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.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
2	2	Apr 14	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
3	3	Apr 15	BRO		PIT	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
4	4	Apr 18	BRO		NYG	L,3-6	GS	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
5	5	Apr 19	BRO	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
6	6	Apr 20	BRO	@	PHI	L,3-6	GS	30	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
7	7	Apr 21	BRO		PHI	W,6-3	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
8	10 (2)	Apr 25 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
9	11	Apr 25 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	W,4-2	GS	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B 3B
10	12	Apr 27	BRO	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
11	13	Apr 28	BRO	@	STL	L,5-6	GS	38	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
12	14	Apr 29	BRO	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	18 (3)	May 6	BRO	@	CHC	L,7-8	GF	11	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
14	19	May 7	BRO	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
15	20	May 8	BRO	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	22	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
16	21	May 9	BRO	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	3	SS
17	22	May 11	BRO		MLN	L,0-2	GS	31	7.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
18	24 (1)	May 13	BRO		STL	W,10-3	GS	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B SS
19	25	May 14	BRO		STL	L,1-10	CG	50	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
20	26	May 15	BRO		STL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
21	27	May 16 (1)	BRO		CIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
22	28	May 16 (2)	BRO		CIN	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
23	29	May 18	BRO		CHC	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
24	30	May 19	BRO		CHC	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
25	31	May 21	BRO		PIT	W,3-2	GS	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B 3B
26	32	May 22	BRO		PIT	W,3-1	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
27	33	May 23 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	2B
28	41 (7)	May 31	BRO	@	PHI	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	42	Jun 1	BRO	@	MLN	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
30	43	Jun 2	BRO	@	MLN	W,7-6	CG	27	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
31	44	Jun 4	BRO	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
32	45	Jun 5 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	W,8-5	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
33	46	Jun 5 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
34	47	Jun 6	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	39	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
35	48	Jun 7	BRO	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	46	12.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
36	49	Jun 8	BRO	@	STL	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
37	50	Jun 9	BRO	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
38	51	Jun 10	BRO	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
39	52	Jun 11	BRO	@	CIN	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B
40	53	Jun 12	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
41	54	Jun 13 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
42	55	Jun 13 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	W,14-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
43	56	Jun 15	BRO		MLN	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	0	1	1	2	1	3B
44	67 (10)	Jun 26	BRO		STL	W,7-6	CG	46	11.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
45	68	Jun 27	BRO		STL	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
46	69	Jun 29	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-4	GF	9	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	PR SS
47	70	Jun 30	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	71	Jul 1	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
49	72	Jul 2	BRO	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
50	73	Jul 3	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
51	76 (2)	Jul 5 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	W,7-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
52	80 (3)	Jul 9	BRO		PHI	W,7-5	GS	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
53	81	Jul 10	BRO		PHI	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
54	82	Jul 11 (1)	BRO		PHI	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
55	83	Jul 11 (2)	BRO		PHI	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	3B
56	87 (3)	Jul 16	BRO	@	MLN	L,1-6	GF	33	7.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
57	88	Jul 17	BRO	@	MLN	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
58	89	Jul 18	BRO	@	CHC	W,12-6	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
59	91 (1)	Jul 20	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	2	2	0	4	0	2B
60	92	Jul 21	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	29	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
61	93	Jul 22	BRO	@	CIN	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
62	94	Jul 23	BRO	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
63	95	Jul 24	BRO	@	STL	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
64	96	Jul 25	BRO	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
65	97	Jul 26	BRO		NYG	W,9-1	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	104 (6)	Aug 2	BRO		MLN	W,2-1	GF	22	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
67	106 (1)	Aug 4	BRO		STL	W,8-7	GS	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
68	111 (4)	Aug 10	BRO	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
69	125 (13)	Aug 27	BRO	@	STL	W,8-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
70	126	Aug 28	BRO	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
71	127	Aug 29 (1)	BRO	@	MLN	W,12-4	GF	19	4.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
72	128	Aug 29 (2)	BRO	@	MLN	W,11-4	GS	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	138 (9)	Sep 8	BRO		STL	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
74	151 (12)	Sep 22	BRO		NYG	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
							77gm		557.2	93	130	7	230	15