365.2	253	220	21	12	2	.953	-1	-3	5.93	2.65	.984	5.97	5.90	4	6	30	18	38%	0
	2 Seasons			1B	3	1	1	12.0	14	12	2	0	0	1.000	0	40	10.50	4.67	.991	10.05	9.97
	2 Seasons			SS	3	1	1	15.0	5	2	2	1	0	.800	-2	-152	2.40	1.33	.962	4.86	4.90
	1 Season			3B	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-60	0.00	0.00		3.15	3.20
	6 Seasons			TOT	98	30	22	394.2	272	234	25	13	2	.952	-3	-8	5.91	2.64	.984	6.04	5.97	4	6	30	18	38%	0

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

August 22, 1970: Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent.
March 22, 1975: Traded by the New York Mets to the California Angels for Ken Sanders.
April 1, 1980: Released by the California Angels.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1978	26	California Angels	$24,000	2/10/79 TSN
1979	27	California Angels	$20,000	1980 TSN Guide	Player loss; bid $33,000; would get $21K min

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$44,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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