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Ken Griffey Jr League
4-4-2079
Babe Hammer Second Base
Retired (1960, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .298 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .874 Status Deceased (1988) Option Years 0  
H 1188 Age at Death 64 Date of Birth 02-13-1924
HR 180 Drafted Round 2, Pick 20
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 3 years
(107 games)
RBI 689
SB 148
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B+ Velocity D    Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt C+ Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS D- (9.7%) Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health D- LCS Appearances 0
3B D- (10.6%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1950 PIT
121
435
72
150
26
5
24
95
35
 54 4 2
7
 4 8
.990
.397
.593
.248
.345
1951 DET
80
241
61
85
12
6
13
45
30
 26 5 4
2
 2 4
1.043
.429
.614
.261
.353
1952 DET
71
205
53
78
12
5
12
46
27
 23 0 2
3
 4 4
1.112
.449
.663
.283
.380
1953 DET-PHI
130
514
121
169
29
4
35
116
54
 75 6 4
26
 6 5
1.001
.396
.605
.276
.329
1954 PHI
129
534
104
157
31
7
22
103
49
 78 4 2
33
 7 3
.858
.357
.502
.208
.294
1955 PHI
129
476
64
131
24
6
19
71
40
 85 2 5
16
 9 5
.801
.331
.471
.195
.275
1956 PHI
130
503
82
140
25
6
14
56
65
 77 1 4
25
 3 1
.795
.360
.435
.157
.278
1957 PHI-CIN
123
400
65
117
23
5
21
64
43
 45 1 2
17
 4 5
.893
.361
.532
.240
.292
1958 CIN
112
279
36
67
14
2
9
46
32
 49 3 2
6
 1 2
.724
.323
.401
.161
.240
1959 CIN
88
205
29
52
6
0
8
25
20
 25 1 0
9
 2 1
.723
.323
.400
.146
.254
1960 CIN-CHA
97
197
23
42
4
1
3
22
21
 38 1 1
4
 1 2
.580
.291
.289
.076
.213
Total
1210
3989
710
1188
206
47
180
689
416
 575 28 28
148
 43 40
.874
.366
.508
.211
.298
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1960-11-01Babe Hammer has retired from the Chicago Avengers
1960-09-28The Chicago Avengers have re-claimed Babe Hammer from the waiver wire.
1960-09-25The Chicago Avengers have promoted Dickie Drago to the major league team. The Chicago Avengers have promoted Jose Bearnarth to the major league team. The Chicago Avengers have promoted Tony Richards to the major league team. The Chicago Avengers have designated Babe Hammer for assignment. The Chicago Avengers have designated Bruno Fridley for assignment. The Chicago Avengers have sent Max Marshall to the minors.
1960-05-24The Chicago Avengers have acquired Babe Hammer from the waiver wire.
1960-05-20The Cincinnati Hobos have promoted Joe Tinker to the major league team. The Cincinnati Hobos have designated Babe Hammer for assignment.
1957-06-17A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Dong and the Cincinnati GhostRiders. The Cincinnati GhostRiders receive Babe Hammer, Ken Ferriss, Jim Finney, Dutch Lew, Dick Webb from the Philadelphia Dong in exchange for Bill James, Bill Lara, Butch Knoll, Pid Purdy.
1954-03-07The Philadelphia Dong have promoted Bob Anderson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Dong have promoted Babe Hammer to the major league team. The Philadelphia Dong have sent Sam Kaufmann to the minors. The Philadelphia Dong have sent Hy Hague to the minors.
1953-10-14The Philadelphia Dong have promoted Dylan Morgan to the major league team. The Philadelphia Dong have promoted Sam Kaufmann to the major league team. The Philadelphia Dong have sent Bob Anderson to the minors. The Philadelphia Dong have sent Babe Hammer to the minors.
1953-03-01The Philadelphia Dong have renamed Sammy Sosa to Babe Hammer.
1953-03-01A trade has been completed between the Detroit White/Green Stripe Sox and the Philadelphia Dong. The Philadelphia Dong receive Sammy Sosa from the Detroit White/Green Stripe Sox in exchange for Dutch Bradley, Roberto Duran.
1950-04-29The Pittsburgh All stars have renamed Power to Sammy Sosa.
1950-04-10The Pittsburgh All stars have renamed BA of .133 to Power.
1950-04-06The Pittsburgh Pirats have renamed Buck Bradley to BA of .133.