Josh Hancock
Joshua Morgan Hancock
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
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
Final Game: April 28, 2007
Died: April 29, 2007 in St. Louis, MO
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2002 24 BOS AL 0 1 .000 3.68 3 1 2 0 0 0 7.1 5 3 3 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 28 124 0.955 6.1 1.2 2.5 7.4 3.00
2003 25 PHI NL 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 11 133 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 12.0
2004 26 TOT NL 5 2 .714 5.09 16 11 2 0 0 0 63.2 73 43 36 17 28 2 36 1 0 5 293 85 1.586 10.3 2.4 4.0 5.1 1.29
2004 26 PHI NL 0 1 .000 9.00 4 2 0 0 0 0 9.0 13 9 9 3 3 0 5 0 0 0 42 50 1.778 13.0 3.0 3.0 5.0 1.67
2004 26 CIN NL 5 1 .833 4.45 12 9 2 0 0 0 54.2 60 34 27 14 25 2 31 1 0 5 251 96 1.555 9.9 2.3 4.1 5.1 1.24
2005 27 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 1.93 11 0 5 0 0 0 14.0 11 4 3 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 54 222 0.857 7.1 0.6 0.6 3.2 5.00
2006 28 STL NL 3 3 .500 4.09 62 0 15 0 0 1 77.0 70 37 35 9 23 2 50 1 1 3 323 109 1.208 8.2 1.1 2.7 5.8 2.17
2007 29 STL NL 0 1 .000 3.55 8 0 4 0 0 0 12.2 14 6 5 2 5 0 9 0 0 1 56 124 1.500 9.9 1.4 3.6 6.4 1.80
6 Seasons 9 7 .563 4.20 102 12 28 0 0 1 177.2 175 94 83 30 59 4 110 2 1 9 765 104 1.317 8.9 1.5 3.0 5.6 1.86
162 Game Avg. 5 4 .563 4.20 61 7 17 0 0 1 106 104 56 50 18 35 2 66 1 1 5 456 104 1.317 8.9 1.5 3.0 5.6 1.86
PHI (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 7.50 6 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 15 10 10 3 3 0 9 0 0 0 53 58 1.500 11.3 2.3 2.3 6.8 3.00
STL (2 yrs) 3 4 .429 4.01 70 0 19 0 0 1 89.2 84 43 40 11 28 2 59 1 1 4 379 111 1.249 8.4 1.1 2.8 5.9 2.11
CIN (2 yrs) 6 1 .857 3.93 23 9 7 0 0 0 68.2 71 38 30 15 26 2 36 1 0 5 305 109 1.413 9.3 2.0 3.4 4.7 1.38
BOS (1 yr) 0 1 .000 3.68 3 1 2 0 0 0 7.1 5 3 3 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 28 124 0.955 6.1 1.2 2.5 7.4 3.00
NL (5 yrs) 9 6 .600 4.23 99 11 26 0 0 1 170.1 170 91 80 29 57 4 104 2 1 9 737 103 1.333 9.0 1.5 3.0 5.5 1.82
AL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 3.68 3 1 2 0 0 0 7.1 5 3 3 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 28 124 0.955 6.1 1.2 2.5 7.4 3.00

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2006 28 STL NL NLDS W SDP 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8 1.800 5.4 0.0 10.8 5.4 0.50
2006 28 STL NL NLCS W NYM 0 0 162.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 4 6 6 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 8 21.000 108.0 0.0 81.0 27.0 0.33
1 Season (2 Series) 0 0 27.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 6 6 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 16 5.000 22.5 0.0 22.5 9.0 0.40
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8 1.800 5.4 0.0 10.8 5.4 0.50
1 NLCS 0 0 162.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 4 6 6 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 8 21.000 108.0 0.0 81.0 27.0 0.33

