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Billy Hamilton League
7-11-2078
Karl Hamelin Left Field
Retired (1961, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .278 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .807 Status Deceased (1994) Option Years 0  
H 283 Age at Death 68 Date of Birth 11-29-1926
HR 33 Drafted Round 31, Pick 484
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 3 years
(3 games)
RBI 139
SB 5
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L C+ Endurance D-   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L C  Velocity D    Mentor vR B+
Speed C+ Bunt B  Control C-   Mentor vL C-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 1
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm C+ WS Appearances 2
2B --- CF C- (30.6%)   Health C- LCS Appearances 2
3B --- RF A+ (96.3%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1950 BRO-CLE
63
251
47
81
17
3
6
32
36
 29 2 0
0
 2 3
.898
.412
.486
.163
.323
1951 CLE
70
209
32
54
16
1
5
24
28
 29 1 2
1
 1 3
.762
.346
.416
.158
.258
1952 CLE
73
196
28
49
9
2
6
23
22
 42 0 1
2
 2 2
.732
.324
.408
.158
.250
1953 CLE
34
90
18
29
4
2
7
16
16
 15 0 2
2
 0 5
1.061
.417
.644
.322
.322
1954 CLE
3
8
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
 2 0 0
0
 0 0
.250
.125
.125
.000
.125
1957 CIN-PHI
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 0
0
 0 0
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
1958 PHI
21
60
7
14
4
0
2
9
4
 7 0 0
0
 0 0
.681
.281
.400
.167
.233
1959 PHI-WAS
19
62
9
16
1
0
1
7
5
 14 0 0
0
 0 2
.636
.313
.323
.065
.258
1960 WAS
69
139
23
39
6
2
6
28
13
 27 1 3
0
 1 3
.822
.340
.482
.201
.281
Total
355
1018
164
283
57
10
33
139
124
 165 4 8
5
 6 18
.807
.356
.451
.173
.278
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1961-11-01Karl Hamelin has retired from the Washington Weasels
1961-04-01The Washington Weasels have promoted Chuck Freeman to the major league team. The Washington Weasels have designated Karl Hamelin for assignment.
1959-10-03The Washington Weasels have acquired Karl Hamelin from the waiver wire.
1959-09-29The Philadelphia Phitowners have promoted Willie Gaff to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phitowners have designated Karl Hamelin for assignment.
1958-03-01The Philadelphia Phitowners have promoted Dick Lowell to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phitowners have promoted Karl Hamelin to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phitowners have sent Fred Howell to the minors. The Philadelphia Phitowners have sent Lefty Curtis to the minors.
1957-07-16The Philadelphia Phitowners have acquired Karl Hamelin from the waiver wire. The Philadelphia Phitowners have waived Ray Kreutzer.
1957-06-06The Cincinnati Raptors waive Karl Hamelin.
1957-04-08The Cincinnati Raptors have promoted Don Courtney to the major league team. The Cincinnati Raptors have designated Karl Hamelin for assignment.
1957-03-01The Cincinnati Raptors have promoted Roger Rikard to the major league team. The Cincinnati Raptors have promoted Karl Hamelin to the major league team. The Cincinnati Raptors have designated Mel Gibson for assignment. The Cincinnati Raptors have sent Curt Browning to the minors.
1955-10-10The Cincinnati Raptors have acquired Karl Hamelin from the waiver wire. The Cincinnati Raptors have waived Heinie Kiefer.
1955-04-04The Cleveland Road Kill have acquired Jose Finney from the waiver wire. The Cleveland Road Kill have waived Karl Hamelin.
1954-04-22The Cleveland Road Kill have promoted Mickey Betcher to the major league team. The Cleveland Road Kill have promoted Archi Vizcaino to the major league team. The Cleveland Road Kill have sent Oral Stevens to the minors. The Cleveland Road Kill have sent Karl Hamelin to the minors.
1953-06-01The Cleveland Road Kill have promoted Karl Hamelin to the major league team. The Cleveland Road Kill have promoted Joe Tappe to the major league team. The Cleveland Road Kill have sent Milt Garrido to the minors. The Cleveland Road Kill have sent Bill Bruton to the minors.
1952-04-05The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Karl Hamelin to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Henry Schilling to the minors.
1951-08-05The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Dave Patterson to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Karl Hamelin to the minors.
1951-06-17The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Karl Hamelin to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Dwight Panther to the minors.
1951-06-11The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Dwight Panther to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Karl Hamelin to the minors.
1951-06-07The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Karl Hamelin to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Bob Connally to the minors.
1951-06-03The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Dave Pope to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Karl Hamelin to the minors.
1951-04-01The Cleveland Spiders have renamed Rocky Colavito to Karl Hamelin.
1951-03-03The Cleveland Spiders have renamed Carl Hamelin to Rocky Colavito.
1950-10-13The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Carl Hamelin to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Henry Schilling to the minors.
1950-09-29The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Dwight Panther to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Carl Hamelin to the minors.
1950-07-08The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Carl Hamelin to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Al Smith to the minors.
1950-05-29The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Pinky Nitkowski to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Carl Hamelin to the minors.
1950-05-23A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Bees and the Cleveland Spiders. The Cleveland Spiders receive Carl Hamelin from the Brooklyn Bees in exchange for Dave Philley.