Bobby Cox

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: May 21, 1941 in Tulsa, OK us

High School: Selma HS (Selma, CA)

School: Reedley College (Reedley, CA)

Debut: April 14, 1968 (Age 26-329d, 12,676th in major league history)
vs. MIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1969 (Age 28-133d)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Manager in 2014. (Voted by Expansion Era Committee on 16/16 ballots)
View Bobby Cox's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Agents: Lonnie Cooper

Full Name: Robert Joe Cox

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.9

628

141

.225

RBI

OBP

.310

SLG

.309

OPS

.619

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jun 3)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	14 (13)	Apr 27	NYY		DET	L,0-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
2	15	Apr 28 (1)	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
3	16	Apr 28 (2)	NYY		DET	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
4	17	Apr 30	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	18	May 1	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
6	19	May 2	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
7	20	May 3	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
8	21	May 4	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
9	22	May 5 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
10	23	May 5 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
11	24	May 6	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
12	25	May 7	NYY		CLE	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
13	26	May 8	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
14	27	May 10	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
15	28	May 11	NYY		BOS	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
16	29	May 12 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
17	30	May 12 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
18	31	May 14	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
19	32	May 15	NYY	@	CLE	T,2-2	CG	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
20	33	May 16	NYY	@	BOS	L,10-11	CG	44	8.0	0	5	1	6	0	3B
21	34	May 17	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
22	35	May 18	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
23	36	May 19	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
24	37	May 20	NYY	@	WSA	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
25	38	May 21	NYY	@	WSA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
26	39	May 22	NYY		BAL	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
27	40	May 24	NYY		CHW	W,1-0	CG	52	13.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
28	41	May 25	NYY		CHW	W,1-0	CG	38	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
29	42	May 26 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
30	43	May 26 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
31	44	May 30 (1)	NYY		WSA	W,13-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
32	45	May 30 (2)	NYY		WSA	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
33	46	May 31	NYY	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	47	Jun 1	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
35	48	Jun 2 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
36	49	Jun 2 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
37	50	Jun 3	NYY		MIN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
38	51	Jun 4	NYY		MIN	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
39	52	Jun 5	NYY		MIN	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
40	53	Jun 6	NYY		MIN	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
41	54	Jun 7 (1)	NYY		CAL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
42	55	Jun 7 (2)	NYY		CAL	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
43	56	Jun 9 (1)	NYY		CAL	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
44	57	Jun 9 (2)	NYY		CAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
45	58	Jun 10	NYY		CHW	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
46	59	Jun 11	NYY		CHW	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
47	60	Jun 14	NYY	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
48	61	Jun 15	NYY	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
49	62	Jun 16	NYY	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
50	63	Jun 17	NYY	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	38	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
51	64	Jun 18	NYY	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
52	65	Jun 19	NYY	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
53	66	Jun 21	NYY	@	MIN	W,11-6	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
54	67	Jun 22	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
55	68	Jun 23	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
56	69	Jun 25	NYY		DET	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
57	70	Jun 28	NYY		OAK	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
58	71	Jun 29 (1)	NYY		OAK	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
59	72	Jun 29 (2)	NYY		OAK	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
60	73	Jun 30	NYY		OAK	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	74	Jul 1	NYY	@	WSA	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
62	75	Jul 3	NYY	@	WSA	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
63	76	Jul 4	NYY	@	WSA	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
64	77	Jul 5	NYY		BAL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	3B
65	78	Jul 6	NYY		BAL	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
66	79	Jul 7 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
67	80	Jul 7 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
68	81	Jul 11	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
69	82	Jul 12	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
70	83	Jul 13	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
71	84	Jul 14	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
72	85	Jul 15	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
73	86	Jul 16 (1)	NYY		WSA	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
74	88 (1)	Jul 17	NYY		WSA	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
75	89	Jul 18	NYY		WSA	W,4-1	GS	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
76	93 (3)	Jul 22	NYY		BOS	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
77	95 (1)	Jul 26	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
78	96	Jul 27	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
79	97	Jul 28 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	28	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
80	98	Jul 28 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
81	99	Jul 29	NYY	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
82	100	Jul 30	NYY	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
83	101	Jul 31	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	102	Aug 1	NYY	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
85	103	Aug 2	NYY		BAL	L,1-4	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	3B
86	104	Aug 3	NYY		BAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
87	105	Aug 4	NYY		BAL	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
88	106	Aug 5	NYY		BAL	L,3-5	CG	44	10.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
89	107	Aug 7 (1)	NYY		OAK	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
90	109 (1)	Aug 8	NYY		OAK	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
91	110	Aug 9	NYY		MIN	L,3-4	CG	45	11.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
92	111	Aug 10	NYY		MIN	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
93	112	Aug 11	NYY		MIN	L,2-11	CG	50	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
94	113	Aug 12	NYY	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	3B
95	114	Aug 13	NYY	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
96	115	Aug 14	NYY	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
97	116	Aug 15	NYY	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
98	117	Aug 16	NYY	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
99	118	Aug 17	NYY	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
100	119	Aug 18	NYY	@	OAK	W,7-5	CG	42	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
101	120	Aug 19	NYY	@	MIN	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
102	121	Aug 20	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
103	122	Aug 21	NYY	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
104	123	Aug 22	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
105	124	Aug 23 (1)	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
106	125	Aug 23 (2)	NYY		DET	T,3-3	GF	35	11.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
107	126	Aug 24	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
108	127	Aug 25 (1)	NYY		DET	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
109	129 (1)	Aug 26 (1)	NYY		CAL	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	3B
110	131 (1)	Aug 27 (1)	NYY		CAL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
111	132	Aug 27 (2)	NYY		CAL	L,0-2	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
112	133	Aug 28	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
113	134	Aug 29	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
114	135	Aug 30 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
115	137 (1)	Aug 31	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
116	138	Sep 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
117	139	Sep 2 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
118	140	Sep 2 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.1	1	3	0	4	1	3B
119	141	Sep 3	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
120	142	Sep 4	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
121	143	Sep 7 (1)	NYY		WSA	W,16-2	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
122	144	Sep 7 (2)	NYY		WSA	W,10-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
123	145	Sep 8	NYY		WSA	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
124	146	Sep 10 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	GS	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
125	157 (10)	Sep 21	NYY		BOS	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
126	158	Sep 22	NYY		BOS	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
127	159	Sep 24 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
128	160	Sep 24 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,2-5	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	3B
129	161	Sep 25	NYY		CLE	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
130	162	Sep 27	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-12	CG	39	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
131	163	Sep 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
132	164	Sep 29	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
							132gm		1145.2	98	279	17	394	22