Matthew
Hammond
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 170
 
Born: December 14, 1976 in USA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 24 DAK VL $ 1,300,000 5 4 5 5 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 4 12 11 11 4 4 4
2002 25 IND VL $ 1,300,000 5 4 4 5 4 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 12 11 11 4 4 4
2003 26 IND VL $ 1,300,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 4 12 11 12 4 5 4
2004 27 IND VL $ 1,300,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 4 12 11 12 4 5 4
2005 28 KEN VL $ 3,900,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 12 11 12 4 5 4
2006 29 KEN VL $ 3,900,000 5 4 4 5 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 12 11 11 4 4 4
2007 30 KEN VL $ 3,900,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 12 11 11 4 4 4
2008 31 KEN VL $ 2,900,000 5 4 5 5 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 12 11 11 4 4 4
2009 32 KEN VL $ 2,900,000 5 4 5 5 4 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 12 11 11 4 4 4
2010 33 KEN VL $ 2,900,000 5 4 5 5 4 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 12 11 11 4 4 4
2011 34 KEN VL $ 2,000,000 5 4 5 5 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 11 11 11 3 4 4
2012 35 KEN VL $ 2,000,000 4 3 4 5 4 4 6 6 6 4 3 4 11 11 11 3 4 3
2013 36 KEN VL $ 2,000,000 4 3 4 5 4 4 6 6 6 4 3 3 11 10 10 3 3 3
2014 37 KEN VL $ 300,000 3 2 3 4 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 9 9 2 2 2
Min Ratings $ 300,000 3 2 3 4 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 9 9 2 2 2
Max Ratings $ 3,900,000 5 4 5 5 4 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 12 11 12 4 5 4
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2001 24 DAK VL 159 512 76 122 17 3 7 38 50 22 121 113 .238 .390 .324 .715 81.6 8.7
2002 25 IND VL 162 591 112 136 18 4 14 54 45 23 137 130 .230 .379 .345 .724 92.8 14.3
2003 26 IND VL 162 619 115 154 22 7 16 73 59 28 166 131 .249 .408 .384 .792 115.4 21.3
2004 27 IND VL 133 522 110 139 26 8 11 50 47 20 110 100 .266 .397 .410 .807 95.1 12.6
2005 28 KEN VL 155 602 107 140 15 8 19 56 29 13 102 118 .233 .346 .379 .724 89.7 11.2
2006 29 KEN VL 163 566 108 129 19 3 16 71 26 9 136 103 .228 .382 .357 .739 96.3 19.2
2007 30 KEN VL 161 603 98 145 36 9 15 65 7 9 103 115 .240 .354 .405 .758 89.8 14.5
2008 31 KEN VL 162 566 90 129 22 9 15 67 9 10 102 106 .228 .354 .378 .732 81.3 13.4
2009 32 KEN VL 162 512 85 114 22 5 11 51 51 30 106 97 .223 .361 .350 .711 73.4 11.9
2010 33 KEN VL 162 515 81 113 18 5 5 52 49 22 92 98 .219 .342 .303 .644 59.8 9.0
2011 34 KEN VL 162 568 91 138 25 6 10 58 47 30 113 126 .243 .369 .361 .730 82.7 14.8
2012 35 KEN VL 152 533 91 129 28 7 17 64 25 12 104 129 .242 .368 .417 .785 88.6 15.2
2013 36 KEN VL 67 258 34 62 12 4 4 24 5 1 36 60 .240 .336 .364 .700 32.0 7.3
2014 37 KEN VL 134 414 49 85 10 2 5 29 0 1 70 132 .205 .324 .275 .599 40.3 3.6
14 Years Sim 2096 7381 1247 1735 290 80 165 752 449 230 1498 1558 .235 .367 .363 .731 1118.5 176.9
162 Game Average 570 96 134 22 6 12 58 34 17 115 120 .235 .367 .363 .731 86.5  
Career Highs 163 619 115 154 36 9 19 73 59 30 166 132 .266 .408 .417 .807 115.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5151 801 1115 182 59 108 514 275 154 969 1028 .216 .344 .338 .681 673.1
vs LH   2230 446 620 108 21 57 238 129 76 529 530 .278 .420 .422 .842 422.9
Home 1051 3579 552 819 126 43 64 308 189 106 717 740 .229 .361 .342 .702 499.5
Away 1045 3802 695 916 164 37 101 444 215 124 781 818 .241 .374 .383 .757 596.5
RISP   1553 0 366 68 8 40 561 0 0 321 360 .236 .361 .367 .728 235.1
Pinch Hitting   8 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .250 .333 .250 .583 0.8
Close/Late   700 111 172 30 4 22 67 0 0 136 155 .246 .372 .394 .767 111.0
Mar/Apr 347 1253 220 317 60 14 36 143 73 39 247 272 .253 .380 .409 .789 207.9
