Josh Hancock

Joshua Morgan Hancock

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 217 lb.

Born: April 11, 1978 in Cleveland, MS
High School: Vestavia Hills (Birmingham, AL)
School: Auburn University (Auburn, AL)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 5th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 2002
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Reds/Phillies/RedSox 2002-2007

Final Game: April 28, 2007
Died: April 29, 2007 in St. Louis, MO
Buried: Kirkville Cemetery, Kirkville, MS
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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
1998	20	BOS-min	A-,Rk	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		LOW,RES · NYPL,GULF
1999	21	BOS-min	A	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		AUG · SALL
2000	22	BOS-min	A+	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SAR · FLOR
2001	23	BOS-min	AA	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TRE · EL
2002	24	BOS-min	AAA,AA	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		PAW,TRE · IL,EL
2002	24	BOS	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2003	25	PHI-min	AAA	28	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	1	0	0		SWB · IL
2003	25	PHI	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2004	26	PHI-min	AAA	18	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	.000	.143	.000	.143		0	0	0	0	0	0		SWB · IL
2004	26	TOT	NL	16	21	17	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	12	.118	.250	.118	.368	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
2004	26	PHI	NL	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2004	26	CIN	NL	12	19	15	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	11	.133	.278	.133	.411	13	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
2005	27	CIN-min	AAA	11	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		LOU · IL
2005	27	CIN	NL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2006	28	STL	NL	62	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2007	29	STL	NL	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
6 Yrs				102	30	24	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	18	.083	.214	.083	.298	-18	2	0	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	48	38	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	29	.083	.214	.083	.298	-18	3	0	0	3	0	0

PHI (2 yrs)				6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
STL (2 yrs)				70	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.125	.000	.125	-63	0	0	0	1	0	0
CIN (2 yrs)				23	19	15	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	11	.133	.278	.133	.411	13	2	0	0	1	0	0
BOS (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				99	30	24	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	18	.083	.214	.083	.298	-18	2	0	0	2	0	0
AL (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

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
2002	24	BOS	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
2003	25	PHI	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
2004	26	PHI	NL	4	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.492	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
2004	26	CIN	NL	12	19	-2	0	0	0	3	1	0.1	0	2	0.1	.508	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$	1
2005	27	CIN	NL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$327,250	1
2006	28	STL	NL	62	8	-2	-0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$355,000	1
2007	29	STL	NL	8	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$430,000	/1
6 Seasons				102	30	-5	0	0	0	4	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$1,112,250

PHI (2 yrs)				6	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
STL (2 yrs)				70	9	-2	-0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$785,000
CIN (2 yrs)				23	19	-2	0	0	0	3	1	0.1	0	2	0.1	.504	.500	0.1	0.0	2	$327,250
BOS (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
2004	26	TOT	NL	21	16	1	1.7	109	.400	.118	.267	.250	.338	.118	.433	.368	.771	1	.118	-2.5	-0.2	.333	.176	.000
2004	26	PHI	NL	2	2	0	0.0	116	.000	.000	.276	.000	.348	.000	.446	.000	.794	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2004	26	CIN	NL	19	14	1	1.9	108	.500	.133	.266	.278	.337	.133	.431	.411	.768	13	.146	-1.9	-0.2	.385	.200	.000

2006	28	STL	NL	8	7	0	0.0	112		.000	.271	.143	.342	.000	.440	.143	.782	-58	.000	-1.5	-0.1	.167	.167	.000
2007	29	STL	NL	1	1	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.272	.000	.341	.000	.434	.000	.775	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
6 Yrs				30	24	1	1.1	110	.333	.083	.268	.214	.339	.083	.435	.298	.774	-18	.060	-4.3	-0.4	.273	.167	.000
162 Game Avg.				48	38	2	1.1	110	.333	.083	.268	.214	.339	.083	.435	.298	.774	-18	.060	-4.3	-0.4	.273	.167	.000

STL (2 yrs)				9	8	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.271	.125	.342	.000	.439	.125	.781	-63	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.143	.143	.000
PHI (2 yrs)				2	2	0	0.0	116	.000	.000	.276	.000	.348	.000	.446	.000	.794	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
CIN (2 yrs)				19	14	1	1.9	108	.500	.133	.266	.278	.337	.133	.431	.411	.768	13	.146	-1.9	-0.2	.385	.200	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
2006	28	STL	NL	NLDS	SDP	W	1
2006	28	STL	NL	NLCS	NYM	W	2
1 Yr (2 Series)							3
1 NLDS							1
1 NLCS							2

