Updated at 1 p.m. Oct. 31: Revised to include additional details from court documents.

Former Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton was arrested Wednesday on a felony charge after being accused of hitting one of his daughters last month.

Joshua Holt Hamilton (Tarrant County Sheriff's Department)

Hamilton, 38, a Keller resident, turned himself in to Tarrant County authorities on a single count of injury to a child. He was released about 3:15 p.m. after posting $35,000 bond.

In a statement, Hamilton’s attorneys Daniel Lewis and Thomas Ashworth said that their client “is innocent of the charge against him and looks forward to clearing his name in court.”

According to an arrest-warrant affidavit, Keller police began investigating after one of Hamilton’s three daughters with his ex-wife, Katie Hamilton, told her mother about an incident that took place the morning of Sept. 30.

The girl told authorities that Hamilton became upset about something she said and threw a full water bottle at her, hitting her in the chest, while cursing and yelling. He then pulled a chair out from under her feet and tossed it at her before yanking her to the ground, the affidavit says.

Hamilton then picked up the girl, threw her over his shoulder and carried her to her bedroom as she yelled that she was sorry, the document says. She said he threw her onto her bed, used one hand to pin down her head and then started hitting her legs with his other hand.

He later picked her up by her sweatshirt, causing it to rip, she said, and hit her on her back.

According to the affidavit, after he stopped hitting the girl, he said: “I hope you go in front of the [expletive] Judge and tell him what a terrible dad I am so I don’t have to see you anymore.”

Family-court records show that Hamilton’s ex-wife sought a protective order earlier this month on behalf of the girl.

Under the terms of the order, which a judge granted, Hamilton is not allowed to see or communicate with his daughters or go within 200 yards of their home. He also is not allowed to possess a firearm.

Court documents obtained by KXAS-TV (NBC5) show that Katie Hamilton had been granted two protective orders in the past: one in 2005, when the couple lived in North Carolina, and one during their divorce in 2015.

She also said her daughters had told her about previous times Josh Hamilton had threatened them or been violent with them.

In November 2017, she wrote in an affidavit, he taped wooden sticks from a hardware store together and beat one of the girls with them. He also had used a “wooden rod w/ metal balls” attached to it to mete out discipline, she said.

In February, Hamilton hit one of the girls after she accidentally kicked a refrigerator, his ex-wife wrote. And in early September, he reportedly told one of his daughters “I want to beat the [expletive] out of you.”

Hamilton, 38, played with the Rangers from 2008 to 2012 and in 2015. The five-time All-Star and 2010 American League MVP was enshrined in the team’s Hall of Fame earlier this year.

But for all his successes on the field, Hamilton’s career was marked by his troubles with alcohol and drug addiction off it.

He was suspended for all or part of several minor-league seasons as he dealt with substance abuse after being the first overall draft pick in 1999. He reached the major leagues in 2007 with the Cincinnati Reds, who traded him to Rangers after that season.

In his first season in Arlington, he led the league in RBIs and set a record for the most home runs in a single round of the MLB Home Run Derby.

In 2009, he said that a lapse in his Christian faith led him to drink excessively at an Arizona bar. Three years later, he had a second relapse at Sherlock’s Pub in Dallas.

The Hamiltons filed for divorce in 2015, shortly after Josh Hamilton had another substance-abuse relapse.

The Rangers released Hamilton from his contract in 2017.

After being inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame in August, Hamilton said he missed playing baseball.

Then, referencing his daughters, who were in attendance, he added: "But when I look at them, I just remember why I stopped. I stopped to be a dad. My girls need me to be a dad more than I need baseball.”

Hamilton’s most recent public sighting was at the Rangers’ final game of the season on Sept. 29 — the night before the alleged incident — when he was honored as a member of the Globe Life Park all-time team.

In a statement, the Rangers said they were aware of the allegation.

“The Texas Rangers take the issue of family violence very seriously," the statement said. "Since this is an ongoing legal matter, we have no further comment.”

Hamilton’s next court appearance in the criminal case is set for Nov. 22. A family-court hearing is scheduled for January.

Another Rangers Hall-of-Famer, John Wetteland, was arrested in January on accusations that he sexually assaulted a young child multiple times. His trial in Denton County is pending.

Staff writer Evan Grant contributed to this report.