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Portrait of Mike Hampton

Mike Hampton PAstros

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
19 419 2268.3 148 115 1 4.06 17.7
Birth Date9-9-1972
Height5' 10"
Weight195 lbs
Age51 years, 7 months, 14 days
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
Multiple stints are are currently shown —Click to hide.
YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
1993 SEA MLB 13 3 17.0 1 3 1 28 17 8 3 101 14.8 9.0 1.6 4.2 0% .373 2.65 7.34 9.53 132 9.41 203.1 -0.8
1994 HOU MLB 44 0 41.3 2 1 0 46 16 24 4 98 10.0 3.5 0.9 5.2 0% .311 1.50 4.46 3.70 95 4.76 96.0 0.4
1995 HOU MLB 24 24 150.7 9 8 0 141 49 115 13 96 8.4 2.9 0.8 6.9 0% .278 1.26 3.71 3.35 83 3.30 67.6 4.2
1996 HOU MLB 27 27 160.3 10 10 0 175 49 101 12 98 9.8 2.8 0.7 5.7 0% .310 1.40 3.77 3.59 89 4.59 90.6 2.6
1997 HOU MLB 34 34 223.0 15 10 0 217 77 139 16 97 8.8 3.1 0.6 5.6 0% .284 1.32 3.82 3.83 93 4.17 86.7 4.1
1998 HOU MLB 32 32 211.7 11 7 0 227 81 137 18 98 9.7 3.4 0.8 5.8 0% .309 1.46 4.09 3.36 94 5.09 105.3 1.9
1999 HOU MLB 34 34 239.0 22 4 0 206 101 177 12 96 7.8 3.8 0.5 6.7 0% .284 1.28 3.57 2.90 83 4.00 77.7 5.7
2000 NYN MLB 33 33 217.7 15 10 0 194 99 151 10 105 8.0 4.1 0.4 6.2 0% .278 1.35 3.73 3.14 87 4.27 82.1 4.6
2001 COL MLB 32 32 203.0 14 13 0 236 85 122 31 119 10.5 3.8 1.4 5.4 0% .312 1.58 5.16 5.41 112 7.26 150.5 -3.2
2002 COL MLB 30 30 178.7 7 15 0 228 91 74 24 111 11.5 4.6 1.2 3.7 0% .318 1.79 5.43 6.15 126 8.37 179.5 -5.5
2003 ATL MLB 31 31 190.0 14 8 0 186 78 110 14 100 8.8 3.7 0.7 5.2 0% .277 1.39 4.02 3.84 99 4.67 97.8 2.3
2004 ATL MLB 29 29 172.3 13 9 0 198 65 87 15 93 10.3 3.4 0.8 4.5 0% .309 1.53 4.21 4.28 104 5.06 104.5 1.4
2005 ATL MLB 12 12 69.3 5 3 0 74 18 27 5 96 9.6 2.3 0.6 3.5 0% .295 1.33 3.92 3.50 101 4.88 105.0 0.5
2008 ATL MLB 13 13 78.0 3 4 0 83 28 38 10 97 9.6 3.2 1.2 4.4 0% .287 1.42 4.91 4.85 112 6.56 139.9 -0.9
2009 HOU MLB 21 21 112.0 7 10 0 128 46 74 13 95 10.3 3.7 1.0 5.9 0% .320 1.55 4.52 5.30 102 5.36 115.0 0.3
2010 ARI MLB 10 0 4.3 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 94 6.2 2.1 0.0 6.2 0% .250 0.92 2.40 0.00 92 4.64 104.7 0.0
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Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
1991 BLN A- NWN 9 9 57.0 5 2 0 32 26 65 0 5.1 4.1 0.0 10.3 0% .000 1.02 2.67 1.58 0 0.00 0.0
1991 SBR A+ CLF 18 15 73.7 1 7 0 71 47 57 3 8.7 5.7 0.4 7.0 0% .000 1.60 4.00 5.25 0 0.00 0.0
1992 SBR A+ CLF 25 25 170.0 13 8 0 163 66 132 8 8.6 3.5 0.4 7.0 0% .000 1.35 3.63 3.12 0 0.00 0.0
1992 JAX AA SOU 2 2 10.3 0 1 0 13 1 6 0 11.4 0.9 0.0 5.2 0% .000 1.36 2.14 4.37 0 0.00 0.0
1993 SEA MLB AL 13 3 17.0 1 3 1 28 17 8 3 101 14.8 9.0 1.6 4.2 0% .373 2.65 7.34 9.53 132 9.41 203.1
1993 JAX AA SOU 15 14 87.3 6 4 0 71 33 84 3 7.3 3.4 0.3 8.7 0% .000 1.19 2.83 3.71 0 0.00 0.0
1994 HOU MLB NL 44 0 41.3 2 1 0 46 16 24 4 98 10.0 3.5 0.9 5.2 0% .311 1.50 4.46 3.70 95 4.76 96.0
1995 HOU MLB NL 24 24 150.7 9 8 0 141 49 115 13 96 8.4 2.9 0.8 6.9 0% .278 1.26 3.71 3.35 83 3.30 67.6
1996 HOU MLB NL 27 27 160.3 10 10 0 175 49 101 12 98 9.8 2.8 0.7 5.7 0% .310 1.40 3.77 3.59 89 4.59 90.6
1997 HOU MLB NL 34 34 223.0 15 10 0 217 77 139 16 97 8.8 3.1 0.6 5.6 0% .284 1.32 3.82 3.83 93 4.17 86.7
1998 HOU MLB NL 32 32 211.7 11 7 0 227 81 137 18 98 9.7 3.4 0.8 5.8 0% .309 1.46 4.09 3.36 94 5.09 105.3
1999 HOU MLB NL 34 34 239.0 22 4 0 206 101 177 12 96 7.8 3.8 0.5 6.7 0% .284 1.28 3.57 2.90 83 4.00 77.7
2000 NYN MLB NL 33 33 217.7 15 10 0 194 99 151 10 105 8.0 4.1 0.4 6.2 0% .278 1.35 3.73 3.14 87 4.27 82.1
2001 COL MLB NL 32 32 203.0 14 13 0 236 85 122 31 119 10.5 3.8 1.4 5.4 0% .312 1.58 5.16 5.41 112 7.26 150.5
2002 COL MLB NL 30 30 178.7 7 15 0 228 91 74 24 111 11.5 4.6 1.2 3.7 0% .318 1.79 5.43 6.15 126 8.37 179.5
