Billy Cox

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 150lb (178cm, 68kg)

Born: August 29, 1919 in Newport, PA us

Died: March 30, 1978 in Harrisburg, PA

Buried: Newport Cemetery, Newport, PA

High School: Newport HS (Newport, PA)

Debut: September 20, 1941 (Age 22-022d, 9,131st in major league history)
vs. CIN 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 11, 1955 (Age 35-286d)
vs. KCA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1946 season

Full Name: William Richard Cox

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.1

3712

974

.262

470

RBI

351

OBP

.318

SLG

.380

OPS

.698

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	PIT	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 17	PIT	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 18	PIT	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	4	2	1	7	0
4	4	Apr 20	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
5	5	Apr 21 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
6	6	Apr 21 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 23	PIT		CHC	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	1	3	2	6	1
8	8	Apr 24	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
9	9	Apr 25	PIT		STL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 26	PIT		STL	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
11	11	Apr 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
12	12	Apr 28	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
13	13	Apr 30	PIT		PHI	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	PIT		PHI	L,0-8	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
15	15	May 2	PIT		PHI	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
16	16	May 3	PIT		BSN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
17	17	May 5 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,5-4	CG	47	11.0	2	1	0	3	0
18	18	May 5 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	CG	28	6.0	2	2	0	4	0
19	21 (2)	May 12	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
20	22	May 14	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
21	23	May 17	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-16	GS	44	7.0	2	2	2	6	0
22	24	May 19 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	25	May 19 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	26	May 22	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-6	GS	30	6.0	0	0	1	1	0
25	27	May 23	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
26	28	May 24	PIT		CHC	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
27	29	May 26	PIT		CHC	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
28	30	May 28	PIT		CIN	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
29	31	May 29	PIT		CIN	L,6-7	CG	46	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
30	32	May 30 (1)	PIT		STL	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
31	33	May 30 (2)	PIT		STL	L,11-12	CG	46	9.0	0	0	2	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	34	Jun 2 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
33	35	Jun 2 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,3-10	CG	0	9.0	5	5	0	10	1
34	36	Jun 3	PIT		PHI	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
35	37	Jun 4 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
36	39 (1)	Jun 5	PIT		BRO	L,3-5	GS	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
37	40	Jun 6	PIT		BRO	L,8-13	GS	41	7.0	0	2	1	3	1
38	43 (2)	Jun 9 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,2-1	GF	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	1
39	48 (4)	Jun 16 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
40	50 (1)	Jun 17	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
41	56 (5)	Jun 23 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
42	57	Jun 23 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
43	58	Jun 25	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	4	4	1	9	1
44	59	Jun 26	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
45	60	Jun 27	PIT		CHC	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
46	61	Jun 28	PIT		STL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
47	62	Jun 30 (1)	PIT		STL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	64 (1)	Jul 1	PIT	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
49	65	Jul 2	PIT	@	CHC	W,9-0	GS	27	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
50	66	Jul 3 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	5	1	8	1
51	67	Jul 3 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
52	68	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
53	69	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	50	10.1	2	2	0	4	0
54	70	Jul 5	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
55	71	Jul 6	PIT	@	STL	L,4-12	CG	42	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
56	72	Jul 7 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	44	8.2	2	3	1	6	2
57	74 (1)	Jul 11	PIT		PHI	L,1-4	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
58	75	Jul 12	PIT		PHI	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	76	Jul 13	PIT		PHI	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
60	77	Jul 14 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	3	6	2
61	78	Jul 14 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
62	79	Jul 15	PIT		BSN	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
63	80	Jul 16	PIT		BSN	L,0-10	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
64	81	Jul 17	PIT		NYG	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
65	82	Jul 18	PIT		NYG	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
66	83	Jul 20	PIT		BRO	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	84	Jul 21 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
68	85	Jul 21 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
69	86	Jul 24	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
70	87	Jul 25 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
71	89 (1)	Jul 26	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
72	90	Jul 27 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	1	3	0	4	0
73	92 (1)	Jul 28	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-3	GS	33	8.0	2	7	2	11	1
74	93	Jul 31	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	1	4	2	7	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	94	Aug 2 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
76	96 (1)	Aug 4 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	4	5	0	9	1
77	97	Aug 4 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-10	GS	34	6.0	2	2	0	4	0
78	98	Aug 7	PIT		STL	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	4	4	2	10	1
79	99	Aug 9	PIT		CHC	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
80	102 (2)	Aug 11 (2)	PIT		CHC	T,4-4	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
81	103	Aug 12	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
82	104	Aug 13	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
83	105	Aug 14	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
84	106	Aug 16	PIT	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	4	4	1	9	1
85	107	Aug 17	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	2	2	0	4	1
86	108	Aug 18	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
87	109	Aug 20	PIT		BRO	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
88	110	Aug 21	PIT		BRO	L,2-8	GS	38	8.1	3	5	0	8	1
89	118 (7)	Aug 28	PIT		PHI	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
90	119	Aug 29	PIT		PHI	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	3	3	2	8	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	122 (2)	Sep 1 (2)	PIT		STL	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
92	123	Sep 2 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
93	124	Sep 2 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
94	125	Sep 3	PIT		CHC	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
95	126	Sep 4	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	2
96	127	Sep 5	PIT	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
97	128	Sep 6	PIT	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
98	129	Sep 7	PIT	@	STL	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
99	130	Sep 8 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	49	10.2	4	4	0	8	2
100	131	Sep 8 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-12	CG	43	8.0	2	2	2	6	0
101	132	Sep 10	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
102	140 (7)	Sep 15	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	GF	40	8.2	3	2	1	6	2
103	141	Sep 16	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
104	142	Sep 18 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
105	143	Sep 18 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	2	5	1	8	0
106	144	Sep 19	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
107	148 (3)	Sep 24 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-13	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
108	149	Sep 24 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,13-0	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
109	150	Sep 25	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
110	151	Sep 26	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
111	152	Sep 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
112	153	Sep 28	PIT	@	CIN	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
113	154	Sep 29 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	36	8.0	3	5	0	8	0
114	155	Sep 29 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	4	5	0	9	1
							114gm		954.0	235	323	39	597	59