Ike
Hampton
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: August 22, 1951 in Usa, SC, CAMDEN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1979   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 22 KCR AL     3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
1975 23 KCR AL     3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4
1976 24 SEM AL     3 3 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
1977 25 SEM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 4
1978 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5
1979 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1980 28 SEM AL $ 350,000   4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1981 29 SEM AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1982 30 SEM AL $ 394,286   4 4 5 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4
1983 31 SEM AL $ 630,000   4 4 5 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4
1984 32 SEM AL $ 630,000   4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 630,000   4 4 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1974 22 AA   34 139 18 29 7 1 7 16 3 1 7 35 .209 .247 .424 .671 15.2  
    A   81 313 59 94 19 2 21 43 16 3 44 67 .300 .387 .575 .962 67.9  
1975 23 AA   137 506 70 120 14 2 24 67 30 6 71 89 .237 .331 .415 .746 77.3  
1976 24 A   137 485 78 118 16 4 27 76 19 8 106 88 .243 .379 .460 .839 91.7  
1977 25 SEM AL 37 100 4 12 2 0 0 5 4 1 3 33 .120 .154 .140 .294 -0.7 0.0
1978 26 SEM AL 33 90 11 20 4 1 2 7 3 0 2 20 .222 .255 .356 .611 8.0 0.6
1979 27 SEM AL 51 103 14 19 1 1 3 12 6 2 12 20 .184 .280 .301 .581 9.1 0.1
1980 28 SEM AL 59 111 12 32 4 2 4 23 6 3 13 22 .288 .365 .468 .834 18.0 3.8
1981 29 SEM AL 62 118 19 28 4 3 4 19 8 2 6 36 .237 .276 .424 .699 15.5 2.2
1982 30 SEM AL 104 270 31 70 10 2 2 25 15 3 25 54 .259 .329 .333 .662 29.6 4.3
1983 31 SEM AL 37 51 7 11 2 0 0 7 5 2 5 14 .216 .281 .255 .536 3.8 0.1
1984 32 AAA   137 520 78 135 13 1 19 83 24 2 67 99 .260 .344 .398 .742 78.3  
7 Years Sim 383 843 98 192 27 9 15 98 47 13 66 199 .228 .290 .335 .625 83.4 11.0
1 Years AAA 137 520 78 135 13 1 19 83 24 2 67 99 .260 .350 .398 .748 78.3  
2 Years AA 171 645 88 149 21 3 31 83 33 7 78 124 .231 .322 .417 .739 92.5  
2 Years A 218 798 137 212 35 6 48 119 35 11 150 155 .266 .389 .505 .894 159.6  
5 Years Minors 526 1963 303 496 69 10 98 285 92 20 295 378 .253 .358 .448 .805 330.3  
162 Game Average 356 41 81 11 3 6 41 19 5 27 84 .228 .290 .335 .625 35.3  
Career Highs 104 270 31 70 10 3 4 25 15 3 25 54 .288 .365 .468 .834 29.6  
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   501 60 110 15 7 8 54 35 6 30 113 .220 .272 .325 .597 46.6
vs LH   342 38 82 12 2 7 44 12 7 36 86 .240 .316 .348 .664 38.5
Home 192 431 49 85 11 6 7 43 27 7 32 105 .197 .256 .299 .556 35.0
Away 191 412 49 107 16 3 8 55 20 6 34 94 .260 .325 .371 .697 50.1
RISP   259 0 51 5 3 4 80 0 0 26 78 .197 .274 .286 .559 20.9
Pinch Hitting   82 5 18 2 0 2 20 3 2 9 27 .220 .295 .317 .612 8.1
Close/Late   135 18 26 1 0 2 20 0 0 13 36 .193 .271 .244 .515 9.1
Mar/Apr 54 125 11 26 5 3 0 13 7 2 8 34 .208 .257 .296 .553 9.6
May 77 137 13 30 2 0 0 12 4 4 9 28 .219 .283 .234 .516 7.7
June 67 170 18 44 7 1 5 22 13 2 11 38 .259 .315 .400 .715 22.1
July 51 116 11 23 5 1 1 11 3 2 11 23 .198 .266 .284 .550 8.8
August 55 122 15 25 2 4 4 16 6 1 11 31 .205 .274 .385 .659 14.0
Sep/Oct 79 173 30 44 6 0 5 24 14 2 16 45 .254 .323 .376 .699 23.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1977 25 SEM AL C 30 25 230.0 141 10 3 0 .981 5.91 17 4 .235 0 1.0
    3B 3 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 26 SEM AL C 29 24 221.0 109 10 4 1 .967 4.85 16 4 .250 4 0.6
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 27 SEM AL C 26 25 210.3 106 12 1 0 .992 5.05 18 7 .389 1 1.8
    3B 19 0 30.3 3 5 1 0 .889 2.37 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 28 SEM AL C 21 20 184.7 88 14 0 0 1.000 4.97 20 9 .450 0 1.6
    3B 25 4 68.0 6 6 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1981 29 SEM AL C 30 23 222.0 101 17 8 0 .937 4.78 34 12 .353 1 0.3
    3B 7 0 12.7 3 0 1 0 .750 2.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 4 0 5.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 14.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 30 SEM AL C 26 23 200.0 88 16 5 1 .954 4.68 31 11 .355 0 0.8
    3B 31 11 142.7 15 57 1 8 .986 4.54 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    1B 6 4 39.0 50 6 1 6 .982 12.92 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1983 31 SEM AL C 14 9 89.0 39 0 0 0 1.000 3.94 7 0 .000 1 0.2
    3B 10 2 30.0 3 7 1 1 .909 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 2 1 11.0 10 2 0 1 1.000 9.82 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 176 149 1357.0 672 79 21 2 .973 4.98 143 47 .329 7 6.3
  3B 97 17 288.0 30 75 4 9 .963 3.28 0 0 .000 0 1.4
  1B 13 5 56.0 71 8 1 7 .988 12.70 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   287 171 1703.0 774 162 26 18 .973 4.95 143 47 .329 7 7.8
Career Highs   63 38 381.7 153 79 9 15 1.000 5.85 34 12 .450 4  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1977 25 SEM AL 3 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .333 .600 1.000 1.600
1979 27 SEM AL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1980 28 SEM AL 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 7 6 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .625 .833 1.458
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 65th overall pick, by Kansas City in 1974
Injured on 8/6/1974 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/20/1975 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Traded from Kansas City to Seattle on 2/7/1976 (Going to KCR: P Wayne Twitchell, P Phil Hennigan. Going to SEM: C Ike Hampton, P Ed Glynn, 2B Pepe Mangual)
Had first career hit on 4/28/1977, off Alan Foster (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 6/26/1978, off Mike Mcqueen (CLE)
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1979
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
3/4/1980: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle