Steve Cox

Charles Steven Cox

Positions: First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: October 31, 1974 in Delano, CA
High School: Monache (Porterville, CA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 5th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 2, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1999
Team: DevilRays 1999-2002

Final Game: September 25, 2002
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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
1992	17	OAK-min	Rk	52	216	184	30	43	4	1	1	35	2	1	27	51	.234	.338	.283	.621		52	2	3	0	2	1	ATH · ARIZ
1993	18	OAK-min	A-	15	64	57	10	18	4	1	2	16	0	0	5	15	.316	.359	.526	.886		30	0	0	0	2	0	SOR · NORW
1994	19	OAK-min	A	99	360	311	37	75	19	2	6	32	2	6	41	95	.241	.334	.373	.707		116	5	4	1	3	3	WMI · MIDW
1995	20	OAK-min	A+	132	591	483	95	144	29	3	30	110	5	4	84	88	.298	.409	.557	.966		269	12	14	0	10	6	MOD · CALL
1996	21	OAK-min	AA	104	443	381	59	107	21	1	12	61	2	2	51	65	.281	.372	.436	.808		166	10	6	2	3	6	HVL · SOUL
1997	22	OAK-min	AAA	131	568	467	84	128	34	1	15	93	1	3	88	90	.274	.385	.448	.833		209	16	2	2	9	4	EDM · PCL
1998	23	TBD-min	AAA	119	495	430	64	109	23	2	13	67	3	4	56	100	.253	.339	.407	.746		175	9	2	2	5	6	DHM · IL
1999	24	TBD-min	AAA	134	612	534	107	182	49	4	25	127	3	3	67	74	.341	.415	.588	1.003		314	12	5	0	6	11	DHM · IL
1999	24	TBD	AL	6	19	19	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.211	.211	.263	.474	20	5	2	0	0	0	0	/37
2000	25	TBD	AL	116	369	318	44	90	19	1	11	35	1	2	45	47	.283	.379	.453	.832	111	144	9	5	0	1	2	973D	RoY-6
2001	26	TBD-min	AA	4	16	14	2	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	1	.214	.313	.500	.813		7	0	0	0	0	1	ORL · SOUL
2001	26	TBD	AL	108	378	342	37	88	22	0	12	51	2	2	24	75	.257	.323	.427	.750	98	146	11	10	0	2	0	3/7D9
2002	27	TBD	AL	148	633	560	65	142	30	1	16	72	5	0	60	116	.254	.330	.396	.727	95	222	15	7	0	6	5	*3D
2005	30	TBD-min	AAA	19	73	62	7	13	5	0	3	9	0	0	11	18	.210	.329	.435	.764		27	0	0	0	0	0	DHM · IL
4 Seasons				378	1399	1239	146	324	72	2	39	158	8	4	129	240	.262	.340	.417	.757	99	517	37	22	0	9	7
162 Game Avg.				162	600	531	63	139	31	1	17	68	3	2	55	103	.262	.340	.417	.757	99	222	16	9	0	4	3

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
1999	24	TBD	AL	19	-2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	/37
2000	25	TBD	AL	369	8	-2	-1	1	-4	-5	13	10	1.0	14	1.3	-0.3	$200,000	973D	RoY-6
2001	26	TBD	AL	378	0	-1	-2	-1	-1	-5	13	4	0.4	4	0.4	0.0	$255,000	3/7D9
2002	27	TBD	AL	633	-6	0	-3	-1	-2	-11	21	-2	-0.2	0	0.0	-0.2	$280,000	*3D
4 Seasons				1399	0	-3	-6	-1	-7	-21	48	10	1.0	17	1.6	-0.6	$735,000

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
1999	24	TBD	AL	19	17	1	1.6	114	.235	.211	.275	.211	.348	.263	.440	.474	.788	20	.094	-2.3	-0.2	.294	.053	.053
2000	25	TBD	AL	369	240	55	6.1	114	.303	.283	.275	.379	.348	.453	.442	.832	.790	111	.546	6.7	0.6	.808	.308	.170	1.8
2001	26	TBD	AL	378	269	45	4.5	105	.296	.257	.265	.323	.332	.427	.425	.750	.757	98	.444	-1.0	-0.1	.674	.240	.170	3.4
2002	27	TBD	AL	633	439	75	4.6	103	.290	.254	.261	.330	.328	.396	.420	.727	.747	95	.463	-2.4	-0.2	.679	.259	.143	7.6
4 Seasons				1399	965	176	4.9	107	.294	.262	.266	.340	.334	.417	.427	.757	.762	99	.476	1.0	0.1	.703	.263	.156	13.3
162 Game Avg.				600	414	75	4.9	107	.294	.262	.266	.340	.334	.417	.427	.757	.762	99	.476	0	0	.703	.263	.156	6

