Earl Hamilton
1911–1924 · bats L / throws L · Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Browns
410G
.153AVG
.236OBP
.183SLG
More career statistics
112H
0HR
30RBI
5SB
115–147W–L
2,342.2IP
790K
3.16ERA
262GS
13SV
7Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 733 | 734 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 2 | 4 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 165 | 227 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 850 | 846 |
| Batting · RBI | 30 | 24 |
| Batting · Walks | 76 | 71 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 9,754 | 9,923 |
| Pitching · p er | 822 | 803 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,220 | 2,323 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 7,028 | 7,022 |
| Pitching · p k | 790 | 797 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,075 | 1,073 |
| Pitching · p w | 773 | 774 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 410 | 850 | 733 | 40 | 112 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 76 | 165 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 134 | .153 | .236 | .183 | .419 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,342.7 | 410 | 262 | 140 | 115 | 147 | 13 | 2,220 | 1,075 | 822 | 43 | 773 | 790 | 0 | 0 | 3.16 | 1.278 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1917-08-12 to 1918-04-26
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1912-08-30 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1922-09-03 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | 14 strikeouts | 1912-09-19 | 1 in 1,810 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 202 | 404 | 49 | 0 | 12 | 35 | 109 | .141 | .208 | .159 |
| Away | 208 | 442 | 63 | 0 | 12 | 36 | 118 | .163 | .224 | .204 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 37 | 69 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | .190 | .246 | .238 |
| May | 72 | 141 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 37 | .128 | .206 | .160 |
| June | 78 | 158 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 33 | .187 | .222 | .201 |
| July | 85 | 187 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 53 | .149 | .193 | .173 |
| August | 71 | 138 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 38 | .149 | .217 | .211 |
| September | 61 | 136 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 40 | .126 | .228 | .126 |
| October | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .143 | .294 | .286 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 46 | 106 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 25 | .149 | .245 | .207 |
| new-york-yankees | 35 | 71 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .274 | .324 | .274 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 33 | 65 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 20 | .164 | .200 | .182 |
| boston-red-sox | 33 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 25 | .111 | .239 | .167 |
| cleveland-guardians | 32 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .132 | .244 | .132 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 31 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 28 | .048 | .155 | .065 |
| chicago-white-sox | 28 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .122 | .211 | .163 |
| cincinnati-reds | 27 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | .147 | .162 | .147 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 |  St. Louis Browns | 32 | 55 | 6 | – | – | – | .109 | 177 | 55 |
| 1912 | St. Louis Browns | 41 | 72 | 13 | – | 2 | – | .181 | 249 | 140 |
| 1913 | St. Louis Browns | 31 | 74 | 10 | – | – | – | .135 | 217 | 101 |
| 1914 | St. Louis Browns | 44 | 85 | 15 | – | 2 | 1 | .176 | 302 | 111 |
| 1915 | St. Louis Browns | 35 | 63 | 7 | – | 2 | 1 | .111 | 203 | 64 |
| 1916 | Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns | 28 | 39 | 1 | – | – | – | .026 | 132 | 32 |
| 1917 | St. Louis Browns | 27 | 19 | 7 | – | – | – | .368 | 82 | 21 |
| 1918 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 6 | 21 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .286 | 54 | 20 |
| 1919 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 28 | 52 | 7 | – | 4 | 1 | .135 | 160 | 39 |
| 1920 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 39 | 67 | 10 | – | 1 | – | .149 | 230 | 74 |
| 1921 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 35 | 75 | 12 | – | 6 | 1 | .160 | 224 | 59 |
| 1922 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 33 | 58 | 9 | – | – | – | .155 | 160 | 36 |
| 1923 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 28 | 52 | 9 | – | 4 | 1 | .173 | 141 | 43 |
| 1924 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 6 | 2 |