Aaron Hammons

Position:
Right-Handed Pitcher
Height:
6-2
Weight:
210
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Greenfield, Ind.
High School:
Greenfield Central

Aaron Hammons' Career & Game-By-Game Statistics (PDF)

2010 (Senior)
Appeared in 19 games out of the bullpen to earn his fourth letter ... Posted a 4.58 ERA in 17.2 innings of work ... Notched a team-high five saves on the year, including four in Mid-American Conference play ... Tallied 14 strikeouts and walked 10 batters while allowing nine earned runs ... Made eight appearances in MAC play and owned a 4.70 ERA in 7.2 innings of work ... Posted a save at UNC-Wilmington (March 9) in his first appearance of the season ... Also recorded saves against Miami (April 2), Buffalo (April 17) ... Recorded saves in both games of the Cardinals' doubleheader sweep at Central Michigan (April 24).

2009 (Redshirt Junior)
Appeared in 29 games for the Cardinals out of the bullpen to earn his third letter ... His 29 relief appearances are tied for the most in a single season in Ball?State history ... Posted an 0-2 record with a 5.64 ERA?and one save ... Worked 30.1 innings and tallied 39 strikeouts ... Opened the season in strong fashion as he did not allow a run in his first 10 appearances, stretching 11.1 innings ... He only allowed four hits and struck out 17 batters during the run ... Recorded his first career save May 15 against Toledo as he worked 1.1 shutout innings and struck out two batters.

2008 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Appeared in 24 games out of the bullpen to earn his second letter ... Recorded a 2-4 record with a 6.75 ERA ... Worked 25.1 innings and tallied 20 strikeouts ... Picked up back-to-back victories against Indiana Tech (April 1) and Dayton (April 2) ... Posted 2.0 scoreless innings of relief against New Mexico State (March 2) and Big Ten foe Purdue (April 23).

2007 (Redshirt Freshman)
Appeared in 13 games to earn his first letter ... Recorded a team-best 1.17 ERA in 15.1 innings out of the bullpen ... Compiled a 1-1 record, earning the win with a scoreless inning of work against Indiana Tech (April 10) ... Held opponents without an earned run in 11 of his 13 appearances ... Held opponents to one hit or fewer in nine of those appearances ... Struck out 12 batters on the season, including a season-high three strikeouts against Indianapolis (March 27) ... Pitched a season-high 2.0 innings versus Eastern Michigan (April 20) and Central Michigan (May 18).

2006 (Freshman)
Redshirted at Ball State.

High School
Lettered three years in baseball for coach C.J. Glander ... Pitched and played infield ... All-State honorable mention, Indy All-East Team and All-County Player of the Year as a senior in 2005 ... First team All-Hoosier Heritage Conference as a senior and All-HHC honorable mention his sophomore and junior seasons ... Set the school record for strikeouts in a game with 19 ... Won all seven of his starts as a senior and logged three complete games despite his appearances being limited by injury ... Finished the season with a 0.91 ERA and 79 strikeouts in 37 innings ... Also a .333 hitter at the plate with eight home runs and 36 RBI in his senior season ... Helped the Cougars win the 2005 sectional championship and establish a school record with 24 victories ... The team also ended the year ranked No. 4 in the state ... Played summer baseball for the Indiana Bulls ... Also lettered two years in football, playing on the offensive line for coach Troy Burgess.

Personal
Major is undecided ... Born Oct. 6, 1986, in Champaign, Ill. ... Son of Alan and Lisa Hammons . . . Father played collegiate baseball ... Has one brother, Ryan, who lettered in baseball at Ball State in 2003 ... Full name is Aaron Joseph Hammons.