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Steve Hamilton
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Birthdate: 11/30/1935 Died: 12/2/1997
Height / Weight: 6' 7" / 195 lbs. Place of Birth: Columbia, KY, USA
Bats / Throws: L / L

Baseball Historian Biography

A noted fastball pitcher Steve Hamilton is best remembered for his relief work during his six-plus seasons for the New York Yankees, 1964-71. In 1964 he rang up a 7-2 record with 3 saves, completed 1-of-3 starts and 27 relief appearances, striking out 49 in 60.1 innings. He followed that with a 3-1 record, 5 saves and a stingy 1.39 ERA in 58.1 innings in 1965. Then an 8-3 record with 3 saves in 1966. What most Yankees fans recall about Steve Hamilton was his pitch called the Folly Floater, which he would lob way-high in the air at a slow, slow, slow speed that would float down, down, down and frustrate batters. He never threw it with runners on base but would use it whenever he wanted to if the bases were empty. The pitch was timed at 32 miles per hour.

 

Steve Hamilton helped the New York Yankees reach two World Series 1963, 1964, and he appeared in 3 games in the Series. 

 

In his career the 6 ft 7 inch, 200-pound Steve Hamilton struck out 531 in 663 innings.

 

A college basketball star at Morehead State, Steve Hamilton played two season with the Minneapolis Lakers 1958-1960.  He also pitched in the minors at Burlington, Reading, Mobile, Salt Lake City and Jacksonville, 1958-1962.  


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1961 CLE (AL) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 4 1 0 1 3.00
1962 WSA (AL) 41 10 3 8 2 1 0 107.1 103 51 45 10 39 5 83 0 3 1 3.77
1963 NYY (AL) 34 0 5 1 5 0 0 62.1 49 19 18 3 24 2 63 3 1 0 2.60
1963 WSA (AL) 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 5 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 13.50
1964 NYY (AL) 30 3 7 2 3 1 0 60.1 55 24 22 6 15 0 49 2 0 0 3.28
1965 NYY (AL) 46 1 3 1 5 0 0 58.1 47 12 9 2 16 5 51 0 0 0 1.39
1966 NYY (AL) 44 3 8 3 3 1 1 90.0 69 32 30 8 22 3 57 1 3 0 3.00
1967 NYY (AL) 44 0 2 4 4 0 0 62.0 57 25 24 7 23 4 55 0 1 0 3.48
1968 NYY (AL) 40 0 2 2 11 0 0 50.2 37 13 12 0 13 4 42 1 1 0 2.13
1969 NYY (AL) 38 0 3 4 2 0 0 57.0 39 22 21 7 21 5 39 2 0 0 3.32
1970 CHW (AL) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 6.00
1970 NYY (AL) 35 0 4 3 3 0 0 45.1 36 16 14 3 16 5 33 2 1 0 2.78
1971 SFG (NL) 39 0 2 2 4 0 0 44.2 29 15 15 4 11 6 38 1 1 0 3.02
1972 CHC (NL) 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 17.0 24 9 9 1 8 3 13 1 1 0 4.76
14 years   421 17 40 31 42 3 1 663.0 556 244 225 51 214 42 531 14 12 2 3.05
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1961 CLE (AL) 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .1000 .1000 SLG
1962 WSA (AL) 43 26 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 7 0 0 0 0 3 0 .77 .111 SLG
1963 NYY (AL) 34 14 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 .286 .286 SLG
1963 WSA (AL) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1964 NYY (AL) 32 20 3 4 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .273 SLG
1965 NYY (AL) 46 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .286 SLG
1966 NYY (AL) 44 19 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .53 .53 SLG
1967 NYY (AL) 44 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .111 .111 SLG
1968 NYY (AL) 40 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .250 SLG
1969 NYY (AL) 38 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1970 NYY (AL) 35 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1970 CHW (AL) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1971 SFG (NL) 39 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1972 CHC (NL) 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
14 years   425 112 8 14 0 2 0 6 5 25 0 0 0 0 11 0 .125 .162 .SLG



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