How Cole Hamels's Home Runs Compares to Similar Players

Cole Hamels totaled 310 career Home Runs, well above the starting pitcher average of 62.6 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Home Runs season came in 2014, posting 14, well above the starting pitcher average of 11.1 that year. The highest point came in 2018 at 29, well above the starting pitcher average of 12.6 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The Home Runs total went from 18 in 2017 to 29 in 2018 and 17 in 2019, falling over the span. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 14 seasons.

Cole Hamels Lifetime Home Runs and Similar Stats

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Cole Hamels Home Runs Per Season

Cole Hamels's Home Runs for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Cole Hamels Home Runs per season line chart

Cole Hamels Home Runs by Team

Cole Hamels's career Home Runs totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Cole Hamels career Home Runs by team bar chart

Cole Hamels Cumulative Home Runs — Career Progression

A running total of Cole Hamels's career Home Runs, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Cole Hamels Home Runs year-over-year waterfall chart

Cole Hamels Home Runs Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Cole Hamels's seasonal Home Runs alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Cole Hamels Home Runs distribution box chart versus comparable players

Cole Hamels Home Runs — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Cole Hamels's MLB career with Home Runs alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Cole Hamels Home Runs season-by-season breakdown table