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Nellie Fox

Jacob Nelson Fox

Hall of Famer

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 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
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Colt.45's/Athletics/Astros 1947-1965
Final Game: July 25, 1965
Died: December 1, 1975 in Baltimore, MD
Buried: St. Thomas Cemetery,in St. Thomas, PA
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1997.
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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
1947 19 PHA AL 7 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 -28 0 0 0 0 /4
1948 20 PHA AL 3 14 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .154 .214 .154 .368 -1 2 0 0 0 /4
1949 21 PHA AL 88 296 247 42 63 6 2 0 21 2 2 32 9 .255 .354 .296 .650 75 73 10 6 11 4
1950 22 CHW AL 130 504 457 45 113 12 7 0 30 4 3 35 17 .247 .304 .304 .608 58 139 6 2 10 *4
1951 23 CHW AL 147 681 604 93 189 32 12 4 55 9 12 43 11 .313 .372 .425 .798 117 257 7 14 20 *4 AS,MVP-17
1952 24 CHW AL 152 700 648 76 192 25 10 0 39 5 5 34 14 .296 .334 .366 .700 94 237 11 3 15 *4 AS,MVP-7
1953 25 CHW AL 154 692 624 92 178 31 8 3 72 4 5 49 18 .285 .344 .375 .719 92 234 15 7 12 *4 AS
1954 26 CHW AL 155 706 631 111 201 24 8 2 47 16 9 51 12 .319 .372 .391 .763 107 247 13 5 15 4 *4 AS,MVP-9
1955 27 CHW AL 154 709 636 100 198 28 7 6 59 7 9 38 15 .311 .364 .406 .770 105 258 8 17 14 4 1 *4 AS,MVP-7
1956 28 CHW AL 154 721 649 109 192 20 10 4 52 8 4 44 14 .296 .347 .376 .723 91 244 19 10 13 5 1 *4 AS,MVP-14
1957 29 CHW AL 155 718 619 110 196 27 8 6 61 5 6 75 13 .317 .403 .415 .818 124 257 7 16 5 3 2 *4 AS,MVP-4,GG
1958 30 CHW AL 155 698 623 82 187 21 6 0 49 5 6 47 11 .300 .357 .353 .710 98 220 13 11 12 5 5 *4 AS,MVP-8
1959 31 CHW AL 156 716 624 84 191 34 6 2 70 5 6 71 13 .306 .380 .389 .770 114 243 6 7 9 5 8 *4 AS,MVP-1,GG
1960 32 CHW AL 150 684 605 85 175 24 10 2 59 2 4 50 13 .289 .351 .372 .723 96 225 11 10 14 5 2 *4 AS,MVP-18,GG
1961 33 CHW AL 159 696 606 67 152 11 5 2 51 2 3 59 12 .251 .323 .295 .618 68 179 17 9 15 7 3 *4 AS
1962 34 CHW AL 157 684 621 79 166 27 7 2 54 1 2 38 12 .267 .314 .343 .657 77 213 13 7 13 5 0 *4
1963 35 CHW AL 137 582 539 54 140 19 0 2 42 0 2 24 17 .260 .299 .306 .605 72 165 10 7 10 2 1 *4 AS,MVP-26
1964 36 HOU NL 133 502 442 45 117 12 6 0 28 0 2 27 13 .265 .320 .319 .639 85 141 8 10 20 3 1 *4
1965 37 HOU NL 21 42 41 3 11 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .268 .286 .317 .603 76 13 1 1 0 0 0 /534
19 Seasons 2367 10349 9232 1279 2663 355 112 35 790 76 80 719 216 .288 .348 .363 .710 93 3347 175 142 208 48 24
162 Game Avg. 162 708 632 88 182 24 8 2 54 5 5 49 15 .288 .348 .363 .710 93 229 12 10 14
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
CHW (14 yrs) 2115 9491 8486 1187 2470 335 104 35 740 73 76 658 192 .291 .349 .367 .717 95 3118 156 125 177 45 23
PHA (3 yrs) 98 314 263 44 65 6 2 0 21 3 2 34 9 .247 .347 .285 .632 70 75 10 6 11
HOU (2 yrs) 154 544 483 48 128 14 6 0 29 0 2 27 15 .265 .317 .319 .636 84 154 9 11 20 3 1
AL (17 yrs) 2213 9805 8749 1231 2535 341 106 35 761 76 78 692 201 .290 .349 .365 .714 94 3193 166 131 188 45 23
NL (2 yrs) 154 544 483 48 128 14 6 0 29 0 2 27 15 .265 .317 .319 .636 84 154 9 11 20 3 1

