Josh Hamilton Car Accident his Mother And Fathe

Hamilton played baseball growing up in north carolina he was the first overall major league baseball draft by the tampa bay devil rays he was considered a blue chip prospect until injuries and a drug addiction derailed his career Hamilton was selected by the Chicago cubs picking for the cincinnati reds in the rule draft he made his MLB debut in with the reds and had a successful rookie season hamilton was named to the American league all star team and has made the all star team the next two seasons as well.



Hamilton signed with tampa bay receiving a $4 million signing bonus and joined their minor league system his first stop in the minors was the rookie level Princeton devil rays of the appalachian league where he played games he later joined the hudson valley renegades and helped lead them to their first New York Penn league championship after this successful debut in professional baseball he spent the season with the charleston riverdogs in the south atlantic league at the start of his pro career hamilton's parents quit their jobs so they could travel with their son.


Hamilton was involved in a car accident his mother and father were also injured in the accident but they recuperated from their injuries the season also marked the beginning of his drug and alcohol use and he made his first attempt at rehab Hamilton only played games in the split between charleston A Ball and the orlando rays a AA team in the southern league hamilton began with the bakersfield blaze batting with home runs and RBIs games before his season came to an end due to lingering toe and neck injuries.