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Larry Cox

Larry Eugene Cox

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: September 11, 1947 in Bluffton, OH
High School: Ottawa-Glandorf (Ottawa, OH)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1973
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Cubs/Phillies/Rangers 1973-1982

Final Game: May 23, 1982
Died: February 17, 1990 in Bellefontaine, OH
Buried: Gethsemane Cemetery, Lima, OH
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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
1973 25 PHI NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1974 26 PHI NL 30 58 53 5 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 9 .170 .241 .208 .449 25 11 1 1 0 0 0 2
1975 27 PHI NL 11 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .200 .286 .200 .486 35 1 1 0 0 1 0 2
1977 29 SEA AL 35 104 93 6 23 6 0 2 6 1 1 10 12 .247 .320 .376 .697 91 35 2 0 1 0 0 2
1978 30 CHC NL 59 133 121 10 34 5 0 2 18 0 0 12 16 .281 .346 .372 .718 92 45 4 0 0 0 0 2
1979 31 SEA AL 100 323 293 32 63 11 3 4 36 2 1 22 39 .215 .266 .314 .580 55 92 9 0 3 5 0 2
1980 32 SEA AL 105 271 243 18 49 6 2 4 20 1 2 19 36 .202 .260 .292 .552 51 71 9 0 9 0 0 2
1981 33 TEX AL 5 13 13 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .231 .231 .308 .538 59 4 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1982 34 CHC NL 2 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 /2
9 Seasons 348 915 825 72 182 31 5 12 85 5 4 70 117 .221 .280 .314 .594 61 259 26 1 13 6 1
162 Game Avg. 162 426 384 34 85 14 2 6 40 2 2 33 54 .221 .280 .314 .594 61 121 12 0 6 3 0
PHI (3 yrs) 42 65 58 5 10 2 0 0 5 1 0 5 9 .172 .246 .207 .453 26 12 2 1 0 1 0
SEA (3 yrs) 240 698 629 56 135 23 5 10 62 4 4 51 87 .215 .272 .315 .586 59 198 20 0 13 5 0
CHC (2 yrs) 61 139 125 11 34 5 0 2 18 0 0 14 17 .272 .345 .360 .705 89 45 4 0 0 0 1
TEX (1 yr) 5 13 13 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .231 .231 .308 .538 59 4 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 103 204 183 16 44 7 0 2 23 1 0 19 26 .240 .314 .311 .625 70 57 6 1 0 1 1
AL (4 yrs) 245 711 642 56 138 24 5 10 62 4 4 51 91 .215 .271 .315 .585 59 202 20 0 13 5 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
1974 26 PHI NL 58 -5 -1 0 0 -3 1 2 -6 -0.7 -3 -0.3 -0.4 $ 2
1975 27 PHI NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 2
1977 29 SEA AL 104 -2 -1 1 0 -1 2 3 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ 2
1978 30 CHC NL 133 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ 2
1979 31 SEA AL 324 -21 -3 1 0 0 6 11 -6 -0.7 -6 -0.6 -0.1 $ 2
1980 32 SEA AL 271 -17 0 0 0 4 5 8 0 0.0 -4 -0.4 0.4 $ 2
1981 33 TEX AL 13 -1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 -3 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ /2
1982 34 CHC NL 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /2
8 Seasons 916 -47 -5 2 0 -2 16 28 -8 -1.0 -6 -0.6 -0.4 $
SEA (3 yrs) 699 -40 -4 2 0 3 13 22 -4 -0.5 -7 -0.7 0.2 $
PHI (2 yrs) 65 -5 -1 0 0 -3 1 2 -6 -0.7 -3 -0.3 -0.4 $
CHC (2 yrs) 139 -1 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $
TEX (1 yr) 13 -1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 -3 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $

