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.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	BRO		PIT	W,8-5	GF	12	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
2	14 (12)	Apr 30	BRO		CIN	W,7-4	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	15	May 1	BRO		CHC	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
4	20 (4)	May 9 (2)	BRO		PHI	L,4-8	GF	27	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
5	26 (5)	May 17 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
6	27	May 18	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	33	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	3B
7	28	May 19	BRO	@	MLN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
8	29	May 20	BRO	@	MLN	W,7-2	GS	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
9	30	May 21	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
10	33 (2)	May 24	BRO	@	PHI	W,16-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
11	34	May 25	BRO	@	PHI	W,11-9	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
12	35	May 27	BRO		NYG	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
13	36	May 28	BRO		NYG	W,7-6	CG	42	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
14	37	May 29	BRO	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
15	38	May 30 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
16	39	May 30 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
17	40	May 31 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
18	41	May 31 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,4-1	CG	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	42	Jun 2	BRO		MLN	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
20	58 (15)	Jun 19 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	L,8-11	GF	14	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	SS
21	59	Jun 19 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
22	60	Jun 20	BRO	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
23	61	Jun 21	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
24	62	Jun 22	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-9	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
25	63	Jun 23	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	3B
26	64	Jun 24	BRO	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
27	65	Jun 25	BRO	@	CIN	W,12-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
28	68 (2)	Jun 28	BRO	@	MLN	W,11-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	74 (5)	Jul 5	BRO	@	NYG	L,6-20	CG	46	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
30	75	Jul 6	BRO	@	PIT	W,14-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
31	76	Jul 7 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
32	77	Jul 7 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
33	78	Jul 8	BRO	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
34	79	Jul 9	BRO	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
35	80	Jul 10	BRO		NYG	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	3B
36	81	Jul 11	BRO		NYG	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	3B
37	82	Jul 12	BRO		NYG	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
38	83	Jul 16	BRO		STL	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
39	84	Jul 17 (1)	BRO		STL	W,14-0	GS	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B SS
40	85	Jul 17 (2)	BRO		STL	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
41	86	Jul 18	BRO		STL	W,14-6	GS	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B SS
42	87	Jul 19 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	3B
43	88	Jul 19 (2)	BRO		CIN	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
44	89	Jul 20	BRO		CHC	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
45	90	Jul 21	BRO		CHC	W,15-4	GS	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B SS
46	91	Jul 22 (1)	BRO		CHC	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	3B
47	92	Jul 22 (2)	BRO		CHC	W,11-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
48	93	Jul 24	BRO		MLN	L,6-11	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
49	94	Jul 25	BRO		MLN	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
50	95	Jul 26 (1)	BRO		MLN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
51	96	Jul 26 (2)	BRO		MLN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
52	97	Jul 28	BRO	@	CHC	W,13-2	GS	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
53	98	Jul 29	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
54	99	Jul 30	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
55	100	Jul 31	BRO	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	101	Aug 1	BRO	@	STL	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
57	102	Aug 2	BRO	@	STL	L,1-10	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
58	103	Aug 3	BRO	@	MLN	W,1-0	CG	24	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
59	104	Aug 5	BRO	@	MLN	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
60	105	Aug 6 (1)	BRO	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	48	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
61	106	Aug 6 (2)	BRO	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	3B
62	107	Aug 7	BRO	@	CIN	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
63	108	Aug 8	BRO	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
64	109	Aug 9	BRO	@	CIN	W,9-1	GS	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
65	116 (6)	Aug 17	BRO		PIT	W,5-2	GF	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR SS
66	117	Aug 18	BRO		NYG	W,4-3	CG	50	13.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
67	118	Aug 19	BRO		NYG	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
68	119	Aug 20	BRO		NYG	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
69	120	Aug 21	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
70	121	Aug 22	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
71	122	Aug 23 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
72	123	Aug 23 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	133 (9)	Sep 2	BRO		MLN	L,8-9	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
74	134	Sep 3	BRO		MLN	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
75	135	Sep 4	BRO	@	NYG	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
76	136	Sep 5	BRO	@	NYG	W,16-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
77	137	Sep 6	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
78	138	Sep 7 (1)	BRO		PHI	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
79	139	Sep 7 (2)	BRO		PHI	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
80	140	Sep 9	BRO	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
81	141	Sep 10	BRO	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	52	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
82	142	Sep 11	BRO	@	MLN	L,8-9	GS	11	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
83	143	Sep 12	BRO	@	MLN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
84	145 (1)	Sep 14	BRO	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
85	147 (1)	Sep 16	BRO	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
86	148	Sep 17	BRO	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
87	149	Sep 19	BRO		PHI	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
88	150	Sep 20 (1)	BRO		PHI	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
89	151	Sep 20 (2)	BRO		PHI	L,1-2	CG	23	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
90	152	Sep 22	BRO		PIT	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
91	153	Sep 25	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
92	154	Sep 26	BRO	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	37	9.1	0	3	0	3	0	3B
93	155	Sep 27	BRO	@	PHI	W,8-2	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
							96gm		768.2	92	147	7	246	21