Jeffrey Hammonds

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Jeffrey Hammonds
Outfielder
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 25, 1993 for the Baltimore Orioles
Final game
May 22, 2005 for the Washington Nationals
Career statistics
Batting Average	.272
Home Runs	110
Runs Batted In	423
Teams
Baltimore Orioles (1993-1998) Cincinnati Reds (1998-1999) Colorado Rockies (2000) Milwaukee Brewers (2001-2003) San Francisco Giants (2003-2004) Washington Nationals (2005)
Career highlights and awards
Competed for the United States at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Batted .335 with 20 home runs, 106 RBI, and 14 stolen bases, in only 454 at bats in 2000.

Jeffrey Bryan Hammonds (born March 5, 1971 in Plainfield, New Jersey) is a former Major League Baseball player. He attended Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School in Scotch Plains, New Jersey and Stanford University in California before playing pro ball. He played for the Baltimore Orioles (1993-1998), Cincinnati Reds (1998-1999), Colorado Rockies (2000), Milwaukee Brewers (2001-2003), San Francisco Giants (2003-2004), and his last team the Washington Nationals in (2005).

Hammonds was a major speedster in high school and college before injuring his knee. After he broke the Pac-10 single season stolen base record as a freshman at Stanford, The Star-Ledger reported Hammonds was caught stealing just three times in his four years of high school (including summer ball), all three times by Union High School catchers.

Hammonds was a first-round draft pick (fourth overall) in the 1992 amateur draft selected by the Baltimore Orioles where he would play for 6 years. In his 13-year career in MLB, he batted .272, 110 home runs, 824 hits, and 423 RBI.

His best year easily came in 2000 with the Colorado Rockies, when Jeff batted .335, 20 home runs, 106 RBI, 14 SB, in only 454 at bats in 2000. With those kind of numbers Jeff earned himself a spot as a member of the 2000 National League all-star team representing the Rockies.

Before the 2001 season, Hammonds signed a 3-year, $21 million contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. The signing, however, turned out to be one of the biggest busts in team history and he was released a few months into the 2003 season.

On June 10, 2005, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that Washington Nationals OF Jeffrey Hammonds had retired.