What years did Mike Hampton play?

Mike Hampton played in Major League Baseball from 1993 to 2010.

Was Mike Hampton a pitcher?

Yes. Mike Hampton pitched in the major leagues, recording 148 wins and 1387 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Mike Hampton hit?

Mike Hampton hit 16 career home runs with 178 hits.

What was Mike Hampton's career batting average?

Mike Hampton batted .246 over his career, with 178 hits in 725 at bats.

How many RBI did Mike Hampton have?

Mike Hampton drove in 79 runs in his career.

What was Mike Hampton's career ERA?

Mike Hampton finished with a 4.06 career ERA, going 148-115 with 1,387 strikeouts.

Mike Hampton

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1993-2010)

Mike Hampton was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1993 to 2010 for 6 teams, including the Seattle Mariners, a span of 18 seasons. Across 419 career appearances, he went 148-115 with a 4.06 ERA and 1,387 strikeouts. He also batted .246 with 16 home runs. Mike Hampton was a 2-time All-Star, an NLCS MVP, a Gold Glove, and a 5-time Silver Slugger. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 12482.2.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 148–115

ERA 4.06

WHIP 1.44

SO 1,387

Pitcher PIV 12482.2

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / L
Height / Weight: 5'10" / 185 lb
Born: 9/9/1972 in Brooksville, FL, USA
MLB Debut: 1993-04-17
Last Game: 2010-10-03
Awards: 2× All-Star · NLCS MVP · Gold Glove · 5× Silver Slugger

Full name: Michael William Hampton

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Career Pitching Statistics

Mike Hampton — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
148	115	419	355	21	9	1	2268.1	2,370	1,024	200	901	1,387	4.06	12482.2

Career ERA 4.06 vs. league average 4.41 across their career seasons — 7.9% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Mike Hampton Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1993	SEA	AL	1	3	13	3	0	0	1	17.0	28	18	17	8	9.53	4.19 (-127%)	-1339.0
1994	HOU	NL	2	1	44	0	0	0	0	41.1	46	17	16	24	3.70	4.51 (+18%)	-23.4
1995	HOU	NL	9	8	24	24	0	0	0	150.2	141	56	49	115	3.35	4.45 (+25%)	2708.2
1996	HOU	NL	10	10	27	27	2	1	0	160.1	175	64	49	101	3.59	4.61 (+22%)	3119.0
1997	HOU	NL	15	10	34	34	7	2	0	223.0	217	95	77	139	3.83	4.39 (+13%)	3098.3
1998	HOU	NL	11	7	32	32	1	1	0	211.2	227	79	81	137	3.36	4.43 (+24%)	1450.0
1999	HOU	NL	22	4	34	34	3	2	0	239.0	206	77	101	177	2.90	4.71 (+38%)	6722.7
2000	NYN	NL	15	10	33	33	3	1	0	217.2	194	76	99	151	3.14	4.77 (+34%)	5405.9
2001	COL	NL	14	13	32	32	2	1	0	203.0	236	122	85	122	5.41	4.42 (-22%)	-4005.4
2002	COL	NL	7	15	30	30	0	0	0	178.2	228	122	91	74	6.15	4.28 (-44%)	-5571.9
2003	ATL	NL	14	8	31	31	1	0	0	190.0	186	81	78	110	3.84	4.40 (+13%)	1583.5
2004	ATL	NL	13	9	29	29	1	0	0	172.1	198	82	65	87	4.28	4.46 (+4%)	645.1
2005	ATL	NL	5	3	12	12	1	1	0	69.1	74	27	18	27	3.50	4.29 (+18%)	586.2
2008	ATL	NL	3	4	13	13	0	0	0	78.0	83	42	28	38	4.85	4.32 (-12%)	-1201.0
2009	HOU	NL	7	10	21	21	0	0	0	112.0	128	66	46	74	5.30	4.32 (-23%)	-695.9
2010	ARI	NL	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	4.1	3	0	1	3	0.00	—	0.0
Career · 16 seasons			148	115	419	355	21	9	1	2,268.1	2,370	1,024	901	1,387	4.06	—	12,482

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Mike Hampton — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
448	725	97	178	22	5	16	79	3	47	195	.246	.294	.356	.650	-1,575

Career AVG .246 vs. league average .265 across their career seasons — 7.5% below league average.

Career OBP .294 vs. league average .335 across their career seasons — 12.2% below league average.

