2B John Hamilton #1
Age: 26 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Good
05/12/1975
2B JOHN HAMILTON #1 - AGE: 26 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
14 22 8 2 0 1 7 7 5 .364 .517 .591 1 0.3
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
05/11/1975 CSM Loss, 3-10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/10/1975 PUE Win, 14-13 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
05/08/1975 PUE Win, 7-6 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
05/05/1975 @ RPD Loss, 0-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/03/1975 MIS Loss, 2-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/02/1975 MIS Win, 14-8 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
04/29/1975 @ TOP Win, 13-1 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 1
04/27/1975 @ TOP Loss, 5-7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
04/26/1975 CAS Loss, 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/25/1975 CAS Loss, 7-11 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:10/13/1948
Born in:Terre Haute, IN
Nationality:American
Height:6' 2"
Weight:185 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Minor League Contract
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:1 Year, 43 Days
Service This Yr:35 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:8 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1967, 18th Pick in Round 19
WESTERN BASEBALL LEAGUE 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 14 22 8 2 0 1 7 9 7 5 .364 .517 .591 1.108 .546 .227 186
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 4 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 1 0 100.0 7.9 15.30 .3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   8 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650
Versus Right   14 6 2 0 1 6 7 5 2 0 0 0 .429 .579 .786 1.365
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   7 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
April   9 4 1 0 1 6 6 7 2 0 0 0 .444 .688 .889 1.576
May   13 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 .308 .308 .385 .692
Last Year   503 162 20 7 6 83 102 124 82 3 5 5 .322 .458 .425 .884
Career   525 170 22 7 7 90 111 131 87 3 5 5 .324 .461 .432 .893
Home   17 6 1 0 1 5 4 1 5 0 0 0 .353 .389 .588 .977
Road   5 2 1 0 0 2 5 6 0 0 0 0 .400 .727 .600 1.327
Grass   22 8 2 0 1 7 9 7 5 0 0 0 .364 .517 .591 1.108
Day   7 4 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 .571 .625 .714 1.339
Night   15 4 1 0 1 7 5 6 5 0 0 0 .267 .476 .533 1.010
As Starter   14 4 2 0 0 2 5 5 5 0 0 0 .286 .474 .429 .902
As Reliever / Substitution   8 4 0 0 1 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .600 .875 1.475
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1967 La Crosse - R 18 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 -49 -51 -0.1
1967 San Jose - A 18 8 7 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .286 .375 .571 .946 164 169 0.1
1967 Rockford - A 18 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 502 570 0.1
1968 La Crosse - R 19 7 14 2 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 .143 .294 .143 .437 13 15 -0.1
1968 San Jose - A 19 18 19 3 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 9 1 0 .158 .273 .158 .431 21 27 -0.0
1968 Rockford - A 19 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -123 -0.0
1969 La Crosse - R 20 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 25 116 -0.0
1969 Yakima - A 20 10 7 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 .286 .300 .286 .586 55 41 -0.0
1969 Rockford - A 20 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 365 395 0.0
1970 La Crosse - R 21 35 28 8 0 1 1 4 7 9 0 0 3 1 2 .286 .459 .464 .924 138 151 0.3
1970 Yakima - A 21 12 10 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 .100 .182 .200 .382 5 -3 -0.1
1970 Rockford - A 21 9 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .111 .000 .111 -68 -66 -0.1
1971 La Crosse - R 22 35 36 8 1 0 0 3 2 7 0 0 7 0 0 .222 .349 .250 .599 54 46 -0.1
1971 Yakima - A 22 41 37 7 0 0 0 1 7 4 0 0 13 0 0 .189 .268 .189 .457 26 13 -0.2
1971 Rockford - A 22 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .600 1.000 1.600 360 328 0.1
1972 La Crosse - R 23 20 42 16 3 0 1 4 6 7 0 1 7 1 1 .381 .460 .524 .984 153 161 0.5
