C · 2023
Caleb Hamilton
- Age
- 28
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Weight
- 212 lb
- Born
- February 5, 1995 in Woodinville, WA, USA
- MLB debut
- July 17, 2022
- dbWAR
- -.1 2 season(s)
- PA
- 6
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .167
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -38 100 = avg
Caleb Hamilton is a catcher for the Boston Red Sox. In 2023 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 6 plate appearances in 2 games. His batting average was .000, 100.0% lower than the league average of .248. He reached base at a .167 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .167, 77.3% lower than the league mark of .734. He made contact on 41.7% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -38 wRC+ puts his offence 138% below average. That comes to -0.1 dbWAR — -1.0 runs with the bat, -0.0 on the bases, +0.1 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2023.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2023. These four terms sum to -0.7 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .000 | — | 16.7% | 83.3% | .118 | -1.0 | -38 | -0.1 | |
| 2022 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .056 | .227 | .222 | .167 | .000 | 17.4% | 60.9% | .223 | -1.6 | 38 | -0.1 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHP | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .236 | 66.7% |
| vs RHP | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 100.0% |
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2023.
Situational hitting
How Caleb Hamilton hits by base state, outs, score and late-game pressure — each read against his own season line.
| Situation | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .000 | .167 | .000 | .118 |
| Bases empty · thin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runner on first · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runners on · thin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .236 |
| RISP · thin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .354 |
Runners on includes runners in scoring position, which is the convention every reference uses. Rows under 25 plate appearances are marked thin — at that size a rate moves several dozen points on one hit. Counted from play-by-play, 2023.
Head to head
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.