Josh Hancock

Full Name: Joshua Morgan Hancock Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 3"/217 First Game: September 10, 2002 Birthdate: April 11, 1978 MLB Experience: 5 years Birthplace: Cleveland, Mississippi Died: April 29, 2007 Deathplace: St. Louis, Missouri Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

Born on April 11, 1978 in Cleveland, Mississippi, Josh Hancock (Joshua Morgan Hancock) played for the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 5 year career. Hancock broke into the bigs on September 10, 2002 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 5.09 ERA in 63.2 innings pitched in 2004, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Josh Hancock's best season was 2006, when he posted a 4.09 ERA and struck out 50 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
2002	BOS	A	3	1	0	1	3.68	6	3	3	0	0	0	7.1	5	1	2	0	0	0
2003	PHI	N	2	0	0	0	3.00	4	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2004	PHI	N	4	2	0	1	9.00	5	9	9	0	0	0	9	13	3	3	0	0	0
2004	CIN	N	12	9	5	1	4.45	31	34	27	0	0	0	54.2	60	14	25	2	5	1
2004	TOT	N	16	11	5	2	5.09	36	43	36	0	0	0	63.2	73	17	28	2	5	1
2005	CIN	N	11	0	1	0	1.93	5	4	3	0	0	0	14	11	1	1	0	0	0
2006	STL	N	62	0	3	3	4.09	50	37	35	0	0	1	77	70	9	23	2	3	1
2007	STL	N	8	0	0	1	3.55	9	6	5	0	0	0	12.2	14	2	5	0	1	0
Total	NL		99	11	9	6	4.23	104	91	80	0	0	1	170.1	170	29	57	4	9	2
Total	AL		3	1	0	1	3.68	6	3	3	0	0	0	7.1	5	1	2	0	0	0
Total			102	12	9	7	4.20	110	94	83	0	0	1	177.2	175	30	59	4	9	2

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
2002	BOS	A	P	3	1	7.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2003	PHI	N	P	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2004	PHI	N	P	4	2	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
2004	CIN	N	P	12	9	54.2	3	3	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	.750
2004	TOT	N	P	16	11	63.2	3	5	2	0	0	0	5	2	0	.800
2005	CIN	N	P	11	0	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.000
2006	STL	N	P	62	0	77	3	8	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	.917
2007	STL	N	P	8	0	12.2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	102	12	177.2	7	17	3	0	0	1	9	2	1	.889

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
2002	BOS	A	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	PHI	N	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	PHI	N	4	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2004	CIN	N	12	15	1	2	0	1	.133	.278	.133	0	0	3	11	0	1	0	0	0
2004	TOT	N	16	17	1	2	0	1	.118	.250	.118	0	0	3	12	0	1	0	0	0
2005	CIN	N	11	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	STL	N	62	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	0	0	1	6	0	1	0	0	0
2007	STL	N	8	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	6	0	1	0	0	0
Total	NL		99	24	1	2	0	1	.083	.214	.083	0	0	4	18	0	2	0	0	0
Total	AL		3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			102	24	1	2	0	1	.083	.214	.083	0	0	4	18	0	2	0	0	0

Transactions

• Selected by Milwaukee Brewers in the 4th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 4, 1996).
• Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 5th round of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1998 - signed June 15, 1998).
• Traded by Boston Red Sox to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Jeremy Giambi (December 15, 2002).
• Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Anderson Machado to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Todd Jones and Brad Correll (July 30, 2004).
• Released by Cincinnati Reds (January 12, 2006).
• Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (February 21, 2006).