Chris Hammond

Full Name: Christopher Andrew Hammond Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 1"/190 First Game: July 16, 1990 Birthdate: January 21, 1966 MLB Experience: 14 years Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia Bat/Throw: Left/Left

Biography

Born on January 21, 1966 in Atlanta, Georgia, Chris Hammond (Christopher Andrew Hammond) played for the Cincinnati Reds, Florida Marlins, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics and San Diego Padres over the course of his 14 year career. Hammond broke into the bigs on July 16, 1990 with the Cincinnati Reds, and put up a 4.06 ERA in 99.2 innings pitched in 1991, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Chris Hammond's most productive season. Some believe that it was 2002, when he posted a .95 ERA and struck out 63 batters. However, others believe that it was 1995, when he posted a 3.80 ERA and struck out 126 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1990	CIN	N	3	3	0	2	6.35	4	9	8	0	0	0	11.1	13	2	12	1	1	0
1991	CIN	N	20	18	7	7	4.06	50	51	45	0	0	0	99.2	92	4	48	3	3	2
1992	CIN	N	28	26	7	10	4.21	79	75	69	0	0	0	147.1	149	13	55	6	6	3
1993	FLA	N	32	32	11	12	4.66	108	106	99	1	0	0	191	207	18	66	2	10	1
1994	FLA	N	13	13	4	4	3.07	40	30	25	1	1	0	73.1	79	5	23	1	3	1
1995	FLA	N	25	24	9	6	3.80	126	73	68	3	2	0	161	157	17	47	2	3	9
1996	FLA	N	38	9	5	8	6.56	50	65	59	0	0	0	81	104	14	27	3	1	4
1997	BOS	A	29	8	3	4	5.92	48	45	43	0	0	1	65.1	81	5	27	4	2	2
1998	FLA	N	3	3	0	2	6.59	8	11	10	0	0	0	13.2	20	3	8	0	0	1
2002	ATL	N	63	0	7	2	.95	63	15	8	0	0	0	76	53	1	31	9	1	1
2003	NY	A	62	0	3	2	2.86	45	23	20	0	0	1	63	65	5	11	0	1	2
2004	OAK	A	41	0	4	1	2.68	34	21	16	0	0	1	53.2	56	4	13	1	0	3
2005	SD	N	55	0	5	1	3.84	34	25	25	0	0	0	58.2	51	9	14	0	0	2
2006	CIN	N	29	0	1	1	6.91	23	23	22	0	0	0	28.2	36	5	5	0	0	0
Total	NL		309	128	56	55	4.19	585	483	438	5	3	0	941.2	961	91	336	27	28	24
Total	AL		132	8	10	7	3.91	127	89	79	0	0	3	182	202	14	51	5	3	7
Total			441	136	66	62	4.14	712	572	517	5	3	3	1123.2	1163	105	387	32	31	31

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1990	CIN	N	P	3	3	11.1	0	3	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	.600
1991	CIN	N	P	20	18	99.2	6	18	2	1	0	3	8	3	1	.923
1992	CIN	N	P	28	26	147.1	9	22	2	1	0	1	7	4	4	.939
1993	FLA	N	P	32	32	191	8	32	4	1	0	1	5	6	2	.909
1994	FLA	N	P	13	13	73.1	1	6	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	.875
1995	FLA	N	P	25	24	161	9	21	1	2	0	0	0	7	4	.968
1996	FLA	N	P	38	9	81	6	13	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	.905
1997	BOS	A	P	29	8	65.1	3	10	1	1	0	0	4	2	1	.929
1998	FLA	N	P	3	3	13.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	ATL	N	P	63	0	76	2	17	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	1.000
2003	NY	A	P	62	0	63	2	7	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.000
2004	OAK	A	P	41	0	53.2	1	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.917
2005	SD	N	P	55	0	58.2	1	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
2006	CIN	N	P	29	0	28.2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	441	136	1123.2	48	172	16	10	0	9	32	29	15	.932

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1990	CIN	N	3	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1991	CIN	N	20	34	4	12	0	1	.353	.389	.441	3	0	2	10	0	1	0	0	0
1992	CIN	N	30	44	7	6	1	4	.136	.235	.227	1	0	6	20	0	3	0	0	0
1993	FLA	N	33	63	10	12	2	4	.190	.292	.317	0	1	9	26	0	5	0	0	0
1994	FLA	N	13	22	1	3	0	1	.136	.208	.182	1	0	2	12	0	3	0	0	0
1995	FLA	N	25	48	7	13	1	4	.271	.364	.375	2	0	7	16	0	5	0	0	1
1996	FLA	N	38	15	1	1	0	0	.067	.125	.067	0	0	1	7	0	2	0	0	0
1997	BOS	A	29	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	FLA	N	3	5	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2002	ATL	N	63	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
2003	NY	A	62	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	OAK	A	41	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	SD	N	55	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2006	CIN	N	29	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		312	238	30	48	4	14	.202	.285	.290	7	1	28	96	0	19	0	0	2
Total	AL		132	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			444	238	30	48	4	14	.202	.285	.290	7	1	28	96	0	19	0	0	2

Transactions

• Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 6th round of the free-agent draft (January 14, 1986 - signed May 10, 1986).
• Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Florida Marlins in exchange for Gary Scott and a player to be named later (March 27, 1993); Cincinnati Reds received Hector Carrasco (September 10, 1993).
• Granted free agency (October 4, 1996).
• Signed by Boston Red Sox (December 17, 1996).
• Granted free agency (October 30, 1997).
• Signed by Kansas City Royals (January 12, 1998).
• Released by Kansas City Royals (March 23, 1998).
• Signed by Florida Marlins (March 27, 1998).
• Granted free agency (June 2, 1998).
• Signed by Cleveland Indians (March 31, 2001).
• Released by Cleveland Indians (July 3, 2001).
• Signed by Atlanta Braves (July 17, 2001).
• Granted free agency (October 15, 2001).
• Signed by Atlanta Braves (November 19, 2001).
• Granted free agency (October 28, 2002).
• Signed by New York Yankees (December 13, 2002).
• Traded by New York Yankees with cash to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Eduardo Sierra and J.T. Stotts (December 18, 2003).
• Granted free agency (October 28, 2004).
• Signed by San Diego Padres (January 17, 2005).
• Granted free agency (October 27, 2005).
• Signed by Cincinnati Reds (December 20, 2005).
• Granted free agency (June 30, 2006).