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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)

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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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.8

ERA

3.85

301

704.0

434

WHIP

1.433

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Team Record in Appearances: 12-13 / in Starts: 7-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 3

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	35	May 29(2)	OAK	@	TEX	W,7-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	6.1	4	1	1	5	2	0	0	1.42	4.14	29	13	5	0	1	4	58			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	1	2	.45	0.080	1.07	0.12%	0.83	1b start a 5	7b 12- 1 out a6
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	2	41	Jun 4(2)	OAK	@	BAL	W,2-0	GS-7	W(2-0)	5	6.0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.73	3.13	23	10	6	0	0	6	61			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.43	0.248	3.36	0.35%	2.03	1b start a 2	7b 1-- 0 out a2
3	3	46	Jun 10	OAK	@	DET	W,5-2	GS-8	W(3-0)	5	7.1	6	2	2	3	4	0	0	1.37	2.91	30	9	8	0	0	6	59			0	0	0	27	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.05	0.181	2.48	0.26%	1.09	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out a4
4	4	52	Jun 17	OAK		CLE	W,3-2	GS-8	W(4-0)	6	8.0	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	1.30	2.83	31	12	9	1	0	6	66			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	0	.93	0.242	2.25	0.35%	1.94	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
5	5	57	Jun 23	OAK		CAL	L,1-2	CG	L(4-1)	5	9.0	7	2	1	0	8	1	0	1.23	2.64	33	6	12	0	1	7	75			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.012	2.72	-0.02%	1.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
6	6	62	Jun 27	OAK	@	TEX	W,9-3	GS-5	W(5-1)	3	5.0	6	1	1	2	1	0	0	1.30	2.71	22	8	5	0	0	6	50			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.122	3.14	0.17%	0.86	1b start a 1	5b 3 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	7	67	Jul 1	OAK	@	CAL	L,3-5	GS-6	L(5-2)	3	6.0	9	5	5	1	2	2	0	2.08	3.20	27	10	5	0	0	9	35			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.381	1.74	-0.59%	-2.82	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
8	8	72	Jul 6	OAK		NYY	L,2-6	GS-5	L(5-3)	4	4.1	5	4	4	3	2	0	0	2.60	3.23	20	7	4	1	0	4	36			0	1	0	15	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.10	-0.178	2.54	-0.25%	-1.57	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d3
9	9	78	Jul 12	OAK		BOS	L,6-7	GS-5		5	4.2	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.02	3.18	20	6	10	4	0	2	36			0	1	0	18	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.08	-0.247	2.71	-0.37%	-1.52	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out tie
10	10	82	Jul 16	OAK	@	NYY	W,5-2	GS-7	W(6-3)	3	6.2	6	0	0	3	5	0	0	2.70	3.08	29	7	9	3	1	5	64			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.243	1.59	0.33%	1.94	1b start a 1	7b 123 2 out a5
11	11	88	Jul 21	OAK	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	5	2	2	1	6	1	0	2.73	3.08	23	3	10	6	0	3	59			1	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.104	1.61	0.12%	0.46	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a2
12	12	96	Jul 30(2)	OAK		TEX	L,2-4	GS-7	L(6-4)	8	6.2	8	4	4	2	4	0	0	2.96	2.99	29	10	6	1	0	7	44			2	0	0	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.302	2.61	-0.39%	-1.72	1t start tie	7t --3 2 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	13	103	Aug 6(2)	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-5	GS-2	L(6-5)	6	2.0	7	3	3	0	2	0	0	3.23	2.92	13	3	1	0	0	7	32			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.247	2.30	-0.39%	-2.19	1b start tie	2b 3 out d3
14	14	107	Aug 10 susp	OAK		CHW	W,5-3	17-17		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.22	2.90	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.86	0.063	17.27	0.23%	0.23	17t 1-- 1 out tie	17t 1-- 2 out tie
15	15	109	Aug 12	OAK		CHW	L,1-3	11-GF(11)		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.19	2.89	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.010	1.26	0.04%	0.41	11t 1-- 1 out d2	11t end d 2
16	16	115	Aug 20	OAK	@	CLE	L,1-3	5-6		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.11	2.83	6	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.046	1.15	0.10%	0.80	5b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d2
17	17	118	Aug 23	OAK	@	DET	L,5-7	6-7		2	2.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.04	2.78	11	2	2	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	1	.03	0.001	.09	0.00%	0.80	6b --- 0 out d7	7b 3 out d6
18	18	122	Aug 28	OAK		CLE	W,5-4	8-9	H(1)	4	1.1	1	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.20	2.92	6	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.018	1.81	-0.04%	-1.45	8t --- 0 out a3	9t --- 1 out a1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	19	126	Sep 2	OAK		DET	L,1-3	11-GF(11)	L(6-6)	4	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	2	0	3.38	3.20	5	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.438	2.16	-0.88%	-1.63	11t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 2
20	20	133	Sep 9	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-3	2-4		6	2.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.27	3.24	10	4	4	0	0	0		2	1	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	.56	-0.004	1.45	-0.01%	0.51	2b 12- 1 out d2	4b 3 out d3
21	21	142	Sep 19	OAK		CHW	L,7-8	10-12		9	2.1	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	3.19	3.33	10	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.51	-0.008	4.76	-0.01%	-0.30	10t --- 0 out tie	12t 123 1 out tie
22	22	147	Sep 24(2)	OAK		KCR	W,2-1	GS-7		4	7.0	7	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.05	3.18	28	8	11	2	1	5	63			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.234	2.69	0.28%	1.57	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
23	23	150	Sep 28	OAK		MIN	W,8-7	8-8		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.02	3.20	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.34	0.017	.01	0.00%	0.37	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
24	24	152	Sep 30	OAK	@	KCR	W,10-5	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.96	3.17	6	2	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.023	.00	0.00%	0.77	8b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 5
25	25	155	Oct 4	OAK	@	CAL	W,2-1	8-8	H(2)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.93	3.16	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.67	0.115	.00	0.00%	0.36	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a1
							12-13		W-L:6-6,Hld:2	4.3	101.1	94	34	33	31	55	7	1	2.93	3.16	419	1.02		8%	2%	83	53	4	25%	6	6	0	378	14	3	2	8	4	5	.97	-0.106	2.24	-0.61%	3.07

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