Autopsy completed on former Braves pitcher Tommy Hanson

A report obtained by the AJC from the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office lists “overdose” as a possible crime. He fell into a coma after suffering catastrophic organ failure, per the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Authorities are investigating the death of former Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tommy Hanson. The report does not include any additional details about why “overdose” was listed as a possible cause. He was 29. Braves spokesman Brad Hainje says a few of Hanson’s former teammates were at Atlanta’s Piedmont Hospital when Hanson died Monday night, November 9, 2015. The report says Hanson wasnt breathing as rescue crews tried to help him at a friends home in Newnan, Georgia, south of Atlanta.

Hanson was also in the Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox and San Francisco Giants organizations but never pitched with those clubs.

Hanson finished third in the National League Rookie of the Year balloting in 2009, but Hanson’s finest stretch of pitching came during the first half of the 2011 season, when he was 10-4 with a 2.44 ERA in 17 starts.

Former Braves teammate Chipper Jones said on his Twitter account: “My heart is broken today”.

Hanson, a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was 49-35 with a 3.80 ERA in five major league seasons. He was not “like’ a brother to me, he was my brother and I’m going to miss him so much”. It was a pleasure for us to watch him, just as it was a pleasure for him to pitch for us.

“He was a favorite in the clubhouse and with our staff, and he will truly be missed by everyone in Braves Country”, Braves president John Schuerholz said in a statement.

However, Bond responded via text and said he was staying silent for now out of respect for Hanson’s family.

After being traded, Hanson posted a 5.42 ERA at the major league level. The league held a moment of silence for Hanson on Tuesday.