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Glenn Cox

Glenn Melvin Cox

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: February 3, 1931 in Montebello, CA
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1955
Team: Athletics 1955-1958

Final Game: April 23, 1958
Died: January 8, 2012 in Los Molinos, CA
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1955 24 KCA AL 0 2 .000 30.86 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.1 11 8 8 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 19 16 5.143 42.4 0.0 3.9 7.7 2.00
1956 25 KCA AL 0 2 .000 4.24 3 3 0 1 0 0 23.1 15 11 11 2 22 0 6 0 0 2 101 103 1.586 5.8 0.8 8.5 2.3 0.27
1957 26 KCA AL 1 0 1.000 5.02 10 0 3 0 0 0 14.1 18 9 8 1 9 1 8 0 0 2 66 81 1.884 11.3 0.6 5.7 5.0 0.89
1958 27 KCA AL 0 0 9.82 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 6 4 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 19 44 2.455 14.7 2.5 7.4 2.5 0.33
4 Yrs 1 4 .200 6.39 17 5 3 1 0 0 43.2 50 32 31 4 35 1 17 0 0 4 205 67 1.947 10.3 0.8 7.2 3.5 0.49
162 Game Avg. 3 12 .200 6.39 53 15 9 3 0 0 135 155 99 96 12 108 3 53 0 0 12 634 67 1.947 10.3 0.8 7.2 3.5 0.49

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1955 24 KCA AL 2.1 2 2 8 30.86 4.96 -0.50 0.00 96.6 5.28 -7 -0.5 -0.0 -0.5 -6 .243 .497 $
1956 25 KCA AL 23.1 3 3 11 4.24 4.70 -0.06 0.00 104.9 5.00 2 0.2 -0.0 0.3 4 .563 .501 $
1957 26 KCA AL 14.1 10 0 9 5.65 4.51 -0.04 0.00 106.8 4.85 -1 -0.1 .9 -0.0 0.0 -0 .487 .499 $
1958 27 KCA AL 3.2 2 0 4 9.82 4.14 0.03 0.00 108.0 4.43 -2 -0.2 .2 0.1 -0.1 -2 .392 .499 $
4 Seasons 43.2 17 5 32 6.60 4.61 -0.07 0.00 105.3 4.92 -8 -0.7 .8 0.0 -0.3 -4 .460 .499 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1955 24 KCA AL 2 19 18 8 11 3 2 0 0 0 1 2 .611 .632 1.000 1.632 .688 18 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 25 KCA AL 3 101 74 11 15 5 0 2 1 2 22 6 .203 .381 .351 .733 .194 26 4 0 4 1 0 0
1957 26 KCA AL 10 50 56 9 18 2 0 1 0 0 9 8 .321 .415 .411 .826 .362 23 1 0 1 0 1 0
1958 27 KCA AL 2 19 15 4 6 3 0 1 0 0 3 1 .400 .500 .800 1.300 .385 12 1 0 1 0 0 0
4 Yrs 17 189 163 32 50 13 2 4 1 2 35 17 .307 .427 .485 .912 .322 79 6 0 6 1 1 0
162 Game Avg. 53 584 504 99 155 40 6 12 3 6 108 53 .307 .427 .485 .912 .322 244 19 0 19 3 3 0
MLB Averages .258 .328 .392 .720 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1955 24 KCA AL -6.0 -0.5 19 -0.5 0.2 -0.6 .84 -0.5 -0.0 -7.6 -0.6 0.84 -6.0 0 0 0
1956 25 KCA AL 1.0 0.1 106 -0.0 2.1 -2.1 1.14 0.2 -0.2 1.9 0.2 1.14 1.7 0 0 0
1957 26 KCA AL -1.5 -0.2 53 -0.2 0.7 -0.8 .75 -0.2 -0.0 -5.0 -0.5 0.75 -3.2 1 4 4
1958 27 KCA AL -2.0 -0.2 19 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .18 -0.3 0.1 -2.8 -0.3 0.18 -3.2 0 0 2
4 Yrs -8.5 -0.8 197 -0.7 2.9 -3.6 .92 -0.8 0.1 -13.5 -1.2 0.92 -10.8 1 4 6

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1955 24 KCA AL 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27.0 45 9 2 0 0 1 1.5 0.0 1.2
1956 25 KCA AL 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 1 1 0 1 33% 50.7 56 45 1 1 0 2 1.7 0.8 7.8
2 Yrs 5 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 5 .000 0 1 1 0 1 20% 41 56 9 3 1 0 3 1.6 0.7 5.1
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 2 4.4 4.4 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1957 26 KCA AL 10 10 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 36% 4 .754 1 4 4 0 1 8 6 3 5 4 5 4 4.3
1958 27 KCA AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .177 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 5.5
2 Yrs 12 12 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 36% .595 1 4 6 0 1 10 6 5 7 4 7 4 4.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1955 24 KCA AL 19 79% 0.0% 10.5% 5.3% 26.3% 46% 4.00 84% 5 0 0%
1956 25 KCA AL 101 49% 2.0% 5.9% 21.8% 6.9% 47% 1.30 66% 21 4 19%
1957 26 KCA AL 66 60% 2.0% 16.0% 18.0% 6.0% 17% 1.27 94% 15 1 7%
1958 27 KCA AL 19 84% 5.3% 5.3% 15.8% 21.1% 67% 1.50 68% 5 1 20%
4 Yrs 205 58% 2.1% 9.0% 18.5% 10.1% 38% 1.37 76% 46 6 13%
MLB Averages 52% 2.5% 12.7% 9.4% 6.7% 28% 0.98 77% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1955 24 KCA AL 19 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 25 KCA AL 101 15 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 10 4 3 40% 0 2 0 42 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
1957 26 KCA AL 50 18 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 8 3 1 38% 0 2 1 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 16
1958 27 KCA AL 19 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 189 50 4 0 2 3 1 3 1 20 9 4 45% 0 4 1 81 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 16
MLB Averages 51% 56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1955 24 0 2 .000 30.86 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.1 11 8 8 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 19 16 5.143 42.4 0.0 3.9 7.7 2.00 16
1956 25 0 4 .000 6.66 5 5 0 1 0 0 25.2 26 19 19 2 23 0 8 0 0 2 120 66 1.909 9.1 0.7 8.1 2.8 0.35 66
1957 26 1 4 .200 6.08 15 5 3 1 0 0 40.0 44 28 27 3 32 1 16 0 0 4 186 71 1.900 9.9 0.7 7.2 3.6 0.50 71
1958 27 1 4 .200 6.39 17 5 3 1 0 0 43.2 50 32 31 4 35 1 17 0 0 4 205 67 1.947 10.3 0.8 7.2 3.5 0.49 67

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1955 24 0 0 24.00 3.0 11 9 8 0 1 2 0 4.000 33.0 3.0 6.0 2.00 0.0 2
1956 25 1 1 .500 3.91 23.0 15 11 10 2 22 6 0 1.609 5.9 8.6 2.3 0.27 0.8 3
1957 26 0 1 .000 5.54 13.0 19 9 8 1 10 7 0 2.231 13.2 6.9 4.8 0.70 0.7 10
1958 27 0 0 9.00 4.0 6 4 4 1 3 1 0 2.250 13.5 6.8 2.3 0.33 2.3 2
4 Yrs 1 2 .333 6.28 43.0 51 33 30 4 36 16 0 2.023 10.7 3.3 0.44 0.8 17

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