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#32 Starting Pitcher, Atlanta Braves

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Here you find the last 5 years of Mike Hamptons Career

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999



		Became the first pitcher ever to win a Rawlings Gold Glove and Louisville Silver Slugger award in the same season... Allowed 2 or fewer ER in 18 of his 31 starts, including 9 of his last 11... Last 11 games, starting August 3: 6-3, 2.49, 72.1 IP, 20 ER... Went 11-3 with a 3.26 ERA (41 ER in 113.1 IP) over last 17 starts, from July 6 on; his 1st 14 games: 3-5, 4.70... Compiled a 9-game winning streak over 10 games July 6-Aug. 23, his longest since winning a career-best 11 straight June 30-Sept. 13, 1999... His 9-game streak tied for the longest in the NL in 2003... Was 8-1 with a 2.89 ERA in 13 day games and 6-7 with a 4.54 ERA in 17 night starts... Held LH hitters to a .164 BA (24 x 146) and surrendered only 14 HRs over his 31 starts (190.0 IP)... Ranked 8th in the NL with his 2.89 day ERA and 10th with a .636 winning percentage... CG Aug. 7 at Milwaukee was his 1st since July 23, 2001, with the Rockies vs. the Giants... 7-3 win over the Giants May 11 was his 1st career win at Turner Field; he had gone 0-4 with a 3.88 ERA in 8 Turner Field starts prior to that... On DL with a strained right calf March 28-April 19, when he lost his Braves debut, 4-0, to the Phillies...2003 POSTSEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Division Series (Chi.): Started Games 2 & 5 vs. the Cubs going 0-1 with a 4.26 ERA (12.2 IP, 11 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 6 BB, 16 K)...He received a ND in Atlanta's 5-3, Game 2 win (6.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 9 K). He gave up both runs in the first inning, but rebounded to strike out the side in order to end the first and did so in the 2nd inning to become just the 4th pitcher in postseason history to strike out six straight hitters (1985- Todd Worrell, StL vs. KC; 1966- Moe Drabowski, Bal. vs. LA; 1919- Hod Eller, Cin. vs. Chi-A)...Went 1 x 2 at the plate...In Game 5, he got the loss in the 5-1 Cubs' clincher (6.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 7 K)...Mike gave up a leadoff HR to Alex Gonzalez in the 2nd inning and a two-run HR to Aramis Ramirez.

			Made 30 starts, the 6th straight season he has made at least that many; Greg Maddux, Kirk Rueter and Tom Glavine are the only other pitchers to have made a minimum of 30 starts from 1997 through 2002...Completed his 2nd season with the Rockies, going 7-15 with a 6.15 ERA...Led the National League in inducing grounded-into double plays at 1.41 per 9.0 IP...Worked 6.0 or more innings in 22 of his 30 starts and 7.0 or more 8 times...Earned his 4th Louisville Silver Slugger Award, leading all major league pitchers with a .344 BA (22 x 64), .350 (21 x 60) not including his pinch-hit appearances; his 22 hits also were the most by a pitcher...Had an 8-game hitting streak, the longest by a pitcher this year, July 22- Aug. 29...After tying a National League record with 7 home runs in 2001, hit 3 this season to lead all pitchers again; is the active career leader in homers hit by a pitcher with 10...Got 100th career victory in a combined 10-0 shutout over the Pirates April 30...Recorded career strikeout No. 1,000 by fanning the Marlins' Julian Tavarez May 16...His 15 losses were the most of his career and 4th most in the NL...Allowed the most runs in the NL (135), the 2nd most ER (122), the 6th most walks (91) and tied for the 6th most hits allowed (228)...Made his 30th and final start on his 30th birthday, Sept. 9 at Houston; sprained ligaments in his right foot forced him to leave that game and end his season

	n his first season as a Rockie, led the staff in wins (14), starts (32), innings pitched (203.0) and tied for the club lead in shutouts (1) en route to being named Rockies Pitcher of the Year by the local chapter of the BBWAA...Earned the first All-Star berth by a pitcher in franchise history...Ranked third in the NL with 338 ground balls induced and tied San Francisco's Kirk Rueter for the NL lead in doubleplays induced per 9.0 innings pitched at 1.29...Turned in one of the most spectacular power hitting seasons by a pitcher in major league history...With seven homers he tied a pair of Dodgers, Don Drysdale (1958, 1965) and Don Newcombe (1955) for the National League record for a pitcher...His 23 hits and 16 RBI also set new franchise records and the 16 RBI were the most by any big league pitcher since Don Robinson had 16 with Pittsburgh in 1982...Became the first pitcher in Rockies history to earn the Louisville Silver Slugger Award (top hitter at each position)...Made his Colorado debut in spectacular fashion on Opening Day, April 2, vs. St. Louis...Missed by two outs of firing a complete game shutout as he blanked the Cardinals over 8.1 innings with the Rockies eventually winning 8-0...First hit as a Rockie was his first career homer and it came in just his second start, April 7, at Coors Field off then-Padre Woody Williams...Faced the Padres again on April 18 and blanked SD over 8.0 innings at Qualcomm Stadium...Went 3-0 in April and then won his first two starts in May including a complete game shutout over his former club, the Mets, on May 9 at Coors Field (threw 119 pitches, inducing four doubleplays, and thus faced only three batters over the minimum)...It was the eighth CG shutout of his career, the 11th CG shutout in Coors Field history, fourth by a Rockies pitcher at Coors Field and 10th overall thrown by a Colorado pitcher...won his first five decisions of the season (tying a club record) before Atlanta spoiled his perfect season May 15 at Turner Field...On June 5 vs. Houston at Coors Field, Hampton homered in consecutive at-bats off the Astros Wade Miller to become the first pitcher in Colorado history to homer twice in a game and first ML pitcher since LA's Darren Dreifort on August 8, 2000...Mike also totaled eight bases on the afternoon (new club record for a pitcher), knocked in a season best three runs and recorded the victory...Won his first two starts in June to run his record to 9-2 with a 2.98 ERA, the best start of his ML career...Homered for the third time in four at-bats with a solo homer in his first at-bat June 10 vs. St. Louis at Coors Field...Recorded no decision at Arizona July 1 despite belting his sixth homer, the 100th hit of his ML career...Was 9-5 with a 4.02 ERA at the All-Star break and became the first pitcher in franchise history to earn an All-Star berth...Named to the squad by former manager Bobby Valentine, Mike pitched the fifth inning at Safeco Field (allowed one hit, one unearned run)...Lost his first two starts after the break to run his losing streak to a career high five (over seven starts)...finally snapped the streak with a complete game five-hit win over San Francisco at Coors Field July 23, allowing just a Shawon Dunston eighth inning two-run pinch homer...Belted his record-tying seventh homer off Chicago's Felix Heredia on Aug. 9 at Wrigley Field