2003 ATL MLB NL 31 31 190.0 14 8 0 186 78 110 14 100 8.8 3.7 0.7 5.2 0% .277 1.39 4.02 3.84 99 4.67 97.8
2004 ATL MLB NL 29 29 172.3 13 9 0 198 65 87 15 93 10.3 3.4 0.8 4.5 0% .309 1.53 4.21 4.28 104 5.06 104.5
2005 ATL MLB NL 12 12 69.3 5 3 0 74 18 27 5 96 9.6 2.3 0.6 3.5 0% .295 1.33 3.92 3.50 101 4.88 105.0
2005 GWN AAA INT 1 1 4.0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 100 9.0 0.0 0.0 6.8 0% -1.333 1.00 1.70 2.25 91 4.63 91.3
2007 NAV Wnt MPL 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .333 1.00 0.71 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2008 ATL MLB NL 13 13 78.0 3 4 0 83 28 38 10 97 9.6 3.2 1.2 4.4 0% .287 1.42 4.91 4.85 112 6.56 139.9
2008 ROM A SAL 1 1 3.0 0 0 0 8 0 5 0 98 24.0 0.0 0.0 15.0 0% .615 2.67 0.22 9.00 63 5.19 106.3
2008 MYR A+ CRL 1 1 5.0 0 0 0 5 0 6 0 100 9.0 0.0 0.0 10.8 0% .385 1.00 1.05 0.00 47 3.03 62.0
2008 MIS AA SOU 2 2 7.0 0 0 0 7 1 6 1 94 9.0 1.3 1.3 7.7 0% .300 1.14 3.81 3.86 91 4.46 91.2
2008 GWN AAA INT 2 2 6.3 0 1 0 6 3 6 0 8.6 4.3 0.0 8.6 0% .333 1.43 2.84 1.43 0 0.00 0.0
2008 BRA Rk GCL 2 2 5.7 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 51 6.3 0.0 0.0 6.3 0% .222 0.70 2.14 0.00 89 3.23 66.0
2009 HOU MLB NL 21 21 112.0 7 10 0 128 46 74 13 95 10.3 3.7 1.0 5.9 0% .320 1.55 4.52 5.30 102 5.36 115.0
2010 ARI MLB NL 10 0 4.3 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 94 6.2 2.1 0.0 6.2 0% .250 0.92 2.40 0.00 92 4.64 104.7
2010 RNO AAA PCL 4 0 3.3 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 8.2 5.5 0.0 2.7 0% .250 1.52 4.79 2.73 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 1164 0.4734 0.4373 0.8468 0.6134 0.2790 0.9260 0.6901 0.1532
2009 1804 0.5044 0.4318 0.7985 0.6022 0.2584 0.8650 0.6407 0.2015
2010 54 0.5556 0.4815 0.8077 0.5333 0.4167 0.9375 0.6000 0.1923
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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
2009-08-14 2009-10-05 60-DL 52 47 Left Shoulder Surgery Full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tear and Labrum 2009-09-15
2009-08-08 2009-08-08 DTD 0 0 Right Knee Cartilage Injury Meniscus -
2009-06-14 2009-06-30 15-DL 16 14 Left Groin Strain -
2009-05-19 2009-05-19 DTD 0 0 Left Thumb Laceration Thumb -
2008-03-30 2008-07-26 15-DL 118 102 Left Chest Strain Pectoral Muscle -
2008-03-08 2008-03-17 Camp 9 0 Right Groin Strain -
2007-03-23 2007-09-30 60-DL 191 161 Left Elbow Surgery Flexor Tendon 2007-04-10
2006-03-24 2006-10-01 60-DL 191 161 Left Elbow Recovery From Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2005-09-25
2005-09-12 2005-10-01 DTD 19 17 Left Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2005-09-25
2005-08-20 2005-09-11 15-DL 22 20 Low Back Cartilage Injury Herniated Disc -
2005-07-18 2005-08-14 15-DL 27 24 Low Back Soreness -
2005-06-01 2005-07-17 15-DL 46 41 Left Forearm Strain -
2005-05-15 2005-05-31 15-DL 16 14 Left Forearm Strain -
2004-10-15 2004-10-15 DTD 0 0 Left Knee Surgery Meniscus 2004-10-15
2004-10-07 2004-10-07 DTD 0 0 Left Knee Cartilage Injury Meniscus -
2004-09-12 2004-09-25 DTD 13 13 Left Knee Cartilage Injury Meniscus -
2004-09-01 2004-09-11 DTD 10 9 Neck Stiffness -
2004-02-21 2004-02-26 Camp 5 0 General Medical Respiratory Flu -
2003-06-06 2003-06-14 DTD 8 6 Left Groin Strain -
2003-03-30 2003-04-19 15-DL 20 17 Right Lower Leg Strain Calf -
1998-06-16 1998-07-04 15-DL 18 17 Left Groin Strain - -
1995-05-15 1995-06-13 15-DL 29 24 Left Elbow Sprain Partial Ulnar Collateral Ligament Tear - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2009 HOU $2,000,000
2008 ATL $15,975,184
2007 ATL $14,500,000
2006 ATL $14,503,543
2005 ATL $15,125,000
2004 ATL $14,625,000
2003 ATL $13,625,000
2002 COL $9,503,543
2001 COL $10,500,000
2000 NYN $5,750,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
10 yrPrevious$116,107,270
10 yrTotal$116,107,270

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
16 y 104 dMark Rodgers1 year (2011)

Details
  • 1 year (2011). Re-signed by Arizona as a free agent 12/8/10 (minor-league contract). Retired 3/26/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Signed by Arizona as a free agent 8/21/10 (minor-league contract). contract purchased by Arizona 9/3/10.
  • 1 year/$2M (2009). Signed by Houston as a free agent 12/3/08. $2M in performance bonuses.
  • 8 years/$121M (2001-08), plus 2009 club option. $20M signing bonus ($1M to charity, $19M deferred to 2009-18 at 3% interest). 01:$8M, 02:$8.5M, 03:$11M, 04:$12M, 05:$12.5M, 06:$13.5M, 07:$14.5M, 08:$15M, 09:$20M club option ($6M buyout). Award bonuses: $0.15M (WS MVP), $0.1M (CY, LCS MVP), $50,000 (2-5 CY vote), $25,000 (All Star, Gold Glove Silver Slugger). Acquired by Atlanta 11/02 in trade with Colorado & Florida: Colorado to pay $49M ($20M signing bonus, $8M in 2001, $8.5M in 2002, $2M in 2003, $2M in 2004, $2.5M in 2005, and $6M for 2009 buyout, which was converted to a signing bonus 11/02, eliminating club option). Florida to pay $23.5M ($7M of 2003 salary, $8M in 2004, $8.5M in 2005. Atlanta to pay $48.5M ($2M of 2003 salary, $2M in 2004, $1.5M in 2005, $13.5M in 2006, $14.5M in 2007, $15M in 2008).
  • 3 years/$12M (1998-2000)

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Mike Hampton threw 3,084 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2008 and 2011, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2011, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (89mph) and Sinker (85mph), also mixing in a Change (79mph), Cutter (85mph) and Curve (76mph).