Garry Hancock

Ronald Garry Hancock

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 23, 1954 in Tampa, FL
High School: Brandon HS (Brandon, FL)
School: University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 16, 1978
Teams (by GP): Athletics/RedSox 1978-1984

Final Game: September 30, 1984
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1976	22	CLE-min	A	135	526	526		162	22	5	5						.308	.308	.397	.705		209							SJO · CALL
1977	23	CLE-min	AA,AAA	116	460	429	39	127	15	10	4	50	4	4	20	23	.296	.323	.406	.729		174		0	5	6			JER,TOL · EL,IL
1978	24	BOS-min	AAA	84	329	310	41	94	15	4	8	44	0	4	13	20	.303	.327	.455	.782		141		0	2	4			PAW · IL
1978	24	BOS	AL	38	86	80	10	18	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	12	.225	.232	.263	.494	33	21	1	0	4	1	0	D9/87

1979	25	BOS-min	AAA	111	432	406	51	132	22	3	15	58	1	5	22	36	.325	.361	.505	.866		205		2	0	2			PAW · IL
1980	26	BOS-min	AAA	60	236	216	24	52	6	2	6	19	1	1	13	22	.241	.283	.370	.653		80		0	6	1			PAW · IL
1980	26	BOS	AL	46	120	115	9	33	6	0	4	19	0	3	3	11	.287	.300	.443	.743	97	51	1	0	0	2	0	8D/79
1981	27	BOS	AL	26	47	45	4	7	3	0	0	3	0	0	2	4	.156	.191	.222	.414	16	10	2	0	0	0	1	/8D9
1982	28	BOS-min	AAA	123	484	449	53	132	18	3	21	71	2	5	24	28	.294	.326	.488	.813		219		1	2	8	5		PAW · IL
1982	28	BOS	AL	11	15	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.067	.000	.067	-80	0	0	0	0	0	0	/9
1983	29	OAK	AL	101	266	256	29	70	7	3	8	30	2	0	5	13	.273	.289	.418	.707	99	107	3	1	3	1	4	973/D8
1984	30	OAK-min	AAA	12	49	42	5	11	0	1	3	10	0	0	5	5	.262	.327	.524	.850		22		0	0	2	1		TAC · PCL
1984	30	OAK	AL	51	61	60	2	13	2	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	.217	.217	.250	.467	34	15	4	0	1	0	0	/79D381
6 Yrs				273	595	570	57	141	21	3	12	64	2	3	12	42	.247	.262	.358	.620	71	204	11	1	8	4	5
162 Game Avg.				162	353	338	34	84	12	2	7	38	1	2	7	25	.247	.262	.358	.620	71	121	7	1	5	2	3

BOS (4 yrs)				121	268	254	26	58	12	0	4	26	0	3	7	28	.228	.246	.323	.569	53	82	4	0	4	3	1
OAK (2 yrs)				152	327	316	31	83	9	3	8	38	2	0	5	14	.263	.276	.386	.662	86	122	7	1	4	1	4

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1978	24	BOS	AL	38	86	-7	-1	0	-0	-2	-10	-1.0	3	-7	-0.7	.472	.494	-0.7	-0.2	-6	$	D9/87

1980	26	BOS	AL	46	120	-1	-2	-0	0	-2	-4	-0.4	4	-0	0.0	.491	.497	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	8D/79
1981	27	BOS	AL	26	47	-4	0	-0	1	-1	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.3	.482	.497	-0.4	0.0	-4	$	/8D9
1982	28	BOS	AL	11	15	-4	0	0	-2	-0	-5	-0.5	0	-4	-0.5	.452	.497	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$	/9
1983	29	OAK	AL	101	266	-1	-1	0	-2	-6	-10	-0.9	8	-1	-0.1	.490	.494	0.1	-0.7	1	$	973/D8
1984	30	OAK	AL	51	61	-6	-0	-0	2	-1	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.488	.496	-0.5	0.0	-5	$	/79D381
6 Seasons				273	595	-23	-3	0	-1	-11	-38	-3.8	18	-19	-2.0	.485	.496	-1.9	-1.1	-18	$

