David Hamilton

Bats L Throws R5'10" 188 lbBorn 1997 San Marcos, USADebut 2023Team MILDraft 2016 R28 #846 Los Angeles Angels, San Marcos HSContract 1 y/$787,300 (26) 2026: $787,300

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 85.4FIELD+ 103.3 at SSTotal 0.40 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	187	167	38	7	1	4	16	44	18	0.228	0.297	0.365	0.662	0.137	0.293	23.6	8.5	80.7	0.14
2027	294	260	59	10	2	6	25	68	21	0.227	0.297	0.348	0.645	0.120	0.287	23.0	8.5	78.2	0.13

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 27

His ten closest age-27 comparables averaged 77 HIT+ the next season; 8 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Steve Lyons	1987	73.5	91.3	526
2	Chris Donnels	1993	74.3	117.2	99
3	Tyler Houston	1998	77.2	70.2	309
4	Ray Morehart	1927	84.6	did not play
5	JT Riddle	2019	72.0	5.9	69
6	Jeff Branson	1994	68.5	96.7	384
7	Ryan Flaherty	2014	76.3	69.8	301
8	Rio Ruiz	2021	71.8	did not play
9	Sherry Robertson	1946	82.1	75.3	304
10	Wayne Krenchicki	1982	72.3	87.3	236

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			294		59	10	2	6		21	25	68	0.227	0.297	0.348	0.645	78.2
2026*	MIL	95	308	40	63	9	2	4		24	30	69	0.239	0.319	0.333	0.652	79.3
2025	BOS	91	194	27	35	4	1	6	19	22	13	47	0.198	0.257	0.333	0.590	62.2
2024	BOS	98	317	47	73	17	1	8	28	33	22	80	0.248	0.303	0.395	0.697	94.3
2023	BOS	15	39	2	4	2	0	0	0	2	6	10	0.121	0.256	0.182	0.438	26.5
Career		204	550	76	112	23	2	14	47	57	41	137	0.222	0.283	0.359	0.642	78.2

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	308	86.5	12.0	3.9	27.7	23.3	30.0	0.207	0.296	0.268	29.4
2025	194	86.6	14.3	6.0	27.8	22.7	26.0	0.209	0.319	0.260	29.3
2024	317	87.0	15.8	5.6	32.2	25.6	24.1	0.229	0.357	0.285	29.4
2023	39	89.0	17.7	0.0	26.1	20.3	27.0	0.149	0.175	0.226	29.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	BOS	2B	68	402	68	147	6	29	0.973	+9.3
2025	BOS	SS	12	69	10	25	1	4	0.972	-0.1
2025	BOS	3B	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2024	BOS	SS	62	433	64	121	7	24	0.964	-6.0
2024	BOS	2B	39	267	51	84	3	16	0.978	+9.9
2023	BOS	SS	13	90	13	31	2	9	0.957	+0.5
2023	BOS	2B	2	11	6	4	0	0	1.000	+1.6

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2025	AAA	Worcester Red Sox	Bat	45	2 HR, 6 SB	0.282	0.894
2024	AAA	Worcester Red Sox	Bat	20	2 HR, 0 SB	0.167	0.750
2023	AAA	Worcester Red Sox	Bat	469	17 HR, 57 SB	0.247	0.801
2022	AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Bat	531	12 HR, 70 SB	0.251	0.740
2021	AA	Biloxi Shuckers	Bat	150	3 HR, 11 SB	0.248	0.736
2021	A+	Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	Bat	309	5 HR, 41 SB	0.263	0.773

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.280	0.314	0.272	0.344
2025	0.170	0.278	0.243	0.287
2024	0.255	0.327	0.268	0.380
2023	0.300	0.211	0.202	0.236

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.