Garry Hancock

Ronald Garry Hancock (born January 23, 1954) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder.

Draft

He was born in Tampa, Florida. Upon graduation from Brandon High School in Brandon, Florida, Hancock was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 22nd round of the 1972 Major League Baseball Draft, but chose instead to play ball at the University of South Carolina. He was drafted again in the 1974 Major League Baseball Draft, the 1974 secondary and the 1975 secondary by the Cleveland Indians, Rangers and California Angels, respectively, but did not sign any time, choosing instead to remain in school. He finally signed when the Indians made him the number seventeen overall selection of the 1976 Major League Baseball Draft's January secondary phase.

Boston Red Sox

Hancock batted .302 in two seasons in their organization when he was dealt to the Boston Red Sox for Jack Baker following the 1977 season. After batting .303 for the Pawtucket Red Sox through July 1978, he was called up to Boston. He remained with the club for the rest of the season as a fourth outfielder and left-handed bat off the bench, batting .225 with four runs batted in and ten runs scored.

He spent all of 1979 with Pawtucket and batted .325 to win the International League batting title.^[1]

He received his second call up to the majors in June 1980 and remained with the Bosox through 1981. after batting .294 with a career high 21 home runs at Pawtucket in 1982, he was called up to the majors again in September 1982. In fifteen plate appearances for the Bosox, he had one walk to show for it.

Oakland A's

That winter, he, Carney Lansford and minor leaguer Jerry King were traded to the Oakland Athletics for Tony Armas and Jeff Newman. He played in a career-high 101 games for them in 1983. He hit poorly the following season, was released, and then retired from the game.

References

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)