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
1999	24	TBD	AL	19	0.0%	10.5%	0.0%	5.3%	25%		9.5			0.55	1.14	89%	24%	0.0%	18%
2000	25	TBD	AL	369	3.0%	12.7%	12.2%	8.4%	34%	1.04	6.8	28.9	9.1	0.87	1.45	71%	26%	8.7%	9%
2001	26	TBD	AL	378	3.2%	19.8%	6.4%	9.0%	39%	3.13	4.6	28.5	6.7	0.88	1.58	68%	29%	10.3%	14%
2002	27	TBD	AL	633	2.5%	18.3%	9.5%	7.4%	33%	1.93	4.8	35.0	7.8	0.74	1.08	69%	25%	7.5%	14%
4 Seasons				1399	2.8%	17.2%	9.2%	8.1%	35%	1.86	5.2	31.8	7.8	0.80	1.29	69%	26%	8.4%	13%
MLB Averages					2.9%	16.8%	9.1%	8.1%	34%	1.85	5.3	30.6	7.4	0.75	1.06	70%	24%	8.4%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1999	24	TBD	AL	-2.3	-0.2	19	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.69	-0.3	-0.1	-3.4	-0.3	0.86	-3.5	0.00	1
2000	25	TBD	AL	6.8	0.6	377	0.0	6.7	-6.7	1.04	0.5	-0.5	1.8	0.2	0.89	7.6	1.83	21
2001	26	TBD	AL	-1.0	-0.1	383	-1.1	6.1	-7.1	.99	-0.2	-0.9	-2.7	-0.3	0.94	-1.0	2.02	12
2002	27	TBD	AL	-2.4	-0.2	647	-2.2	10.6	-12.8	1.12	-0.6	-1.4	-11.1	-1.1	0.96	-5.1	1.70	3
4 Seasons				1.0	0.1	1426	-3.5	23.5	-27.0	1.06	-0.5	-2.8	-15.5	-1.5	0.94	-2.1	1.83	37

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CSH	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1999	24	TBD	AL	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	25	TBD	AL	3	26%	150	1	2	33%	1	1	1	4	7	45%	12	10	2	4	1	2	15	3	10
2001	26	TBD	AL	2	23%	107	2	2	50%	2	2	0	3	4	26%	15	10	5	5	5	0	7	3	2
2002	27	TBD	AL	2	25%	218	5	0	100%	5	0	0	7	12	38%	30	20	9	8	3	4	12	5	6
4 Seasons				7	25%	479	8	4	67%	8	3	1	14	23	37%	57	40	16	17	9	6	34	11	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
1999	24	TBD	AL	19	79%	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	2	67%	1	0	0%	8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2000	25	TBD	AL	369	83%	90	6	0	21	7	0	2	1.83	11	1	7	8	3	7	4	0	0	0		66	9	14%	31	13	42%	211	25	12%	10	6	60%	14	10	71%	0
2001	26	TBD	AL	378	79%	88	2	0	12	1	0	1	2.02	12	0	11	12	0	3	9	0	0	0		79	11	14%	35	12	34%	255	40	16%	25	12	48%	22	11	50%	0
2002	27	TBD	AL	633	73%	142	11	0	3	1	0	0	1.70	16	0	13	12	4	4	12	0	0	0		121	15	12%	69	25	36%	415	56	13%	39	24	62%	32	18	56%	0
4 Seasons				1399	77%	324	19	0	37	10	0	3	1.83	39	1	31	32	7	14	25	0	0	0		269	37	14%	136	50	37%	889	121	14%	74	42	57%	68	39	57%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			76%			11%			34%			15%			53%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1999	24	TBD	AL	19	61	3.21	37	61%	14%	11%	30%	46%	86%	0%	52%	88%	42%	5%	1	1	11%	2	0	5%	1	1	50%	0	0	0
2000	25	TBD	AL	369	1391	3.77	800	58%	27%	13%	25%	34%	73%	1%	42%	82%	28%	6%	23	1	17%	62	26	11%	39	24	32%	0	0	0
2001	26	TBD	AL	378	1416	3.75	870	61%	28%	17%	24%	31%	72%	0%	44%	76%	22%	5%	19	1	18%	69	32	11%	41	28	24%	0	0	0
2002	27	TBD	AL	633	2319	3.66	1408	61%	22%	17%	29%	32%	78%	2%	47%	78%	33%	5%	30	4	16%	104	57	7%	47	27	21%	0	0	0
4 Seasons				1399	5187	3.71	3115	60%	25%	16%	27%	32%	75%	1%	45%	79%	29%	5%	73	7	17%	237	115	9%	128	80	24%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	45%	80%	30%	5%			16%			9%			27%

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	SF	IBB
1999	24	6	19	19	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.211	.211	.263	.474	20	5	2	0	0	0
2000	25	122	388	337	44	94	20	1	11	35	1	2	45	49	.279	.371	.442	.813	107	149	11	5	1	2
2001	26	230	766	679	81	182	42	1	23	86	3	4	69	124	.268	.347	.434	.782	102	295	22	15	3	2
2002	27	378	1399	1239	146	324	72	2	39	158	8	4	129	240	.262	.340	.417	.757	99	517	37	22	9	7

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1999	24	6	19	19	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.211	.211	.263	.474	1	6
2000	25	116	360	312	39	84	18	1	10	31	1	42	47	.269	.364	.429	.793	48	116
2001	26	108	377	341	36	87	22	0	12	50	2	24	75	.255	.321	.425	.746	44	108
2002	27	148	634	561	66	143	30	1	16	73	5	60	116	.255	.331	.398	.729	73	148
4 Seasons		378	1390	1233	141	318	71	2	38	154	8	126	240	.258	.335	.411	.746	166	378
162 Game Avg.		162	596	528	60	136	30	1	16	66	3	54	103	.258	.335	.411	.746	71	378

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 8 (1799), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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