Cole
Hamels
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: January 1, 1984 in N/a
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2012   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 20 MIL NL   79 28 28 28 34 34 34 54 54 54
2005 21 MIL NL $ 100,000 74 28 28 28 37 37 37 59 59 59
2006 22 NYN NL $ 100,000 70 45 45 45 37 37 37 62 62 62
2007 23 NYN NL $ 100,000 67 52 52 52 37 37 37 73 73 73
2008 24 COL NL $ 100,000 61 51 51 51 43 43 43 75 75 75
2009 25 COL NL $ 100,000 61 49 49 49 42 42 42 81 81 81
2010 26 MON NL $ 100,000 61 48 48 48 42 42 42 95 95 95
2011 27 MON NL $ 150,000 61 47 47 47 42 42 42 97 97 97
2012 28 MON NL $ 600,000 61 48 48 48 38 38 38 97 97 97
2013 29 ANA AL $ 1,700,000 61 47 47 47 37 37 37 90 90 90
2014 30 ANA AL $ 450,000 56 50 50 50 38 38 38 90 90 90
2015 31 ANA AL $ 450,000 50 50 50 50 37 37 37 90 90 90
2016 32 ANA AL $ 450,000 50 47 47 47 34 34 34 90 90 90
2017 33 ANA AL $ 350,000 50 46 46 46 33 33 33 92 92 92
2018 34 ANA AL $ 350,000 50 43 43 43 31 31 31 93 93 93
2019 35 ANA AL $ 300,000 50 40 40 40 25 25 25 88 88 88
OOTP6 Min Ratings   50 28 28 28 25 25 25 54 54 54
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,700,000 79 52 52 52 43 43 43 97 97 97
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 20 MIL NL     1 1 1 6 6 6 40 40 40 13 13 13 14 14 14
2005 21 MIL NL $ 100,000   1 1 1 6 6 6 40 40 40 13 13 13 14 14 14
2006 22 NYN NL $ 100,000   1 1 1 6 6 6 40 40 40 13 13 13 14 14 14
2007 23 NYN NL $ 100,000   1 1 1 6 6 6 40 40 40 13 13 13 14 14 14
2008 24 COL NL $ 100,000   1 1 1 6 6 6 40 40 40 13 13 13 14 14 14
2009 25 COL NL $ 100,000   1 1 1 6 6 6 40 40 40 13 13 13 14 14 14
2010 26 MON NL $ 100,000   1 1 1 6 6 6 40 40 40 13 13 13 14 14 14
2011 27 MON NL $ 150,000   1 1 1 6 6 6 40 40 40 13 13 13 14 14 14
2012 28 MON NL $ 600,000   1 1 1 6 6 6 40 40 40 13 13 13 14 14 14
2013 29 ANA AL $ 1,700,000   1 1 1 6 6 6 40 40 40 13 13 13 14 14 14
2014 30 ANA AL $ 450,000   1 1 1 6 6 6 40 40 40 13 13 13 14 14 14
2015 31 ANA AL $ 450,000   1 1 1 6 6 6 40 40 40 13 13 13 14 14 14
2016 32 ANA AL $ 450,000   1 1 1 6 6 6 40 40 40 13 13 13 14 14 14
2017 33 ANA AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 6 6 6 40 40 40 13 13 13 14 14 14
2018 34 ANA AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 6 6 6 40 40 40 13 13 13 14 14 14
2019 35 ANA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 6 6 6 40 40 40 13 13 13 14 14 14
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 6 6 6 40 40 40 13 13 13 14 14 14
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,700,000   1 1 1 6 6 6 40 40 40 13 13 13 14 14 14
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2004 20 AAA   1 3 .250 5 5 0 0 0 28.0 29 12 3 7 20 3.86 .254 .298 .360 .657  
    AA   6 11 .353 19 19 3 1 0 141.7 137 50 6 41 119 3.18 .248 .300 .344 .644  
2005 21 MIL NL 0 6 .000 7 7 0 0 0 26.3 50 35 7 20 12 11.96 .413 .493 .669 1.162 0.0
    AAA   6 2 .750 17 9 1 1 0 75.7 78 32 4 24 35 3.81 .270 .326 .370 .696  
    AA   5 4 .556 12 12 2 2 0 90.0 86 33 10 20 71 3.30 .251 .292 .385 .677  
2006 22 NYN NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 4 2 5 2 9.00 .182 .438 .727 1.165 0.0
    AAA   8 9 .471 22 22 0 0 0 133.7 159 74 19 49 103 4.98 .297 .356 .460 .816  
    AA   3 2 .600 9 9 0 0 0 59.7 61 20 3 16 58 3.02 .252 .298 .335 .633  
2007 23 NYN NL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 1 3.3 6 2 2 2 2 5.41 .400 .444 .933 1.378 0.0
    AAA   9 7 .563 29 29 1 1 0 185.3 201 78 20 72 158 3.79 .273 .338 .409 .747  
2008 24 NYN NL 4 1 .800 8 8 0 0 0 44.7 44 21 4 18 29 4.23 .253 .323 .379 .702 2.6
  COL NL 2 6 .250 9 9 0 0 0 46.3 53 33 4 32 29 6.41 .286 .394 .411 .804 0.2
  TOT   6 7 .462 17 17 0 0 0 91.0 97 54 8 50 58 5.34 .270 .361 .396 .756 2.8
    AAA   4 7 .364 16 16 1 1 0 98.3 90 54 11 47 88 4.94 .241 .325 .388 .713  
2009 25 COL NL 2 6 .250 16 9 0 0 0 55.0 63 42 4 33 39 6.87 .290 .387 .424 .811 0.0