1972 Yakima - A 23 23 51 18 3 0 0 4 6 9 1 0 8 1 1 .353 .459 .412 .871 138 139 0.5
1972 Rockford - A 23 14 26 5 1 1 0 3 2 4 1 0 6 1 0 .192 .323 .308 .630 81 90 0.1
1972 Memphis - AA 23 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 -49 -36 -0.1
1973 Yakima - A 24 17 51 11 2 0 2 7 4 10 2 0 12 1 2 .216 .365 .373 .738 100 110 0.1
1973 Rockford - A 24 15 18 6 0 2 0 4 6 8 1 0 3 0 0 .333 .556 .556 1.111 208 225 0.5
1974 Panhandle - A 25 134 503 162 20 7 6 83 102 124 5 3 82 5 9 .322 .458 .425 .884 123 125 2.0
1975 Panhandle - A 26 14 22 8 2 0 1 7 9 7 0 0 5 1 0 .364 .517 .591 1.108 177 186 0.3
Total DIX 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 -49 -36
Total HL 48 60 14 2 4 0 8 9 14 3 0 13 1 1 .233 .403 .400 .803 135 143
Total COW 129 182 44 8 0 2 18 24 28 4 2 45 4 3 .242 .352 .319 .671 84 85
Total WBL 148 525 170 22 7 7 90 111 131 5 3 87 6 9 .324 .461 .432 .893 126 128
Total UMVA 101 125 34 4 1 2 13 18 27 1 1 21 2 3 .272 .403 .368 .771 98 103
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1967 San Jose - A 2B 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 3.0 3.00 +0.1 1.062
1967 La Crosse - R 2B 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 .667 8.0 2.25 -0.5 .533
1968 San Jose - A 2B 6 1 6 7 4 13 0 1.000 24.0 4.88 +0.3 1.058
1968 La Crosse - R 2B 6 4 11 11 0 22 0 1.000 33.1 5.94 +0.2 1.001
1969 Rockford - A 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 -0.3 .000
1969 La Crosse - R 2B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 -0.3 .571
1969 Yakima - A LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 Yakima - A 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.1 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 La Crosse - R 2B 5 0 1 1 1 2 0 1.000 9.0 2.00 +0.1 1.099
1971 Yakima - A C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 +0.0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
1971 La Crosse - R C 1 0 11 2 0 13 0 1.000 6.0 19.50 +0.0 .000 0 2 2 100.0
1971 Yakima - A 2B 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 5.1 5.06 +0.2 1.065
1971 La Crosse - R 2B 6 0 5 2 0 7 0 1.000 16.2 3.78 +0.1 1.128
1971 Yakima - A CF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.1 1.037
1972 Memphis - AA 1B 1 0 3 1 1 4 0 1.000 2.0 18.00 +0.1 1.051
1972 Rockford - A 1B 5 4 34 3 5 38 1 .974 36.1 9.17 -0.2 1.058
1972 Yakima - A 1B 12 11 97 11 13 108 0 1.000 100.0 9.72 +0.8 1.005
1972 La Crosse - R 1B 7 5 37 5 5 43 1 .977 47.0 8.04 +0.3 .967
1972 Memphis - AA 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.2 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 Rockford - A 2B 2 1 2 4 1 6 0 1.000 11.0 4.91 +0.4 1.043
1972 La Crosse - R 2B 6 2 12 10 2 23 1 .957 35.2 5.55 -0.2 .923
1973 Rockford - A 1B 3 3 25 3 7 28 0 1.000 26.0 9.69 +0.2 1.054
1973 Yakima - A 1B 5 5 24 0 2 24 0 1.000 36.2 5.89 +0.4 1.060
1973 Rockford - A 2B 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 1.0 18.00 +0.1 1.045
1973 Yakima - A 2B 12 7 17 16 6 36 3 .917 72.2 4.09 -1.4 .835
1974 Panhandle - A 1B 3 3 20 1 1 21 0 1.000 25.2 7.36 -0.0 1.068
1974 Panhandle - A 2B 129 125 313 310 100 634 11 .983 1092.2 5.13 -12.2 .925
1975 Panhandle - A 1B 4 3 18 6 7 26 2 .923 27.0 8.00 -0.4 .823
1975 Panhandle - A 2B 2 1 3 4 0 7 0 1.000 10.0 6.30 -0.4 .873
TOTAL C 2 0 11 2 0 13 0 1.000 7.0 16.71 +0.0 .000 0 2 2 100.0
TOTAL 1B 40 34 258 30 41 292 4 .986 300.2 8.62 +1.3 1.002
TOTAL 2B 186 142 373 372 114 761 16 .979 1333.1 5.03 -14.0 .926
TOTAL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL CF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.1 1.037
PLAYER HISTORY
06/18/1967 Drafted in the 1967 first-year player draft out of high school (San Luis Obispo; San Luis Obispo, CA) by the Chicago Cougars. (Round 19, Pick 18, 378th overall pick).
08/08/1968 Injured (back spasms),day-to-day for 4 days.
09/25/1971 Wins the 1971 C-O-W League COW Championship Series with the Yakima Rams!
09/14/1972 Wins the 1972 Upper Mississippi Valley Association UMVA Championship Series with the La Crosse Lions!
06/05/1973 Released by the Chicago organization.
09/23/1973 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Panhandle Jackrabbits organization.
04/20/1974 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Panhandle Jackrabbits development complex.
08/10/1974 Injured (mild hamstring strain),day-to-day for 1 day.
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