What years did Jason Hammel play?

Jason Hammel played in Major League Baseball from 2006 to 2018.

Was Jason Hammel a pitcher?

Yes. Jason Hammel pitched in the major leagues, recording 96 wins and 1428 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Jason Hammel hit?

Jason Hammel hit 1 career home runs with 52 hits.

What was Jason Hammel's career batting average?

Jason Hammel batted .151 over his career, with 52 hits in 344 at bats.

How many RBI did Jason Hammel have?

Jason Hammel drove in 21 runs in his career.

What was Jason Hammel's career ERA?

Jason Hammel finished with a 4.62 career ERA, going 96-114 with 1,428 strikeouts.

Jason Hammel

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2006-2018)

Jason Hammel was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2006 to 2018 for 6 teams, including the Tampa Bay Rays, a span of 13 seasons. Across 377 career appearances, he went 96-114 with a 4.62 ERA and 1,428 strikeouts. He also batted .151 with 1 home runs.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 96–114

ERA 4.62

WHIP 1.37

SO 1,428

Pitcher PIV -6657.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'6" / 225 lb
Born: 9/2/1982 in Greenville, SC, USA
MLB Debut: 2006-04-11
Last Game: 2018-09-27

Full name: Jason Aaron Hammel

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Career Pitching Statistics

Jason Hammel — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
96	114	377	298	2	1	4	1810.1	1,919	929	232	567	1,428	4.62	-6657.8

Career ERA 4.62 vs. league average 4.15 across their career seasons — 11.3% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Jason Hammel Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2006	TBA	AL	0	6	9	9	0	0	0	44.0	61	38	21	32	7.77	4.53 (-72%)	-806.9
2007	TBA	AL	3	5	24	14	0	0	0	85.0	100	58	40	64	6.14	4.47 (-37%)	-1228.8
2008	TBA	AL	4	4	40	5	0	0	2	78.1	83	40	35	44	4.60	4.32 (-6%)	-1816.1
2009	COL	NL	10	8	34	30	1	0	0	176.2	203	85	42	133	4.33	4.32 (avg)	2807.4
2010	COL	NL	10	9	30	30	0	0	0	177.2	201	95	47	141	4.81	4.08 (-18%)	1731.1
2011	COL	NL	7	13	32	27	0	0	1	170.1	175	90	68	94	4.76	3.94 (-21%)	-3770.0
2012	BAL	AL	8	6	20	20	1	1	0	118.0	104	45	42	113	3.43	4.01 (+15%)	2190.7
2013	BAL	AL	7	8	26	23	0	0	1	139.1	155	77	48	96	4.97	3.87 (-29%)	-3701.9
2014	CHN	NL	8	5	17	17	0	0	0	108.2	88	36	23	104	2.98	3.74 (+20%)	1536.4
2014	OAK	AL	2	6	13	12	0	0	0	67.2	66	32	21	54	4.26	3.74 (-14%)	-2295.8
2015	CHN	NL	10	7	31	31	0	0	0	170.2	158	71	40	172	3.74	3.96 (+5%)	1249.8
2016	CHN	NL	15	10	30	30	0	0	0	166.2	148	71	53	144	3.83	4.19 (+8%)	-1227.8
2017	KCA	AL	8	13	32	32	0	0	0	180.1	209	106	48	145	5.29	4.36 (-21%)	-63.4
2018	KCA	AL	4	14	39	18	0	0	0	127.0	168	85	39	92	6.02	4.15 (-45%)	-1262.4
Career · 14 seasons			96	114	377	298	2	1	4	1,810.1	1,919	929	567	1,428	4.62	—	-6,658

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Jason Hammel — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
384	344	21	52	8	0	1	21	0	7	134	.151	.168	.183	.351	-1,979

Career AVG .151 vs. league average .258 across their career seasons — 41.3% below league average.

Career OBP .168 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — 48.3% below league average.

Career SLG .183 vs. league average .410 across their career seasons — 55.4% below league average.

Career OPS .351 vs. league average .735 across their career seasons — 52.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Jason Hammel Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2006	TBA	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	TBA	AL	24	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	TBA	AL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	COL	NL	34	55	1	6	1	0	0	2	25	.109	.262 (-58%)	.332 (-58%)	.417 (-70%)	.750 (-64%)	-582.8
2010	COL	NL	30	57	3	6	1	0	2	1	29	.105	.257 (-59%)	.325 (-63%)	.402 (-70%)	.728 (-67%)	-607.6
2011	COL	NL	33	46	3	7	1	1	4	1	15	.152	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	BAL	AL	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	BAL	AL	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	CHN	NL	17	35	2	5	0	0	3	1	14	.143	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	OAK	AL	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	CHN	NL	32	65	6	11	1	0	4	1	18	.169	.254 (-33%)	.316 (-43%)	.404 (-54%)	.721 (-50%)	-518.0
2016	CHN	NL	35	65	6	16	3	0	7	1	24	.246	.255 (-4%)	.321 (-20%)	.417 (-30%)	.738 (-26%)	-270.2
2017	KCA	AL	32	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	KCA	AL	39	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 14 seasons			384	344	21	52	8	1	21	7	134	.151	—	—	—	—	-1,979

