Jack Hamilton
[edit] Biography
Born on December 25, 1938 in Burlington, Iowa, Jack Hamilton (Jack Edwin Hamilton) played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers, New York Mets, California Angels, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 8 year career. Hamilton broke into the bigs on April 13, 1962 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 5.09 ERA in 182 innings pitched in 1962, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Jack Hamilton's best season was 1967, when he posted a 3.35 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 96 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1962
| PHI
| N
| 41
| 26
| 9
| 12
| 5.09
| 101
| 115
| 103
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 182
| 185
| 18
| 107
| 8
| 22
| 5
|
| 1963
| PHI
| N
| 19
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 5.40
| 23
| 19
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 30
| 22
| 3
| 17
| 2
| 4
| 0
|
| 1964
| DET
| A
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 8.40
| 5
| 17
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 24
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
| 1965
| DET
| A
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 14.54
| 3
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4.1
| 6
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1966
| NY
| N
| 57
| 13
| 6
| 13
| 3.93
| 93
| 89
| 65
| 3
| 1
| 13
| 148.2
| 138
| 13
| 88
| 4
| 18
| 5
|
| 1967
| NY
| N
| 17
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 3.73
| 22
| 15
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 31.1
| 24
| 2
| 16
| 5
| 3
| 1
|
| 1967
| CAL
| A
| 26
| 20
| 9
| 6
| 3.24
| 74
| 47
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 119.1
| 104
| 6
| 63
| 3
| 11
| 1
|
| 1967
| Total
|
| 43
| 21
| 11
| 6
| 3.35
| 96
| 62
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 150.2
| 128
| 8
| 79
| 8
| 14
| 2
|
| 1968
| CAL
| A
| 21
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 3.32
| 18
| 15
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 38
| 34
| 0
| 15
| 1
| 5
| 0
|
| 1969
| CLE
| A
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4.40
| 13
| 17
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 30.2
| 37
| 2
| 23
| 4
| 5
| 0
|
| 1969
| CHI
| A
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 11.68
| 5
| 16
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12.1
| 23
| 1
| 7
| 3
| 2
| 0
|
| 1969
| TOT
| A
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 6.49
| 18
| 33
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 43
| 60
| 3
| 30
| 7
| 7
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 134
| 41
| 19
| 26
| 4.57
| 239
| 238
| 199
| 7
| 2
| 17
| 392
| 369
| 36
| 228
| 19
| 47
| 11
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 84
| 24
| 13
| 14
| 4.47
| 118
| 119
| 109
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 219.2
| 228
| 12
| 120
| 11
| 27
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 218
| 65
| 32
| 40
| 4.53
| 357
| 357
| 308
| 8
| 2
| 20
| 611.2
| 597
| 48
| 348
| 30
| 74
| 13
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1962
| PHI
| N
| P
| 41
| 26
| 182
| 16
| 39
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 6
| 12
| 7
| 0
| .948
|
| 1963
| PHI
| N
| P
| 19
| 1
| 30
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1964
| DET
| A
| P
| 5
| 1
| 15
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1965
| DET
| A
| P
| 4
| 1
| 4.1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1966
| NY
| N
| P
| 57
| 13
| 148.2
| 16
| 25
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 11
| 7
| 1
| .953
|
| 1967
| NY
| N
| P
| 17
| 1
| 31.1
| 1
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1967
| CAL
| A
| P
| 26
| 20
| 119.1
| 4
| 19
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1967
| Total
|
| P
| 43
| 21
| 150.2
| 5
| 24
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 8
| 5
| 0
| .935
|
| 1968
| CAL
| A
| P
| 21
| 2
| 38
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1969
| CLE
| A
| P
| 20
| 0
| 30.2
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1969
| CHI
| A
| P
| 8
| 0
| 12.1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1969
| TOT
| A
| P
| 28
| 0
| 43
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 218
| 65
| 611.2
| 45
| 113
| 7
| 10
| 0
| 15
| 42
| 24
| 2
| .958
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1962
| PHI
| N
| 41
| 54
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .056
| .089
| .056
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 29
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1963
| PHI
| N
| 19
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| DET
| A
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| DET
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| NY
| N
| 57
| 38
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .132
| .154
| .132
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1967
| NY
| N
| 17
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 4
| .200
| .200
| .800
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| CAL
| A
| 26
| 38
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 1
| .158
| .158
| .158
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| Total
|
| 43
| 43
| 3
| 7
| 1
| 5
| .163
| .163
| .233
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| CAL
| A
| 21
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .143
| .143
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| CLE
| A
| 20
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| CHI
| A
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| TOT
| A
| 28
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 134
| 100
| 5
| 9
| 1
| 5
| .090
| .117
| .120
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 46
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 84
| 50
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 2
| .140
| .140
| .140
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 218
| 150
| 6
| 16
| 1
| 7
| .107
| .124
| .127
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 70
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1957).
- Selected by Philadelphia Phillies from St. Louis Cardinals in the minor league draft (November 28, 1960).
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Don Demeter to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Jim Bunning and Gus Triandos (December 5, 1963).
- Sold by Detroit Tigers to New York Mets (October 14, 1965).
- Traded by New York Mets to California Angels in exchange for Nick Willhite (June 10, 1967).
- Traded by California Angels to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Eddie Fisher (October 8, 1968).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Sammy Ellis (June 13, 1969).
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