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.

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	HOU	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
2	2	Apr 16	HOU		MLN	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
3	3	Apr 17	HOU		MLN	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
4	4	Apr 18	HOU		MLN	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	2B
5	5	Apr 19	HOU		STL	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
6	6	Apr 20	HOU		STL	W,7-1	GS	21	6.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
7	7	Apr 21	HOU		CIN	L,5-10	CG	49	9.0	6	4	1	11	1	2B
8	8	Apr 22	HOU		CIN	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	2B
9	9	Apr 23	HOU		CIN	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	2B
10	10	Apr 24	HOU	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	41	10.1	1	3	0	4	0	2B
11	11	Apr 25	HOU	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
12	13 (1)	Apr 27	HOU		LAD	L,0-6	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
13	14	Apr 28	HOU		LAD	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
14	15	Apr 29	HOU		LAD	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
15	16	Apr 30	HOU		LAD	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	17	May 1	HOU		CHC	L,3-11	GS	15	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
17	18	May 2	HOU		CHC	L,0-9	CG	46	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	2B
18	20 (1)	May 4	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS	37	10.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
19	21	May 5	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
20	22	May 6	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
21	23	May 7	HOU	@	LAD	W,2-1	GS	30	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
22	25 (1)	May 10 (1)	HOU	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
23	26	May 10 (2)	HOU	@	CHC	W,4-1	GS	30	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
24	27	May 11	HOU		SFG	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
25	28	May 12	HOU		SFG	L,0-6	GS	34	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
26	29	May 13	HOU		SFG	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
27	30	May 14	HOU		SFG	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
28	31	May 15	HOU		PHI	L,0-4	GS	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
29	32	May 16	HOU		PHI	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
30	34 (1)	May 18	HOU		PHI	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
31	35	May 19	HOU		PIT	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
32	36	May 20	HOU		PIT	L,3-4	GS	32	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
33	37	May 21	HOU		PIT	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
34	38	May 22	HOU		NYM	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
35	39	May 23 (1)	HOU		NYM	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
36	41 (1)	May 24	HOU		NYM	W,5-0	GS	26	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
37	42	May 26	HOU	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
38	43	May 27	HOU	@	MLN	L,0-2	GS	26	7.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
39	44	May 28	HOU	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
40	45	May 29	HOU	@	PHI	L,6-7	GS	32	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
41	47 (1)	May 31	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	48	Jun 2	HOU	@	NYM	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	6	3	1	10	0	2B
43	50 (1)	Jun 5	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	3	3	0	6	2	2B
44	52 (1)	Jun 7 (2)	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
45	53	Jun 8	HOU		MLN	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	2B
46	54	Jun 9 (1)	HOU		MLN	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
47	56 (1)	Jun 11	HOU		CIN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	2	5	1	2B
48	58 (1)	Jun 13	HOU		CIN	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
49	59	Jun 14	HOU		STL	W,4-1	GS	34	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	2B
50	60	Jun 15	HOU		STL	W,9-3	GS	25	7.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
51	62 (1)	Jun 17	HOU		STL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
52	64 (1)	Jun 20	HOU	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
53	67 (2)	Jun 23	HOU	@	STL	L,4-5	GS	30	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
54	68	Jun 24	HOU	@	STL	W,7-5	GF	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
55	69	Jun 25	HOU	@	STL	L,2-4	GS	26	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
56	70	Jun 26	HOU	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	45	9.2	7	2	0	9	1	2B
57	72 (1)	Jun 28 (1)	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-10	CG	39	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
58	74 (1)	Jun 29	HOU		PHI	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
59	75	Jun 30	HOU		PHI	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	76	Jul 1	HOU		NYM	L,6-8	GS	37	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
61	77	Jul 2	HOU		NYM	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
62	78	Jul 3	HOU		PIT	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
63	79	Jul 4	HOU		PIT	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
64	80	Jul 5	HOU		PIT	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	2B
65	81	Jul 9	HOU		LAD	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
66	82	Jul 10	HOU		LAD	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
67	83	Jul 11	HOU		LAD	L,9-11	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
68	84	Jul 12	HOU		SFG	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
69	85	Jul 13	HOU		SFG	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
70	86	Jul 14 (1)	HOU	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	46	10.1	1	5	0	6	1	2B
71	87	Jul 14 (2)	HOU	@	CIN	L,3-10	GS	14	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
72	90 (2)	Jul 17	HOU	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
73	91	Jul 18	HOU	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
74	92	Jul 19 (1)	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
75	94 (1)	Jul 20	HOU	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
76	95	Jul 21	HOU	@	LAD	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
77	97 (1)	Jul 23	HOU	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	4	3	0	7	0	2B
78	99 (1)	Jul 25	HOU		CHC	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
79	100	Jul 26	HOU		CHC	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
80	101	Jul 29	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
81	102	Jul 30 (1)	HOU	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
82	104 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	HOU	@	NYM	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	106 (1)	Aug 1	HOU	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	5	1	9	3	2B
84	107	Aug 2 (1)	HOU	@	NYM	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
85	108	Aug 2 (2)	HOU	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
86	109	Aug 5 (1)	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
87	110	Aug 5 (2)	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
88	111	Aug 6	HOU	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
89	112	Aug 7	HOU	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
90	113	Aug 8	HOU	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
91	114	Aug 9	HOU	@	STL	L,2-8	CG	45	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
92	115	Aug 11	HOU	@	MLN	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
93	116	Aug 12	HOU	@	MLN	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	2B
94	117	Aug 14	HOU		CIN	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
95	118	Aug 15	HOU		CIN	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
96	119	Aug 16	HOU		CIN	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
97	120	Aug 17	HOU		STL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
98	122 (1)	Aug 19	HOU		STL	W,8-7	CG	49	10.0	3	4	1	8	1	2B
99	123	Aug 21	HOU		MLN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
100	126 (2)	Aug 24	HOU		CHC	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
101	128 (1)	Aug 26	HOU		CHC	L,1-3	GS	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
102	129	Aug 29 (1)	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	44	10.1	1	5	0	6	0	2B
103	131 (1)	Aug 30 (1)	HOU	@	CIN	W,8-5	GS	27	7.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
104	132	Aug 30 (2)	HOU	@	CIN	L,6-7	GS	29	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	133	Sep 1	HOU	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
106	137 (3)	Sep 5	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
107	138	Sep 6	HOU	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	4	4	1	9	3	2B
108	140 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	HOU	@	NYM	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
109	142 (1)	Sep 10	HOU	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
110	143	Sep 11	HOU		PIT	L,0-3	GS	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
111	144	Sep 12	HOU		PIT	W,2-1	GS	26	7.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
112	145	Sep 13	HOU		PIT	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
113	147 (1)	Sep 15	HOU		PHI	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
114	148	Sep 16	HOU		PHI	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	2B
115	162 (13)	Oct 4	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-11	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
							115gm		962.0	231	317	13	561	51