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Billy Cox

William Richard Cox

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 150 lb.

Born: August 29, 1919 in Newport, PA
High School: Newport (Newport, PA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1941
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Pirates/Orioles 1941-1955

Final Game: June 11, 1955
Died: March 30, 1978 in Harrisburg, PA
Buried: Newport Cemetery, Newport, PA
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1940	20	PIT-min	B	120	462	462		133	24	5	8						.288	.288	.413	.701		191						HRB · ISLG
1941	21	PIT-min	B	128	496	496		180	42	15	6						.363	.363	.544	.907		270						HRB · ISLG
1941	21	PIT	NL	10	40	37	4	10	3	1	0	2	1		3	2	.270	.325	.405	.730	105	15	1	0	0			6

1946	26	PIT	NL	121	448	411	32	119	22	6	2	36	4		26	15	.290	.333	.387	.720	101	159	4	1	10			*6	MVP-27
1947	27	PIT	NL	132	561	529	75	145	30	7	15	54	5		29	28	.274	.313	.442	.755	96	234	5	1	2			*6
1948	28	BRO	NL	88	279	237	36	59	13	2	3	15	3		38	19	.249	.353	.359	.711	90	85	8	0	4			5/64
1949	29	BRO	NL	100	426	390	48	91	18	2	8	40	5		30	18	.233	.290	.351	.641	68	137	9	1	5			5
1950	30	BRO	NL	119	494	451	62	116	17	2	8	44	6		35	24	.257	.311	.357	.668	73	161	15	0	8			*54/6
1951	31	BRO	NL	142	507	455	62	127	25	4	9	51	5	5	37	30	.279	.336	.411	.747	98	187	8	2	13			*5/6
1952	32	BRO	NL	116	490	455	56	118	12	3	6	34	10	12	25	32	.259	.301	.338	.639	75	154	13	2	8			56/4	MVP-23
1953	33	BRO	NL	100	371	327	44	95	18	1	10	44	2	2	37	21	.291	.363	.443	.806	106	145	7	0	7			5/64
1954	34	BRO	NL	77	252	226	26	53	9	2	2	17	0	0	21	13	.235	.297	.319	.616	59	72	8	0	3	2		54/6
1955	35	BAL	AL	53	213	194	25	41	7	2	3	14	1	2	17	16	.211	.275	.314	.589	64	61	5	0	2	0	0	54/6
11 Seasons				1058	4081	3712	470	974	174	32	66	351	42	21	298	218	.262	.318	.380	.698	85	1410	83	7	62	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	625	568	72	149	27	5	10	54	6		46	33	.262	.318	.380	.698	85	216	13	1	9

BRO (7 yrs)				742	2819	2541	334	659	112	16	46	245	31	19	223	157	.259	.320	.370	.690	82	941	68	5	48	2
PIT (3 yrs)				263	1049	977	111	274	55	14	17	92	10		58	45	.280	.322	.418	.740	99	408	10	2	12
BAL (1 yr)				53	213	194	25	41	7	2	3	14	1	2	17	16	.211	.275	.314	.589	64	61	5	0	2	0	0

NL (10 yrs)				1005	3868	3518	445	933	167	30	63	337	41	19	281	202	.265	.321	.383	.704	86	1349	78	7	60	2
AL (1 yr)				53	213	194	25	41	7	2	3	14	1	2	17	16	.211	.275	.314	.589	64	61	5	0	2	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1941	21	PIT	NL	40	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	0.4	2	0.2	0.2	$	6

