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The 5'8" 160-lb Hamilton no-hit the Tigers 5-1 on August 30, 1912, and used his good changeup to become the Browns' leading winner from 1912 to 1914. After going 0-9 in 1917, he was sold to the Pirates. He completed all six of his starts for a perfect 6-0 (0.83) record in 1918 before military service shortened his season. Two years later he and the Giants' Rube Benton matched shutouts for 16 innings before New York prevailed in the 17th. Hamilton later owned the St. Joseph's franchise in the Western League. (NLM)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » July 1, 1911: Ty Cobb, who had an infield single off Earl Hamilton in his last game, on June 29th, repeats by beating out another infield hit against the St. Louis lefty. Again, Detroit wins, this time 8–0. » August 16, 1912: Behind Earl Hamilton's seven hitter, the lowly Browns beat the front running Red Sox, 3–2. Hamilton gives up six hits to beat O'Brien. Boston is 8 1/2 ahead of the A's. » August 30, 1912: Lefty Earl Hamilton, 22, pitches his only shutout of the year, a no-hitter in the Browns' 5–1 win over Detroit. Ty Cobb scores on an error after a walk. » September 15, 1912: In the 2nd game of a doubleheader, Boston's Joe Wood wins his 16th straight game as he bests the Browns 2–1 in a game called after eight innings because of darkness. Wood scores the winning run in the 8th, scoring from 3B on a wild pitch by Earl Hamilton. Earlier in the year, Walter Johnson posted a streak of 16 straight wins. » May 30, 1914: At St. Louis, the Browns and Tigers combine for just 11 hits in a doubleheader. Detroit's Harry Coveleski tosses a one-hitter in the opener to win, 2–1. The Tigers manage four hits off Earl Hamilton. Carl Weilman then wins for the Browns in the 2nd game, 2–1, outpitching Miles Main. Both pitchers allows just three hits, with Sam Crawford collecting two of the three Bengal bingles. The Tigers miss Ty Cobb, sitting with a cracked rib, who will not return until June 5th. » June 30, 1914: Cleveland's Terry Turner ends a long dry spell by hitting a three-run homer off the Browns Earl Hamilton. Turner's last home run was back in 1906: he had gone 3,186 at bats without a round tripper. » May 30, 1916: Browns pitcher Earl Hamilton, with 50 wins in the last four years but just one appearance this year, is sold to Detroit. He'll go 1–2, then be waived back to St. Louis on June 22. » May 10, 1918: Pittsburgh's lefty Earl Hamilton is 6-0 with an 0.83 ERA after beating the Giants. He then enlists in the Navy. » July 16, 1920: The Pirates' Earl Hamilton runs out of steam after pitching 16 scoreless innings against the Giants, and loses 7-0 in 17.