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2004	26	TOT	NL	21	0.0%	57.1%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	4.00	1.4		17.0	4.00	4.00	24%	17%	0.0%	0%
2004	26	PHI	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0					50%	0%
2004	26	CIN	NL	19	0.0%	57.9%	15.8%	0.0%	0%	3.67	1.4		15.0	3.00	3.00	21%	20%	0.0%	0%

2006	28	STL	NL	8	0.0%	75.0%	12.5%	0.0%		6.00	1.0					0%	0%
2007	29	STL	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%
6 Yrs				30	0.0%	60.0%	13.3%	0.0%	0%	4.50	1.3		24.0	5.00	6.00	20%	13%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.8%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	1.97	5.3	32.2	7.6	0.79	1.08	70%	20%	7.8%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
2002	24	BOS	AL	0.0	0.0
2003	25	PHI	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2004	26	TOT	NL	-2.5	-0.2	21	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.96	-0.2	-0.0	-2.2	-0.2	1.08	-2.5	0
2004	26	PHI	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.77	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.74	-0.6	0
2004	26	CIN	NL	-1.9	-0.2	19	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.98	-0.2	-0.0	-1.8	-0.2	1.11	-1.9	0
2005	27	CIN	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2006	28	STL	NL	-1.5	-0.1	8	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.05	-0.1	-0.1	-2.0	-0.2	1.04	-1.9	0
2007	29	STL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.19	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.3	0
6 Yrs				-4.3	-0.4	30	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	.96	-0.4	-0.1	-4.4	-0.4	1.06	-4.6	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
2004	26	TOT	NL	0	0	20%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	26	PHI	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	26	CIN	NL	0	0	20%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2006	28	STL	NL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
2007	29	STL	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				0	0	17%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0

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
2004	26	TOT	NL	21	10%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	4	0	0%	5	0	0%	19	1	5%	2	0	0%	4	1	25%	0
2004	26	PHI	NL	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
2004	26	CIN	NL	19	11%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	4	0	0%	5	0	0%	19	1	5%	2	0	0%	4	1	25%	0

2006	28	STL	NL	8	75%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	6	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
2007	29	STL	NL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				30	27%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	6	0	0%	8	1	13%	25	1	4%	3	0	0%	5	1	20%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2004	26	TOT	NL	21	84	4.00	56	67%	59%	21%	9%	11%	41%	0%	27%	48%	0%	10%	2	0	14%	3	0	5%	1	0	42%	0	0	0
2004	26	PHI	NL	2	7	3.50	5	71%	80%	0%	0%	20%	20%	0%	14%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	100%	0	0	0
2004	26	CIN	NL	19	77	4.05	51	66%	57%	24%	10%	10%	43%	0%	29%	45%	0%	11%	2	0	16%	3	0	5%	1	0	36%	0	0	0

2006	28	STL	NL	8	38	4.75	22	58%	55%	23%	18%	5%	45%	0%	26%	50%	25%	13%	1	0	13%	1	0	25%	2	1	50%	0	0	0
2007	29	STL	NL	1	6	6.00	4	67%	50%	0%	25%	25%	50%	0%	33%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
3 Yrs				30	128	4.27	82	64%	57%	21%	12%	10%	43%	0%	27%	51%	7%	10%	3	0	13%	4	0	10%	3	1	44%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
2004	26	21	21	17	1	2	1	3	12	.118	.250	.118	.368	1	2	1
2005	27	32	21	17	1	2	1	3	12	.118	.250	.118	.368	1	2	1
2006	28	94	29	23	1	2	1	4	18	.087	.222	.087	.309	-14	2	2
2007	29	102	30	24	1	2	1	4	18	.083	.214	.083	.298	-18	2	2

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2004	26	16	23	18	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	4	12	.167	.318	.167	.485	1	16

2006	28	62	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	62
2007	29	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8
3 Yrs		86	32	25	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	5	18	.120	.267	.120	.387	1	86
162 Game Avg.		162	60	47	4	6	0	0	0	4	0	9	34	.120	.267	.120	.387	2	86

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