Earl Hamilton

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at5 ft 8 in · 160 lb

BornJuly 19, 1891 · Gibson, IL, USA

MLB debutApril 14, 1911

Final gameMay 4, 1924

Seasons14 (1911–1924)

St. Louis Browns 1911–1915; Detroit Tigers 1916; St. Louis Browns 1916–1917; Pittsburgh Pirates 1918–1923; Philadelphia Phillies 1924

Percentile snapshot

1922 season — qualified pitchers

49.6

22.6

48.7

64.3

74.8

31.3

SHO

38.3

183

58.3

62.6

68.7

12.2

61.7

160.0

38.3

ERA

3.99

52.2

WHIP

1.394

51.3

K/9

1.91

FIP

3.90

69.6

FIP-

95.7

62.6

ERA+

102.1

45.2

sWAR

1.5

of 116 qualified 1922 pitchers (min 155 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

100.9

41.3

sWAR

23.0

94.7

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1911	32	68	56	2	6	2	0	0	11	28	0	0	.107	.254	.143	.397	27.0	12.1	.225	0.4
1912	41	90	73	5	13	1	0	4	11	32	0	1	.178	.286	.192	.477	49.1	38.2	.255	2.6
1913	31	83	74	3	10	1	0	0	7	22	0	0	.135	.210	.149	.359	5.4	6.0	.191	2.9
1914	44	106	85	6	15	4	0	4	13	24	1	1	.176	.293	.224	.516	63.0	57.4	.273	4.1
1915	35	70	62	3	7	1	1	2	5	21	1	0	.113	.191	.161	.352	7.5	7.1	.187	1.7
1916	28	44	37	2	1	0	0	2	7	15	0	0	.027	.182	.027	.209	-28.6	-37.4	.146	0.5
1917	27	25	19	0	7	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	.368	.478	.421	.899	186.7	176.9	.448	0.6
1918	6	21	21	2	6	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	64.7	72.3	.273	2.0
1919	28	57	52	2	7	0	0	3	3	18	1	0	.135	.196	.135	.331	-6.8	-0.3	.172	0.6
1920	39	80	67	4	10	0	0	2	5	18	0	0	.149	.219	.149	.368	2.8	6.7	.191	1.7
1921	35	86	75	9	12	1	3	7	6	17	1	1	.160	.222	.253	.476	20.3	25.1	.225	3.3
1922	33	63	58	2	9	2	0	0	2	13	0	0	.155	.183	.190	.373	-9.6	-3.4	.177	1.5
1923	28	55	52	0	9	1	0	4	2	9	1	0	.173	.204	.192	.396	-0.8	4.8	.190	1.6
1924	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-137.3	-100.0	.000	-0.4

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1911	32	17	5	12	0	10	1	191	78	69	55	4	177.0	3.97	1.469	2.80	3.82	115.4	83.5	0.4
1912	41	26	11	14	2	17	1	228	90	86	139	2	249.7	3.24	1.258	5.01	3.08	93.7	101.4	2.6
1913	31	24	13	12	1	19	3	197	62	83	101	3	217.3	2.57	1.288	4.18	3.01	104.1	112.5	2.9
1914	44	35	17	18	2	20	5	265	84	100	111	5	302.3	2.50	1.207	3.30	2.91	109.3	106.6	4.1
1915	35	27	9	17	0	13	1	203	65	69	63	4	204.0	2.87	1.333	2.78	3.20	112.7	99.1	1.7
1916	28	17	6	9	0	6	0	135	46	52	32	2	132.7	3.12	1.410	2.17	3.35	119.8	89.3	0.5
1917	27	8	0	9	1	2	0	86	29	41	19	1	83.0	3.14	1.530	2.06	3.39	129.8	83.2	0.6
1918	6	6	6	0	0	6	1	47	5	13	20	0	54.0	0.83	1.111	3.33	2.28	80.7	339.1	2.0
1919	28	19	8	11	1	9	1	167	59	49	39	3	160.3	3.31	1.347	2.19	3.21	108.6	89.2	0.6
1920	39	23	10	13	3	12	0	223	83	69	74	2	230.3	3.24	1.268	2.89	3.00	95.1	97.2	1.7
1921	35	30	13	15	0	12	2	237	84	58	59	5	225.0	3.36	1.311	2.36	3.64	95.5	113.3	3.3
1922	33	14	11	7	2	9	1	183	71	40	34	6	160.0	3.99	1.394	1.91	3.90	95.7	102.1	1.5
1923	28	15	7	9	1	5	0	148	59	42	42	6	141.0	3.77	1.348	2.68	3.83	95.7	106.4	1.6
1924	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	7	2	2	0	6.0	10.50	1.833	3.00	3.79	86.0	41.9	-0.4

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

410

850

733

112

RBI

225

.1528

OBP

.2362

SLG

.1828

OPS

.4190

Pitching

G (P)

410

261

493rd-most career GS

116

474th-most career W

147

178th-most career L

140

257th-most career CG

SHO

354th-most career SHO

2,343

298th-most career IP

SO (P)

790

BB allowed

773

285th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.158

241st-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.3199

K/9

3.04

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	3B	RBI	BB	TB
1921-04-19	PIT @ CHC Gameday	5	2	2	1	1	0	4
1921-08-22	PIT @ ATL Gameday	3	2	2	1	1	1	4
1921-07-26	SF @ PIT Gameday	3	1	2	1	0	0	4
1919-06-20	ATL @ PIT Gameday	4	0	3	0	2	0	3
1923-06-06	LAD @ PIT Gameday	3	0	3	0	2	1	3

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1912-09-19	MIN @ BAL Gameday	9.0	9	4	0	1	14
1913-06-23	BAL @ CWS Gameday	11.2	10	4	3	3	9
1914-09-28	ATH @ BAL Gameday	9.0	9	1	1	0	9
1913-06-13	BAL @ BOS Gameday	12.1	12	7	7	8	8
1912-08-26	BAL @ MIN Gameday	9.0	5	3	0	6	8

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.