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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)

Mike Hampton's dugout
Fan site with biography, news and photo gallery.

ESPN.com: Mike Hampton
Player profile, career statistics and scouting report.


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