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
1974 26 PHI NL 58 45 3 1.8 98 .205 .170 .267 .241 .340 .208 .386 .449 .726 25 .171 -5.5 -0.6 .356 .113 .038
1975 27 PHI NL 7 6 0 0.0 99 .167 .200 .270 .286 .342 .200 .390 .486 .732 35 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .600 .400 .000 .0
1977 29 SEA AL 104 74 11 4.0 99 .266 .247 .265 .320 .329 .376 .403 .697 .732 91 .431 -1.0 -0.1 .616 .237 .129 1.3
1978 30 CHC NL 133 91 15 4.4 104 .311 .281 .275 .346 .345 .372 .405 .718 .750 92 .524 -1.4 -0.1 .626 .190 .091 .0
1979 31 SEA AL 323 248 24 2.6 104 .231 .215 .272 .266 .337 .314 .412 .580 .749 55 .250 -19.3 -1.9 .479 .177 .099 2.7
1980 32 SEA AL 271 214 17 2.1 100 .222 .202 .270 .260 .333 .292 .401 .552 .734 51 .198 -17.5 -1.7 .434 .165 .091 1.6
1981 33 TEX AL 13 10 1 2.7 84 .333 .231 .249 .231 .313 .308 .362 .538 .675 59 .316 -0.7 -0.1 .400 .077 .077
1982 34 CHC NL 6 4 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .268 .333 .331 .000 .389 .333 .721 1 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .500 .500 .000
9 Seasons 915 692 71 2.8 101 .242 .221 .271 .280 .336 .314 .404 .594 .740 61 .285 -46.1 -4.6 .492 .179 .093 7.1
162 Game Avg. 426 322 33 2.8 101 .242 .221 .271 .280 .336 .314 .404 .594 .740 61 .285 -46.1 -4.6 .492 .179 .093 3
SEA (3 yrs) 698 536 52 2.6 101 .233 .215 .270 .272 .334 .315 .406 .586 .741 59 .256 -37.8 -3.7 .481 .181 .100 5.7
PHI (3 yrs) 65 51 3 1.6 98 .200 .172 .267 .246 .340 .207 .386 .453 .726 26 .141 -5.8 -0.6 .380 .138 .034 .0
CHC (2 yrs) 139 95 15 4.2 104 .302 .272 .275 .345 .345 .360 .405 .705 .749 89 .505 -1.8 -0.2 .621 .200 .088 .0
TEX (1 yr) 13 10 1 2.7 84 .333 .231 .249 .231 .313 .308 .362 .538 .675 59 .317 -0.7 -0.1 .400 .077 .077
AL (4 yrs) 711 546 53 2.6 101 .234 .215 .270 .271 .334 .315 .406 .585 .739 59 .257 -38.5 -3.8 .479 .179 .100 5.7
NL (5 yrs) 204 146 18 3.3 102 .269 .240 .273 .314 .343 .311 .399 .625 .742 70 .392 -7.6 -0.8 .538 .180 .071 1.3

Ratio Batting*

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
1974 26 PHI NL 58 0.0% 15.5% 6.9% 3.5% 22% 2.25 5.9 13.3 2.00 76%
1975 27 PHI NL 7 0.0% 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 0.00 5.0 1.00 86%
1977 29 SEA AL 104 1.9% 11.5% 9.6% 7.7% 35% 1.20 7.8 46.5 15.5 2.41 76%
1978 30 CHC NL 133 1.5% 12.0% 9.0% 5.3% 21% 1.33 7.6 60.5 6.7 1.18 77%
1979 31 SEA AL 323 1.2% 12.1% 6.8% 5.6% 29% 1.77 7.5 73.3 8.1 1.48 79%
1980 32 SEA AL 271 1.5% 13.3% 7.0% 4.4% 25% 1.89 6.8 60.8 12.2 1.77 75%
1981 33 TEX AL 13 0.0% 30.8% 0.0% 7.7% 33% 3.3 1.00 69%
1982 34 CHC NL 6 0.0% 16.7% 33.3% 0.0% 0.50 4.0 50%
9 Seasons 915 1.3% 12.8% 7.7% 5.3% 26% 1.67 7.1 68.8 9.7 1.62 77%
MLB Averages 1.9% 12.9% 8.5% 6.3% 27% 1.52 6.9 46.2 8.6 1.10 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1973 25 PHI NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1974 26 PHI NL -5.5 -0.6 60 -0.2 0.5 -0.8 .66 -0.3 -0.0 -2.8 -0.3 0.90 -4.1 0.00 2
1975 27 PHI NL -0.3 -0.0 8 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .32 -0.0 0.0 -1.2 -0.1 1.07 -0.6 0.33 1
1977 29 SEA AL -1.0 -0.1 107 -0.2 1.4 -1.6 .94 -0.1 -0.2 -1.2 -0.1 0.91 -1.8 0
1978 30 CHC NL -1.4 -0.1 135 0.6 2.8 -2.1 .96 0.2 0.4 8.1 0.8 0.92 3.8 1.33 0
1979 31 SEA AL -19.3 -1.9 328 -1.2 4.4 -5.6 .94 -1.3 0.1 -11.5 -1.1 0.94 -18.0 1.58 8
1980 32 SEA AL -17.5 -1.7 277 -1.4 3.9 -5.3 1.01 -1.6 0.2 -21.5 -2.1 0.96 -19.0 0.68 3
1981 33 TEX AL -0.7 -0.1 13 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .71 -0.1 0.0 -0.9 -0.1 0.83 -1.2 0
1982 34 CHC NL -0.4 -0.0 6 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 1.19 -0.0 0.0 -0.4 -0.0 1.03 -0.5 0
9 Seasons -46.1 -4.6 934 -2.6 13.1 -15.6 .94 -3.3 0.5 -31.3 -3.1 0.94 -41.4 1.07 14