	Hampton concluded his eighth major league season, his first and only campaign with the NL Champion New York Mets...3.14 ERA ranked fifth in the NL and sixth in the majors...His 10 homers allowed were fewest among Met starters...18 of his 33 starts were quality (6.0-plus IP, three-or-less ER) and the Mets were 14-4 in those starts...Allowed two or fewer earned runs in 21 starts...Walked two or fewer 17 times...Went 11-2 in decisions in which he walked two or less...Mets were 20-13 when he took the hill and scored 178 runs (5.39 per)...Went 11-4 at Shea and his 2.05 home ERA was second in the NL...Had a 2.36 daytime ERA, second in the circuit...Held the hitters to a .325 slugging percentage, first in the NL...Hurled the season's first major league pitch vs. the Cubs March 29 in Tokyo...In his Met debut, he walked a career-high nine in a 5-3 loss...Won seven of his final eight home decisions, June 25-Sept. 29...From July 9-Aug. 12, he went 7.0 innings in seven straight starts...left his start Aug. 17 vs. Colorado after 3.0 scoreless innings...Was diagnosed with a strained oblique and small stress fracture in his right ribcage...Missed one start, and returned to defeat Arizona, 2-1, on Aug. 27, (8.0 ip, 3 h, 1 r)...Compiled a 2.36 ERA in his last seven starts...Had 20 hits on the year, second among NL pitchers and one shy of Doc Gooden's 1985 club record, 21...His .278 average was third among NL pitchers...On July 5 at Florida, he tied a career best and club record for a pitcher with three hits...He also had three hits, July 28, 1999 at Colorado...On April 18 vs. Milwaukee, he reached base four times (two hits, two walks), tying another club mark...Hit safely in five straight games, May 14-June 5 (.538, 7-for-13, three RBI)... 2000 POSTSEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Division Series (SF): Made his fourth consecutive trip to the NLDS (1997-99 with Houston)...Sustained a loss at Pac Bell Park in Game 1, the Mets' only NLDS setback...NLCS (STL): Earned series MVP honors, going 2-0 with 16.0 scoreless innings...He started Game 1 and the clinching Game 5 Oct. 16, when he hurled a complete-game, three-hit shutout...World Series (NYY): Started Game 2 at Yankee Stadium vs. Roger Clemens...He went 6.0 innings in an eventual loss, and left trailing 4-0...From Game 1 of the NLDS to Game 1 of the World Series, he hurled 18.1 consecutive scoreless innings.

	With an NL-leading 22 wins, Hampton surpassed Joe Niekros 1979 Astros record of 21 and became the first left-handed 20-game winner in Houston history...Among the NL leaders, he ranked first in winning percentage (.846, 22-4), third in ERA (2.90), fourth in innings (239.0), tied for second in shutouts (2) and sixth in opponents batting average (.241)...His strikeouts (177), wins and innings were career bests...The Sporting News NL Pitcher of the Year and first-time all-star, he finished second in the Cy Young voting with 110 points (Randy Johnson, 134)...Topped 200 ip for the third straight year...At the plate, Hampton hit .311 (23-for-74), becoming the first pitcher to win 20 games and hit .300 in the same season since Oaklands Catfish Hunter (21- 11; .350, 36-for-103) in 1971...Mike earned the pitchers spot on Louisvilles NL Silver Slugger team...Won 11 straight decisions, June 30 - Sept. 13, the longest 1999 streak in the majors...From June 14 - Sept. 13, he pitched at least 7.0 innings in 17 consecutive assignments...Reached 7.0 IP in 28 of his 34 starts...On Sept. 3 at Montreal, he surpassed 1,000 career innings...Hurled complete games in two straight starts, July 18 vs. Cleveland and July 23 vs. San Diego...1999 POSTSEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Division Series (Atl.): In his only appearance, he went 7.0 IP on three runs, one walk and nine Ks in a no-decision.