May 348 1265 196 282 49 14 27 118 62 31 219 270 .223 .342 .348 .690 166.1
June 340 1235 221 278 49 17 31 112 67 34 251 259 .225 .359 .368 .727 182.7
July 268 943 161 204 33 13 18 93 50 33 195 197 .216 .354 .336 .690 127.0
August 330 1117 180 279 43 7 23 126 70 43 233 204 .250 .381 .363 .744 172.0
Sep/Oct 463 1568 269 375 56 15 30 160 82 50 353 356 .239 .383 .351 .734 240.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2001 24 DAK VL CF 158 153 1294.7 399 6 3 2 .993 2.82 0 0 .000 0 8.3
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
2002 25 IND VL CF 162 162 1391.3 447 5 4 4 .991 2.92 0 0 .000 0 5.8
2003 26 IND VL CF 162 162 1472.0 490 5 1 1 .998 3.03 0 0 .000 0 4.7
2004 27 IND VL CF 133 133 1156.0 420 10 5 6 .989 3.35 0 0 .000 0 4.9
2005 28 KEN VL CF 155 155 1327.7 479 8 9 2 .982 3.30 0 0 .000 0 3.5
2006 29 KEN VL 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 138 138 1157.3 419 8 14 2 .968 3.32 0 0 .000 0 5.4
    LF 29 25 209.0 43 1 3 0 .936 1.89 0 0 .000 0  
2007 30 KEN VL CF 161 158 1405.3 461 5 5 2 .989 2.98 0 0 .000 0 9.1
2008 31 KEN VL CF 162 162 1423.0 503 4 9 1 .983 3.21 0 0 .000 0 7.1
2009 32 KEN VL CF 162 162 1377.0 503 10 9 2 .983 3.35 0 0 .000 0 6.0
2010 33 KEN VL CF 162 162 1384.3 450 9 3 3 .994 2.98 0 0 .000 0 7.0
2011 34 KEN VL CF 162 162 1456.0 477 7 5 2 .990 2.99 0 0 .000 0 6.1
2012 35 KEN VL CF 152 152 1342.0 471 9 9 6 .982 3.22 0 0 .000 0 7.1
2013 36 KEN VL CF 67 67 616.3 205 1 1 1 .995 3.01 0 0 .000 0 3.5
2014 37 KEN VL CF 129 127 1018.7 328 5 5 5 .985 2.94 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    LF 6 0 12.0 2 0 1 0 .667 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 2065 2055 17821.6 6052 92 82 39 .987 3.10 0 0 .000 0 81.9
  LF 36 25 222.0 46 1 4 0 .922 1.91 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   2103 2080 18046.6 6098 93 86 39 .986 3.09 0 0 .000 0 81.9
Career Highs   169 163 1472.0 503 10 17 6 .998 3.35 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2006 29 KEN VL 5 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .176 .222 .176 .399
2009 32 KEN VL 18 56 8 17 6 2 3 7 1 2 11 11 .304 .418 .643 1.061
2011 34 KEN VL 13 44 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 13 .091 .196 .114 .310
2012 35 KEN VL 16 63 1 11 3 1 1 6 1 0 4 19 .175 .246 .302 .548
Career Post-Season Batting 52 180 12 35 10 3 4 15 2 2 21 45 .194 .288 .350 .638
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
2002-1-162
2003-1-162
2006-1-163
2008-1-162
2009-1-162
2010-1-162
2011-1-162
Triples
2003-9-7
2005-6-8
2007-5-9
2008-2-9
2012-7-7
CAR-21-80
Stolen Bases
2001-5-50
2002-9-45
2003-4-59
2009-5-51
2010-4-49
2011-4-47
CAR-25-449
Caught Stealing
2001-4-22
2002-5-23
2003-3-28
2004-7-20
2009-1-30
2010-1-22
2011-1-30
2012-8-12
CAR-3-230
Walks
2001-7-121
2002-3-137
2003-1-166
2004-9-110
2005-6-102
2006-1-136
2007-6-103
2008-3-102
2009-2-106
2010-4-92
2011-1-113
2012-2-104
2014-10-70
CAR-3-1498
Strikeouts
CAR-50-1558
 
   Black Ink Test: 13    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 50    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 106)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 38    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Dick Mullican (807)
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History
Drafted in 8th round, 258th overall pick, by Dakota in 2001
Injured on 9/10/2004 with a Torn Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for the season
Injured on 8/5/2005 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Hit 3 homeruns against Boston, driving in 5 runs on 4/8/2006
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Annawan on 6/16/2011
Won Solecismic Series with Kentucky in 2011
Won Player of the Week award on 5/7/2012, hitting .609 with 2 HR, 3 RBI
Injured on 5/20/2012 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks