Steven Absher Hamilton was a Major League Baseball and National Basketball Association player.
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14 Facts About Steve Hamilton
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Steve Hamilton was an All-American in 1957, and a two-time All-Ohio Valley Conference First-Team selection.
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Steve Hamilton began pitching full time in the American League Cleveland Indians farm system in 1958.
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Steve Hamilton broke into the Major Leagues as a 26 year-old rookie in 1961.
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Steve Hamilton pitched 1 inning during the Yankees 1963 World Series loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers and 2 innings during the Yankees 1964 World Series loss to the St Louis Cardinals, including 1 save.
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Late in his career Steve Hamilton threw what famously became known as "The Folly Floater", a high, slow eephus pitch.
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Steve Hamilton pitched a full season in the minors in 1958 before he began his NBA career.
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Steve Hamilton pitched all of the 1958 baseball season for the B-level minor league franchise of the big league Cleveland Indians.
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Steve Hamilton played for the Single-A Cleveland minor league franchise in 1959, which would have ended its season around or before September 1st.
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Steve Hamilton pitched for Cleveland's Double-A minor league franchise in 1960.
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Steve Hamilton died of colon cancer at his home in Morehead, Kentucky, on December 2,1997, and was buried in nearby Forest Lawn Garden of Memories.
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Steve Hamilton is one of only two people to have played in both a World Series and an NBA finals.
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Steve Hamilton is one of 13 athletes to have played in both the National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball.
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