Glenn Cox

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Glenn Melvin Cox

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 210 lb.

Debut September 20, 1955
Final Game April 23, 1958
Born February 3, 1931 in Montebello, CA USA

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Before the 1950 season, Glenn Cox signed as an amateur free agent with the Brooklyn Dodgers. The 6' 2" right-hander was assigned to the class C Pioneer League for his first season and the 19-year-old put together a 17 win and 8 loss record while pitching 206 innings for a 3.36 ERA.

Cox would spend most of his career in the minor leagues with the exception of trials from 1955 to 1958 with the Kansas City Athletics, who purchased him from the Dodgers on September 12, 1955. During those four seasons, Glenn would appear in 17 games, pitching 44 innings, winning 1 and losing 4 with a career 6.39 ERA.

During his active eight years (1950-1959) in professional baseball, aside from his major league trials, Glenn would spend time with seven different teams in four different leagues, building a good minor league record. He appeared in 239 contests, winning 98 and losing 66 while pitching 1,404 innings, allowing 1,360 base hits and 615 base on balls for a minor league career 3.59 ERA.

Glenn talked about a day in spring training. "I was in spring training with Brooklyn one year and I had a good spring and thought I was going to make the team. But I came into a game and gave up a monstrous home run to Hank Aaron and was sent back to the minors the next day."

After baseball, Cox ran an 80-unit apartment complex called Camelot in Whittier, CA from 1961 until 1972, when he bought a fishing resort on the Sacramento River called Hidden Harbor. He was also in the carpet business from 1974 to 1980 and from 1980 to 1993 he was the head baseball coach at Los Molinos High School and also helped coach the basketball and football teams at the school.

As of this writing (January 2009) Cox is retired in Los Molinos, CA.