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Billy Cox
William Richard Cox

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 150 lb.

Debut September 20, 1941
Final Game June 11, 1955
Born August 29, 1919 in Newport, PA
Died March 30, 1978 in Harrisburg, PA

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1941 21 PIT NL  10   37    4   10   3  1   0    2   1      3   2  .270  .325  .405  105   15   0           0   1
 1946 26 PIT NL 121  411   32  119  22  6   2   36   4     26  15  .290  .333  .387  102  159  10           1   4 MVP-27
 1947 27 PIT NL 132  529   75  145  30  7  15   54   5     29  28  .274  .313  .442   96  234   2           1   5
 1948 28 BRO NL  88  237   36   59  13  2   3   15   3     38  19  .249  .353  .359   91   85   4           0   8
 1949 29 BRO NL 100  390   48   91  18  2   8   40   5     30  18  .233  .290  .351   68  137   5           1   9
 1950 30 BRO NL 119  451   62  116  17  2   8   44   6     35  24  .257  .311  .357   74  161   8           0  15
 1951 31 BRO NL 142  455   62  127  25  4   9   51   5  5  37  30  .279  .336  .411   98  187  13           2   8
 1952 32 BRO NL 116  455   56  118  12  3   6   34  10 12  25  32  .259  .301  .338   76  154   8           2  13 MVP-23
 1953 33 BRO NL 100  327   44   95  18  1  10   44   2  2  37  21  .291  .363  .443  107  145   7           0   7
 1954 34 BRO NL  77  226   26   53   9  2   2   17   0  0  21  13  .235  .297  .319   59   72   3   2       0   8
 1955 35 BAL AL  53  194   25   41   7  2   3   14   1  2  17  16  .211  .275  .314   64   61   2   0   0   0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1058 3712  470  974 174 32  66  351  42 21 298 218  .262  .318  .380   86 1410  62   2   0   7  83
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        568   72  149  27  5  10   54   6  3  46  33  .262  .318  .380   86  216   9   0   0   1  13
 Career High    142  529   75  145  30  7  15   54  10 12  38  32  .291  .363  .443  107  234  13   2   0   2  15
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1941 21 PIT NL   40   28    5   4.8    94| .270  .266| .325  .336| .405  .374| .730  .711| 105  .564   0.2   0.0     
 1946 26 PIT NL  448  306   53   4.6    94| .290  .265| .333  .340| .387  .371| .720  .711| 102  .563  -0.1   0.0     
 1947 27 PIT NL  561  391   73   5.0   108| .274  .278| .313  .353| .442  .411| .755  .765|  96  .531  -6.0  -0.6     
 1948 28 BRO NL  279  190   30   4.2   104| .249  .273| .353  .347| .359  .403| .712  .750|  91  .472  -2.1  -0.2     
 1949 29 BRO NL  426  313   39   3.3   107| .233  .275| .290  .349| .351  .412| .641  .761|  68  .358 -19.0  -1.9     
 1950 30 BRO NL  494  358   50   3.7   110| .257  .272| .311  .349| .357  .422| .668  .771|  74  .393 -18.4  -1.8     
 1951 31 BRO NL  507  354   61   4.6   105| .279  .270| .336  .344| .411  .409| .747  .753|  98  .511  -1.6  -0.2  50%
 1952 32 BRO NL  490  370   44   3.2    98| .259  .263| .301  .336| .338  .391| .639  .727|  76  .381 -16.1  -1.7  45%
 1953 33 BRO NL  371  248   52   5.6   112| .291  .277| .363  .348| .443  .431| .806  .779| 107  .563   4.0   0.4  50%
 1954 34 BRO NL  252  186   22   3.2   112| .235  .279| .297  .351| .319  .431| .616  .782|  59  .319 -14.3  -1.4   0%
 1955 35 BAL AL  213  162   16   2.6    96| .211  .258| .275  .336| .314  .384| .589  .720|  64  .267 -10.3  -1.0  33%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     4081 2906  445   4.1   105| .262  .271| .318  .346| .380  .406| .698  .752|  86  .455 -83.6  -8.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1941 21 PIT NL SS 10 15 35 3 8 .943 .951 5.00 4.82 1946 26 PIT NL SS 114 235 323 39 59 .935 .957 4.89 4.67 1947 27 PIT NL SS 129 220 388 20 63 .968 .963 4.71 4.66 1948 28 BRO NL 3B 70 51 107 7 7 .958 .941 2.26 2.81 SS 6 8 13 1 4 .955 .959 3.50 4.58 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80 1949 29 BRO NL 3B 100 104 213 12 28 .964 .952 3.17 2.98 1950 30 BRO NL 3B 107 102 233 15 35 .957 .948 3.13 3.01 2B 13 31 31 0 7 1.000 .973 4.77 5.13 SS 9 10 10 1 1 .952 .962 2.22 4.74 1951 31 BRO NL 3B 139 140 264 14 26 .967 .953 2.91 3.10 SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.50 1952 32 BRO NL 3B 100 100 157 8 26 .970 .954 2.57 2.92 SS 10 27 20 1 4 .979 .959 4.70 4.70 2B 9 13 11 0 4 1.000 .976 2.67 4.96 1953 33 BRO NL 3B 89 86 142 6 20 .974 .951 2.56 2.72 SS 6 5 3 0 1 1.000 .952 1.33 4.63 2B 1 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 3.00 4.80 1954 34 BRO NL 3B 58 57 90 6 7 .961 .952 2.53 2.82 2B 11 22 27 1 5 .980 .976 4.45 5.31 SS 8 14 13 0 3 1.000 .957 3.38 4.62 1955 35 BAL AL 3B 37 28 67 3 5 .969 .950 2.57 2.73 2B 18 25 28 0 4 1.000 .976 2.94 4.87 SS 6 2 9 1 1 .917 .957 1.83 4.03
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1948 28 BRO NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80 1950 30 BRO NL 2B 13 31 31 0 7 1.000 .973 4.77 5.13 1952 32 BRO NL 2B 9 13 11 0 4 1.000 .976 2.67 4.96 1953 33 BRO NL 2B 1 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 3.00 4.80 1954 34 BRO NL 2B 11 22 27 1 5 .980 .976 4.45 5.31 1955 35 BAL AL 2B 18 25 28 0 4 1.000 .976 2.94 4.87 1948 28 BRO NL 3B 70 51 107 7 7 .958 .941 2.26 2.81 1949 29 BRO NL 3B 100 104 213 12 28 .964 .952 3.17 2.98 1950 30 BRO NL 3B 107 102 233 15 35 .957 .948 3.13 3.01 1951 31 BRO NL 3B 139 140 264 14 26 .967 .953 2.91 3.10 1952 32 BRO NL 3B 100 100 157 8 26 .970 .954 2.57 2.92 1953 33 BRO NL 3B 89 86 142 6 20 .974 .951 2.56 2.72 1954 34 BRO NL 3B 58 57 90 6 7 .961 .952 2.53 2.82 1955 35 BAL AL 3B 37 28 67 3 5 .969 .950 2.57 2.73 1941 21 PIT NL SS 10 15 35 3 8 .943 .951 5.00 4.82 1946 26 PIT NL SS 114 235 323 39 59 .935 .957 4.89 4.67 1947 27 PIT NL SS 129 220 388 20 63 .968 .963 4.71 4.66 1948 28 BRO NL SS 6 8 13 1 4 .955 .959 3.50 4.58 1950 30 BRO NL SS 9 10 10 1 1 .952 .962 2.22 4.74 1951 31 BRO NL SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.50 1952 32 BRO NL SS 10 27 20 1 4 .979 .959 4.70 4.70 1953 33 BRO NL SS 6 5 3 0 1 1.000 .952 1.33 4.63 1954 34 BRO NL SS 8 14 13 0 3 1.000 .957 3.38 4.62 1955 35 BAL AL SS 6 2 9 1 1 .917 .957 1.83 4.03
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 3B 700 668 1273 71 154 .965 .951 2.77 2.92 SS 299 537 814 66 144 .953 .960 4.52 4.66 2B 53 92 99 2 20 .990 .975 3.60 5.04 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 1052 1297 2186 139 318 .962 .955 3.31 3.52
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1949   WS    BRO NYY     L   2   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .333  .333  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
 1952   WS    BRO NYY     L   7  27   4   8  2  0  0   0   3   4  .296  .367  .370   0  1   1   0   0 
 1953   WS    BRO NYY     L   6  23   3   7  3  0  1   6   1   4  .304  .333  .565   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        0-3  15  53   7  16  5  0  1   6   4   9  .302  .351  .453   0  1   2   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1946-NL-27-0.01
1952-NL-23-0.02
Car-1205-0.03 shares