BOS (4 yrs)				121	268	-16	-2	0	-1	-5	-23	-2.4	8	-14	-1.5	.479	.496	-1.5	-0.5	-14	$
OAK (2 yrs)				152	327	-7	-1	0	-0	-7	-15	-1.4	10	-5	-0.5	.490	.495	-0.4	-0.7	-5	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1978	24	BOS	AL	86	68	5	2.0	103	.261	.225	.274	.232	.341	.263	.404	.494	.746	33	.192	-7.7	-0.8	.349	.050	.038

1980	26	BOS	AL	120	88	14	4.3	104	.284	.287	.276	.300	.339	.443	.409	.743	.749	97	.468	-1.0	-0.1	.593	.157	.157	.0
1981	27	BOS	AL	47	40	2	1.4	94	.171	.156	.263	.191	.328	.222	.382	.414	.711	16	.116	-5.0	-0.5	.300	.111	.067
1982	28	BOS	AL	15	14	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.271	.067	.336	.000	.413	.067	.749	-80	.000	-3.6	-0.4	.071	.071	.000
1983	29	OAK	AL	266	193	30	4.2	92	.263	.273	.257	.289	.318	.418	.388	.707	.706	99	.460	-2.0	-0.2	.608	.172	.145	3.2
1984	30	OAK	AL	61	52	2	1.0	90	.220	.217	.254	.217	.316	.250	.383	.467	.699	34	.063	-5.3	-0.5	.294	.033	.033
6 Yrs				595	455	53	3.1	96	.248	.247	.264	.262	.327	.358	.394	.620	.721	71	.341	-24.5	-2.5	.488	.130	.111	3.4
162 Game Avg.				353	270	31	3.1	96	.248	.247	.264	.262	.327	.358	.394	.620	.721	71	.341	-24.5	-2.5	.488	.130	.111	2

BOS (4 yrs)				268	210	21	2.7	102	.240	.228	.273	.246	.338	.323	.403	.569	.741	53	.287	-17.2	-1.8	.424	.110	.094	.0
OAK (2 yrs)				327	245	32	3.5	92	.254	.263	.257	.276	.318	.386	.387	.662	.705	86	.383	-7.2	-0.7	.542	.146	.123	3.2

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1978	24	BOS	AL	86	0.0%	14.0%	1.2%	3.5%	17%	12.00	6.7		20.0	1.57	80%

1980	26	BOS	AL	120	3.3%	9.2%	2.5%	8.3%	30%	3.67	10.5	28.8	6.1	0.55	85%
1981	27	BOS	AL	47	0.0%	8.5%	4.3%	6.4%	43%	2.00	11.3		15.0	0.89	87%
1982	28	BOS	AL	15	0.0%	6.7%	6.7%	0.0%		1.00	14.0			0.44	87%
1983	29	OAK	AL	266	3.0%	4.9%	1.9%	6.8%	26%	2.60	19.7	32.0	8.5	0.73	89%
1984	30	OAK	AL	61	0.0%	1.6%	0.0%	3.3%	15%		60.0		7.5	1.88	97%
6 Yrs				595	2.0%	7.1%	2.0%	6.1%	26%	3.50	13.6	47.5	8.9	0.87	87%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.0%	8.4%	6.5%	28%	1.56	6.9	45.0	8.5	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1978	24	BOS	AL	-7.7	-0.8	87	-0.5	1.2	-1.7	1.11	-0.6	0.1	-4.8	-0.5	0.99	-5.9	2.54	8

1980	26	BOS	AL	-1.0	-0.1	124	0.1	2.4	-2.3	1.04	0.1	-0.0	0.7	0.1	0.93	0.1	2.27	12
1981	27	BOS	AL	-5.0	-0.5	47	-0.7	0.6	-1.4	1.42	-0.3	-0.2	-5.2	-0.5	0.93	-3.6	2.24	12
1982	28	BOS	AL	-3.6	-0.4	16	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	1.06	-0.2	-0.1	-3.2	-0.3	0.95	-3.2	1.03	4
1983	29	OAK	AL	-2.0	-0.2	268	-0.1	5.0	-5.1	1.07	-0.2	0.2	-4.5	-0.5	0.93	-2.4	2.11	14
1984	30	OAK	AL	-5.4	-0.5	62	-0.5	1.1	-1.6	1.40	-0.5	0.1	-3.2	-0.3	1.02	-5.7	1.78	34
6 Yrs				-24.6	-2.5	604	-2.2	10.3	-12.4	1.13	-1.7	-0.2	-20.3	-2.1	0.94	-20.7	2.01	84

