Earl Hamilton
[edit] Biography
Born on July 19, 1891 in Gibson, Illinois, Earl Hamilton (Earl Andrew Hamilton) played for the St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 14 year career. Hamilton broke into the bigs on April 14, 1911 with the St. Louis Browns, and put up a 3.97 ERA in 177 innings pitched in 1911, his rookie year.
There is some disagreement on what was Earl Hamilton's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1914, when he posted a 2.50 ERA, won 17 games and struck out 111 batters. However, others believe that it was 1912, when he posted a 3.24 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 139 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1911
| STL
| A
| 32
| 17
| 5
| 12
| 3.97
| 55
| 103
| 78
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 177
| 191
| 4
| 69
| 0
| 4
| 4
|
| 1912
| STL
| A
| 41
| 26
| 11
| 14
| 3.24
| 139
| 117
| 90
| 17
| 1
| 2
| 249.2
| 228
| 2
| 86
| 0
| 6
| 9
|
| 1913
| STL
| A
| 31
| 24
| 13
| 12
| 2.57
| 101
| 95
| 62
| 19
| 3
| 1
| 217.1
| 197
| 3
| 83
| 0
| 5
| 9
|
| 1914
| STL
| A
| 44
| 35
| 17
| 18
| 2.50
| 111
| 111
| 84
| 20
| 5
| 2
| 302.1
| 265
| 5
| 100
| 0
| 5
| 10
|
| 1915
| STL
| A
| 35
| 28
| 9
| 17
| 2.87
| 63
| 98
| 65
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 204
| 203
| 4
| 69
| 0
| 4
| 12
|
| 1916
| STL
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.00
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| STL
| A
| 22
| 12
| 5
| 7
| 2.76
| 25
| 45
| 28
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 91.1
| 97
| 2
| 26
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1916
| DET
| A
| 5
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 2.65
| 7
| 14
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 37.1
| 34
| 0
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1916
| TOT
| A
| 28
| 17
| 6
| 9
| 2.92
| 32
| 63
| 43
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 132.2
| 135
| 2
| 52
| 0
| 2
| 6
|
| 1917
| STL
| A
| 27
| 8
| 0
| 9
| 3.14
| 19
| 46
| 29
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 83
| 86
| 1
| 41
| 0
| 3
| 2
|
| 1918
| PIT
| N
| 6
| 6
| 6
| 0
| .83
| 20
| 7
| 5
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 54
| 47
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1919
| PIT
| N
| 28
| 19
| 8
| 11
| 3.31
| 39
| 73
| 59
| 9
| 1
| 1
| 160.1
| 167
| 3
| 49
| 0
| 4
| 5
|
| 1920
| PIT
| N
| 39
| 23
| 10
| 13
| 3.24
| 74
| 99
| 83
| 12
| 0
| 3
| 230.1
| 223
| 2
| 69
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1921
| PIT
| N
| 35
| 30
| 13
| 15
| 3.36
| 59
| 103
| 84
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 225
| 237
| 5
| 58
| 0
| 5
| 8
|
| 1922
| PIT
| N
| 33
| 14
| 11
| 7
| 3.99
| 34
| 84
| 71
| 9
| 1
| 2
| 160
| 183
| 6
| 40
| 2
| 2
| 1
|
| 1923
| PIT
| N
| 28
| 15
| 7
| 9
| 3.77
| 42
| 67
| 59
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 141
| 148
| 6
| 42
| 0
| 5
| 1
|
| 1924
| PHI
| N
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1.50
| 2
| 9
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 172
| 107
| 55
| 56
| 3.39
| 270
| 442
| 368
| 53
| 5
| 7
| 976.2
| 1014
| 22
| 273
| 2
| 20
| 18
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 238
| 155
| 61
| 91
| 2.97
| 520
| 633
| 451
| 87
| 11
| 6
| 1366
| 1305
| 21
| 500
| 0
| 29
| 52
|
| Total
|
|
| 410
| 262
| 116
| 147
| 3.15
| 790
| 1075
| 819
| 140
| 16
| 13
| 2342.2
| 2319
| 43
| 773
| 2
| 49
| 70
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1911
| STL
| A
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 51
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1912
| STL
| A
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 57
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .930
|
| 1913
| STL
| A
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 53
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1914
| STL
| A
| P
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 64
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1915
| STL
| A
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 50
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1916
| STL
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1916
| STL
| A
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 23
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1916
| DET
| A
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1916
| TOT
| A
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 40
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1917
| STL
| A
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1918
| PIT
| N
| P
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 13
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1919
| PIT
| N
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 51
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .954
|
| 1920
| PIT
| N
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 62
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1921
| PIT
| N
| P
| 35
| 30
| 224.2
| 15
| 74
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1922
| PIT
| N
| P
| 33
| 14
| 160
| 4
| 35
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 6
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1923
| PIT
| N
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 42
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1924
| PHI
| N
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 410
| 44
| 384.2
| 124
| 612
| 27
| 29
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 6
| 0
| .965
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1911
| STL
| A
| 32
| 56
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| .107
| .254
| .143
| 2
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1912
| STL
| A
| 41
| 73
| 5
| 13
| 0
| 4
| .178
| .286
| .192
| 1
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1913
| STL
| A
| 31
| 74
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 0
| .135
| .210
| .149
| 1
| 0
| 7
| 22
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1914
| STL
| A
| 44
| 85
| 6
| 15
| 0
| 4
| .176
| .293
| .224
| 4
| 0
| 13
| 24
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| STL
| A
| 35
| 62
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 2
| .113
| .191
| .161
| 1
| 1
| 5
| 21
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| STL
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| STL
| A
| 22
| 24
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .200
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| DET
| A
| 5
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| .077
| .143
| .077
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| TOT
| A
| 28
| 37
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 2
| .027
| .182
| .027
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| STL
| A
| 27
| 19
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| .368
| .478
| .421
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1918
| PIT
| N
| 6
| 21
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .286
| .286
| .286
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| PIT
| N
| 28
| 52
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 3
| .135
| .196
| .135
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 18
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1920
| PIT
| N
| 39
| 67
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 2
| .149
| .219
| .149
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 18
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| PIT
| N
| 35
| 75
| 9
| 12
| 0
| 7
| .160
| .222
| .253
| 1
| 3
| 6
| 17
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1922
| PIT
| N
| 33
| 58
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 0
| .155
| .183
| .190
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1923
| PIT
| N
| 28
| 52
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 4
| .173
| .204
| .192
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| PHI
| N
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 172
| 327
| 19
| 53
| 0
| 18
| .162
| .210
| .193
| 4
| 3
| 18
| 80
| 2
| 17
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 238
| 406
| 21
| 59
| 0
| 12
| .145
| .255
| .175
| 10
| 1
| 58
| 85
| 2
| 20
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 410
| 733
| 40
| 112
| 0
| 30
| .153
| .236
| .183
| 14
| 4
| 76
| 165
| 4
| 37
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by St. Louis Browns to Detroit Tigers (May 29, 1916).
- Claimed on waivers by St. Louis Browns from Detroit Tigers (June 22, 1916).
- Sold by St. Louis Browns to Pittsburgh Pirates (1918).
- Claimed on waivers by Philadelphia Phillies from Pittsburgh Pirates (December, 1923).
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