Bobby Cox
Robert Joseph Cox
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 21, 1941 in Tulsa, OK
High School: Selma (Selma, CA)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1968
Final Game: October 1, 1969
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Standard Batting

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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
1968 27 NYY AL 135 490 437 33 100 15 1 7 41 3 2 41 85 .229 .300 .316 .616 91 138 9 5 3 4 7 *5
1969 28 NYY AL 85 229 191 17 41 7 1 2 17 0 1 34 41 .215 .332 .293 .625 80 56 8 1 0 3 7 5/4
2 Seasons 220 719 628 50 141 22 2 9 58 3 3 75 126 .225 .310 .309 .619 87 194 17 6 3 7 14
162 Game Avg. 162 529 462 37 104 16 1 7 43 2 2 55 93 .225 .310 .309 .619 87 143 13 4 2 5 10

Advanced Batting

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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
1968 27 NYY AL 490 355 42 3.2 77 .266 .229 .234 .300 .302 .316 .346 .616 .648 91 .455 -4.2 -0.5 .532 .183 .087 4.2
1969 28 NYY AL 229 162 19 3.2 91 .258 .215 .250 .332 .326 .293 .377 .625 .702 80 .371 -3.4 -0.4 .566 .251 .079 .0
2 Seasons 719 517 61 3.2 81 .264 .225 .238 .310 .310 .309 .355 .619 .665 87 .426 -7.6 -0.9 .542 .204 .084 4.5
162 Game Avg. 529 381 45 3.2 81 .264 .225 .238 .310 .310 .309 .355 .619 .665 87 .426 -7.6 -0.9 .542 .204 .084 3

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1968 27 NYY AL 490 1.4% 17.4% 8.4% 4.7% 23% 2.07 5.1 62.4 10.7 0.87 71%
1969 28 NYY AL 229 0.9% 17.9% 14.9% 4.4% 24% 1.21 4.7 95.5 11.2 0.95 66%
2 Seasons 719 1.3% 17.5% 10.4% 4.6% 23% 1.68 5.0 69.8 10.8 0.90 70%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1968 27 NYY AL 3 0 19% 188 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 44% 20 13 7 3 2 1 11 4 7
1969 28 NYY AL 1 0 20% 93 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 31% 8 5 3 2 2 0 6 3 2
2 Seasons 4 0 19% 281 3 3 50% 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 13 40% 28 18 10 5 4 1 17 7 9
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1968 27 NYY AL 490 30% 100 3 0 0 0 2.81 7 0 13 4 3 3 4 1 4 3 75% 87 9 10% 42 11 26% 287 35 12% 29 12 41% 21 6 29% 0
1969 28 NYY AL 229 68% 41 20 4 0 2 1.79 2 0 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 49 8 16% 20 8 40% 142 15 11% 14 4 29% 9 3 33% 0
2 Seasons 719 42% 141 23 4 0 2 1.92 9 0 19 4 5 3 6 1 4 3 75% 136 17 13% 62 19 31% 429 50 12% 43 16 37% 30 9 30% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1968 27 135 490 437 33 100 15 1 7 41 3 2 41 85 .229 .300 .316 .616 91 138 9 5 3 4 7
1969 28 220 719 628 50 141 22 2 9 58 3 3 75 126 .225 .310 .309 .619 87 194 17 6 3 7 14

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1968 27 135 519 459 45 122 18 1 9 55 4 50 85 .266 .343 .368 .711 57 135
1969 28 85 234 194 19 44 8 1 2 19 0 36 41 .227 .346 .309 .655 21 85
2 Seasons 220 753 653 64 166 26 2 11 74 4 86 126 .254 .344 .351 .695 78 220
162 Game Avg. 162 554 481 47 122 19 1 8 54 3 63 93 .254 .344 .351 .695 57 220

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1985-AL-Mgr of the year
1991-NL-Mgr of the year
2004-NL-Mgr of the year
2005-NL-Mgr of the year

                                         

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