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2002 24 BOS AL 3 28 25 3 5 1 0 1 0 0 2 6 .200 .259 .360 .619 .222 9 0 0 1 0 0
2003 25 PHI NL 2 11 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .182 .182 .182 .364 .286 2 0 0 0 0 0
2004 26 CIN NL 12 251 220 34 60 7 2 14 5 1 25 31 .273 .347 .514 .860 .260 113 2 1 3 2 2
2004 26 PHI NL 4 42 39 9 13 3 0 3 0 1 3 5 .333 .381 .641 1.022 .323 25 0 0 0 0 0
2004 26 TOT NL 16 293 259 43 73 10 2 17 5 2 28 36 .282 .352 .533 .885 .269 138 2 1 3 2 2
2005 27 CIN NL 11 54 53 4 11 3 0 1 0 0 1 5 .208 .222 .321 .543 .213 17 1 0 0 0 0
2006 28 STL NL 62 323 291 37 70 21 2 9 4 0 23 50 .241 .295 .419 .714 .258 122 10 1 4 4 2
2007 29 STL NL 8 56 49 6 14 2 0 2 0 0 5 9 .286 .352 .449 .801 .316 22 1 0 2 0 0
6 Seasons 102 765 688 94 175 37 4 30 9 2 59 110 .254 .313 .451 .763 .262 310 14 2 10 6 4
162 Game Avg. 61 456 410 56 104 22 2 18 5 1 35 66 .254 .313 .451 .763 .262 185 8 1 6 4 2
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2002 24 BOS AL 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 50 50 50 0 0 0 1 2.0 0.0 5.3 79 1 0 0 0 79
2004 26 TOT NL 16 11 3 2 6 0 0 7 4 .636 4 2 0 0 6 55% 44 59 16 5 4 0 9 5.9 6.3 5.4 89 2 7 2 0 114
2004 26 PHI NL 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 31 44 18 0 0 0 2 5.0 6.0 3.5 56 2 0 0 0 57
2004 26 CIN NL 12 9 3 1 5 0 0 7 2 .778 3 2 0 0 6 67% 47 59 16 5 4 0 7 6.1 6.3 5.8 96 0 7 2 0 114
2 Seasons 19 12 3 3 6 0 0 7 5 .583 4 2 0 0 6 50% 45 59 16 5 4 0 10 5.6 5.7 5.4 88 3 7 2 0 114
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2002 24 BOS AL 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.648 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 9
2003 25 PHI NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.192 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5 20
2004 26 TOT NL 16 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0.962 1 2 1 0 2 3 1 4 0 1 1 2 2.8 17
2004 26 PHI NL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.798 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 3.0 16
2004 26 CIN NL 12 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 0.990 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2.7 18
2005 27 CIN NL 11 11 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 8 0.345 1 2 8 0 1 10 1 10 4 1 4 3 3.8 15
2006 28 STL NL 62 62 15 3 3 3 1 2 33% 9 5 50 20 40% 6 0.598 12 10 38 24 5 33 29 33 24 23 25 11 3.7 19
2007 29 STL NL 8 8 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.486 1 0 6 1 1 6 0 8 4 2 4 0 4.8 25
6 Seasons 102 90 28 6 4 3 1 2 33% 9 5 53 22 42% 0.708 15 14 56 27 9 54 31 59 33 27 35 16 3.8 19

