Joey Hammond, IF

B-T: R-R

HT: 6-1

WT: 189

BORN: October 27, 1977, Frederick, MD

RESIDES: Frederick

HOW OBTAINED: Signed by Phillies as a minor league free agent, 11/3/05; originally selected by BAL in 25th round of 1998 draft

EDUCATION: 1995 graduate of Gov. Thomas Johnson HS ... Attended UNC-Charlotte ... Played on state championship team in high school ... Played at Camden Yards in state's Crown High School All-Star Game in '95 ... HOBBY: Playing golf ... MISC: Is the 2nd cousin of professional golfer Donnie Hammond ... 2007: Began season with Reading (AA) ... Had a career-best 6 RBI, 5/17 at Bowie ... Scored a run in 10 straight games (14 total), 4/29-5/9 ... Transferred to Ottawa (AAA), 5/13 ... Hit safely in 12 of his first 16 games (.308, 16-52) ... Combined to hit .416 (30-72, 12 RBI) in 19 May games between both clubs ... Had 34 multi-hit games between both clubs ... Hit .300 (83-277) vs RHP and .290 (38-131) vs LHP between both levels ... 2006: Led Reading in games played, at-bats, hits and walks ... Phillies Minor League Player of the Week, 5/29-6/4 (.423, 11-26) ... Had an 11-game hit streak, 5/26-6/6 ... Hit .348 (32-92) with 18 runs scored, 3 HR and 18 RBI in 25 July games, highlighted by a 10-game hitting streak, 7/6-18 (.425, 17-40, 9 R, 2 HR, 9 RBI)... Had 36 multi-hit games including four 3-hit games and two 4-hit games (5/26 vs Connecticut, 6/12 vs Altoona) ... 2005: Played entire season with Bowie (AA) ... Played majority of season at 2nd base ... Also appeared in 3 games as relief pitcher (2.1 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO) ... Had a season-high 13-game hit streak, 8/1-19 (.383, 18-47, 4 2B, 3 HR, 12 RBI) ... Had 31 multi-hit games ... 2004: Spent most of season at Ottawa and had a 5-game stint at Bowie in May ... Played all 4 INF positions and 9 games in OF, and also made 2 pitching appearances ... Had a season-high 4 RBI, 4/21 at Syracuse ... 2003: Began season with Bowie and hit safely in 9 of his first 10 games (.500) ... Named Organizational Player of the Month for April (.333) ... Was transferred to Ottawa at end of April, where he spent remainder of the season ... Hit .326 with RISP for Ottawa ... 2002: Began season at Bowie ... Hit .287 in May and was transferred to Rochester (AAA) at the end of the month ... Returned to Bowie, 8/17 ... 2001: Began season with Bowie ... Transferred to Frederick (A), 5/11, where he hit safely in 22 of 25 games ... Had a 10-game hitting streak, 5/23-31 (.343, 12-35) ... Returned to Bowie, 6/5, where he spent the rest of the season ... Led Eastern League with .405 avg in July ... 2000: Ranked among team leaders in hits (2nd), games (T-2nd), doubles (T-2nd) and at-bats (3rd) for Frederick ... 1999: Began season at Frederick ... Transferred to Delmarva (A), 6/6 ... Hit safely in each of his final 11 games at Delmarva before returning to Frederick, 7/3, where he finished the season ... Hit 2 HR vs Winston-Salem, 8/15 ... 1998: Hit .388 with Bluefield (R), 2nd among all short-season players ... Fell 41 plate appearances shy of qualifying for Appalachian League batting crown ... Was leading the league when he was called up to Delmarva ... Had a 16-game hit streak, 6/26-7/13 (.424, 28-66) ... Hit .449 (31-69) at home ... Promoted to Delmarva in late July and then to Frederick for the final week of the season ... Combined to hit .310 (85-274) in 72 games between Bluefield, Delmarva and Frederick.

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