- Robby Hammock
Infobox MLB player
width = 150px
name = Robby Hammock
team = Arizona Diamondbacks
number = 7
position = Catcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1977|5|13
birthplace = Macon, Georgia
bats = Right
throws = Right
debutdate = April 11
debutyear = 2003
debutteam = Arizona Diamondbacks
statyear = 2007
stat1label =Batting average
stat1value = .261
stat2label =Home run s
stat2value = 12
stat3label = Runs batted in
stat3value = 46
teams =
*Arizona Diamondbacks (by|2003-by|2004, by|2006-present)Robert Wade "Robby" Hammock is a player for the
Arizona Diamondbacks organization inMajor League Baseball . He was born onMay 13 ,1977 , inMacon, GA .He made his major league debut onApril 11 ,2003 .Robby was drafted three times: in by|1995 by the
Florida Marlins , in by|1997 by theTampa Bay Devil Rays , and in by|1998 by the Diamondbacks. Robby played five seasons at various minor league levels from 1998 to by|2002. In by|2003, Robby played in 65 games for the major league club, batting .282 and starting 28 games atcatcher . His numbers were good enough to earn him a place on the2003 Topps All-Star Rookie Roster . Robby was the third catcher behindChad Moeller andRod Barajas for Arizona in 2003.Along with
Matt Kata ,Alex Cintron ,Brandon Webb , and others, he was one of the "Baby Backs" who were called up when a surge of injuries hit Diamondbacks veteran players in 2003. The Baby Backs were popular and contributed to a winning season, but ultimately failed to make the playoffs. [http://www.azcentral.com/sports/diamondbacks/10years/articles/db10-2003main.html 1] Unlike some of the other Baby Backs, like Cintron and Kata, Hammock remains with the Diamondbacks now (in 2008).In by|2004, Robby made two brief minor league stops before rejoining the Diamondbacks. He played in 62 games, starting 46 at catcher and hit .241 with 16 doubles that season. On
May 18 , 2004, Robby caughtRandy Johnson 'sperfect game .Robby did not appear in a major league game in by|2005, and only played in three games for the Class AAA
Tucson Sidewinders . He was on the roster for the by|2006 Sidewinders, in which he played multiple positions. He was called up after the Sidewinders won thePacific Coast League Championship game, and appeared in only one game.ee also
*
Arizona Diamondbacks all-time roster External links
*baseball-reference|id=h/hammoro01
* [http://thebaseballcube.com/players/H/Rob-Hammock.shtml The Baseball Cube player page]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
