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Michael William Hampton (born September 9, 1972 in Brooksville, Florida, USA) is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher who plays with a Atlanta Braves (2003-04). He bats perfect-dextrorotatory & throws left-handed. Antecedently, he played for the Seattle Mariners (1993), Houston Astros (1994-99), New York Mets (2000) and Colorado Rockies (2001-02).
Within his career, Hampton has the 133-98 record by using 1245 strikeouts and a Three.99 ERA in 2004.2 innings. At bat, he is a .239 hitter sustaining Fourteen home runs and 67 RBI in 379 games. This means that, in case he played a to the full 162 games by the year that position players play, he would typical astir Decade at home diarrhea a year. He is said to exist as one of a better striking pitchers in the endure decade.
The revenant elbow injury around 2005 will force Hampton to keep around Tommy John surgery. Following, he might miss a remainder of the 2005 season and everthing of the 2006 season.
Highlights
Twice All-Star (1999, 2001)
National League Championship Series MVP (2000)
Led NL around winning percentage (.846, 1999)
Became a number one pitcher ever to win a Gold Glove Award and Silver Slugger awards in the same year (2003)
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