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-Woodway HS (Edmonds, WA).

High School: Edmonds-Woodway HS (Edmonds, WA)

Debut: May 29, 1972 (Age 24-168d, 13,228th in major league 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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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.8

ERA

3.85

301

704.0

434

WHIP

1.433

Summary of 61 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 3 tying, 19 go ahead

4 Tms
OAK	40
CHW	14
STL	5
PIT	2

Platoon
vs RHB	48
vs LHB	13

Home/Road
Away	37
Home	24

Outs
2	22
0	20
1	19

18 Opps
BOS	8
DET	6
CAL	5
SEA	5
MIN	4
TEX	4
NYY	4
KCR	4
BAL	3
CLE	3
CHW	3
MIL	3
OAK	2
SDP	2
PHI	2
SFG	1
STL	1
CHC	1

50 Batters
Rico Petrocelli	3
Carlton Fisk	2
Dick Allen	2
Toby Harrah	2
Bobby Darwin	2
Dan Meyer	2
Tom Grieve	2
Gene Tenace	2
John Wockenfuss	2
Butch Hobson	2
Frank White	1
Rod Craig	1
Darrell Porter	1
George Zeber	1
Tim Corcoran	1
Wayne Gross	1
George Brett	1
Mickey Stanley	1
Charlie Spikes	1
Ollie Brown	1
Ken Henderson	1
Brooks Robinson	1
Bob Oliver	1
Ken Berry	1
Ellie Rodríguez	1
Terry Whitfield	1
Chris Chambliss	1
Ruppert Jones	1
Bobby Mitchell	1
Bill Freehan	1
Steve Brye	1
Johnny Oates	1
Mike Schmidt	1
Don Baylor	1
Leon Roberts	1
John Wathan	1
George Mitterwald	1
Willie Horton	1
Dave Rader	1
Roy Smalley	1
George Hendrick	1
Leo Cárdenas	1
Joe Lis	1
Greg Luzinski	1
Bruce Bochte	1
Doug Griffin	1
Bucky Dent	1
Rick Sweet	1
Graig Nettles	1
Paul Blair	1

18 Parks
RingCentral Col (OAK)	17
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	10
Fenway Pk (BOS)	5
Kingdome (SEA)	4
Angel Stad (ANA)	4
KauffmanStad (KAN)	3
Arlington St (ARL)	3
VeteransStad (PHI)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	2
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1

Where Hit
7	31
9	9
8	2
89	2
78	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	45
2·HR gms	8

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	32
1--	12
12-	8
1-3	3
--3	2
-2-	2
123	1
-23	1

104 Runs
RISP	17
0 on	32
1 on	16
2 on	12
3 on	1
Any on	29

Inning
1	8
2	5
3	5
4	7
5	5
6	5
7	7
8	6
9	11
Extra	2

1-3	18
4-6	17
7-end	26

RelScore
+4..	13
+3	3
+2	4
+1	9
Tied	15
-1	6
-2	2
-3	4
-4..	5

Ahead	29
Tied	15
Behind	17

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
3B	13
C	11
CF	7
RF	6
DH	6
1B	5
LF	5
SS	5
2B	2
PH	1

OrderPos
6th	12
5th	9
8th	9
3rd	7
4th	6
2nd	6
7th	4
1st	4
9th	4

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	14
Low Lev	34

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1972-06-23	Bob Oliver	CAL	@	OAK	tied 1-1	t 9	2	---	1	4	3	44%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1972-07-01	Ken Berry	CAL		OAK	tied 1-1	b 3	0	---	1	2	8	14%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	2	1972-07-01	Leo Cárdenas	CAL		OAK	ahead 2-1	b 3	2	12-	3	7	6	23%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. McMullen Scores; L. Stanton Scores
4	4	4	1	1972-07-21	Doug Griffin	BOS		OAK	behind 0-4	b 4	0	---	1	2	4	7%	18%		Home Run
5	5	5	1	1972-08-28	Graig Nettles	CLE	@	OAK	behind 2-5	t 9	1	1--	2	6	5	4%	7%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Fosse Scores
6	6	6	1	1972-09-02	Bill Freehan	DET	@	OAK	tied 1-1	t 11	0	---	1	3	2	37%	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	7	2	1972-09-02	Mickey Stanley	DET	@	OAK	ahead 2-1	t 11	2	---	1	6	8	9%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1973-06-01	Carlton Fisk	BOS		OAK	behind 0-1	b 1	1	1--	2	3	2	18%	63%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Kennedy Scores
9	9	2	2	1973-06-01	Rico Petrocelli	BOS		OAK	ahead 3-2	b 3	1	---	1	6	5	10%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	3	1	1973-06-05	Ollie Brown	MIL	@	OAK	tied 2-2	t 5	1	1--	2	8	DH	25%	75%		Home Run; E. Rodríguez Scores
11	11	4	1	1973-06-22	Dick Allen	CHW		OAK	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---	1	3	3	11%	51%		Home Run
12	12	5	1	1973-06-26	Toby Harrah	TEX		OAK	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	5	11%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	6	1	1973-07-08	Don Baylor	BAL		OAK	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	1-3	3	6	7	21%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Blair Scores; T. Davis Scores
14	14	7	1	1973-07-14	Bobby Mitchell	MIL		OAK	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	1-3	3	1	9	21%	88%		Home Run; J. Briggs Scores; P. García Scores
15	15	8	1	1973-07-27	George Mitterwald	MIN		OAK	tied 0-0	b 1	2	12-	3	5	2	25%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Carew Scores; B. Darwin Scores
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1974-04-13	Tom Grieve	TEX	@	OAK	ahead 8-3	t 9	1	1--	2	5	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Randle Scores
17	17	2	1	1974-05-05 (2)	Charlie Spikes	CLE	@	OAK	ahead 6-3	t 7	2	12-	3	6	9	8%	99%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Ellis Scores; O. Gamble Scores
18	18	3	1	1974-05-17	Dick Allen	CHW		OAK	behind 0-4	b 1	2	---	1	3	3	7%	22%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	4	2	1974-05-17	Ken Henderson	CHW		OAK	behind 1-10	b 5	0	---	1	6	8	1%	1%		Home Run
20	20	5	1	1974-05-21	Bobby Darwin	MIN		OAK	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	4	9	11%	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	6	1	1974-05-26	Ellie Rodríguez	CAL		OAK	ahead 1-0	b 5	0	---	1	8	2	11%	83%		Home Run
22	22	7	1	1974-06-17	Carlton Fisk	BOS	@	OAK	behind 1-2	t 9	0	---	1	3	2	35%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	8	1	1974-07-06	Brooks Robinson	BAL	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	5	12%	58%		Home Run (LF-CF)
24	24	9	2	1974-07-06	Paul Blair	BAL	@	OAK	ahead 2-0	t 6	0	---	1	1	8	8%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	10	1	1974-07-19	Joe Lis	CLE		OAK	tied 0-0	b 3	0	1--	2	8	DH	18%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. McCraw Scores
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1975-05-12	Rico Petrocelli	BOS	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	5	11%	59%		Home Run
27	27	2	1	1975-05-19	Rico Petrocelli	BOS		OAK	behind 0-2	b 5	1	---	1	7	5	12%	38%		Home Run
28	28	3	1	1975-06-06	Willie Horton	DET	@	OAK	ahead 7-1	t 6	2	12-	3	4	DH	2%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Sutherland Scores/unER; D. Meyer Scores/Team unER; W. Horton Scores/Team unER
29	29	4	1	1975-06-14	John Wockenfuss	DET		OAK	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	---	1	8	2	7%	87%		Home Run
30	30	5	1	1975-06-20	Steve Brye	MIN	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	3	5	9	25%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Ford Scores; E. Soderholm Scores