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1974 26 PHI NL 1 0 36% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13% 3 3 0 1 1 0 4 2 1
1975 27 PHI NL 0 0 0% 6 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 29 SEA AL 3 0 13% 44 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 22% 5 4 1 2 2 0 2 1 1
1978 30 CHC NL 2 0 18% 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 30% 5 5 0 1 1 0 4 0 3
1979 31 SEA AL 6 1 35% 108 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 36% 14 10 3 5 3 1 14 5 8
1980 32 SEA AL 4 0 22% 87 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 41% 8 6 2 3 2 1 6 2 4
1981 33 TEX AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 34 CHC NL 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
9 Seasons 16 1 25% 329 5 4 56% 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 15 14 33% 36 29 6 12 9 2 31 10 18

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
1974 26 PHI NL 58 21% 9 2 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 10% 5 1 20% 30 4 13% 4 2 50% 1 1 100% 0
1975 27 PHI NL 7 86% 1 1 0 0 0 0.33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 6 1 17% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1977 29 SEA AL 104 53% 23 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 100% 20 2 10% 9 2 22% 54 4 7% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
1978 30 CHC NL 133 63% 34 0 0 0 0 1.33 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0% 19 4 21% 7 1 14% 77 17 22% 5 3 60% 4 3 75% 0
1979 31 SEA AL 324 53% 63 8 0 0 0 1.58 4 0 8 1 3 4 0 0 7 3 43% 57 9 16% 33 14 42% 213 33 15% 19 12 63% 11 6 55% 0
1980 32 SEA AL 271 46% 49 3 0 0 0 0.68 4 0 7 1 3 1 3 0 10 9 90% 63 9 14% 31 14 45% 169 17 10% 19 8 42% 7 6 86% 0
1981 33 TEX AL 13 46% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1982 34 CHC NL 6 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 916 51% 182 14 1 0 0 1.07 12 0 17 5 7 7 5 0 20 13 65% 175 26 15% 88 33 38% 561 76 14% 51 27 53% 25 17 68% 0
MLB Averages 55% 79% 11% 35% 14% 50% 54%

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
1974 26 31 58 53 5 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 9 .170 .241 .208 .449 25 11 1 1 0 0 0
1975 27 42 65 58 5 10 2 0 0 5 1 0 5 9 .172 .246 .207 .453 26 12 2 1 0 1 0
1976 28 42 65 58 5 10 2 0 0 5 1 0 5 9 .172 .246 .207 .453 26 12 2 1 0 1 0
1977 29 77 169 151 11 33 8 0 2 11 2 1 15 21 .219 .292 .311 .603 66 47 4 1 1 1 0
1978 30 136 302 272 21 67 13 0 4 29 2 1 27 37 .246 .316 .338 .654 78 92 8 1 1 1 0
1979 31 236 625 565 53 130 24 3 8 65 4 2 49 76 .230 .290 .326 .616 66 184 17 1 4 6 0
1980 32 341 896 808 71 179 30 5 12 85 5 4 68 112 .222 .281 .316 .596 61 255 26 1 13 6 0
1981 33 346 909 821 71 182 31 5 12 85 5 4 68 116 .222 .280 .315 .596 61 259 26 1 13 6 0
1982 34 348 915 825 72 182 31 5 12 85 5 4 70 117 .221 .280 .314 .594 61 259 26 1 13 6 1

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1974 26 30 59 54 6 10 2 0 0 5 0 4 9 .185 .254 .222 .476 3 30
1975 27 11 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 11
1977 29 35 104 94 6 24 6 0 2 6 1 10 12 .255 .327 .383 .710 12 35
1978 30 59 132 120 10 33 5 0 2 17 0 12 16 .275 .341 .367 .708 15 59
1979 31 101 322 295 32 64 11 3 4 36 2 22 39 .217 .267 .315 .582 25 100
1980 32 105 263 244 19 50 6 2 4 21 1 19 36 .205 .262 .295 .557 19 105
1981 33 8 20 20 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 .250 .250 .350 .600 2 5
1982 34 2 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 2
8 Seasons 351 913 836 74 186 32 5 12 85 5 70 119 .222 .281 .316 .597 76 347
162 Game Avg. 162 421 386 34 86 15 2 6 39 2 32 55 .222 .281 .316 .597 35 347

* 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.

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