Robby Hammock

Robby Hammock
Arizona Diamondbacks — No. 7 CatcherBorn: May 13, 1977(1977-05-13) (age 31)
Macon, GeorgiaBats: Right Throws: Right Major League Baseball debut April 11, 2003 for the Arizona Diamondbacks Selected MLB statistics
(through 2007) Batting average .261 Home runs 12 Runs batted in 46 Teams

Arizona Diamondbacks (2003-2004, 2006-present)

Robert Wade "Robby" Hammock is a player for the Arizona Diamondbacks organization in Major League Baseball. He was born on May 13, 1977, in Macon, GA. He made his major league debut on April 11, 2003.

Robby was drafted three times: in 1995 by the Florida Marlins, in 1997 by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and in 1998 by the Diamondbacks. Robby played five seasons at various minor league levels from 1998 to 2002. In 2003, Robby played in 65 games for the major league club, batting .282 and starting 28 games at catcher. His numbers were good enough to earn him a place on the 2003 Topps All-Star Rookie Roster. Robby was the third catcher behind Chad Moeller and Rod 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.1 Unlike some of the other Baby Backs, like Cintron and Kata, Hammock remains with the Diamondbacks now (in 2008).

In 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 caught Randy Johnson's perfect game.

Robby did not appear in a major league game in 2005, and only played in three games for the Class AAA Tucson Sidewinders. He was on the roster for the 2006 Sidewinders, in which he played multiple positions. He was called up after the Sidewinders won the Pacific Coast League Championship game, and appeared in only one game.