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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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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
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 .720 102 159 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 91 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 74 161 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 76 154 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 86 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 86 216 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 87 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

Postseason Batting

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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

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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 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 (1233rd)

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 (173rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1814), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1294), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  7. Marlon Anderson (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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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 Hal Gregg, Vic Lombardi and Dixie Walker.

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.

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