Dave Hamilton Notable

b. December 13, 1947 · Oakland Athletics 1972–1975, 1979–1980, Chicago White Sox 1975–1977, St. Louis Cardinals 1978, Pittsburgh Pirates 1978

Dave Hamilton played for four clubs across nine seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Oakland Athletics in 1972 and closing with the Oakland Athletics in 1980.

He went 39 and 41 with a 3.85 earned run average, pitching 704 innings in 301 games. He struck out 434 and threw 1 shutout. Across 301 games he batted .121, with 4 hits and 2 runs. He finished with 1 double.

He was born in Seattle, WA, USA on December 13, 1947. He batted left-handed and threw left-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	BB	SO	AVG
1972	OAK	25	26	2	4	1	5	12	.154
1973	OAK	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1974	OAK	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1975	CHW/OAK	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1976	CHW	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1977	CHW	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1978	PIT/STL	29	7	0	0	0	0	4	.000
1979	OAK	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1980	OAK	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
Career	—	301	33	2	4	1	5	16	.121

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1972	OAK	6	6	25	14	0	101.1	94	33	31	55	2.93
1973	OAK	6	4	16	11	0	69.2	74	34	24	34	4.39
1974	OAK	7	4	29	18	0	117.0	104	41	48	69	3.15
1975	CHW/OAK	7	7	41	5	6	105.1	105	38	47	71	3.25
1976	CHW	6	6	45	1	10	90.1	81	36	45	62	3.59
1977	CHW	4	5	55	0	9	67.1	71	27	33	45	3.61
1978	PIT/STL	0	2	29	0	1	40.1	39	20	18	23	4.46
1979	OAK	3	4	40	7	5	82.2	80	34	43	52	3.70
1980	OAK	0	3	21	1	0	30.0	44	38	28	23	11.40
Career	—	39	41	301	57	31	704.0	692	301	317	434	3.85

On this day & linked events

1947

Born December 13, 1947

Seattle, WA, USA

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