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Ronald Garry Hancock (January 23, 1954 – October 10, 2015) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox and Oakland Athletics in parts of six seasons spanning 1978–1984, primarily as a reserve outfielder. Listed at and , he batted and threw left-handed. Major League Baseball profile and top performances. Retrosheet. Retrieved on October 20, 2015.
After hit a .303 average for the Pawtucket Red Sox through July , Hancock was called up to Boston. He remained with the club for the rest of the season as a fourth outfielder and pinch hitter, batting .225 with four runs batted in and ten runs scored.
Hancock spent all of at Pawtucket and hit .325 to win the International League batting title. Garry Hancock Biography . Baseball Library. Retrieved on November 5, 2010. He received his second call up to the majors in June and remained with the Bosox through . His most productive season for Boston came in 1980, when he hit a of .287/.300/.443 with four and 19 RBI in 46 games.
Hancock then batted .294 with a career-high 21 home runs at Pawtucket in , and was called up to the majors again late in September. In fifteen plate appearances for the Bosox, he had just one walk to show for it. That winter, he was traded by Boston along with third baseman Carney Lansford and a minor leaguer to Oakland for outfielder Tony Armas and catcher Jeff Newman.
Hancock hit .273 with nine homers and 30 RBI in a career-high 101 games for the Athletics in 1983. He hit poorly the following season and was released, then retired from the game.
Hancock was a longtime resident of Valrico, Florida, where he died in 2015 at the age of 61. Ronald Garry Hancock Obituary. Legacy.com. Retrieved on October 20, 2015.
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