Lee Hancock

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1967)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Lee Hancock

|image=

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1967|6|27}}

|birth_place=North Hollywood, California

|death_date=

|death_place=

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 3

|debutyear=1995

|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 13

|finalyear=1996

|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0-0

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.45

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=19

|teams=

• Pittsburgh Pirates (1995–1996)

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Leland David Hancock (born June 27, 1967) is an American former professional baseball player. He played two seasons in Major League Baseball as a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Hancock was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the fourth round of the 1988 Major League Baseball draft out of Cal Poly.{{cite web |title=4th Round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?year_ID=1988&draft_round=4&draft_type=junreg&query_type=year_round |website=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=29 June 2021 |language=en}} On May 18, 1990, Hancock was traded to the Pirates in exchange for pitcher Scott Medvin and assigned to Double-A Harrisburg.{{cite news |last1=DiCesare |first1=Bob |title=NO NEED FOR BISONS TO MAKE CALL FOR ARMS |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/no-need-for-bisons-to-make-call-for-arms/article_729262b4-225f-5faf-b4b3-30117a8bfe79.html |access-date=29 June 2021 |work=The Buffalo News |date=May 19, 1990 |language=en}} In September 1995, he was called up to the majors along with Rick White.{{cite news |title=TRANSACTIONS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/02/sports/transactions-883895.html |access-date=29 June 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=September 2, 1995}} He made his Major League debut on September 3, 1995.{{cite web |title=Lee Hancock Stats |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hancole01.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=29 June 2021 |language=en}} He entered the game in the eighth inning in relief of Paul Wagner and allowed a run-scoring double to Brian Hunter, the only batter he faced.{{cite web |title=Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati Reds Box Score, September 3, 1995 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN199509030.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=29 June 2021 |language=en}} He pitched his final Major League game on May 13, 1996. He spent the remainder of the 1996 season, as well as the 1997 season, in the farm systems of the San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs. The 1997 season was his final as a professional baseball player.{{cite web |title=Lee Hancock Minor Leagues Statistics & History |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hancoc001lel |website=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=29 June 2021 |language=en}}