1946	26	PIT	NL	448	-2	-1	0	0	-14	7	16	6	0.6	20	2.2	-1.6	$	*6	MVP-27
1947	27	PIT	NL	561	-5	1	0	0	-4	8	19	19	1.9	23	2.4	-0.5	$	*6
1948	28	BRO	NL	279	-1	0	0	0	1	0	10	10	1.0	9	0.9	0.1	$	5/64
1949	29	BRO	NL	426	-16	1	0	0	5	0	15	5	0.4	0	0.0	0.4	$	5
1950	30	BRO	NL	494	-15	1	0	0	6	1	17	10	1.0	4	0.4	0.6	$	*54/6
1951	31	BRO	NL	507	1	0	0	0	5	0	17	23	2.3	18	1.9	0.4	$	*5/6
1952	32	BRO	NL	490	-13	-2	0	0	-2	1	16	0	-0.1	2	0.2	-0.3	$	56/4	MVP-23
1953	33	BRO	NL	371	4	-1	-2	-1	6	0	13	18	1.8	13	1.3	0.5	$	5/64
1954	34	BRO	NL	252	-14	0	0	-1	-3	1	9	-9	-1.0	-5	-0.5	-0.5	$19,000	54/6
1955	35	BAL	AL	213	-11	-1	3	0	4	1	6	1	0.1	-2	-0.2	0.3	$	54/6
11 Seasons				4081	-72	-2	1	-2	5	20	139	86	8.4	84	8.8	-0.4	$19,000

BRO (7 yrs)				2819	-54	-1	-2	-2	17	3	97	57	5.4	41	4.2	1.2	$19,000
PIT (3 yrs)				1049	-7	0	0	0	-17	16	36	28	2.9	45	4.8	-1.9	$
BAL (1 yr)				213	-11	-1	3	0	4	1	6	1	0.1	-2	-0.2	0.3	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1941	21	PIT	NL	40	28	5	4.8	94	.286	.270	.266	.325	.336	.405	.375	.730	.711	105	.565	0.2	0.0	.679	.243	.135	.0

1946	26	PIT	NL	448	306	53	4.6	95	.297	.290	.266	.333	.342	.387	.373	.720	.714	101	.563	-0.6	-0.1	.642	.170	.097	2.7
1947	27	PIT	NL	561	391	73	5.0	108	.267	.274	.278	.313	.353	.442	.412	.755	.765	96	.530	-6.1	-0.6	.692	.233	.168	7.5
1948	28	BRO	NL	279	190	30	4.2	105	.260	.249	.274	.353	.349	.359	.405	.711	.754	90	.472	-2.4	-0.2	.677	.283	.110	3.0
1949	29	BRO	NL	426	313	39	3.3	108	.228	.233	.276	.290	.351	.351	.413	.641	.764	68	.358	-19.4	-1.9	.562	.208	.118	6.2
1950	30	BRO	NL	494	358	50	3.7	111	.258	.257	.273	.311	.351	.357	.423	.668	.774	73	.393	-18.9	-1.8	.577	.191	.100	6.9
1951	31	BRO	NL	507	354	61	4.6	105	.284	.279	.270	.336	.344	.411	.409	.747	.753	98	.512	-1.6	-0.2	.663	.213	.132	6.4
1952	32	BRO	NL	490	370	44	3.2	99	.269	.259	.264	.301	.337	.338	.393	.639	.730	75	.381	-16.6	-1.7	.494	.130	.079	7.5
1953	33	BRO	NL	371	248	52	5.6	113	.287	.291	.278	.363	.350	.443	.433	.806	.782	106	.563	3.6	0.3	.755	.266	.153	3.3
1954	34	BRO	NL	252	186	22	3.2	113	.239	.235	.279	.297	.351	.319	.431	.616	.782	59	.319	-14.4	-1.4	.514	.177	.084	.0
1955	35	BAL	AL	213	162	16	2.6	96	.217	.211	.257	.275	.335	.314	.382	.589	.717	64	.267	-10.0	-1.0	.481	.186	.103	1.5
11 Seasons				4081	2906	445	4.1	105	.265	.262	.272	.318	.346	.380	.407	.698	.753	85	.455	-86.4	-8.6	.611	.203	.117	51.3
162 Game Avg.				625	445	68	4.1	105	.265	.262	.272	.318	.346	.380	.407	.698	.753	85	.455	-86.4	-8.6	.611	.203	.117	8