    AAA   5 3 .625 14 14 0 0 0 93.3 93 39 5 30 87 3.76 .258 .315 .374 .689  
2010 26 MON NL 3 5 .375 22 11 0 0 0 75.7 85 41 1 35 49 4.88 .284 .365 .358 .723 2.6
    AAA   5 1 .833 9 9 1 0 0 66.7 60 14 3 17 66 1.89 .236 .284 .315 .599  
2011 27 MON NL 6 9 .400 30 26 0 0 0 156.3 166 80 8 90 99 4.61 .278 .374 .381 .755 6.3
2012 28 MON NL 14 8 .636 30 30 2 1 0 180.7 174 83 7 80 125 4.13 .255 .335 .343 .679 10.6
2013 29 ANA AL 8 8 .500 27 23 0 0 0 139.0 157 83 6 75 100 5.37 .286 .373 .372 .745 5.3
2014 30 ANA AL 5 8 .385 32 16 1 0 0 119.3 139 81 10 71 79 6.11 .293 .386 .413 .799 2.1
2015 31 ANA AL 4 3 .571 38 5 0 0 2 85.0 96 33 5 39 53 3.49 .280 .354 .388 .742 6.8
2016 32 ANA AL 4 4 .500 42 6 0 0 1 101.7 122 55 4 54 74 4.87 .297 .384 .389 .773 4.5
2017 33 ANA AL 2 6 .250 41 7 1 0 1 108.0 117 69 8 66 61 5.75 .281 .384 .421 .805 3.0
2018 34 ANA AL 2 1 .667 7 0 0 0 0 13.7 28 18 2 7 10 11.86 .424 .479 .576 1.055 0.0
    AAA   4 1 .800 34 3 0 0 0 49.7 45 13 1 29 45 2.36 .247 .351 .319 .669  
2019 35 AA   7 2 .778 88 0 0 0 4 100.0 78 33 3 37 86 2.97 .216 .289 .288 .577  
14 Years Sim 56 71 .441 315 157 4 1 5 1159.0 1302 680 74 627 763 5.28 .285 .374 .397 .771 44.0
8 Years AAA 42 33 .560 146 107 4 3 0 730.6 755 316 66 275 602 3.89 .265 .330 .391 .721  
4 Years AA 21 19 .525 128 40 5 3 4 391.3 362 136 22 114 334 3.13 .242 .295 .338 .634  
12 Years Minors 63 52 .548 274 147 9 6 4 1122.0 1117 452 88 389 936 3.63 .257 .318 .373 .691  
Season Average 4 5 .444 22 11 0 0 0 82.8 93 48 5 44 54 5.28 .285 .374 .397 .771  
Career Highs 14 9 .667 42 30 2 1 2 180.7 174 83 10 90 125 11.96 .424 .493 .933 1.378  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   938 490 49 438 532   .293 .379 .408 .786
vs LH   364 190 25 189 231   .267 .356 .373 .729
Home 35 37 .486 161 85 2 1 2 629.3 653 339 36 327 401 4.85 .270 .357 .375 .732
Away 21 34 .382 154 72 2 0 3 529.6 649 341 38 300 362 5.79 .303 .389 .422 .811
Mar/Apr 12 9 .571 50 21 2 0 1 184.3 188 88 8 84 124 4.30 .264 .341 .359 .700
May 8 9 .471 39 26 0 0 1 162.0 176 102 11 99 107 5.67 .282 .380 .410 .791
June 9 11 .450 56 26 1 0 0 208.6 232 120 9 116 145 5.18 .284 .373 .373 .746
July 12 9 .571 63 23 0 0 2 194.6 212 100 13 91 132 4.62 .276 .353 .387 .740
August 8 12 .400 44 27 0 0 0 180.6 202 113 8 108 115 5.63 .285 .379 .381 .760
Sep/Oct 7 21 .250 63 34 1 1 1 228.6 292 157 25 129 140 6.18 .314 .397 .460 .857
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2005 21 MIL NL 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
2008 24 NYN NL 8 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .143 .250 .143 .393 0.6 0.0
  COL NL 9 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0
  TOT   17 26 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .154 .214 .154 .368 0.7 0.0
2009 25 COL NL 17 15 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.4 0.0
2010 26 MON NL 23 25 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 .160 .160 .200 .360 0.3 0.0
2011 27 MON NL 30 47 5 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 23 .085 .102 .149 .251 -0.8 0.0
2012 28 MON NL 30 64 4 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 32 .094 .121 .125 .246 -1.3 0.0
6 Years Sim 124 184 13 18 6 0 0 8 0 0 5 82 .098 .121 .130 .251 -3.1 0.0
162 Game Average 240 16 23 7 0 0 10 0 0 6 107 .098 .121 .130 .251 -4.0  
Career Highs 30 64 5 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 32 .160 .214 .200 .368 0.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   128 10 13 5 0 0 5 0 0 4 58 .102 .128 .141 .268 -2.1
vs LH   56 3 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 24 .089 .105 .107 .212 -1.8
Home 63 94 8 14 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 41 .149 .167 .181 .348 0.7
Away 61 90 5 4 3 0 0 5 0 0 3 41 .044 .074 .078 .152 -4.6
RISP   45 0 3 1 0 0 8 0 0 2 18 .067 .104 .089 .193 -1.6