Career SLG .356 vs. league average .421 across their career seasons — 15.4% below league average.

Career OPS .650 vs. league average .756 across their career seasons — 14.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Mike Hampton Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1993	SEA	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	HOU	NL	44	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	HOU	NL	24	48	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	14	.146	—	—	—	—	-392.3
1996	HOU	NL	29	42	9	10	1	0	0	3	0	4	11	.238	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	HOU	NL	34	73	6	10	1	1	0	8	0	5	21	.137	.266 (-49%)	.336 (-44%)	.419 (-58%)	.756 (-51%)	-639.0
1998	HOU	NL	32	61	3	16	4	0	0	2	2	7	12	.262	.266 (-1%)	.335 (+4%)	.420 (-22%)	.755 (-11%)	-83.4
1999	HOU	NL	34	74	10	23	3	3	0	10	0	7	18	.311	.271 (+15%)	.344 (+8%)	.433 (avg)	.778 (+4%)	40.5
2000	NYN	NL	35	73	7	20	0	0	0	8	0	5	20	.274	.270 (+1%)	.344 (-9%)	.437 (-37%)	.782 (-25%)	-309.4
2001	COL	NL	43	79	20	23	2	0	7	16	0	2	21	.291	.263 (+10%)	.332 (-7%)	.426 (+36%)	.758 (+17%)	214.9
2002	COL	NL	36	64	9	22	2	0	3	5	1	1	13	.344	.261 (+32%)	.331 (+7%)	.416 (+24%)	.747 (+16%)	168.2
2003	ATL	NL	32	60	6	11	2	1	2	8	0	5	13	.183	.264 (-31%)	.332 (-26%)	.422 (-17%)	.754 (-21%)	-222.7
2004	ATL	NL	36	64	7	11	3	0	2	7	0	3	23	.172	.266 (-35%)	.335 (-38%)	.427 (-27%)	.762 (-32%)	-351.7
2005	ATL	NL	12	25	4	8	1	0	1	1	0	0	9	.320	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	ATL	NL	13	24	3	5	2	0	0	4	0	2	11	.208	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	HOU	NL	21	37	6	12	1	0	1	7	0	2	8	.324	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	ARI	NL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 16 seasons			448	725	97	178	22	5	16	79	3	47	195	.246	—	—	—	—	-1,575

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Mike Hampton — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
11	20	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	8	.250

Playoff Batting by Year

Mike Hampton — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	AVG
2004	NLDS2	ATL	2	2	0	1	0	1	.500
2003	NLDS2	ATL	2	4	0	1	0	2	.250
2000	NLCS	NYN	2	6	1	1	0	1	.167
2000	NLDS2	NYN	1	2	0	1	0	1	.500
2000	WS	NYN	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1999	NLDS1	HOU	1	2	0	0	0	1	.000
1998	NLDS2	HOU	1	2	0	0	0	2	.000
1997	NLDS2	HOU	1	2	0	1	1	0	.500

Playoff Career Pitching

Mike Hampton — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	4	11	10	0	65.0	48	27	32	53	3.74

Playoff Pitching by Year

Mike Hampton — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2004	NLDS2	ATL	0	0	2	1	7.1	4	2	4	6	2.45
2003	NLDS2	ATL	0	1	2	2	12.2	11	6	6	16	4.26
2000	NLCS	NYN	2	0	2	2	16.0	9	0	4	12	0.00
2000	NLDS2	NYN	0	1	1	1	5.1	6	5	3	2	8.44
2000	WS	NYN	0	1	1	1	6.0	8	4	5	4	6.00
1999	NLDS1	HOU	0	0	1	1	7.0	6	3	1	9	3.86
1998	NLDS2	HOU	0	0	1	1	6.0	2	1	1	2	1.50
1997	NLDS2	HOU	0	1	1	1	4.2	2	6	8	2	11.57

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Mike Hampton — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	224	363	59	95	9	40	.262
Away	224	362	38	83	7	39	.229

Pitching — Home / Away

Mike Hampton — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	202	1157.1	1150	457	431	768	3.55
Away	217	1111.0	1220	567	470	619	4.59

