Don Hammond (baseball)

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Don Hammond
Third baseman
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1921, for the  Pittsburgh Keystones
Last appearance
1926, for the  Newark Stars
Teams

Don Hammond was a baseball third baseman in the Negro leagues. [1] He played from 1921 to 1926 with the Pittsburgh Keystones, Cleveland Tate Stars, Cleveland Browns, and the Newark Stars. [2]

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References

  1. Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN   0-7867-0959-6.
  2. "Don Hammond Seamheads Profile". seamheads.com. Retrieved March 7, 2021.