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Earl Hamilton
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Birthdate: 7/19/1891 Died: 11/17/1968
Height / Weight: 5' 8" / 160 lbs. Place of Birth: Gibson City, IL, USA
Bats / Throws: L / L

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As a rookie in 1911 he moved into the Browns starting rotation and completed 10-of-17 starts Pitcher Left handed – St Louis Browns 1911-16, 1917; Detroit Tigers 1916; Pittsburgh Pirates 1918-1923; Phillies 1924 – born in Gibson City Illinois One of the majors leading pitchers in this era, Earl Hamilton collected 10 or more wins six times in a career spanning 14 seasons, and posted an ERA under 3.49 in 10 of those seasons. Although he never had a 20-game win season, the 5-ft, 8-inch, 160-pounder had six years of working over 200 innings, including a career-high 302 1/3 in 1914 when he had a 19-16 record with a stingy 2.50 ERA. And, he completed 140 of his 262 lifetime starts while chalking up a solid 3.16 ERA. 

A consistent performer, Hamilton relied mostly on curve balls, sinkers and off-speed pitches to stifle opposing teams rallies. With the Browns from 1912 thru 1915 he surrendered just 11 homers in over 950 innings – and that’s a remarkable statistic. He was traded to Pittsburgh in 1918 and won 55 games thru 1923., pitching over 140 innings every year except his first season. Check this stat out: Whereas in today’s game when pitchers allow 20 to 35 home runs per season, Earl Hamilton gave up only 43 career homers in 2342 2/3 innings spanning 410 games. Earl Hamilton career stats: 119-144 record, 3.16 ERA, 410 Games, 790 Ks, 773 Walks, 2319 hits in 2342 2/3 innings. baseball historian


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1911 SLB (AL) 32 17 5 12 0 10 1 177.0 191 103 78 4 69 0 55 4 4 1 3.97
1912 SLB (AL) 41 26 11 14 2 17 1 249.2 228 117 90 2 86 0 139 6 9 0 3.24
1913 SLB (AL) 31 24 13 12 1 19 3 217.1 197 95 62 3 83 0 101 5 9 0 2.57
1914 SLB (AL) 44 35 17 18 2 20 5 302.1 265 111 84 5 100 0 111 5 10 0 2.50
1915 SLB (AL) 35 27 9 17 0 13 1 204.0 203 98 65 4 69 0 63 4 12 0 2.87
1916 DET (AL) 5 5 1 2 0 3 0 37.1 34 14 11 0 22 0 7 0 4 0 2.65
1916 SLB (AL) 22 12 5 7 0 3 0 91.1 97 44 31 2 26 0 25 2 2 1 3.05
1916 SLB (AL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9.00
1917 SLB (AL) 27 8 0 9 1 2 0 83.0 86 46 29 1 41 0 19 3 2 0 3.14
1918 PIT (NL) 6 6 6 0 0 6 1 54.0 47 7 5 0 13 0 20 1 0 0 0.83
1919 PIT (NL) 28 19 8 11 1 9 1 160.1 167 73 59 3 49 0 39 4 5 0 3.31
1920 PIT (NL) 39 23 10 13 3 12 0 230.1 223 99 83 2 69 0 74 2 2 0 3.24
1921 PIT (NL) 35 30 13 15 0 12 2 225.0 237 103 84 5 58 0 59 5 8 0 3.36
1922 PIT (NL) 33 14 11 7 2 9 1 160.0 183 84 71 6 40 0 34 2 1 0 3.99
1923 PIT (NL) 28 15 7 9 1 5 0 141.0 148 67 59 6 42 0 42 5 1 1 3.77
1924 PHI (NL) 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 9 9 7 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 10.50
16 years   410 261 116 147 13 140 16 2342.2 2319 1075 822 43 773 0 790 49 70 3 3.16
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1911 SLB (AL) 32 56 2 6 2 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .107 .254 SLG
1912 SLB (AL) 41 73 5 13 1 0 0 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 .178 .286 SLG
1913 SLB (AL) 31 74 3 10 1 0 0 0 7 22 0 0 0 0 2 0 .135 .210 SLG
1914 SLB (AL) 44 85 6 15 4 0 0 4 13 24 1 1 0 1 7 0 .176 .293 SLG
1915 SLB (AL) 35 62 3 7 1 1 0 2 5 21 1 0 0 1 2 0 .113 .191 SLG
1916 SLB (AL) 22 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .200 SLG
1916 SLB (AL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1916 DET (AL) 5 13 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .77 .143 SLG
1917 SLB (AL) 27 19 0 7 1 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .368 .478 SLG
1918 PIT (NL) 6 21 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 SLG
1919 PIT (NL) 28 52 2 7 0 0 0 3 3 18 1 0 0 1 1 0 .135 .196 SLG
1920 PIT (NL) 39 67 4 10 0 0 0 2 5 18 0 0 0 1 7 0 .149 .219 SLG
1921 PIT (NL) 35 75 9 12 1 3 0 7 6 17 1 1 0 0 5 0 .160 .222 SLG
1922 PIT (NL) 33 58 2 9 2 0 0 0 2 13 0 0 0 0 3 0 .155 .183 SLG
1923 PIT (NL) 28 52 0 9 1 0 0 4 2 9 1 0 0 0 1 0 .173 .204 SLG
1924 PHI (NL) 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
16 years   410 733 40 112 14 4 0 30 76 165 5 2 0 4 37 0 .153 .236 .SLG



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