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Mike Hampton — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	BB	SO
2010-10-03	AZ	LAD	—	0.2	1	1	0
2010-09-29	AZ	SFG	—	0.2	0	0	0
2010-09-28	AZ	SFG	—	0.1	0	0	1
2010-09-25	AZ	LAD	—	0.0	1	0	0
2010-09-22	AZ	COL	—	0.1	1	0	1
2010-09-19	AZ	PIT	—	0.1	0	0	0
2010-09-17	AZ	PIT	—	0.1	0	0	0
2010-09-11	AZ	COL	—	0.2	0	0	0
2010-09-07	AZ	SFG	—	0.2	0	0	1
2010-09-04	AZ	HOU	—	0.1	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Mike Hampton — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	419	355	144	476	27	42

Season-by-Season Fielding

Mike Hampton — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1993	SEA	P	13	3	0	2	1	0
1994	HOU	P	44	0	6	11	0	2
1995	HOU	P	24	24	10	23	3	2
1996	HOU	P	27	27	13	33	2	3
1997	HOU	P	34	34	16	57	3	4
1998	HOU	P	32	32	11	49	4	7
1999	HOU	P	34	34	12	41	3	4
2000	NYN	P	33	33	10	45	2	2
2001	COL	P	32	32	12	46	0	5
2002	COL	P	30	30	12	35	1	1
2003	ATL	P	31	31	15	52	1	4
2004	ATL	P	29	29	13	37	2	4
2005	ATL	P	12	12	2	11	2	1
2008	ATL	P	13	13	3	17	1	2
2009	HOU	P	21	21	9	17	2	1
2010	ARI	P	10	0	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Mike Hampton Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	419

Awards & Honors

Mike Hampton — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2003	Gold Glove	P
2003	Silver Slugger	P
2002	Silver Slugger	P
2001	Silver Slugger	P
2000	NLCS MVP
2000	Silver Slugger	P
1999	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Pitcher
1999	Silver Slugger	P
1999	TSN All-Star	LHP
1999	TSN Pitcher of the Year

Salary History

Mike Hampton — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2009	HOU	NL	$2,000,000
2008	ATL	NL	$15,975,184
2007	ATL	NL	$14,500,000
2006	ATL	NL	$14,503,543
2005	ATL	NL	$15,125,000
2004	ATL	NL	$14,625,000
2003	ATL	NL	$13,625,000
2002	COL	NL	$9,503,543
2001	COL	NL	$10,500,000
2000	NYN	NL	$5,750,000
1999	HOU	NL	$4,125,000
1998	HOU	NL	$2,250,000
1997	HOU	NL	$1,420,000
1996	HOU	NL	$275,000
1995	HOU	NL	$135,000
1994	HOU	NL	$129,000
1993	SEA	AL	$109,000
Total Career Earnings			$124,550,270

Award Voting History

Mike Hampton — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1999	Cy Young Award	NL	2nd	110.0	160	11
1999	Most Valuable Player	NL	21th	10.0	448	0

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Career Spans

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Mike Hampton: the record in brief

The profile opens with Mike Hampton's first major league game on April 17, 1993; the last one listed came on October 3, 2010. By club, Hampton's seasons break down as the Seattle Mariners (1993), the Houston Astros (1994 to 2009), the New York Mets (2000), the Colorado Rockies (2001 through 2002), the Atlanta Braves (2003 through 2008), and the Arizona Diamondbacks (2010). Hampton is listed as a pitcher at 185 pounds on a 5-foot-10 frame. Hampton threw left-handed and batted right-handed, per the bio block. The recorded birth is September 9, 1972, in Brooksville, FL, USA. Hampton's full given name, per the bio, is Michael William Hampton.

The pitching table credits Hampton with a 148-115 record and a 4.06 ERA in 419 games. Also on Hampton's record: 1,387 strikeouts, 21 complete games, and 9 shutouts. That 4.06 ERA compares with a 4.41 league average across the same seasons, 7.9% better. Hampton won 22 games in 1999, the most of any season listed.

Frequently Asked Questions about Mike Hampton

What years did Mike Hampton play?: Mike Hampton played in Major League Baseball from 1993 to 2010.
Was Mike Hampton a pitcher?: Yes. Mike Hampton pitched in the major leagues, recording 148 wins and 1387 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Mike Hampton hit?: Mike Hampton hit 16 career home runs with 178 hits.
What was Mike Hampton's career batting average?: Mike Hampton batted .246 over his career, with 178 hits in 725 at bats.
How many RBI did Mike Hampton have?: Mike Hampton drove in 79 runs in his career.
What was Mike Hampton's career ERA?: Mike Hampton finished with a 4.06 career ERA, going 148-115 with 1,387 strikeouts.