COREY HAMMAN

4/12/80; '02 12th (Detroit); Montclair State Univ.
L/L; 6-2, 190

Level
W-L-Sv
G
GS
IP
H
 HR
BB
K
 BB/9 K/9 WHIP OAVG
ERA
2002 A+ (Det)
1-0-4
16
0
18.1
11
 0
3
18
 1.5 8.8 0.76 .167
0.49
2002 A- (Det)
0-0-1
3
0
6.2
2
 0
0
8
 0.0 10.8 0.30 .095
0.00
2003 A+ (Det)
6-5-1
46
0
59.2
63
 2
21
46
 3.2 6.9 1.41 .275
3.32
2004 AA (Det)
0-0-0
2
1
6.2
10
 2
3
3
 4.1 4.1 1.95 .313
6.75
2004 A+ (Det)
6-3-1
35
12
95.1
116
 5
27
31
 2.6 2.9 1.50 .303
4.25
2005 AA (Det)
3-5-3
45
5
92.1
109
 8
17
60
 1.7
5.9
1.36
.291
4.29
2006 AAA (Det)
2-8-0
37
13
103.0
103
 15
27
56
 2.4
4.9
1.26
.260
4.02
2007 AAA (Det)
1-6-0
31
7
73.0
92
 10
23
35
 2.8
4.3
1.58
.325
4.44
2007 AA (Det)
0-3-1
4
2
10.2
16
 4
6
13
 5.1
11.0
2.06
.348
7.59
2008 AAA
4-3-0
12
12
62.2
75
4
24
34
3.5
4.3
1.58
.301
5.03
2008 AA
5-6-0
16
13
70.2
69
7
19
44
2.4
5.6
1.25
.261
3.18
2009 AAA
1-2-0
26
0
30.1
38
2
15
32
4.5
9.5
1.75
.299
8.01
2009 AA
0-3-1
29
0
29.1
28
1
8
21
2.5
6.4
1.23
.259
3.68

The Pirates acquired Hamman in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft. He appeared to have settled in as an upper-level swing man for the Tigers. He relies mainly on offspeed stuff and his K rate took a nose dive when he began starting games. He had a decent year in AAA in 2006, but struggled there in 2007 and got bombed late in the season when he was demoted to AA. He opened 2008 in the Altoona rotation, where he pitched well, then moved up to AAA for the last two months. He wasn't as effective there. Surprisingly, he had a strong reverse platoon split in AAA. Over his career he's been much more effective against LH batters. He became a minor league free agent after the season but re-signed with the Pirates and split his time between the Altoona and Indianapolis bullpens, leading the system in appearances. He pitched well with the former and poorly with the latter, although his peripherals weren't quite as bad as his ERA.  The Pirates re-signed Hamman to return for 2010.  Hopefully, he won't pitch above AA.

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