Professional career
Sammons began his professional career with the Braves Rookie team,the Danville Braves. He played for the Single-A Rome Braves in 2005 and was selected to the South Atlantic League midseason All-Star team. The Braves organization named Sammons as the Rome Braves Player of the Year. In 121 games with the Rome Braves,he batted .286 with 4 home runs. In 2006,he spent the entire season with the Single-A Myrtle Beach Pelicans.
In 2007,he began the season with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans again. After 23 games with the Pelicans,he was promoted to the Double-A Mississippi Braves. He went on the finish the minor league season at Mississippi. On September 11,2007,the Braves added him to the major league roster as the fourth catcher when they purchased his contract. The next day,he made his major league debut as a defensive replacement. He got his first two Major League hits on September 30,the last day of the season,which included a double. He hit his first Major League home run on July 31,2008. Sammons became a free agent at the end of the 2009 season. He signed a one-year minor league contract with the Braves for the 2010 season,then signed two one-year,minor league contracts with the Miami Marlins for the 2011–2012 seasons.
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