Close/Late   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Mar/Apr 15 21 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .048 .045 .095 .141 -1.2
May 14 22 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .091 .130 .136 .267 -0.4
June 22 32 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 16 .125 .200 .125 .325 0.3
July 24 42 2 5 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 17 .119 .140 .190 .330 -0.1
August 15 26 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .077 .077 .077 .154 -1.3
Sep/Oct 31 41 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 .098 .098 .122 .220 -1.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2005 21 MIL NL P 7 7 26.3 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.71    
2006 22 NYN NL P 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50    
2007 23 NYN NL P 4 0 3.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.70    
2008 24 NYN NL P 8 8 44.7 2 9 0 0 1.000 2.22    
  COL NL P 9 9 46.3 2 9 0 0 1.000 2.14    
  TOT   P 17 17 91.0 4 18 0 0 1.000 2.18    
2009 25 COL NL P 16 9 55.0 2 8 0 1 1.000 1.64    
2010 26 MON NL P 22 11 75.7 3 13 0 0 1.000 1.90    
2011 27 MON NL P 30 26 156.3 6 29 2 3 .946 2.01    
2012 28 MON NL P 30 30 180.7 13 27 0 3 1.000 1.99    
2013 29 ANA AL P 27 23 139.0 9 18 0 1 1.000 1.75    
2014 30 ANA AL P 32 16 119.3 10 22 1 3 .970 2.41    
2015 31 ANA AL P 38 5 85.0 3 8 0 1 1.000 1.16    
2016 32 ANA AL P 42 6 101.7 6 19 2 1 .926 2.21    
2017 33 ANA AL P 41 7 108.0 11 16 2 2 .931 2.25    
2018 34 ANA AL P 7 0 13.7 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.95    
Career Totals   315 157 1159.0 70 189 7 15 .974 2.01    
Career Highs   42 30 180.7 13 29 2 3 1.000 4.50    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Manager of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2012 28 MON NL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 2.3 4 1 1 2 1 3.86 .364 .462 .636 1.098
2013 29 ANA AL 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 5.7 5 3 1 4 3 4.77 .250 .375 .600 .975
2016 32 ANA AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 5.7 11 5 0 4 2 7.95 .407 .484 .481 .965
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 0 1.000 11 0 0 0 0 13.7 20 9 2 10 6 5.93 .345 .441 .552 .993
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Winning Pct
2012-9-.636
Complete Games
2017-7-1
Walks Allowed
2012-10-80
OSLG
2012-8-.343
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 21)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 118)
 
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History
Injured on 8/7/2004 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 9-10 weeks
Injured on 6/13/2005 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 4/16/2006 with a Bruised Finger, out for 4 days
Injured on 7/14/2006 with a Blister On Finger, out for 5 days
Traded from Milwaukee to New York (N) on 7/16/2006 (Going to MIL: P Brian Lawrence. Going to NYN: P Cole Hamels, LF Nyjer Morgan)
Earned first career win on 6/15/2008
Had first career hit on 6/21/2008, off Fausto Carmona (LAN)
Traded from New York (N) to Colorado on 7/30/2008 (Going to NYN: P Kerry Wood. Going to COL: P Cole Hamels, LF Franklin Gutierrez)
Traded from Colorado to Montreal on 3/5/2010 (Going to MON: P Cole Hamels. Going to COL: P Cameron Syed, P Jose Mendoza)
2/3/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $600,000 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Montreal in 2012
2/3/2013: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,700,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Montreal to Anaheim on 2/22/2013 (Going to MON: P David Bush, P Kirk Dressendorfer. Going to ANA: LF Jeff Zwilling, P Cole Hamels)
6/4/2013: Signed a contract extension with Anaheim, $450,000 per year, for 3 years
Signed as a free agent by Anaheim on 3/2/2017 to a 2-year deal worth $350,000 per year