Doubles
1947 NL-30-9

Stolen Bases
1952 NL-10-9

Sac. Hits
1951 NL-13-5

Grounded into Double Plays
1950 NL-15-9

Caught Stealing
1952 NL-12-1

Power/Speed Number
1947 NL-7.5-10

At Bats per Strikeout
1946 NL-27.4-3
1947 NL-18.9-10
1950 NL-18.8-6

       

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.2 (1176) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1687) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Most Similar by Age 

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  1. Charlie Bennett (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mark Ellis (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bob Johnson (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  5. Marlon Anderson (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Billy Martin (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Marlon Anderson (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tony Bernazard (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Luis Alicea (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1940 Season: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

December 8, 1947: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Gene Mauch and Preacher Roe to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Dixie Walker, Hal Gregg, and Vic Lombardi.

December 13, 1954: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Preacher Roe to the Baltimore Orioles for Harry Schwegeman (minors), Johnny Jancse (minors), and $50,000.

June 15, 1955: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Gene Woodling to the Cleveland Indians for Dave Pope and Wally Westlake. Billy Cox refused to report to his new team. The Baltimore Orioles sent $15,000 (June 15, 1955) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

June 15, 1955: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Dave Pope and Wally Westlake to the Baltimore Orioles for Gene Woodling and Billy Cox. Billy Cox refused to report to his new team. The Baltimore Orioles sent $15,000 (June 15, 1955) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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