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Billy Hamilton CFWhite Sox

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Birth Date	9-9-1990
Height	6' 0"
Weight	160 lbs

Age	33 years, 7 months, 14 days
Bats	B
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2013	CIN	22	13	22	7	2	0	0	2	4	0	13	1	.368	.429	.474	81	-0.4	1.1	0.3	0.2
2014	CIN	23	152	611	141	25	8	6	34	117	1	56	23	.250	.292	.355	79	-13.5	5.4	16.3	2.8
2015	CIN	24	114	454	93	8	3	4	28	75	1	57	8	.226	.274	.289	64	-17.2	10.9	1.7	0.9
2016	CIN	25	119	460	107	19	3	3	36	93	1	58	8	.260	.321	.343	72	-14.3	10.5	9.5	2.0
2017	CIN	26	139	633	144	17	11	4	44	133	0	59	13	.247	.299	.335	66	-24.6	6.6	5.1	0.7
2018	CIN	27	153	556	119	16	9	4	46	132	1	34	10	.236	.299	.327	70	-17.9	8.3	4.2	1.2
2019	ATL	28	26	48	11	2	0	0	7	13	0	4	1	.268	.375	.317	83	-0.8	0.5	-2.7	-0.2
2019	KCA	28	93	305	58	12	2	0	25	74	0	18	5	.211	.275	.269	56	-16.4	4.0	-2.9	-0.5
Career			809	3089	680	101	36	21	222	641	4	299	69	.242	.297	.326	70	-105.2	47.3	31.5	7.2

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
2009	RDS	Rk	GCL	43	180	.235	.314	.324	.281	92	-9	5.6	2.5	29	0	5.5	2.1	-20.6	-0.5
2010	BIL	Rk	PIO	69	316	.274	.331	.404	.391	96	19.3	11.4	0.2	123	0	14.2	10.4	-1.4	3.4
2011	DYT	A	MID	135	610	.254	.323	.380	.360	95	10.5	17.7	7.8	110	0	3.2	15.8	1.1	4.7
2012	BAK	A+	CAL	82	392	.265	.333	.412	.404	94	24.7	11.2	4.4	144	0	7.7	13.1	19.8	5.6
2012	PEN	AA	SOU	50	213	.254	.334	.376	.371	103	7.3	5.9	2.7	111	0	1.6	3.9	2.7	1.8
2012	PER	Wnt	AFL	17	73	.000	.000	.000	.269			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2013	CIN	MLB	NL	13	22	.239	.315	.366	.467	100	1.9	0.6	0.1	81	15	0.3	1.1	-0.4	0.2
2013	LOU	AAA	INT	123	547	.254	.323	.380	.310	99	-16	15.7	1	79	0	17.7	10.7	-18.9	2.7
2014	CIN	MLB	NL	152	611	.249	.309	.381	.304	100	-10.8	15.8	1.4	79	10	16.3	5.4	-13.5	2.8
2015	CIN	MLB	NL	114	454	.256	.315	.402	.264	92	-18.5	12.3	1.1	64	7	1.7	10.9	-17.2	0.9
2015	PEN	AA	SOU	3	14	.252	.328	.333	.333	103	0.3	0.4	0	134	0	-0.3	0.4	0.2	0.1
2016	CIN	MLB	NL	119	460	.254	.318	.413	.329	96	-10.3	13.0	1.2	72	9	9.5	10.5	-14.3	2.0
2017	CIN	MLB	NL	139	633	.256	.324	.423	.313	98	-22.6	18.5	1.7	66	8	5.1	6.6	-24.6	0.7
2018	CIN	MLB	NL	153	556	.248	.320	.401	.309	100	-16.8	15.6	1.4	70	6	4.2	8.3	-17.9	1.2
2019	ATL	MLB	NL	26	48	.257	.331	.440	.393	99	0	1.4	0.1	83	26	-2.7	0.5	-0.8	-0.2
2019	KCA	MLB	AL	93	305	.257	.325	.445	.286	101	-17.3	9.2	0.8	56	8	-2.9	4.0	-16.4	-0.5

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
2009	RDS	Rk	GCL	180	166	19	34	6	3	0	46	11	11	47	14	3	.205	.251	.277	.072	2	2
2010	BIL	Rk	PIO	316	283	61	90	13	10	2	129	24	28	56	48	9	.318	.385	.456	.138	0	0
2011	DYT	A	MID	610	550	99	153	18	9	3	198	50	52	133	103	20	.278	.340	.360	.082	3	4
2012	PER	Wnt	AFL	73	64	11	15	1	1	1	21	9	7	12	10	2	.234	.306	.328	.094	1	1
2012	PEN	AA	SOU	213	175	33	50	4	5	1	67	15	36	43	51	16	.286	.406	.383	.097	1	1
2012	BAK	A+	CAL	392	337	79	109	18	9	1	148	30	50	70	104	21	.323	.413	.439	.116	1	2
2013	CIN	MLB	NL	22	19	9	7	2	0	0	9	1	2	4	13	1	.368	.429	.474	.105	0	1
2013	LOU	AAA	INT	547	504	75	129	18	4	6	173	41	38	102	75	15	.256	.308	.343	.087	1	4
2014	CIN	MLB	NL	611	563	72	141	25	8	6	200	48	34	117	56	23	.250	.292	.355	.105	4
2015	PEN	AA	SOU	14	11	4	3	0	0	0	3	0	3	2	1	0	.273	.429	.273	.000	0	0
2015	CIN	MLB	NL	454	412	56	93	8	3	4	119	28	28	75	57	8	.226	.274	.289	.063	4	9
2016	CIN	MLB	NL	460	411	69	107	19	3	3	141	17	36	93	58	8	.260	.321	.343	.083	1	11
2017	CIN	MLB	NL	633	582	85	144	17	11	4	195	38	44	133	59	13	.247	.299	.335	.088	2	5
2018	CIN	MLB	NL	556	504	74	119	16	9	4	165	29	46	132	34	10	.236	.299	.327	.091	4	1
2019	ATL	MLB	NL	48	41	9	11	2	0	0	13	3	7	13	4	1	.268	.375	.317	.049	0	0
2019	KCA	MLB	AL	305	275	32	58	12	2	0	74	12	25	74	18	5	.211	.275	.269	.058	2	3

