The fall from grace hasn’t been easy for former Texas Rangers star Josh Hamilton. The former 2010 American League MVP was recently indicted on a felony charge for injury to a minor per reports.
The Details
On Monday, the 38-year-old was indicted by a Tarrant County grand jury for his incident in September of 2019. That incident included accusations of hitting and scratching his oldest of three children.
As noted by Jozelyn Escobedo of ABC 8 WFAA, per police reports, Hamilton told his daughter to tell a judge “what a terrible dad I am” so that she wouldn’t have to go to his house again. According to the warrant, Hamilton threw a full water bottle at his daughter’s chest. Also included in that was a report that Hamilton took a chair out from underneath his daughter and threw it at her.
What followed was Hamilton allegedly taking his daughter to a room, pinning her on a bed, and hitting her repeatedly on the back of the legs. Hamilton’s ex-wife Katie has since filed a temporary restraining order on her daughter’s behalf.
A Fall From Grace
It’s been five years since Hamilton has graced a major league dugout. The 2010 AL MVP was revered as one of the best talents in MLB in the early 2010s
Over the course of nine playing seasons, Hamilton has played for three teams. Those teams included the Rangers, the Cincinnati Reds, and the Los Angeles Angels in one of the largest free-agent contracts of the time. The latter contract was one Hamilton himself never saw through to its conclusion. Additionally, Hamilton’s career showed a lot of firepower as evidence by his 200 home runs and 50 steals. That’s not to mention his career slash line of .290/.349/.516 along with a career OPS+ of 129.
Hamilton’s career is also defined just as much from what he did off the field as on it. The 1999 top-draft pick had a number of instances of drug abuse and addiction. These demons delayed the true start of his career and now abuse of a different level is dominating the Josh Hamilton conversation.
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