finalyear bats debutyear finaldate statvalue birth_place position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
2003 right 1994 june 6 74 -- 73 4.44 894 statesboro , georgia pitcher cincinnati reds win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts may 24 9 september 1970 joey hamilton
 san diego padres joey hamilton right
joey hamilton

johns joseph `` joey '' hamilton -lrb- born september 9 , 1970 -rrb- is a former major league baseball pitcher who played professionally for nine seasons , recording a 74 -- 73 win -- loss record , a 4.44 earned run average -lrb- era -rrb- and 894 strikeouts .
he attended statesboro high school in georgia .
following high school , hamilton attended georgia southern university for three years .
he started his professional career in 1991 when he was drafted by the san diego padres , and pitched for three major league teams during his career .
as a rookie with san diego in 1994 he finished fifth in the major league baseball rookie of the year award voting for the national league .
following the 1998 season , san diego traded hamilton to the toronto blue jays .
in 2001 , after two seasons with the blue jays , he was released .
hamilton signed with the cincinnati reds shortly afterward .
hamilton had stints in training camps and the minor leagues with some of the padres and reds affiliates .
in march 2005 , two days after signing with the new york mets , the team released him .