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1978	24	BOS	AL	2	0	53%	38	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	40%	3	3	0	1	1	0	6	1	4

1980	26	BOS	AL	1	0	16%	54	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	30%	5	5	0	1	1	0	4	1	3
1981	27	BOS	AL	2	0	44%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	2
1982	28	BOS	AL	0	0	300%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	29	OAK	AL	4	0	31%	93	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	32%	15	12	3	4	3	1	9	4	5
1984	30	OAK	AL	0	0	15%	24	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	20%	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				9	0	32%	230	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	32%	31	27	4	7	5	1	22	7	14

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1978	24	BOS	AL	86	97%	18			8	3	0	0	2.54	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	80%	17	1	6%	8	4	50%	59	5	8%	1	1	100%	3	2	67%	0

1980	26	BOS	AL	120	90%	33			12	2	0	2	2.27	4	0	5	4	0	4	0	0	0	0		22	1	5%	6	3	50%	69	16	23%	7	7	100%	3	1	33%	0
1981	27	BOS	AL	47	98%	7			12	1	0	1	2.24	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	2	25%	9	4	44%	30	3	10%	5	1	20%	5	3	60%	0
1982	28	BOS	AL	15	60%	0			4	0	0	0	1.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	1	100%	10	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1983	29	OAK	AL	266	90%	70			14	7	0	2	2.11	8	0	5	8	0	3	5	0	3	3	100%	39	3	8%	19	6	32%	154	22	14%	9	6	67%	10	6	60%	0
1984	30	OAK	AL	61	98%	13			34	6	0	4	1.78	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	14	4	29%	5	2	40%	47	8	17%	5	4	80%	4	3	75%	0
6 Yrs				595	92%	141			84	19	0	9	2.01	12	0	21	12	0	7	5	0	9	8	89%	102	11	11%	48	20	42%	369	54	15%	27	19	70%	26	16	62%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			82%			11%			36%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1978	24	38	86	80	10	18	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	12	.225	.232	.263	.494	33	21	1	0	4	1	0
1979	25	38	86	80	10	18	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	12	.225	.232	.263	.494	33	21	1	0	4	1	0
1980	26	84	206	195	19	51	9	0	4	23	0	3	4	23	.262	.272	.369	.642	71	72	2	0	4	3	0
1981	27	110	253	240	23	58	12	0	4	26	0	3	6	27	.242	.257	.342	.599	61	82	4	0	4	3	1
1982	28	121	268	254	26	58	12	0	4	26	0	3	7	28	.228	.246	.323	.569	53	82	4	0	4	3	1
1983	29	222	534	510	55	128	19	3	12	56	2	3	12	41	.251	.268	.371	.638	75	189	7	1	7	4	5
1984	30	273	595	570	57	141	21	3	12	64	2	3	12	42	.247	.262	.358	.620	71	204	11	1	8	4	5

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1978	24	38	86	80	10	18	3	0	0	4	0	1	12	.225	.232	.263	.494	5	38

1980	26	46	119	114	9	32	6	0	4	18	0	3	11	.281	.294	.439	.733	15	46
1981	27	39	72	69	6	11	5	0	0	5	0	3	6	.159	.194	.232	.426	3	26
1982	28	11	15	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.067	.000	.067	0	11
1983	29	101	272	262	33	76	8	3	9	34	2	5	13	.290	.305	.447	.751	35	101
1984	30	51	63	62	2	15	2	0	0	10	0	0	1	.242	.242	.274	.516	4	51
6 Yrs		286	627	601	63	152	24	3	13	71	2	13	44	.253	.268	.368	.636	62	273
162 Game Avg.		162	355	340	36	86	14	2	7	40	1	7	25	.253	.268	.368	.636	35	273

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