BRO (7 yrs)				2819	2019	298	3.9	107	.262	.259	.273	.320	.347	.370	.414	.690	.761	82	.434	-69.8	-7.0	.600	.203	.111	37.0
PIT (3 yrs)				1049	725	131	4.8	102	.281	.280	.272	.322	.348	.418	.394	.740	.742	99	.545	-6.5	-0.6	.670	.207	.137	12.6
BAL (1 yr)				213	162	16	2.6	96	.217	.211	.257	.275	.335	.314	.382	.589	.717	64	.268	-10.0	-1.0	.481	.186	.103	1.5

NL (10 yrs)				3868	2744	429	4.2	106	.267	.265	.272	.321	.347	.383	.408	.704	.755	86	.465	-76.3	-7.6	.619	.204	.118	49.7
AL (1 yr)				213	162	16	2.6	96	.217	.211	.257	.275	.335	.314	.382	.589	.717	64	.268	-10.0	-1.0	.481	.186	.103	1.5

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1949	29	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	L	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0

1952	32	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	L	7	31	27	4	8	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	.296	.367	.370	.737	10	0	0	1	0	2
1953	33	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	L	6	25	23	3	7	3	0	1	6	0	0	1	4	.304	.333	.565	.899	13	0	0	1	0	1
3 Seasons (3 Series)							15	59	53	7	16	5	0	1	6	0	1	4	9	.302	.351	.453	.804	24	0	0	2	0	3
3 WS							15	59	53	7	16	5	0	1	6	0	1	4	9	.302	.351	.453	.804	24	0	0	2	0	3

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1941	21	PIT	NL	40	0.0%	5.0%	7.5%	10.0%	40%	0.67	18.5		18.5		88%

1946	26	PIT	NL	448	0.5%	3.4%	5.8%	6.7%	25%	0.58	27.4	205.5	11.4		88%
1947	27	PIT	NL	561	2.7%	5.0%	5.2%	9.3%	36%	0.97	18.9	35.3	9.8		87%
1948	28	BRO	NL	279	1.1%	6.8%	13.6%	6.5%	31%	0.50	12.5	79.0	15.8		77%
1949	29	BRO	NL	426	1.9%	4.2%	7.0%	6.6%	31%	0.60	21.7	48.8	9.8		85%
1950	30	BRO	NL	494	1.6%	4.9%	7.1%	5.5%	23%	0.69	18.8	56.4	10.3	1.14	85%
1951	31	BRO	NL	507	1.8%	5.9%	7.3%	7.5%	30%	0.81	15.2	50.6	8.9	0.79	82%
1952	32	BRO	NL	490	1.2%	6.5%	5.1%	4.3%	18%	1.28	14.2	75.8	13.4	0.91	85%
1953	33	BRO	NL	371	2.7%	5.7%	10.0%	7.8%	31%	0.57	15.6	32.7	7.4	0.98	80%
1954	34	BRO	NL	252	0.8%	5.2%	8.3%	5.2%	25%	0.62	17.4	113.0	13.3	0.95	85%
1955	35	BAL	AL	213	1.4%	7.5%	8.0%	5.6%	29%	0.94	12.1	64.7	13.9	0.93	82%
11 Seasons				4081	1.6%	5.3%	7.3%	6.7%	28%	0.73	17.0	56.2	10.6	0.95	84%
MLB Averages					1.6%	9.7%	9.4%	6.2%	27%	1.04	9.1	54.5	8.4	0.95	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1941	21	PIT	NL	0.2	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	26	PIT	NL	-0.6	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	27	PIT	NL	-6.1	-0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	28	BRO	NL	-2.4	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1949	29	BRO	NL	-19.4	-1.9	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1950	30	BRO	NL	-18.9	-1.8	510	-1.3	6.8	-8.1	.90	-1.4	-0.0	-12.6	-1.2	0.94	-17.7	0.48	1
1951	31	BRO	NL	-1.6	-0.2	521	-0.6	7.9	-8.5	.97	0.6	-1.2	1.9	0.2	0.98	5.7	2.92	5
1952	32	BRO	NL	-16.6	-1.7	519	-1.2	7.2	-8.4	.93	-0.9	-0.4	-9.1	-0.9	0.94	-11.0	3.35	4
1953	33	BRO	NL	3.6	0.3	379	-0.7	5.0	-5.7	.87	0.4	-1.2	4.5	0.4	0.94	2.6	1.05	5
1954	34	BRO	NL	-14.4	-1.4	255	-1.1	3.5	-4.7	.96	-0.7	-0.4	-12.9	-1.2	0.96	-11.0	2.03	4
1955	35	BAL	AL	-10.0	-1.0	217	-0.8	3.1	-3.9	1.00	-0.6	-0.2	-9.0	-0.9	0.93	-6.9	1.26	4
11 Seasons				-86.4	-8.6	2401	-5.7	33.6	-39.2	.93	-2.6	-3.4	-37.2	-3.7	0.95	-38.2	2.04	23

