Dave Hamilton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: December 13, 1947 in Seattle, WA us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in the 5th round of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft from Edmonds HS (Edmonds, WA).

High School: Edmonds HS (Edmonds, WA)

Debut: May 29, 1972 (Age 24-168d, 10,837th in MLB history)
vs. TEX 6.1 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 5 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: September 19, 1980 (Age 32-281d)
vs. KCR 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Full Name: David Edward Hamilton

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1972 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.8

W

L

ERA

3.85

G

301

GS

SV

IP

704.0

SO

434

WHIP

1.433

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1966	18	KCA-min	A-	6	6	.500	4.10	16	13		1	0		90.0	84	46	41	6	36	1	103	2	0	2				1.333	8.4	0.6	3.6	10.3	2.86	LEW NORW
1967	19	KCA-min	A	3	5	.375	3.30	15	15		0	0		60.0	67	37	22	2	29	0	62	3	1	8				1.600	10.1	0.3	4.4	9.3	2.14	BUR MIDW
1968	20	OAK-min	A	3	12	.200	3.53	21	21		2	0		130.0	114	72	51	8	65	5	96	4	0	9				1.377	7.9	0.6	4.5	6.6	1.48	PNS,LEE CARL,FLOR
1969	21	OAK-min	A,AA	10	10	.500	3.66	27	25		8	1	0	160.0	140	70	65	8	64	1	155	1	2	6				1.275	7.9	0.5	3.6	8.7	2.42	LOD,BIR CALL,SOUL
1970	22	OAK-min	AA	6	4	.600	2.42	21	14		5	2	1	104.0	88	39	28	10	32	2	86	3	0	1				1.154	7.6	0.9	2.8	7.4	2.69	BIR SOUL
1971	23	OAK-min	AAA	12	4	.750	3.79	30	17		3	1	1	121.0	98	58	51	13	54	0	88	1	0	7				1.256	7.3	1.0	4.0	6.5	1.63	IWA AA
1972	24	OAK-min	AAA	5	1	.833	2.29	8	8		3	1	0	59.0	52	19	15	3	23	0	60	0	0	1				1.271	7.9	0.5	3.5	9.2	2.61	IWA AA
1972	24	OAK	AL	6	6	.500	2.93	25	14	3	1	0	0	101.1	94	34	33	7	31	2	55	1	0	0	419	98	3.16	1.234	8.3	0.6	2.8	4.9	1.77
1973	25	OAK-min	AAA	8	5	.615	3.77	15	14		6	1	1	105.0	98	49	44	5	38	0	83	0	0	7				1.295	8.4	0.4	3.3	7.1	2.18	TUC PCL
1973	25	OAK	AL	6	4	.600	4.39	16	11	1	1	0	0	69.2	74	37	34	8	24	0	34	1	0	1	296	81	4.16	1.407	9.6	1.0	3.1	4.4	1.42
1974	26	OAK	AL	7	4	.636	3.15	29	18	3	1	1	0	117.0	104	45	41	10	48	3	69	5	0	2	490	106	3.87	1.299	8.0	0.8	3.7	5.3	1.44
1975	27	TOT	AL	7	7	.500	3.25	41	5	27	0	0	6	105.1	105	42	38	8	47	3	71	0	0	0	458	118	3.56	1.443	9.0	0.7	4.0	6.1	1.51
1975	27	OAK	AL	1	2	.333	4.04	11	4	4	0	0	0	35.2	42	19	16	4	18	1	20	0	0	0	166	91	4.44	1.682	10.6	1.0	4.5	5.0	1.11
1975	27	CHW	AL	6	5	.545	2.84	30	1	23	0	0	6	69.2	63	23	22	4	29	2	51	0	0	0	292	138	3.12	1.321	8.1	0.5	3.7	6.6	1.76
1976	28	CHW	AL	6	6	.500	3.59	45	1	34	0	0	10	90.1	81	38	36	4	45	6	62	4	0	3	395	101	3.46	1.395	8.1	0.4	4.5	6.2	1.38
1977	29	CHW	AL	4	5	.444	3.61	55	0	21	0	0	9	67.1	71	33	27	6	33	4	45	0	0	2	307	115	4.03	1.545	9.5	0.8	4.4	6.0	1.36
1978	30	TOT	NL	0	2	.000	4.46	29	0	8	0	0	1	40.1	39	29	20	7	18	2	23	0	0	1	180	84	5.04	1.413	8.7	1.6	4.0	5.1	1.28
1978	30	STL	NL	0	0		6.43	13	0	4	0	0	0	14.0	16	13	10	5	6	0	8	0	0	0	62	57	7.37	1.571	10.3	3.2	3.9	5.1	1.33
1978	30	PIT	NL	0	2	.000	3.42	16	0	4	0	0	1	26.1	23	16	10	2	12	2	15	0	0	1	118	111	3.80	1.329	7.9	0.7	4.1	5.1	1.25
1979	31	OAK	AL	3	4	.429	3.70	40	7	16	1	0	5	82.2	80	42	34	5	43	2	52	1	0	2	361	110	3.86	1.488	8.7	0.5	4.7	5.7	1.21
1980	32	OAK-min	AAA	0	1	.000	3.48	15	1		0	0	0	31.0	32	19	12	1	22	2	25	1	0	3				1.742	9.3	0.3	6.4	7.3	1.14	OGD PCL
1980	32	OAK	AL	0	3	.000	11.40	21	1	3	0	0	0	30.0	44	39	38	6	28	2	23	3	1	0	164	33	6.92	2.400	13.2	1.8	8.4	6.9	0.82
1981	33	OAK-min	AAA	0	0		7.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	16	7	7	0	5	0	5	0	0	0				2.333	16.0	0.0	5.0	5.0	1.00	TAC PCL
9 Yrs				39	41	.488	3.85	301	57	116	4	1	31	704.0	692	339	301	61	317	24	434	15	1	11	3070	94	3.91	1.433	8.8	0.8	4.1	5.5	1.37
162 Game Avg.				7	8	.488	3.85	57	11	22	1	0	6	134	131	64	57	12	60	5	82	3	0	2	583	94	3.91	1.433	8.8	0.8	4.1	5.5	1.37

OAK (6 yrs)				23	23	.500	4.04	142	55	30	4	1	5	436.1	438	216	196	40	192	10	253	11	1	5	1896	86	4.00	1.444	9.0	0.8	4.0	5.2	1.32
CHW (3 yrs)				16	16	.500	3.37	130	2	78	0	0	25	227.1	215	94	85	14	107	12	158	4	0	5	994	115	3.53	1.416	8.5	0.6	4.2	6.3	1.48
PIT (1 yr)				0	2	.000	3.42	16	0	4	0	0	1	26.1	23	16	10	2	12	2	15	0	0	1	118	111	3.80	1.329	7.9	0.7	4.1	5.1	1.25
STL (1 yr)				0	0		6.43	13	0	4	0	0	0	14.0	16	13	10	5	6	0	8	0	0	0	62	57	7.37	1.571	10.3	3.2	3.9	5.1	1.33

AL (8 yrs)				39	39	.500	3.81	272	57	108	4	1	30	663.2	653	310	281	54	299	22	411	15	1	10	2890	95	3.84	1.434	8.9	0.7	4.1	5.6	1.37
NL (1 yr)				0	2	.000	4.46	29	0	8	0	0	1	40.1	39	29	20	7	18	2	23	0	0	1	180	84	5.04	1.413	8.7	1.6	4.0	5.1	1.28

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

Player News

Postseason Pitching

Standard Batting

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