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Jason Hammel — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
6	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Jason Hammel — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	AVG
2015	NLCS	CHN	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2015	NLDS1	CHN	1	1	1	1	1	0	1.000
2014	ALWC	OAK	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2012	ALDS1	BAL	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2009	NLDS2	COL	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Jason Hammel — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	2	6	5	0	19.1	20	15	14	19	6.98

Playoff Pitching by Year

Jason Hammel — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2015	NLCS	CHN	1	1	1	1.1	4	5	2	1	33.75
2015	NLDS1	CHN	0	1	1	3.0	3	2	3	2	6.00
2014	ALWC	OAK	0	1	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0.00
2012	ALDS1	BAL	1	2	2	11.1	8	4	6	11	3.18
2009	NLDS2	COL	0	1	1	3.2	4	4	3	5	9.82

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Jason Hammel — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	187	156	9	26	0	11	.167
Away	197	188	12	26	1	10	.138

Pitching — Home / Away

Jason Hammel — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	182	869.1	909	433	269	662	4.48
Away	195	941.0	1010	496	298	766	4.74

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Jason Hammel — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2018-09-27	KCR	CLE	W	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0
2018-09-22	KCR	DET	L	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	1
2018-09-18	KCR	PIT	—	1.1	3	0	0	0	0	0
2018-09-14	KCR	MIN	W	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2018-09-09	KCR	MIN	L	0.2	2	2	2	0	1	1
2018-09-04	KCR	CLE	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2018-09-01	KCR	BAL	—	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	1
2018-08-29	KCR	DET	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2018-08-25	KCR	CLE	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2018-08-22	KCR	TBR	—	2.1	3	2	2	2	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jason Hammel — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	377	298	107	201	9	11

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jason Hammel — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2006	TBA	P	9	9	2	7	0	1
2007	TBA	P	24	14	8	4	1	1
2008	TBA	P	40	5	7	5	0	0
2009	COL	P	34	30	11	20	0	1
2010	COL	P	30	30	11	23	1	3
2011	COL	P	32	27	11	27	1	0
2012	BAL	P	20	20	4	23	1	1
2013	BAL	P	26	23	4	7	0	0
2014	CHN	P	17	17	12	11	1	1
2014	OAK	P	13	12	5	1	1	0
2015	CHN	P	31	31	8	23	2	1
2016	CHN	P	30	30	16	24	1	2
2017	KCA	P	32	32	4	11	0	0
2018	KCA	P	39	18	4	15	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Jason Hammel Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	377

Salary History

Jason Hammel — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	CHN	NL	$9,000,000
2015	CHN	NL	$9,000,000
2014	CHN	NL	$6,000,000
2013	BAL	AL	$6,750,000
2012	BAL	AL	$4,750,000
2011	COL	NL	$3,000,000
2010	COL	NL	$1,900,000
2008	TBA	AL	$396,300
Total Career Earnings			$40,796,300

College History

Jason Hammel — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Treasure Valley Community College	Ontario	OR	2001, 2002

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Career Spans

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Jason Hammel: the record in brief

Between the debut on April 11, 2006 and the final game on September 27, 2018, Jason Hammel built the record summarized on this page. The team column moves through the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2006 to 2007), the Tampa Bay Rays (2008), the Colorado Rockies (2009 to 2011), the Baltimore Orioles (2012 to 2013), the Chicago Cubs (2014 through 2016), the Oakland Athletics (2014), and the Kansas City Royals (2017 to 2018). Hammel is listed as a pitcher at 6-foot-6 and 225 pounds. Hammel both batted and threw right-handed, per the bio block. The recorded birth is September 2, 1982, in Greenville, SC, USA. The bio lists the given name Jason Aaron.

The pitching table credits Hammel with a 96-114 record and a 4.62 ERA in 377 games. The totals include 1,428 strikeouts. The league ERA over Hammel's seasons was 4.15, so the 4.62 figure ran 11.3% worse than average. Hammel won 15 games in 2016, the most of any season listed. 2015 produced Hammel's most strikeouts, 172.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jason Hammel

What years did Jason Hammel play?: Jason Hammel played in Major League Baseball from 2006 to 2018.
Was Jason Hammel a pitcher?: Yes. Jason Hammel pitched in the major leagues, recording 96 wins and 1428 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jason Hammel hit?: Jason Hammel hit 1 career home runs with 52 hits.
What was Jason Hammel's career batting average?: Jason Hammel batted .151 over his career, with 52 hits in 344 at bats.
How many RBI did Jason Hammel have?: Jason Hammel drove in 21 runs in his career.
What was Jason Hammel's career ERA?: Jason Hammel finished with a 4.62 career ERA, going 96-114 with 1,428 strikeouts.