Jeff Hamilton | |
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Third baseman | |
Born: Flint, Michigan, U.S. | March 19, 1964|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
June 28, 1986, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 28, 1991, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .234 |
Home runs | 24 |
Runs batted in | 124 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Jeffrey Robert Hamilton (born March 19,1964) is an American former Major League Baseball third baseman.
Selected in the 29th round of the June 1982 MLB Amateur Draft,Hamilton eventually saw success as a member of the Pacific Coast League Albuquerque Dukes,batting over .320 over the course of two seasons before being called up to make his Major League Baseball debut on June 28,1986. He was called up several times thereafter before becoming the Dodgers' full-time Third Baseman at the start of the 1989 season. Hamilton graduated from Carman-Ainsworth High School.
After a successful 1989 campaign,Hamilton began 1990 as the Dodgers starting third basemen. But after playing with a sore shoulder in spring training,Hamilton was shelved in early April after it was discovered he had torn his rotator cuff - which eventually required season-ending surgery. Hamilton ended up only playing in 7 games for the entire 1990 season. [1] [2] [3]
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