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2013	78	0.5769	0.4744	0.7568	0.6000	0.3030	0.7407	0.8000	0.2432	-0.0011
2014	2297	0.5111	0.4245	0.7959	0.5588	0.2841	0.8476	0.6897	0.2041	0.0046
2015	1669	0.5111	0.4206	0.8120	0.5569	0.2782	0.8695	0.6916	0.1880	-0.0036
2016	1767	0.5059	0.4244	0.8013	0.5694	0.2761	0.8566	0.6846	0.1987	0.0000
2017	2512	0.4857	0.4443	0.7993	0.5811	0.3150	0.8519	0.7076	0.2007	0.0000
2018	2131	0.5063	0.4725	0.7577	0.6376	0.3032	0.7994	0.6677	0.2423	0.0000
2019	1399	0.5089	0.4610	0.7659	0.6320	0.2838	0.8267	0.6256	0.2341	0.0000
Career	11853	0.5043	0.4414	0.7890	0.5879	0.2921	0.8411	0.6822	0.2110	0.0004

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-09-25	2014-09-29	DTD	4	4	-	Head	Concussion	Running Into Fence	-
2014-07-10	2014-07-10	DTD	0	0	Left	Thigh	Tightness		-
2014-06-01	2014-06-03	DTD	2	1	Right	Elbow	Soreness		-
2014-05-05	2014-05-06	DTD	1	0	Left	Fingers	Sprain	Middle and Ring Finger	-
2014-05-02	2014-05-04	DTD	2	2	Left	Fingers	Sprain	Middle and Ring Finger	-	-
2014-04-04	2014-04-04	DTD	0	0	Right	Fingers	Sprain	Middle Finger Sliding Into Base	-	-
2013-04-06	2013-04-07	Minors	1	0	-	Shoulder	Soreness		-	-
2013-03-08	2013-03-08	Camp	0	0	-	Thigh	Contusion	Hamstring	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2023	CHA	$
2022	SEA	$
2021	CHA	$1,000,000
2020	NYN	$
2019	KCA	$4,250,000
2018	CIN	$4,600,000
2017	CIN	$2,625,000
2016	CIN	$570,000
2015	CIN	$545,000
2014	CIN	$500,000
2013	CIN	$

Years	Description	Salary
7 yr	Previous	$14,090,000
7 yr	Total	$14,090,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
8 y 87 d	Wasserman	1 year (2023)

Details

1 year (2023). Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 12/17/22 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1M in majors. Contract selected by Chicago White Sox 5/2/23. Sent outright to Triple-A by Chicago White Sox 6/14/23. Released by Chicago White Sox 8/23/23.
1 year (2022). Signed by Seattle as a free agent 3/21/22 (minor-league contract). Elected free agency 6/1/22. Signed by Miami as a free agent 6/22/22 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Miami 7/1/22. Sent outright to Triple-A by Miami 8/12/22 (refused assignment). Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 8/27/22 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Minnesota 9/1/22.
1 year (2021). Signed by Cleveland as a free agent 2/12/21 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.25M in majors. May earn additional $950,000 in performance bonuses. Released by Cleveland 3/13/21. Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 3/16/21 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1M in majors. Contract selected by Chicago White Sox 3/31/21.
1 year (2020). Signed by San Francisco as a free agent 2/3/20 (minor-league contract). Acquired by NY Mets in trade from San Francisco 8/2/20. Contract selected by NY Mets 8/4/20. Claimed by Chicago Cubs off waivers 9/7/20 after being DFA by NY Mets 9/4/20.
1 year/$5.25M (2019), plus 2020 mutual option. Signed by Kansas City as a free agent 12/11/18. 19:$4.25M, 20:$7.5M mutual option ($1M buyout). Performance bonuses: $0.1M each for 325, 350, 375, 400, 425, 450, 475, 500, 525, 550 plate appearances. Claimed by Atlanta off waivers 8/19/19 after being DFA by Kansas City 8/16/19. Atlanta declined 2020 option 11/4/19.
1 year/$4.6M (2018). Re-signed by Cincinnati 1/12/18 (avoided arbitration). Non-tendered by Cincinnati 11/30/18.
1 year/$2.625M (2017). Re-signed by Cincinnati 1/13/17 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$570,000 (2016). Re-signed by Cincinnati 3/16.
1 year/$545,000 (2015). Re-signed by Cincinnati 3/15.
1 year/$500,000 (2014). Re-signed by Cincinnati 3/14.
1 year (2013). Contract selected by Cincinnati 9/2/13.
Drafted by Cincinnati 2009 (2-57) (Taylorsville HS, Miss.). $623,600 signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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