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1950	30	BRO	NL	10	38%	206	6			6	3	1	0	0	2	5	6	51%	30	19	11	1	0	1	16	2	12
1951	31	BRO	NL	16	34%	208	5	5	50%	5	4	0	0	1	0	11	3	41%	25	21	4	8	5	3	23	6	16
1952	32	BRO	NL	11	36%	198	10	12	45%	9	10	2	1	0	1	6	6	43%	30	20	10	5	5	0	14	3	11
1953	33	BRO	NL	5	28%	151	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	1	7	4	38%	16	10	5	5	4	1	11	4	6
1954	34	BRO	NL	4	33%	96	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	40%	10	7	3	5	5	0	10	3	7
1955	35	BAL	AL	7	40%	96	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	41%	8	6	2	5	4	1	9	2	6
11 Seasons				53	33%	955	42	21	108%	23	21	3	1	1	4	32	25	43%	119	83	35	29	23	6	83	20	58

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1950	30	BRO	NL	494	31%	116			1	0	0	0	0.48	8	0	15	6	2	6	2	0	12	8	67%	94	15	16%	42	21	50%	290	43	15%	28	17	61%	12	5	42%	0
1951	31	BRO	NL	507	22%	127			5	1	0	1	2.92	9	1	14	7	2	5	4	0	19	13	68%	120	8	7%	57	22	39%	336	43	13%	26	14	54%	19	6	32%	0
1952	32	BRO	NL	490	15%	118			4	1	0	1	3.35	6	0	13	4	2	1	5	0	10	8	80%	78	13	17%	41	15	37%	240	30	13%	17	7	41%	10	3	30%	0
1953	33	BRO	NL	371	21%	95			5	1	1	1	1.05	10	1	5	4	6	4	6	0	8	7	88%	70	7	10%	33	11	33%	224	35	16%	23	14	61%	15	7	47%	0
1954	34	BRO	NL	252	20%	53			4	1	0	0	2.03	2	0	8	1	1	1	1	0	3	3	100%	49	8	16%	23	6	26%	160	15	9%	6	3	50%	9	5	56%	0
1955	35	BAL	AL	213	39%	41			4	1	0	1	1.26	3	0	6	3	0	1	2	0	2	2	100%	36	5	14%	12	2	17%	97	12	12%	7	5	71%	4	2	50%	0
11 Seasons				2327	23%	974			23	5	1	4	2.04	66	2	61	25	13	18	20	0	54	62	115%	447	83	19%	208	77	37%	1347	178	13%	107	60	56%	69	28	41%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			253%			28%			32%			15%			50%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1941	21	10	40	37	4	10	3	1	0	2	1		3	2	.270	.325	.405	.730	105	15	1	0	0
1942	22	10	40	37	4	10	3	1	0	2	1		3	2	.270	.325	.405	.730	105	15	1	0	0
1943	23	10	40	37	4	10	3	1	0	2	1		3	2	.270	.325	.405	.730	105	15	1	0	0
1944	24	10	40	37	4	10	3	1	0	2	1		3	2	.270	.325	.405	.730	105	15	1	0	0
1945	25	10	40	37	4	10	3	1	0	2	1		3	2	.270	.325	.405	.730	105	15	1	0	0
1946	26	131	488	448	36	129	25	7	2	38	5		29	17	.288	.333	.388	.721	102	174	5	1	10
1947	27	263	1049	977	111	274	55	14	17	92	10		58	45	.280	.322	.418	.740	99	408	10	2	12
1948	28	351	1328	1214	147	333	68	16	20	107	13		96	64	.274	.329	.406	.735	97	493	18	2	16
1949	29	451	1754	1604	195	424	86	18	28	147	18		126	82	.264	.319	.393	.712	90	630	27	3	21
1950	30	570	2248	2055	257	540	103	20	36	191	24		161	106	.263	.317	.385	.702	86	791	42	3	29
1951	31	712	2755	2510	319	667	128	24	45	242	29	5	198	136	.266	.321	.390	.710	88	978	50	5	42
1952	32	828	3245	2965	375	785	140	27	51	276	39	17	223	168	.265	.318	.382	.699	86	1132	63	7	50
1953	33	928	3616	3292	419	880	158	28	61	320	41	19	260	189	.267	.322	.388	.710	88	1277	70	7	57
1954	34	1005	3868	3518	445	933	167	30	63	337	41	19	281	202	.265	.321	.383	.704	86	1349	78	7	60	2
1955	35	1058	4081	3712	470	974	174	32	66	351	42	21	298	218	.262	.318	.380	.698	85	1410	83	7	62	2	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1941	21	10	42	39	4	11	3	1	0	2	1	3	2	.282	.333	.410	.744	5	10

