Nellie Fox
Jacob Nelson Fox
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 150 lb.

Born: December 25, 1927 in St. Thomas, PA
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 8, 1947
Final Game: July 25, 1965
Died: December 1, 1975 in Baltimore, MD
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1997.
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Standard Fielding

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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
1947 PHA AL 19 2B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 5.20
1948 PHA AL 20 2B 3 20 13 6 1 1 .950 6.33 .975 5.40
1949 PHA AL 21 2B 77 394 191 196 7 68 .982 5.03 .974 5.13
1950 CHW AL 22 2B 121 702 340 344 18 100 .974 5.65 .976 5.39
1951 CHW AL 23 2B 147 879 413 449 17 112 .981 5.86 .978 5.35 AS,MVP-17
1952 CHW AL 24 2B 151 852 406 433 13 111 .985 5.56 .978 5.13 AS,MVP-7
1953 CHW AL 25 2B 154 892 451 426 15 101 .983 5.69 .979 5.13 AS
1954 CHW AL 26 2B 155 155 1373.0 801 400 392 9 103 .989 10.8 9.4 7.8 6.1 1.7 3 5.19 5.11 .976 5.37 4.84 AS,MVP-9
1955 CHW AL 27 2B 154 154 1364.1 906 399 483 24 110 .974 11.9 10.5 12.9 4.4 8.5 -1 5.82 5.73 .976 5.37 4.87 AS,MVP-7
1956 CHW AL 28 2B 154 154 1380.0 886 478 396 12 124 .986 -3.5 -3.0 -4.5 -3.2 -1.4 1 5.70 5.68 .973 5.44 4.74 AS,MVP-14
1957 CHW AL 29 2B 155 155 1392.2 919 453 453 13 141 .986 15.4 13.3 11.4 7.5 3.9 4 5.85 5.85 .980 5.39 4.84 AS,MVP-4,GG
1958 CHW AL 30 2B 155 155 1376.2 856 444 399 13 117 .985 7.2 6.3 7.2 3.2 4.0 0 5.51 5.44 .978 5.26 4.68 AS,MVP-8
1959 CHW AL 31 2B 156 156 1405.2 827 364 453 10 93 .988 20.7 17.7 21.7 11.9 9.8 -1 5.23 5.24 .976 5.29 4.73 AS,MVP-1,GG
1960 CHW AL 32 2B 149 148 1323.2 872 412 447 13 126 .985 16.2 14.7 11.2 5.1 6.1 5 5.84 5.77 .979 5.46 4.66 AS,MVP-18,GG
1961 CHW AL 33 2B 159 156 1381.2 835 413 407 15 97 .982 3.8 3.3 5.8 7.6 -1.8 -2 5.34 5.16 .978 5.24 4.72 AS
1962 CHW AL 34 2B 154 151 1337.2 812 376 428 8 93 .990 6.2 5.6 9.2 7.3 1.9 -3 5.41 5.22 .980 5.25 4.87
1963 CHW AL 35 2B 134 128 1147.2 655 305 342 8 71 .988 10.4 10.9 9.4 3.9 5.5 1 5.07 4.83 .980 5.08 4.68 AS,MVP-26
1964 HOU NL 36 2B 115 114 962.0 561 231 317 13 51 .977 -4.5 -5.6 -2.5 1.3 -3.7 -2 5.13 4.77 .973 5.22 4.61
1965 HOU NL 37 3B 6 4 45.0 15 4 11 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.3 0 3.00 2.50 .947 2.82 2.47
1965 HOU NL 37 1B 2 1 8.0 9 8 1 0 1 1.000 0.1 15.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 10.12 4.50 .989 10.01 8.60
1965 HOU NL 37 2B 1 1 6.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.3 60.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 3.00 2.00 .950 5.25 4.70
19 Seasons 2B 2295 1627 14451.0 12672 6090 6373 209 1619 .984 94.9 7.9 89.9 55.4 34.5 5 7.76 5.43 .977 5.31 4.89
1 Season 3B 6 4 45.0 15 4 11 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.3 0 3.00 2.50 .947 2.82 2.47
1 Season 1B 2 1 8.0 9 8 1 0 1 1.000 0.1 15.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 10.12 4.50 .989 10.01 8.60
19 Seasons TOT 2303 1632 14504.0 12696 6102 6385 209 1621 .984 95.0 7.9 90.0 55.7 34.2 5 7.75 5.42 .961 5.31 4.89
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