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2002 24 BOS AL 28 50% 3.6% 21.4% 7.1% 7.1% 40% 0.50 0.60 64% 20% 11.1% 25% 5 0 0%
2003 25 PHI NL 11 45% 0.0% 36.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.33 1.50 64% 14% 0.0% 0% 3 0 0%
2004 26 TOT NL 293 53% 5.8% 12.3% 9.6% 9.9% 40% 0.83 0.99 71% 17% 15.5% 9% 53 2 4%
2004 26 PHI NL 42 40% 7.1% 11.9% 7.1% 14.3% 46% 0.43 0.62 74% 18% 13.6% 4% 9 0 0%
2004 26 CIN NL 251 55% 5.6% 12.4% 10.0% 9.2% 38% 0.92 1.06 71% 17% 15.9% 10% 44 2 5%
2005 27 CIN NL 54 33% 1.9% 9.3% 1.9% 7.4% 36% 0.55 0.57 87% 17% 3.6% 10% 4 1 25%
2006 28 STL NL 323 39% 2.8% 15.5% 7.1% 9.9% 46% 0.68 0.95 73% 20% 6.8% 8% 68 10 15%
2007 29 STL NL 56 36% 3.6% 16.1% 8.9% 7.1% 29% 0.60 0.81 68% 12% 10.0% 20% 12 1 8%
6 Seasons 765 44% 3.9% 14.4% 7.7% 9.3% 41% 0.71 0.90 72% 18% 9.9% 10% 145 14 10%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2002 24 BOS AL 28 96 3.43 66 69% 17% 11% 42% 30% 83% 0% 57% 87% 75% 4% 1 0 29% 8 6 0 33% 1 1 0 0 0
2003 25 PHI NL 11 40 3.64 29 73% 14% 24% 38% 24% 86% 0% 63% 72% 73% 0% 0 0 36% 4 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2004 26 TOT NL 293 1065 3.63 679 64% 26% 15% 25% 34% 74% 2% 47% 80% 59% 5% 15 10 20% 59 37 3 22% 3 3 0 0 0
2004 26 PHI NL 42 144 3.43 95 66% 27% 14% 23% 36% 73% 0% 48% 81% 62% 2% 1 1 17% 7 3 0 20% 0 0 0 0 0
2004 26 CIN NL 251 921 3.67 584 63% 26% 15% 25% 33% 74% 2% 47% 79% 59% 6% 14 9 21% 52 34 3 23% 3 3 0 0 0
2005 27 CIN NL 54 169 3.13 113 67% 24% 12% 22% 42% 76% 0% 51% 85% 63% 2% 1 1 17% 9 5 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0
2006 28 STL NL 323 1170 3.62 744 64% 29% 14% 24% 33% 71% 2% 45% 81% 61% 4% 12 8 19% 60 39 6 30% 9 2 0 0 0
2007 29 STL NL 56 200 3.57 135 68% 30% 14% 25% 31% 70% 0% 48% 80% 64% 4% 2 0 30% 17 11 1 22% 2 2 0 0 0
6 Seasons 765 2740 3.58 1766 64% 27% 14% 25% 34% 73% 1% 47% 81% 61% 4% 31 19 21% 157 100 10 25% 16 8 0 0 0
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Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2002 24 BOS AL 28 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 25 PHI NL 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 26 TOT NL 293 73 7 2 17 1 4 10 7 11 6 9 4 3 44% 6 5 0 113 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2004 26 PHI NL 42 13 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 33% 0 0 0 15 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 26 CIN NL 251 60 6 1 14 0 3 8 6 9 5 6 3 2 50% 6 5 0 98 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2005 27 CIN NL 54 11 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0% 3 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2006 28 STL NL 323 70 7 2 9 0 7 5 4 5 4 29 16 5 55% 9 3 0 128 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2007 29 STL NL 56 14 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Seasons 765 175 16 4 30 1 11 17 13 19 11 40 21 8 53% 19 9 1 290 9 2 82% 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 21 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2002 24 0 1 .000 3.68 3 1 2 0 0 0 7.1 5 3 3 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 28 124 0.955 6.1 1.2 2.5 7.4 3.00 124
2003 25 0 1 .000 3.48 5 1 2 0 0 0 10.1 7 4 4 1 2 0 10 0 0 0 39 126 0.871 6.1 0.9 1.7 8.7 5.00 126
2004 26 5 3 .625 4.86 21 12 4 0 0 0 74.0 80 47 40 18 30 2 46 1 0 5 332 89 1.486 9.7 2.2 3.6 5.6 1.53 89
2005 27 6 3 .667 4.40 32 12 9 0 0 0 88.0 91 51 43 19 31 2 51 1 0 5 386 98 1.386 9.3 1.9 3.2 5.2 1.65 98
2006 28 9 6 .600 4.25 94 12 24 0 0 1 165.0 161 88 78 28 54 4 101 2 1 8 709 103 1.303 8.8 1.5 2.9 5.5 1.87 103
2007 29 9 7 .563 4.20 102 12 28 0 0 1 177.2 175 94 83 30 59 4 110 2 1 9 765 104 1.317 8.9 1.5 3.0 5.6 1.86 104

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2002 24 0 0 3.86 7.0 5 3 3 1 2 6 0 1.000 6.4 2.6 7.7 3.00 1.3 3
2003 25 0 0 0.00 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 11.3 0.0 2
2004 26 3 4 .429 4.78 64.0 73 38 34 17 28 36 1 1.578 10.3 3.9 5.1 1.29 2.4 16
2005 27 1 0 1.000 1.93 14.0 11 3 3 1 1 5 0 0.857 7.1 0.6 3.2 5.00 0.6 11
2006 28 4 4 .500 3.86 77.0 69 37 33 9 23 50 1 1.195 8.1 2.7 5.8 2.17 1.1 62
2007 29 1 0 1.000 3.75 12.0 14 6 5 2 5 9 0 1.583 10.5 3.8 6.8 1.80 1.5 8
6 Seasons 9 8 .529 3.94 178.0 172 87 78 30 59 111 2 1.298 8.7 5.6 1.88 1.5 102

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