Billy Cox
William Richard Cox
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
Final Game: June 11, 1955
Died: March 30, 1978 in Harrisburg, PA
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1941 PIT NL 21 SS 10 53 15 35 3 8 .943 5.00 .951 4.82
1946 PIT NL 26 SS 114 597 235 323 39 59 .935 4.89 .958 4.67 MVP-27
1947 PIT NL 27 SS 129 628 220 388 20 63 .968 4.71 .963 4.66
1948 BRO NL 28 3B 70 165 51 107 7 7 .958 2.26 .940 2.81
1948 BRO NL 28 SS 6 22 8 13 1 4 .955 3.50 .959 4.58
1948 BRO NL 28 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80
1949 BRO NL 29 3B 100 329 104 213 12 28 .964 3.17 .951 2.98
1950 BRO NL 30 3B 107 350 102 233 15 35 .957 3.13 .947 3.01
1950 BRO NL 30 2B 13 62 31 31 0 7 1.000 4.77 .973 5.13
1950 BRO NL 30 SS 9 21 10 10 1 1 .952 2.22 .962 4.74
1951 BRO NL 31 3B 139 418 140 264 14 26 .967 2.91 .952 3.10
1951 BRO NL 31 SS 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 4.50
1952 BRO NL 32 3B 100 265 100 157 8 26 .970 2.57 .953 2.92 MVP-23
1952 BRO NL 32 SS 10 48 27 20 1 4 .979 4.70 .958 4.70 MVP-23
1952 BRO NL 32 2B 9 24 13 11 0 4 1.000 2.67 .975 4.96 MVP-23
1953 BRO NL 33 3B 89 234 86 142 6 20 .974 2.56 .950 2.72
1953 BRO NL 33 SS 6 8 5 3 0 1 1.000 1.33 .950 4.63
1953 BRO NL 33 2B 1 4 1 2 1 0 .750 3.00 .975 4.80
1954 BRO NL 34 3B 58 44 402.1 153 57 90 6 7 .961 -3.9 -11.6 -3.9 0.3 -4.1 0 3.29 2.53 .952 3.17 2.82
1954 BRO NL 34 2B 11 11 96.2 50 22 27 1 5 .980 1.2 14.9 1.2 0.8 0.4 0 4.56 4.45 .976 5.57 5.31
1954 BRO NL 34 SS 8 6 58.2 27 14 13 0 3 1.000 -0.5 -10.2 -0.5 0.2 -0.8 0 4.14 3.38 .956 5.15 4.62
1955 BAL AL 35 3B 37 34 266.0 98 28 67 3 5 .969 3.3 14.9 3.3 2.3 1.0 0 3.21 2.57 .949 3.17 2.73
1955 BAL AL 35 2B 18 10 109.2 53 25 28 0 4 1.000 0.5 5.5 1.5 0.9 0.5 -1 4.35 2.94 .975 5.38 4.87
1955 BAL AL 35 SS 6 2 17.0 12 2 9 1 1 .917 0.3 21.2 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 5.82 1.83 .958 4.92 4.03
8 Seasons 3B 700 78 668.1 2012 668 1273 71 154 .965 -0.6 -1.1 -0.6 2.6 -3.1 0 26.14 2.77 .950 3.17 2.92
10 Seasons SS 299 8 75.2 1417 537 814 66 144 .953 -0.2 -3.2 -0.2 0.2 -0.5 0 160.69 4.52 .960 5.10 4.66
6 Seasons 2B 53 21 206.1 193 92 99 2 20 .990 1.7 9.9 2.7 1.7 0.9 -1 8.33 3.60 .975 5.47 5.04
11 Seasons TOT 1052 107 950.1 3622 1297 2186 139 318 .962 0.9 1.1 1.9 4.5 -2.7 -1 32.99 3.31 .917 3.82 3.52
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1941 PIT NL 21 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
1946 PIT NL 26 121 121 121 0 0 0 0 0 114 0 0 0 0
1947 PIT NL 27 132 132 132 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0
1948 BRO NL 28 88 88 88 0 0 0 1 70 6 0 0 0 0
1949 BRO NL 29 100 100 100 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0
1950 BRO NL 30 119 119 119 0 0 0 13 107 9 0 0 0 0
1951 BRO NL 31 142 142 142 0 0 0 0 139 1 0 0 0 0
1952 BRO NL 32 116 116 116 0 0 0 9 100 10 0 0 0 0
1953 BRO NL 33 100 100 100 0 0 0 1 89 6 0 0 0 0
1954 BRO NL 34 77 61 77 77 0 0 0 11 58 8 0 0 0 0 4 5
1955 BAL AL 35 53 46 53 53 0 0 0 18 37 6 0 0 0 0 4 1
11 Seasons 1058 107 1058 1058 0 0 0 53 700 299 0 0 0 0 8 6
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 BRO NL 34 1765 60% 80% 28% 158 87% 2 55 53 2 0 88 66 19 0 1 6 0 6 0 5 8 6 1 7 1 1 0 12 58%
1955 BAL AL 35 1228 61% 77% 24% 90 94% 1 29 20 5 5 67 52 11 1 3 2 0 2 0 2 6 4 1 6 0 0 0 6 83%
2 Seasons 2993 61% 79% 26% 248 90% 3 84 73 7 5 155 118 30 1 4 8 0 8 0 7 14 10 2 13 1 1 0 18 67%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 89% 60%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 BRO NL 34 415 65% 75% 29% 32 91% 1 20 5 11 4 28 23 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 2 1 1 1 5 2 3 0 0 0
1955 BAL AL 35 473 58% 78% 22% 37 89% 0 24 9 13 2 28 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 1 4 1 3 0 0 0
2 Seasons 888 61% 77% 26% 69 90% 1 44 14 24 6 56 49 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 9 5 1 1 2 9 3 6 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 BRO NL 34 278 51% 77% 27% 22 91% 0 14 9 5 0 13 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
1955 BAL AL 35 80 66% 81% 26% 10 90% 0 2 1 1 0 8 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 358 55% 78% 27% 32 91% 0 16 10 6 0 21 15 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 3 0 2 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 90%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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