 michael william hampton (born september 9, 1972) is a former american professional baseball player. hampton played in major league baseball (mlb) as a pitcher from 1993 through 2010. he pitched for the seattle mariners, houston astros, new york mets, colorado rockies, atlanta braves and arizona diamondbacks. hampton is a two-time mlb all-star. he won five silver slugger awards and a gold glove award. he was the most valuable player of the 2000 national league championship series, and he pitched in the 2000 world series for the mets. ==career== ===early career=== mike hampton was drafted by the seattle mariners in the sixth round of the 1990 major league baseball draft. he first broke into the major leagues in , but had a disappointing start. after the season, he found himself traded to the houston astros with mike felder for eric anthony. hampton became a starter for houston in , and kept his era under 4.00 for every season he was with the astros. in , hampton had his best year. he broke through with a 22&ndash;4 record, best in the national league, and a 2.90 era. he picked up his first of five silver slugger awards and narrowly finished second in national league cy young award voting to randy johnson. entering the final year of his contract, hampton was dealt to the new york mets in the wake of his big season. he went 15&ndash;10 with a 3.12 era and helped the mets greatly in the postseason. with two wins and no earned runs in two starts, hampton was named the mvp of the 2000 nlcs. hampton received a loss in his only world series appearance. during this time, hampton also established a reputation as a good-
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