31	31	6	1	1975-07-05	Frank White	KCR		CHW	tied 4-4	b 8	0	---	1	8	6	26%	87%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run
32	32	7	1	1975-07-21	Bobby Darwin	MIL	@	CHW	ahead 4-2	t 8	1	12-	3	1	PH	10%	98%		Home Run; S. Lezcano Scores; R. Yount Scores
33	33	8	1	1975-09-17	Gene Tenace	OAK	@	CHW	behind 0-3	t 9	2	--3	2	5	2	2%	4%		Home Run; C. Washington Scores
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	1976-04-21	Chris Chambliss	NYY		CHW	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	3	20%	72%		Home Run; R. White Scores
35	35	2	1	1976-06-25 (1)	Toby Harrah	TEX		CHW	tied 4-4	b 9	1	123	4	4	6	17%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); G. Clines Scores; L. Randle Scores; J. Fregosi Scores
36	36	3	1	1976-07-25 (1)	Roy Smalley	MIN	@	CHW	ahead 12-8	t 9	1	---	1	9	6	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	4	1	1976-10-01	Tom Grieve	TEX		CHW	ahead 9-6	b 8	0	1--	2	5	7	2%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Moates Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1977-04-19	Bruce Bochte	CAL		CHW	ahead 9-1	b 6	0	1--	2	6	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Rudi Scores
39	39	2	1	1977-04-24 (2)	Wayne Gross	OAK		CHW	ahead 9-2	b 6	2	1--	2	6	5	1%	100%		Home Run; M. Sanguillén Scores
40	40	3	1	1977-05-20	Tim Corcoran	DET	@	CHW	ahead 5-4	t 8	2	1--	2	7	DH	20%	92%		Home Run (CF-RF); M. Stanley Scores
41	41	4	1	1977-06-05	George Zeber	NYY	@	CHW	ahead 6-3	t 4	0	---	1	8	4	6%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	5	2	1977-06-05	Bucky Dent	NYY	@	CHW	ahead 7-6	t 9	0	---	1	9	6	9%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	6	1	1977-08-06	George Brett	KCR		CHW	behind 1-3	b 7	0	1-3	3	1	5	35%	79%		Home Run (CF-RF); F. Patek Scores/unER; B. Heise Scores
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1978-04-09	Mike Schmidt	PHI		STL	ahead 5-3	b 4	1	-23	3	3	5	10%	95%		Home Run; R. Lerch Scores; B. McBride Scores
45	45	2	1	1978-05-12	Terry Whitfield	SFG		STL	ahead 7-1	b 4	1	---	1	2	7	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	3	1	1978-05-15	Gene Tenace	SDP		STL	behind 0-1	b 7	2	-2-	2	7	3	49%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Winfield Scores
47	47	4	2	1978-05-15	Rick Sweet	SDP		STL	ahead 2-1	b 7	2	---	1	8	2	11%	89%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	5	1	1978-05-20	Dave Rader	CHC		STL	ahead 8-2	b 7	2	--3	2	8	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); I. de Jesús Scores/unER; D. Rader Scores/unER
49	49	6	1	1978-06-27 (2)	George Hendrick	STL	@	PIT	ahead 5-1	t 5	1	---	1	5	9	4%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	7	1	1978-08-11	Greg Luzinski	PHI		PIT	ahead 10-4	b 6	1	---	1	4	7	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1979-05-13	Butch Hobson	BOS		OAK	ahead 7-2	b 7	0	---	1	6	5	1%	99%		Home Run
52	52	2	1	1979-06-20	Darrell Porter	KCR	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--	2	6	DH	18%	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Scott Scores
53	53	3	1	1979-08-04	Dan Meyer	SEA		OAK	behind 2-5	b 7	2	---	1	5	5	7%	16%		Home Run (Deep RF)
54	54	4	1	1979-08-05	Ruppert Jones	SEA		OAK	behind 5-9	b 9	1	---	1	2	8	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep RF)
55	55	5	2	1979-08-05	Dan Meyer	SEA		OAK	behind 6-9	b 9	2	1--	2	5	5	3%	5%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Bochte Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
56	56	1	1	1980-04-14	Rod Craig	SEA	@	OAK	ahead 5-1	t 4	0	---	1	2	8	4%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
57	57	2	1	1980-04-21	Leon Roberts	SEA		OAK	behind 0-1	b 3	2	-2-	2	3	9	22%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Mendoza Scores
58	58	3	1	1980-05-02	John Wockenfuss	DET	@	OAK	behind 4-10	t 8	0	---	1	9	7	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
59	59	4	1	1980-05-22	John Wathan	KCR		OAK	ahead 6-0	b 4	1	12-	3	6	2	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Porter Scores; W. Aikens Scores
60	60	5	1	1980-06-08	Butch Hobson	BOS	@	OAK	tied 1-1	t 9	1	12-	3	9	5	39%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Rice Scores; D. Evans Scores
61	61	6	1	1980-06-20	Johnny Oates	NYY		OAK	ahead 10-4	b 8	0	---	1	8	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)