Carlos "Cuz" Hammond
| Date and Place of Birth: | July 6, 1891 Cambridge, OH |
| Date and Place of Death: | October 15, 1918 Argonne, France |
| Baseball Experience: | Minor League |
| Position: | Piitcher |
| Rank: | Private |
| Military Unit: | Medical Detachment, 60th Infantry Regiment, 5th Division US Army |
| Area Served: | France |
George Carlos Hammond, the son of Jacob and Sarah Hammond, was born
on July 6, 1891 in Cambridge, Ohio.
After leaving high school, Carlos worked as a laborer in a saw and
planing mill while pitching for the local semi-pro baseball team. In
September 1911 he joined the Wheeling Stogies of the Class B Central
League for tryout and was invited back to the team the following spring.
Carlos signed with the Stogies in early 1912 but was released in April
after making a couple of appearances. He was signed by the Albany
Senators of the Class B New York State League in 1913, but just like the
year before, he got his release papers in April.
Carlos returned to Ohio where he pitched for the Cambridge-Byesville
semi-pro club. By mid-September he had started and completed 20 games
and not allowed more than six hits in any game.
Minor league baseball came knocking again in 1914, and Carlos signed
with the London Tecumsehs of the Class B Canadian League in January. He
had a strong season with the Ontario-based team posting a 12-10 won-loss
record in 29 appearances. Back with the Tecumsehs in 1915, he was 9-14
in 25 games. On July 19, he hurled a three-hitter over the Guelph Maple
Leafs: “Few pitchers in the Canadian League hurled more successfully
than did Carlos Hammond of the London Tecumsehs,” declared the Hamilton
Spectator the following day.
Carlos was invited back by the Tecumsehs in 1916, but a salary dispute
meant he didn’t report and instead went to work as a machinist for the
Natural Mortar Company of New Castle, Indiana.
Carlos registered for the Draft in June 1917 and was soon called into
military service. He served with the Medical Detachment of the 60th
Infantry Regiment, 5th Division. The regiment participated in the
campaigns of St. Mihiel, Alsace and Lorraine and finally in the
Meuse–Argonne offensive, where 27-year-old Private Hammond was killed in
action on October 15, 1918.
Carlos Hammond’s remains were returned to the United States after the
war. He is buried at Northwood Cemetery in his hometown of Cambridge,
Ohio.
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Year |
Team |
League |
Class |
G |
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| 1911 | Wheeling | Central | B | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1912 | Wheeling | Central | B | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1913 | Albany | New York State | B | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1914 | London | Canadian | B | 29 | 199.2 | - | 60 | 110 | 12 | 10 | - |
| 1915 | London | Canadian | B | 25 | 196.1 | - | 44 | - | 9 | 14 | - |
The 1914 pitching staff for the London Tecumsehs of the Class B Canadian
League. Carlos "Cuz" Hammond is far right.
Thanks to Jack Morris for bringing Carlos Hammond to my attention.
Date Added December 10, 2025
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