1946	26	126	464	435	36	130	24	7	2	41	4	28	16	.299	.343	.400	.743	60	121
1947	27	138	576	546	73	145	30	7	15	53	5	29	29	.266	.304	.429	.732	71	132
1948	28	92	285	246	36	60	13	2	3	15	3	39	20	.244	.347	.350	.697	30	88
1949	29	104	433	402	47	91	18	2	8	39	5	30	19	.226	.282	.341	.623	38	100
1950	30	124	500	465	60	115	17	2	8	42	6	35	25	.247	.300	.344	.644	48	119
1951	31	147	511	471	63	130	26	4	9	52	5	38	31	.276	.333	.406	.738	63	142
1952	32	121	508	479	61	127	13	3	6	37	11	27	33	.265	.307	.342	.649	50	116
1953	33	104	369	333	41	92	17	1	10	41	2	36	22	.276	.347	.423	.770	49	100
1954	34	81	258	235	25	53	9	2	2	17	0	21	14	.226	.287	.306	.593	21	77
1955	35	55	224	205	28	45	8	2	3	16	1	19	17	.220	.286	.322	.608	19	53
11 Seasons		1102	4170	3856	474	999	178	33	66	355	43	305	228	.259	.314	.374	.688	454	1058
162 Game Avg.		162	613	567	70	147	26	5	10	52	6	45	34	.259	.314	.374	.688	67	1058

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1962 BBWAA ( 0.6%)	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1946 NL (27, 1%) 1952 NL (23, 2%) 0.03 Career Shares (1251st)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1950 NL 0.6 (8th)	Doubles s c a p y 1947 NL 30 (9th)
Stolen Bases s c a p y 1952 NL 10 (9th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1951 NL 13 (5th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1950 NL 15 (9th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1952 NL 12 (1st)
Power-Speed # s c a p y 1947 NL 7.5 (10th)	AB per SO s c a p y 1946 NL 27.4 (3rd) 1947 NL 18.9 (10th) 1950 NL 18.8 (6th) Career 17.0 (201st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1843), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 3 (1771), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 13 (1245), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Phil Rizzuto (949) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Ellis (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Brendan Harris (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pep Young (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Marlon Anderson (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Miguel Cairo (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Marlon Anderson (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Marlon Anderson (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Marlon Anderson (943) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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