Most memorable moments of Josh Hamilton's career after Rangers Hall of Fame news

At the end of June, the Texas Rangers added Elvis Andrus as the 27th member to their team's baseball hall of fame and soon that club is going to get one more inductee from the mid-2010s era in outfielder Josh Hamilton.

On Tuesday, the Rangers announced Hamilton as the next member of the Texas Rangers Baseball Hall of Fame and will be honored during a pre-game ceremony on August 9. Hamilton was inducted as member in 2019 but will be honored next month.

Through six seasons with Texas, Hamilton slashed .302/.359/.516 with a .901 OPS, 150 home runs, 531 RBIs, 40 stolen bases, five All-Star appearances, three Silver Sluggers, 2010 AL batting champion, 2010 ALCS MVP and 2010 AL MVP.

Top Josh Hamilton Texas Rangers' moments throughout his career

2008 Home Run Derby

Ahead of the 2008 season, Josh Hamilton was seen as an outcast and failed experiment in Major League Baseball. He was drafted first overall in 1999 by the Tampa Bay Rays but his abuse of drugs derailed his career. Hamilton returned to baseball in 2007 as a 26-year-old and became a story of redemption and triumph.

Which leads to that July night at Yankee Stadium when Hamilton wowed the crowd by hitting a then single-round record of 28 home runs in the first round of the contest. It seemed like every longball he hit was 500+ feet, in reality seven of the 28 went 500+ with one of them traveling 518 feet.

Crazy enough, Hamilton ended up losing the derby to Minnesota's Justin Moreneau but from that point forward he became one of the biggest names in MLB.

2010 American League MVP

After two straight All-Star seasons with Texas in 2008 and 2009, Hamilton was set for his third season with Texas as a 29-year-old in 2010. And all he did was play 133 games and led the league with an 8.7 WAR and won the American League's Most Valuable Player.

In 133 games, he hit .359 with 32 home runs, 100 RBIs, 186 hits, .633 slugging percentage and a 1.044 OPS, while only striking out 95 times in 518 at-bats. On top of that, he was named an All-Star for a third straight season, won the AL Silver Slugger at centerfield, won the ALCS MVP and led Texas to their first American League Pennant.

If the 2008 derby didn't put everyone on notice, there's no doubt he wasn't a household name by 2010.

10th-inning home run in 2011 World Series

Hamilton's 2011 season was another special year as he earned his fourth-straight All-Star appearance, hitting .298 with 25 homers and 94 RBIs and leading Texas to a second consecutive AL Pennant.

The 30-year-old was the team's everyday centerfielder and spent majority of the year in the leadoff spot. In the World Series against St. Louis, the Rangers entered game six up three games to two, ready for their first championship title.

As history knows it did not happen, despite the effort from Hamilton who hit the go-ahead solo homer in the 10th inning. It was pointless as the Cardinals would win game six and seven to take the series.

Four homer game against Baltimore in 2012

On May 8, 2012, in a 10-3 Rangers' win against the Orioles, Hamilton hit four homers in one game to become just the 16th player in MLB to accomplish that feat. As of 2025, there are only 20 players in all of MLB history to do so.

Crazier to know, each homer was a two-run shot with Elvis Andrus as the runner on base at the time. He finished the game 5-for-5 with 8 RBIs and a fifth-inning double.