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.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	BRO	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
2	2	Apr 16	BRO	@	BSN	W,14-8	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
3	3	Apr 17	BRO	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
4	4	Apr 18	BRO		NYG	W,7-6	CG	50	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
5	5	Apr 19	BRO		NYG	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
6	6	Apr 20	BRO		NYG	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
7	7	Apr 22 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
8	8	Apr 22 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	3B
9	9	Apr 29	BRO	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
10	10	Apr 30	BRO	@	STL	L,2-14	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
12	12	May 2	BRO	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
13	13	May 3	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	42	9.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
14	14	May 4	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
15	15	May 5	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
16	16	May 6	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-4	GS	40	10.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B 3B
17	17	May 7	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
18	18	May 10 (1)	BRO		PHI	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
19	19	May 10 (2)	BRO		PHI	L,1-8	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
20	20	May 11	BRO		PHI	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
21	21	May 13	BRO		STL	W,14-8	CG	43	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
22	22	May 14	BRO		STL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
23	23	May 15	BRO		PIT	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
24	24	May 16	BRO		PIT	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
25	25	May 17	BRO		PIT	W,12-7	GS	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
26	26	May 18	BRO		CHC	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
27	27	May 19	BRO		CHC	T,1-1	CG	28	6.1	1	2	0	3	0	3B
28	28	May 21	BRO		CIN	W,19-1	GS	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	60 (31)	Jun 24 (2)	BRO		STL	L,4-7	GF	8	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
30	61	Jun 25	BRO		STL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	SS
31	62	Jun 26	BRO	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
32	63	Jun 27	BRO		BSN	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
33	64	Jun 28	BRO		BSN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
34	65	Jun 29	BRO		BSN	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
35	66	Jun 30	BRO		PHI	L,0-4	GS	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS 3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	67	Jul 1	BRO		PHI	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
37	68	Jul 2 (1)	BRO		PHI	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
38	69	Jul 2 (2)	BRO		PHI	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
39	70	Jul 3	BRO		NYG	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
40	71	Jul 4	BRO	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
41	72	Jul 5	BRO	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
42	73	Jul 6	BRO	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
43	74	Jul 10	BRO	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
44	75	Jul 11	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
45	76	Jul 12	BRO	@	CHC	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
46	77	Jul 14	BRO	@	STL	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
47	78	Jul 16	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-3	GS	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B 2B
48	79	Jul 17	BRO	@	CIN	W,2-1	GS	35	8.1	1	3	0	4	1	3B 2B
49	80	Jul 18	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
50	81	Jul 19	BRO	@	PIT	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
51	82	Jul 20	BRO	@	PIT	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	3B
52	83	Jul 22	BRO		CIN	W,7-6	CG	45	10.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
53	84	Jul 23	BRO		CIN	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
54	85	Jul 24 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
55	86	Jul 24 (2)	BRO		CIN	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	98 (11)	Aug 5	BRO	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	61	14.2	3	3	0	6	0	3B
57	99	Aug 7 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
58	100	Aug 7 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
59	101	Aug 8	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	43	10.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
60	102	Aug 9 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
61	103	Aug 9 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
62	104	Aug 11 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
63	105	Aug 11 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
64	106	Aug 13 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
65	108 (1)	Aug 14	BRO		NYG	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
66	109	Aug 15	BRO		PHI	L,3-8	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
67	110	Aug 16	BRO		PHI	W,15-0	GS	25	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B 2B
68	111	Aug 17	BRO		PHI	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	3B
69	112	Aug 19 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
70	113	Aug 19 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
71	114	Aug 20	BRO	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
72	115	Aug 22 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
73	116	Aug 22 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	32	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	3B
74	117	Aug 23	BRO	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
75	119 (1)	Aug 25 (1)	BRO	@	STL	W,3-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
76	120	Aug 25 (2)	BRO	@	STL	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
77	121	Aug 26	BRO	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
78	122	Aug 27	BRO	@	CHC	L,5-10	GS	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B 2B
79	123	Aug 28	BRO	@	CHC	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
80	124	Aug 29	BRO	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	3B
81	125	Aug 30	BRO		NYG	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
82	126	Aug 31	BRO		NYG	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	127	Sep 2 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-8	GS	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B 2B
84	128	Sep 2 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	3B
85	129	Sep 3	BRO	@	BSN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
86	130	Sep 4	BRO	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	50	10.2	1	0	0	1	0	3B
87	131	Sep 5	BRO	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
88	132	Sep 6 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS	35	7.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
89	133	Sep 6 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
90	134	Sep 7	BRO	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
91	135	Sep 8 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
92	136	Sep 8 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	1	3	0	4	0	3B
93	137	Sep 9	BRO		CHC	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
94	138	Sep 10 (1)	BRO		CHC	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
95	139	Sep 10 (2)	BRO		CHC	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
96	140	Sep 11	BRO		CHC	L,7-11	GS	23	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
97	141	Sep 12	BRO		STL	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
98	142	Sep 13	BRO		STL	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
99	143	Sep 14	BRO		CIN	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
100	144	Sep 15	BRO		CIN	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
101	145	Sep 16	BRO		PIT	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	3B
102	147 (1)	Sep 19	BRO	@	BSN	W,4-2	GS	16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
103	148	Sep 20	BRO	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	33	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
104	149	Sep 21	BRO	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
105	150	Sep 23 (1)	BRO		PHI	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
106	151	Sep 23 (2)	BRO		PHI	L,0-1	GS	47	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B 2B
107	152	Sep 24	BRO		PHI	L,7-9	GS	18	3.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
108	153	Sep 26	BRO		BSN	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
109	154	Sep 27	BRO		BSN	L,3-11	GS	20	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
110	155	Sep 28	BRO		BSN	T,5-5	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
							119gm		933.0	140	188	9	337	34