Nellie Fox

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 160lb (178cm, 72kg)

Born: December 25, 1927 in St. Thomas, PA us

Died: December 1, 1975 in Baltimore, MD

Buried: St. Thomas Cemetery, St. Thomas, PA

Debut: June 8, 1947 (Age 19-165d, 10,336th in major league history)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 25, 1965 (Age 37-212d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1997. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Nellie Fox's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1949 season

Full Name: Jacob Nelson Fox

Nicknames: Mighty Mite or Little Nel

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

49.4

9232

2663

.289

1279

RBI

790

OBP

.348

SLG

.363

OPS

.710

OPS+

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

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	CHW	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
2	2	Apr 10	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
3	3	Apr 11	CHW	@	LAA	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	2B
4	4	Apr 13	CHW	@	LAA	L,0-1	CG	54	14.2	2	2	0	4	0	2B
5	5	Apr 16	CHW		KCA	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
6	6	Apr 18	CHW		KCA	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
7	7	Apr 19	CHW		MIN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
8	8	Apr 20	CHW		MIN	W,10-7	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
9	9	Apr 21 (1)	CHW		MIN	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
10	11 (1)	Apr 24	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	43	12.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
11	12	Apr 27	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
12	13	Apr 28 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	48	11.1	2	2	0	4	0	2B
13	14	Apr 28 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	15	May 1 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
15	16	May 1 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	2B
16	17	May 2	CHW		BAL	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
17	18	May 3	CHW		WSA	L,2-5	GS	13	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
18	19	May 4	CHW		WSA	W,8-1	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
19	20	May 5 (1)	CHW		WSA	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
20	22 (1)	May 6	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-1	GS	28	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
21	23	May 7	CHW	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
22	24	May 8	CHW	@	KCA	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
23	25	May 9	CHW		NYY	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	2B
24	26	May 10	CHW		LAA	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
25	27	May 11	CHW		LAA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
26	28	May 12 (1)	CHW		LAA	W,14-2	GS	26	6.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
27	29	May 12 (2)	CHW		LAA	L,6-7	GS	29	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
28	30	May 13	CHW		LAA	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
29	31	May 14	CHW		DET	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
30	32	May 15	CHW		DET	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
31	33	May 16	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
32	34	May 18	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
33	35	May 19 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
34	36	May 19 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
35	37	May 20	CHW	@	WSA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
36	39 (1)	May 22	CHW	@	WSA	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
37	40	May 24	CHW	@	MIN	L,6-8	CG	39	8.1	3	2	0	5	1	2B
38	41	May 25	CHW	@	MIN	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
39	42	May 26	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
40	43	May 28	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
41	44	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,8-4	GF	24	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	PH 2B
42	45	May 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
43	46	May 31	CHW		BOS	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	47	Jun 1	CHW		BOS	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
45	48	Jun 2 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,9-11	CG	45	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
46	49	Jun 2 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,10-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
47	50	Jun 3	CHW	@	LAA	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
48	51	Jun 4	CHW	@	LAA	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	9	0	11	1	2B
49	52	Jun 5 (1)	CHW	@	LAA	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
50	53	Jun 5 (2)	CHW	@	LAA	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
51	54	Jun 7	CHW	@	KCA	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	2B
52	55	Jun 8	CHW	@	KCA	L,6-7	CG	45	9.2	1	1	0	2	0	2B
53	57 (1)	Jun 11	CHW		MIN	L,6-8	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
54	58	Jun 12 (1)	CHW		LAA	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
55	59	Jun 12 (2)	CHW		LAA	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
56	60	Jun 14	CHW		KCA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
57	61	Jun 15	CHW		KCA	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
58	62	Jun 16 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
59	63	Jun 16 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
60	64	Jun 18	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
61	65	Jun 19	CHW	@	MIN	W,12-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	2B
62	66	Jun 20	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	2B
63	67	Jun 21	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
64	68	Jun 22	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
65	69	Jun 23 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	GF	6	2.0	1	2	0	3	1	PH 2B
66	70	Jun 23 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	2	2B
67	71	Jun 24	CHW		NYY	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
68	72	Jun 25	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
69	73	Jun 26	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
70	76 (2)	Jun 29	CHW		CLE	L,2-5	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
71	77	Jun 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
72	78	Jun 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	79	Jul 2	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
74	80	Jul 3	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	27	6.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
75	81	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	4	3	1	8	1	2B
76	82	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
77	83	Jul 5	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
78	84	Jul 6	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	2B
79	85	Jul 7	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	43	12.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
80	86	Jul 11	CHW		DET	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	2	2B
81	88 (1)	Jul 14 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,3-6	GS	23	4.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
82	89	Jul 14 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
83	90	Jul 15	CHW		BAL	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
84	91	Jul 16	CHW		WSA	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
85	92	Jul 17	CHW		WSA	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
86	93	Jul 20	CHW		BOS	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
87	94	Jul 21	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	CG	46	10.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
88	95	Jul 23 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
89	97 (1)	Jul 24	CHW	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
90	98	Jul 25	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
91	99	Jul 26	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
92	100	Jul 27 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
93	102 (1)	Jul 28	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	2B
94	103	Jul 29	CHW	@	WSA	L,1-2	GS	29	8.1	2	3	0	5	0	2B
95	104	Jul 30	CHW	@	WSA	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
96	105	Jul 31	CHW	@	WSA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	106	Aug 2	CHW	@	LAA	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
98	107	Aug 3	CHW	@	LAA	L,5-6	CG	66	15.1	8	2	0	10	0	2B
99	109 (1)	Aug 6	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
100	110	Aug 7	CHW	@	KCA	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	2B
101	111	Aug 8	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
102	113 (1)	Aug 9 (2)	CHW		DET	L,1-3	CG	44	10.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
103	114	Aug 10	CHW		DET	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	4	5	0	9	4	2B
104	116 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	39	11.0	6	3	0	9	3	2B
105	117	Aug 13	CHW		CLE	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
106	118	Aug 14	CHW		CLE	L,0-1	CG	43	11.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
107	119	Aug 16	CHW		NYY	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
108	120	Aug 17	CHW		NYY	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
109	121	Aug 18 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
110	124 (2)	Aug 21	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-1	GS	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
111	125	Aug 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	44	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
112	126	Aug 23	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
113	129 (2)	Aug 25 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	45	12.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
114	130	Aug 27	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
115	131	Aug 28 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
116	132	Aug 28 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
117	133	Aug 29	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
118	134	Aug 30	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
119	135	Aug 31	CHW	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	137 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	CHW		LAA	L,5-7	CG	47	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
121	138	Sep 2 (2)	CHW		LAA	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
122	139	Sep 4 (1)	CHW		KCA	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	6	4	0	10	1	2B
123	143 (3)	Sep 7	CHW		MIN	L,2-4	CG	48	12.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
124	144	Sep 8 (1)	CHW		MIN	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	2B
125	145	Sep 8 (2)	CHW		MIN	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
126	146	Sep 9	CHW		BAL	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	2B
127	147	Sep 10	CHW		BAL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
128	148	Sep 11	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
129	150 (1)	Sep 14	CHW	@	WSA	W,7-5	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
130	151	Sep 17	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	GS	32	8.0	2	5	0	7	3	2B
131	152	Sep 18 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	2B
132	156 (3)	Sep 22	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	GS	22	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
133	157	Sep 24	CHW	@	BAL	W,15-0	GF	15	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
134	160 (2)	Sep 27 (2)	CHW		WSA	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
							134gm		1147.2	305	342	8	655	71