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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 Schools: Brandon HS (Brandon, FL), Cocoa HS (Cocoa, FL)
Schools: Hillsborough Community College (Tampa, FL), 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 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Athletics/RedSox 1978-1984

Final Game: September 30, 1984 (Age 30)
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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	561	526	56	162	22	5	5	77	4	7	22	37	.308	.330	.397	.727		209		0	3	10			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	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

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GF	IP	BF
1984	30	OAK	AL	1	1	1.1	4
1 Yr				1	1	1.1	4
162 Game Avg.				68	68	88	272

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1984	30	OAK	AL	1.1	1	0	0	0.00	4.21	-0.13	-0.34	100.0	4.00	1	0.1	.0	-0.0	0.0	1	.566	.500
1 Season				1.1	1	0	0	0.00	4.21	-0.13	-0.34	100.0	4.00	1	0.1	.0	-0.0	0.0	1	.566	.500

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1978	BOS	AL	24	OF	19	9	8	100.1	32	29	3	0	1	1.000	-0	-5	2.87	1.68	.979	2.47	2.45
1978	BOS	AL	24	DH	14	9
1978	BOS	AL	24	RF	10	5	5	54.2	16	14	2	0	1	1.000	-1	-18	2.63	1.60	.978	2.24	2.22
1978	BOS	AL	24	CF	5	4	3	33.2	12	11	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-14	3.21	2.40	.984	2.97	2.94
1978	BOS	AL	24	LF	4	0	0	12.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1	80	3.00	1.00	.975	2.17	2.20
1980	BOS	AL	26	OF	27	20	18	196.0	54	49	3	2	0	.963	0	3	2.39	1.93	.979	2.47	2.46
1980	BOS	AL	26	CF	20	16	16	154.0	40	36	2	2	0	.950	-2	-14	2.22	1.90	.983	2.92	2.91
1980	BOS	AL	26	DH	12	5
1980	BOS	AL	26	LF	6	3	1	33.0	11	10	1	0	0	1.000	2	65	3.00	1.83	.980	2.35	2.35
1980	BOS	AL	26	RF	1	1	1	9.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0	67	3.00	3.00	.973	2.10	2.10
1981	BOS	AL	27	OF	8	5	4	49.0	13	11	2	0	0	1.000	1	17	2.39	1.63	.983	2.48	2.48
1981	BOS	AL	27	CF	5	5	4	43.0	12	10	2	0	0	1.000	1	20	2.51	2.40	.988	2.91	2.88
1981	BOS	AL	27	DH	4	2
1981	BOS	AL	27	RF	3	0	0	6.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.50	0.33	.980	2.10	2.13
1982	BOS	AL	28	OF	7	0	0	29.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-66	1.24	0.57	.982	2.48	2.46
1982	BOS	AL	28	RF	7	0	0	29.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-66	0.93	0.43	.980	2.27	2.26
1983	OAK	AL	29	OF	67	34	19	377.1	106	100	4	2	3	.981	0	1	2.48	1.55	.981	2.50	2.48
1983	OAK	AL	29	RF	39	21	13	229.1	65	63	2	0	0	1.000	1	5	2.55	1.67	.978	2.25	2.23
1983	OAK	AL	29	LF	28	13	6	145.0	40	36	2	2	1	.950	-0	-3	2.36	1.36	.977	2.32	2.30
1983	OAK	AL	29	1B	27	18	7	163.0	157	149	6	2	14	.987	-2	-17	8.56	5.74	.992	9.90	9.82
1983	OAK	AL	29	DH	8	6
1983	OAK	AL	29	CF	2	0	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-80	3.00	0.50	.990	3.00	2.90
1984	OAK	AL	30	OF	18	3	2	56.1	19	19	0	0	0	1.000	2	32	3.04	1.06	.983	2.51	2.49
1984	OAK	AL	30	LF	9	1	0	28.2	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	1	33	2.83	1.00	.982	2.26	2.26
1984	OAK	AL	30	RF	9	2	2	25.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	0	24	2.52	0.78	.979	2.23	2.21
1984	OAK	AL	30	DH	5	0
1984	OAK	AL	30	1B	4	1	0	8.2	5	5	0	0	1	1.000	0	0	5.19	1.25	.992	9.76	9.68
1984	OAK	AL	30	CF	2	0	0	2.2	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	90	6.75	1.00	.985	3.04	3.00
1984	OAK	AL	30	P	1	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		2.02	1.80	0	0			0
	6 Seasons			OF	146	71	51	808.0	228	212	12	4	4	.982	1	2	2.50	1.53	.981	2.49	2.47
	6 Seasons			RF	69	29	21	353.0	95	91	4	0	1	1.000	-0	-1	2.42	1.38	.978	2.24	2.22
	4 Seasons			LF	47	17	7	218.2	64	59	3	2	1	.969	3	16	2.55	1.32	.978	2.31	2.29
	5 Seasons			CF	34	25	23	236.1	67	60	5	2	0	.970	-1	-8	2.48	1.91	.984	2.93	2.91
	2 Seasons			1B	31	19	7	171.2	162	154	6	2	15	.988	-2	-16	8.39	5.16	.992	9.89	9.80
	1 Season			P	1	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		2.02	1.80	0	0			0
	6 Seasons			TOT	178	90	58	981.0	390	366	18	6	19	.985	-1	-1	3.52	2.16	.985	3.78	3.74	0	0			0
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1983 AL 1 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1983 AL 1 (4th)

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Transactions

June 6, 1972: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 22nd round of the 1972 amateur draft, but did not sign.
January 9, 1974: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 10th round of the 1974 amateur draft (January), but did not sign.
June 5, 1974: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign.
June 3, 1975: Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign.
January 7, 1976: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary).
December 9, 1977: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Boston Red Sox for Jack Baker.
December 6, 1982: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Jerry King (minors) and Carney Lansford to the Oakland Athletics for Tony Armas and Jeff Newman.
October 22, 1984: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

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