Carl Hamilton, who spent 31 years as a Major League video coordinator — including the final 21 seasons (1990–2010) of his Major League career as Seattle’s video coordinator — has passed away at the age of 77.
Hamilton (born Aug. 10, 1940), began his career in Major League Baseball in 1980 with the Texas Rangers as one of the first video coordinators in the Majors, prior to joining the Mariners organization in 1990. His career spanned cutting tape by hand with a razor blade to the digital era. In 2005, the Professional Baseball Video Coordinators Association (PBVCA) awarded its first-ever award for excellence to Carl Hamilton and voted unanimously to name the annual excellence award the Carl Hamilton Award.