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1947 PHA AL 19 7 7 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 PHA AL 20 3 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 PHA AL 21 88 88 88 0 0 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 CHW AL 22 130 130 130 0 0 0 121 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 CHW AL 23 147 147 147 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CHW AL 24 152 152 152 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CHW AL 25 154 154 154 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CHW AL 26 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CHW AL 27 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CHW AL 28 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CHW AL 29 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHW AL 30 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHW AL 31 156 156 156 156 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CHW AL 32 150 148 150 150 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1961 CHW AL 33 159 156 159 159 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1962 CHW AL 34 157 151 157 157 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1963 CHW AL 35 137 128 137 137 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1964 HOU NL 36 133 114 133 133 0 0 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1965 HOU NL 37 21 6 21 21 0 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 12 1
19 Seasons 2367 1632 2367 2367 0 0 2 2295 6 0 0 0 0 0 44 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 CHW AL 26 5838 64% 79% 26% 540 94% 2 402 179 163 60 390 322 60 2 8 9 1 6 2 4 103 40 15 30 5 92 36 55 8 5 2
1955 CHW AL 27 5853 61% 79% 26% 601 93% 0 405 158 189 58 475 398 64 0 10 24 2 21 1 17 110 42 16 30 6 101 38 62 3 1 1
1956 CHW AL 28 6002 67% 79% 24% 544 94% 3 475 189 210 78 401 337 50 2 6 12 2 8 2 8 124 35 30 30 4 111 34 76 11 6 5
1957 CHW AL 29 5936 69% 80% 28% 567 94% 0 453 173 217 64 458 384 63 0 7 13 2 11 0 9 142 49 27 33 10 128 45 82 8 4 4
1958 CHW AL 30 5913 64% 78% 26% 545 94% 1 445 184 174 87 401 322 62 2 11 13 0 12 1 9 116 34 19 34 2 101 38 59 10 4 5
1959 CHW AL 31 6062 63% 79% 27% 585 96% 0 370 158 161 52 453 387 62 0 5 10 2 7 1 7 93 34 8 30 6 87 39 48 5 1 3
1960 CHW AL 32 5722 68% 79% 28% 549 94% 4 413 150 199 65 450 370 62 2 6 13 2 10 1 8 127 45 24 34 8 116 43 73 8 4 3
1961 CHW AL 33 6064 67% 79% 25% 534 94% 0 418 151 170 99 411 346 53 0 10 15 1 10 4 10 98 29 17 28 4 88 33 50 6 2 3
1962 CHW AL 34 5854 61% 78% 27% 529 97% 0 374 152 166 56 429 358 58 0 7 8 0 5 3 6 93 33 14 21 4 76 26 48 15 6 9
1963 CHW AL 35 4823 63% 77% 27% 458 96% 2 314 137 119 58 344 294 41 1 7 8 1 5 2 6 71 22 11 20 0 58 20 35 6 3 2
1964 HOU NL 36 4178 55% 80% 30% 411 95% 1 229 95 77 57 319 255 56 1 1 13 1 10 2 6 48 11 1 24 2 40 26 14 6 4 2
1965 HOU NL 37 25 48% 84% 20% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 62270 64% 79% 27% 5865 95% 13 4298 1726 1845 734 4533 3775 631 10 78 138 14 105 19 90 1125 374 182 314 51 998 378 602 86 40 39
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1965 HOU NL 37 199 46% 83% 28% 11 100% 0 4 2 0 2 10 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 Season 199 46% 83% 28% 11 100% 0 4 2 0 2 10 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 89% 61%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1965 HOU NL 37 40 55% 70% 23% 1 100% 0 9 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 40 55% 70% 23% 1 100% 0 9 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 94% 86%

* 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.

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