Steve Hamilton

Full Name: Steven Absher Hamilton Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 6"/190 First Game: April 23, 1961 Birthdate: November 30, 1935 Final Game: August 16, 1972 Birthplace: Columbia, Kentucky MLB Experience: 12 years Died: December 2, 1997 Deathplace: Morehead, Kentucky Bat/Throw: Left/Left

Biography

Born on November 30, 1935 in Columbia, Kentucky, Steve Hamilton (Steven Absher Hamilton) played for the Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 12 year career. Hamilton broke into the bigs on April 23, 1961 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 3.77 ERA in 107.1 innings pitched in 1962, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Steve Hamilton's best season was 1965, when he posted a 1.39 ERA and struck out 51 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1961	CLE	A	2	0	0	0	3.00	4	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	3	0	1	0
1962	WAS	A	41	10	3	8	3.77	83	51	45	1	0	2	107.1	103	10	39	5	0	3
1963	WAS	A	3	0	0	1	13.50	1	3	3	0	0	0	2	5	0	2	0	0	0
1963	NY	A	34	0	5	1	2.60	63	19	18	0	0	5	62.1	49	3	24	2	3	1
1963	TOT	A	37	0	5	2	2.94	64	22	21	0	0	5	64.1	54	3	26	2	3	1
1964	NY	A	30	3	7	2	3.28	49	24	22	1	0	3	60.1	55	6	15	0	2	0
1965	NY	A	46	1	3	1	1.39	51	12	9	0	0	5	58.1	47	2	16	5	0	0
1966	NY	A	44	3	8	3	3.00	57	32	30	1	1	3	90	69	8	22	3	1	3
1967	NY	A	44	0	2	4	3.48	55	25	24	0	0	4	62	57	7	23	4	0	1
1968	NY	A	40	0	2	2	2.13	42	13	12	0	0	11	50.2	37	0	13	4	1	1
1969	NY	A	38	0	3	4	3.32	39	22	21	0	0	2	57	39	7	21	5	2	0
1970	NY	A	35	0	4	3	2.78	33	16	14	0	0	3	45.1	36	3	16	5	2	1
1970	CHI	A	3	0	0	0	6.00	3	2	2	0	0	0	3	4	0	1	0	0	0
1970	TOT	A	38	0	4	3	2.98	36	18	16	0	0	3	48.1	40	3	17	5	2	1
1971	SF	N	39	0	2	2	3.02	38	15	15	0	0	4	44.2	29	4	11	6	1	1
1972	CHI	N	22	0	1	0	4.76	13	9	9	0	0	0	17	24	1	8	3	1	1
Total	NL		61	0	3	2	3.50	51	24	24	0	0	4	61.2	53	5	19	9	2	2
Total	AL		360	17	37	29	3.01	480	220	201	3	1	38	601.1	503	46	195	33	12	10
Total			421	17	40	31	3.05	531	244	225	3	1	42	663	556	51	214	42	14	12

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1961	CLE	A	P	2	0	3.1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.000
1962	WAS	A	P	41	10	107.1	8	22	2	0	0	1	2	1	1	.938
1963	WAS	A	P	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1963	NY	A	P	34	0	62.1	3	12	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	1.000
1963	TOT	A	P	37	0	64.1	3	13	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	1.000
1964	NY	A	P	30	3	60.1	3	9	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	1.000
1965	NY	A	P	46	1	58.1	0	3	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	.750
1966	NY	A	P	44	3	90	2	12	2	0	0	0	4	4	0	.875
1967	NY	A	P	44	0	62	0	12	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	1.000
1968	NY	A	P	40	0	50.2	2	9	0	1	0	1	2	3	0	1.000
1969	NY	A	P	38	0	57	0	4	0	0	0	0	7	1	1	1.000
1970	NY	A	P	35	0	45.1	0	9	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1.000
1970	CHI	A	P	3	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.667
1970	TOT	A	P	38	0	48.1	0	11	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	.917
1971	SF	N	P	39	0	44.2	3	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1.000
1972	CHI	N	P	22	0	17	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.000
Total			P	421	17	663.1	22	102	6	2	0	9	29	21	4	.954

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1961	CLE	A	2	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	WAS	A	43	26	1	2	0	2	.077	.111	.154	0	1	1	7	0	3	0	0	1
1963	WAS	A	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	NY	A	34	14	2	4	0	2	.286	.286	.429	0	1	0	3	0	5	0	0	0
1963	TOT	A	37	14	2	4	0	2	.286	.286	.429	0	1	0	3	0	5	0	0	0
1964	NY	A	32	20	3	4	0	1	.200	.273	.200	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
1965	NY	A	46	6	0	1	0	0	.167	.286	.167	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
1966	NY	A	44	19	1	1	0	1	.053	.053	.053	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
1967	NY	A	44	9	0	1	0	0	.111	.111	.111	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1968	NY	A	40	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1969	NY	A	38	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1970	NY	A	35	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1970	CHI	A	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	TOT	A	38	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1971	SF	N	39	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	CHI	N	22	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		61	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		364	109	8	14	0	6	.128	.167	.165	0	2	5	24	0	11	0	0	1
Total			425	112	8	14	0	6	.125	.162	.161	0	2	5	25	0	11	0	0	1

Transactions

• Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (April 3, 1958).
• Traded by Cleveland Indians with Don Rudolph to Washington Senators in exchange for Willie Tasby (May 3, 1962).
• Traded by Washington Senators to New York Yankees in exchange for Jim Coates (April 21, 1963).
• Claimed on waivers by Chicago White Sox from New York Yankees (September 9, 1970).
• Traded by Chicago White Sox to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Steve Huntz (March 23, 1971).
• Released by San Francisco Giants (October 26, 1971).
• Signed by Chicago Cubs (January 18, 1972).
• Released by Chicago Cubs (August 18, 1972).