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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)

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

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1966	18	-2.2	Lewiston	NORW	A-	KCA	6	6	.500	4.10	4.60	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
1967	19	-1.8	Burlington	MIDW	A	KCA	3	5	.375	3.30	5.55	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
1968	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A	OAK	3	12	.200	3.53	4.98	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
1968	20	-2.0	Peninsula	CARL	A	OAK	3	5	.375	4.43	5.91	11	11		1	0		67.0	64	44	33	7	33	1	44	0	0	3		1.448	8.6	0.9	4.4	5.9	1.33
1968	20	-0.9	Leesburg	FLOR	A	OAK	0	7	.000	2.57	4.00	10	10		1	0		63.0	50	28	18	1	32	4	52	4	0	6		1.302	7.1	0.1	4.6	7.4	1.63
1969	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	OAK	10	10	.500	3.66	3.94	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
1969	21	-2.7	Birmingham	SOUL	AA	OAK	2	2	.500	1.08	1.08	5	3		2	0	0	25.0	13	3	3	0	6	0	24	0	0	0		0.760	4.7	0.0	2.2	8.6	4.00
1969	21	-0.8	Lodi	CALL	A	OAK	8	8	.500	4.13	4.47	22	22		6	1	0	135.0	127	67	62	8	58	1	131	1	2	6		1.370	8.5	0.5	3.9	8.7	2.26
1970	22	-0.8	Birmingham	SOUL	AA	OAK	6	4	.600	2.42	3.38	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
1971	23	-1.9	Iowa	AA	AAA	OAK	12	4	.750	3.79	4.31	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
1972	24	-1.0	Iowa	AA	AAA	OAK	5	1	.833	2.29	2.90	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
1972	24	-3.2	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	6	6	.500	2.93	3.02	25	14	3	1	0	0	101.1	94	34	33	7	31	2	55	1	0	0	419	1.234	8.3	0.6	2.8	4.9	1.77
1973	25	0.3	Tucson	PCL	AAA	OAK	8	5	.615	3.77	4.20	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
1973	25	-2.7	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	6	4	.600	4.39	4.78	16	11	1	1	0	0	69.2	74	37	34	8	24	0	34	1	0	1	296	1.407	9.6	1.0	3.1	4.4	1.42
1974	26	-2.1	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	7	4	.636	3.15	3.46	29	18	3	1	1	0	117.0	104	45	41	10	48	3	69	5	0	2	490	1.299	8.0	0.8	3.7	5.3	1.44
1975	27		2 Teams	AL	Maj	CHW-OAK	7	7	.500	3.25	3.59	41	5	27	0	0	6	105.1	105	42	38	8	47	3	71	0	0	0	458	1.443	9.0	0.7	4.0	6.1	1.51
1975	27	-1.1	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	1	2	.333	4.04	4.79	11	4	4	0	0	0	35.2	42	19	16	4	18	1	20	0	0	0	166	1.682	10.6	1.0	4.5	5.0	1.11
1975	27	-1.1	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	6	5	.545	2.84	2.97	30	1	23	0	0	6	69.2	63	23	22	4	29	2	51	0	0	0	292	1.321	8.1	0.5	3.7	6.6	1.76
1976	28	0.4	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	6	6	.500	3.59	3.79	45	1	34	0	0	10	90.1	81	38	36	4	45	6	62	4	0	3	395	1.395	8.1	0.4	4.5	6.2	1.38
1977	29	1.5	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	4	5	.444	3.61	4.41	55	0	21	0	0	9	67.1	71	33	27	6	33	4	45	0	0	2	307	1.545	9.5	0.8	4.4	6.0	1.36
1978	30		2 Teams	NL	Maj	PIT-STL	0	2	.000	4.46	6.47	29	0	8	0	0	1	40.1	39	29	20	7	18	2	23	0	0	1	180	1.413	8.7	1.6	4.0	5.1	1.28
1978	30	2.0	STL	NL	Maj	STL	0	0		6.43	8.36	13	0	4	0	0	0	14.0	16	13	10	5	6	0	8	0	0	0	62	1.571	10.3	3.2	3.9	5.1	1.33
1978	30	2.0	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	0	2	.000	3.42	5.47	16	0	4	0	0	1	26.1	23	16	10	2	12	2	15	0	0	1	118	1.329	7.9	0.7	4.1	5.1	1.25
1979	31	3.6	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	3	4	.429	3.70	4.57	40	7	16	1	0	5	82.2	80	42	34	5	43	2	52	1	0	2	361	1.488	8.7	0.5	4.7	5.7	1.21
1980	32	6.9	Ogden	PCL	AAA	OAK	0	1	.000	3.48	5.52	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
1980	32	4.3	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	0	3	.000	11.40	11.70	21	1	3	0	0	0	30.0	44	39	38	6	28	2	23	3	1	0	164	2.400	13.2	1.8	8.4	6.9	0.82
1981	33	7.6	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	OAK	0	0		7.00	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
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (9 seasons)					Majors		39	41	.488	3.85	4.33	301	57	116	4	1	31	704.0	692	339	301	61	317	24	434	15	1	11	3070	1.433	8.8	0.8	4.1	5.5	1.37
Minors (10 seasons)					Minors		53	48	.525	3.48	4.31	172	128	0	28	6	3	869.0	789	416	336	56	368	11	763	15	3	44		1.331	8.2	0.6	3.8	7.9	2.07
All Levels (16 Seasons)							92	89	.508	3.64	4.32	473	185	116	32	7	34	1573.0	1481	755	637	117	685	35	1197	30	4	55	3070	1.377	8.5	0.7	3.9	6.8	1.75

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		25	11	.694	3.57	4.21	72	40	0	12	3	2	325.0	296	152	129	22	142	2	261	2	0	18		1.348	8.2	0.6	3.9	7.2	1.84
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		8	6	.571	2.16	2.93	26	17		7	2	1	129.0	101	42	31	10	38	2	110	3	0	1		1.078	7.0	0.7	2.7	7.7	2.89
A (3 seasons)					Minors		14	25	.359	3.74	4.87	58	58		8	1	0	325.0	308	176	135	18	152	6	289	8	3	23		1.415	8.5	0.5	4.2	8.0	1.90
A- (1 season)					Minors		6	6	.500	4.10	4.60	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