Facts: - debutteam: washington nationals - birth date: 18 december 1860 - debutyear: 1884 - finalteam: washington nationals - statlabel: wins-losses earned run average strikeouts - statvalue: 2 -- 17 4.48 50 - death date: 9 december 1911 - name: john hamill - death place: bristol , rhode island - birth place: new york , new york - position: pitcher - throws: right - debutdate: may 1 - finalyear: 1884 - hoffuture: -lrb- announced but not inducted -rrb- set to true if the player has been - bats: right - finaldate: july 31 - image: john hamill -lrb- baseball -rrb- . jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john hamill -lrb- baseball -rrb- .
The answer to this question is:
john alexander charles hamill -lrb- -- -rrb- was a major league baseball pitcher who played one season for the washington nationals of the american association .