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Garry Hancock

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: January 23, 1954 in Tampa, FL us

Died: October 10, 2015 in Valrico, FL

Buried: Serenity Meadows Memorial Park, Riverview, FL

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 22nd round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Brandon HS (Brandon, FL), the Cleveland Indians in the 10th round of the 1974 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Hillsborough Community College (Tampa, FL), the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (4th) of the 1974 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Hillsborough Community College (Tampa, FL), the California Angels in the 1st round (20th) of the 1975 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC) and the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (17th) of the 1976 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC).

High School: Brandon HS (Brandon, FL)

Schools: Hillsborough Community College (Tampa, FL), University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)

Debut: July 16, 1978 (Age 24-174d, 14,061st in major league history)
vs. MIN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1984 (Age 30-251d)
vs. KCR 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Full Name: Ronald Garry Hancock

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.9

570

141

.247

RBI

OBP

.262

SLG

.358

OPS

.620

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-18 / in Starts: 10-8
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 86 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	59 (29-21-9)
Avg. MLBer w/ 86 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	52 (25-17-9)

Most Driven In
C Fisk	2
C Yastrzemski	1
J Rice	1

Most Driven In By
B Hobson	3
J Rice	2
G Scott	2
R Burleson	1
D Evans	1
J Remy	1

1978 Batting Game Log

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1978 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	88 (87)	Jul 16 (2)	BOS		MIN	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	.97	-0.078	1.44	-0.07%	-0.87	DH
2	2	89	Jul 17	BOS		MIN	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	3.54	0.135	5.30	0.12%	0.39	PH
3	3	92 (2)	Jul 21	BOS	@	KCR	L,0-9	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	6	.02	-0.001	.03	0.00%	-0.15	RF
4	4	94 (1)	Jul 23	BOS	@	KCR	L,3-7	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	3	.47	-0.012	.89	-0.01%	-0.23	PH
5	5	98 (3)	Jul 26	BOS	@	TEX	L,0-2	5-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	4	1.13	-0.028	2.68	-0.04%	-0.15	LF
6	6	100 (1)	Jul 28	BOS		KCR	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9	.71	-0.002	1.87	0.00%	-0.21	DH
7	7	101	Jul 29	BOS		KCR	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	9	.81	0.025	2.30	0.04%	0.17	DH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	8	105 (3)	Aug 2 susp	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-5	17-GF(17)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	2.26	-0.056	8.41	-0.13%	-0.22	PH
9	9	108 (2)	Aug 5	BOS	@	MIL	W,8-1	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	7	.47	0.036	1.87	0.09%	0.56	DH
10	10	109	Aug 6	BOS	@	MIL	W,4-0	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.211	.211	.421	8	.36	-0.009	1.28	-0.02%	-0.75	PH
11	11	110	Aug 8	BOS		CLE	W,9-7	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.190	.190	.381	4	.27	-0.015	.57	-0.02%	-0.35	LF
12	12	111	Aug 9	BOS		CLE	L,1-5	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.190	.190	.381	8						PR
13	13	112	Aug 10	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	13-GF(13)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.190	.190	.381	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
14	14	113	Aug 11	BOS		MIL	L,5-10	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.269	.500	6	.60	-0.013	1.35	-0.02%	0.25	DH
15	15	116 (2)	Aug 13	BOS		MIL	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.207	.207	.241	.448	6	.93	-0.098	1.70	-0.11%	-0.83	DH
16	16	117	Aug 14	BOS		MIL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.242	.303	.545	7	1.55	0.124	2.39	0.11%	0.72	RF
17	17	119 (1)	Aug 16	BOS	@	CAL	W,4-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.278	.500	6	1.20	-0.090	2.41	-0.11%	-0.70	DH
18	18	120	Aug 17	BOS	@	CAL	W,8-6	GS-6	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.282	.333	.615	6	1.17	0.264	2.27	0.31%	2.56	CF
19	19	121	Aug 18	BOS	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.268	.317	.585	5	.91	-0.043	1.65	-0.05%	-0.56	CF
20	20	122	Aug 19	BOS	@	OAK	L,4-8	7-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.279	.326	.605	9	.42	0.018	.65	0.02%	0.03	PH CF
21	21	123	Aug 20	BOS	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.255	.298	.553	6	.56	-0.052	.92	-0.05%	-0.78	CF
22	22	124	Aug 22	BOS	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.235	.275	.510	6	.93	-0.093	1.17	-0.07%	-0.90	DH
23	23	125	Aug 23	BOS	@	SEA	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.218	.255	.473	6	1.43	-0.147	2.68	-0.17%	-1.09	DH
24	24	129 (3)	Aug 28	BOS		SEA	W,10-9	7-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.232	.268	.500	7	3.52	0.144	5.06	0.12%	0.62	PR RF
25	25	130	Aug 29	BOS		SEA	W,10-5	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	.217	.217	.250	.467	7	.79	0.093	1.06	0.07%	0.64	RF
26	26	131	Aug 30 (1)	BOS		TOR	W,2-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.234	.254	.488	7	1.03	-0.057	1.31	-0.04%	-0.43	RF
27	27	132	Aug 30 (2)	BOS		TOR	L,6-7	8-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.227	.246	.473	7	4.62	-0.241	4.93	-0.15%	-0.70	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	28	133	Sep 1	BOS		OAK	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.214	.232	.446	7	1.52	-0.173	2.44	-0.17%	-1.73	RF
29	29	134	Sep 2	BOS		OAK	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.203	.214	.232	.446	9						PR
30	30	135	Sep 3	BOS		OAK	W,11-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.203	.214	.232	.446	7						RF
31	31	139 (3)	Sep 7	BOS		NYY	L,3-15	7-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.225	.257	.482	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.63	LF
32	32	140	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	L,2-13	7-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.233	.264	.497	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.15	RF
33	33	142 (1)	Sep 10	BOS		NYY	L,4-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.213	.221	.253	.474	6	.68	-0.058	6.03	-0.31%	-0.59	RF
34	34	145 (2)	Sep 13	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.218	.250	.468	8	3.82	-0.089	19.48	-0.27%	-0.28	PH
35	35	148 (2)	Sep 16	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.222	.253	.475	7	1.53	-0.088	11.15	-0.38%	-0.37	CF
36	36	149	Sep 17	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.222	.253	.475	9						RF
37	37	150	Sep 18	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	11-GF(11)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.222	.253	.475	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR LF
38	38	156 (5)	Sep 24	BOS	@	TOR	W,7-6	13-13	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.232	.263	.494	8	2.28	0.082	16.18	0.35%	0.38	PH
							20-18		86	80	10	18	3	0	0	4	1	0	12	0	4	1	2	1	0	0	.225	.232	.263	.494		1.11	-0.522	2.85	-0.95%	-4.80

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