Joshua Cole Hamilton Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Joshua Holt "Josh" Hamilton (born May 21, 1981) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has also played for the Cincinnati Reds (2007) and Texas Rangers (2008–2012). He is a five-time MLB All-Star and won the American League Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) in 2010.He was the first overall pick in the 1999 MLB draft by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He was considered a blue chip prospect until injuries and a drug addiction derailed his career, beginning in 2001. Prior to the 2007 season, Hamilton was selected by the Chicago Cubs (picking for the Reds) in the Rule 5 Draft. During the off-season he was traded to the Rangers.During the 2008 season, Hamilton was named to the AL All-Star team. He also participated in the Home Run Derby, where he hit a record 28 home runs in the opening round and finished with 35 home runs, which was second-most all-time in derby history. He made the All-Star team the next four seasons as well. In 2012, Hamilton received more votes than any other player on the All-Star Game ballot, besting by approximately 3.5 million votes the vote count set in 2011 by Jose Bautista. Hamilton won the AL batting title in 2010. On October 22, 2010, Hamilton was selected as MVP of the 2010 ALCS. On November 23, 2010, Hamilton was named the 2010 AL MVP, earning 22 of 28 first-place votes. On May 8, 2012 Hamilton became the 16th player in MLB history to hit four home runs in a game, all 4 home runs were 2 run home runs, and he set an AL record for total bases in a game with 18.
Michaela Grace Hamilton, Stella Faith Hamilton, Sierra Hamilton
Parents
Linda Hamilton, Tony Hamilton
Siblings
Jason Hamilton
Awards
American League Most Valuable Player Award, Best Major League Baseball Player ESPY Award, Best Comeback Athlete ESPY Award
Nominations
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor
Movies
Dark Skies, Alive, The Bourne Identity, Outsourced, The House of Yes, Kicking and Screaming, Ice Age, J. Edgar, With Honors, Away We Go, Take Me to the River, See Girl Run, Experimenter, Broken English, The Last New Yorker, Urbania, Freak Talks About Sex, Diggers, Alexander the Last, Ten Stories Tal...
TV Shows
Gracepoint, CBS Schoolbreak Special
Star Sign
Gemini
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Quote
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"You do TV and movies to make the money and then you do theatre for the love of it. I think at this point in my life, I would pay to do theatre if that was how it worked." Interview with Backstage West, June 25, 1998.
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Fact
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Tom Beyer, Jillian Armenante, Jane Carr, Kevin Jackson, Brenda Wehle, Michael Winters and he were awarded the 1998 Back Stage Garland Award for the Ensemble for "The Cider House Rules" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
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Playing the role of Harold Dobbs in the Broadway production of "Proof". [October 2001]
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Playing Mickey in Hurlyburly at the 37 Arts complex (450 West 37th Street, New York. [April 2005]
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Has worked with Ethan Hawke in the movies Straight to One (1994), Alive (1993), Tonight at Noon (2010), and in three plays in a row -- "Hurly Burly", "The Coast Of Utopia" and "Things We Want". They were also in the Malaparte Theater Company together.
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Read the audio book "Riding the Bullet" by Stephen King.
$13 Million