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1959 31 CHW AL WS LAD L 6 28 24 4 9 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 .375 .464 .500 .964 12 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 6 28 24 4 9 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 .375 .464 .500 .964 12 0 0 0 0 0

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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 5.09 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1971 BBWAA (10.8%)
1972 BBWAA (16.2%)
1973 BBWAA (19.2%)
1974 BBWAA (21.6%)
1975 BBWAA (21.0%)
1976 BBWAA (44.8%)
1977 BBWAA (39.7%)
1978 BBWAA (39.3%)
1979 BBWAA (40.3%)
1980 BBWAA (41.8%)
1981 BBWAA (41.9%)
1982 BBWAA (30.6%)
1983 BBWAA (46.3%)
1984 BBWAA (61.0%)
1985 BBWAA (74.7%)
1997 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1997 by Veteran's Committee

All-Star Games
1951 (2B)
1952
1953 *
1954 *
1955 (2B)
1956 (2B)
1957 (2B)
1958 (2B)
1959-1 (2B)
1959-2 (2B)
1960-1 *
1960-2 *
1961-1 *
1961-2
1963 (2B)

Awards (yr lg award)
1959 AL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1951 AL (17, 7%)
1952 AL (7, 18%)
1954 AL (9, 9%)
1955 AL (7, 25%)
1956 AL (14, 8%)
1957 AL (4, 56%)
1958 AL (8, 26%)
1959 AL (1, 88%)
1960 AL (18, 3%)
1963 AL (26, 1%)
1 MVP
2.42 Career Shares (63rd)

Gold Gloves
1957 ML (2B)
1959 AL (2B)
1960 AL (2B)
All multiple winners

Batting Average s c a p y
1951 AL  .313 (5th)
1952 AL  .296 (9th)
1954 AL  .319 (5th)
1955 AL  .311 (4th)
1957 AL  .317 (5th)
1958 AL  .300 (10th)
1959 AL  .306 (4th)
1960 AL  .289 (9th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1957 AL  .403 (5th)
1959 AL  .380 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1951 AL  147 (7th)
1952 AL  152 (4th)
1953 AL  154 (6th)
1954 AL  155 (1st)
1955 AL  154 (1st)
1956 AL  154 (2nd)
1957 AL  155 (1st)
1958 AL  155 (1st)
1959 AL  156 (1st)
1960 AL  150 (9th)
1961 AL  159 (7th)
Career  2367 (86th)

At Bats s c a p y
1951 AL  604 (3rd)
1952 AL  648 (1st)
1953 AL  624 (2nd)
1954 AL  631 (2nd)
1955 AL  636 (1st)
1956 AL  649 (1st)
1957 AL  619 (4th)
1958 AL  623 (2nd)
1959 AL  624 (1st)
1960 AL  605 (1st)
1961 AL  606 (8th)
1962 AL  621 (8th)
Career  9232 (52nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1951 AL  681 (3rd)
1952 AL  700 (2nd)
1953 AL  692 (3rd)
1954 AL  706 (2nd)
1955 AL  709 (3rd)
1956 AL  721 (1st)
1957 AL  718 (1st)
1958 AL  698 (1st)
1959 AL  716 (1st)
1960 AL  684 (1st)
1961 AL  696 (8th)
Career  10349 (56th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1951 AL  93 (6th)
1953 AL  92 (8th)
1954 AL  111 (4th)
1955 AL  100 (6th)
1956 AL  109 (2nd)
1957 AL  110 (2nd)
1960 AL  85 (7th)
Career  1279 (127th)

Hits s c a p y
1951 AL  189 (2nd)
1952 AL  192 (1st)
1953 AL  178 (6th)
1954 AL  201 (1st)
1955 AL  198 (2nd)
1956 AL  192 (3rd)
1957 AL  196 (1st)
1958 AL  187 (1st)
1959 AL  191 (2nd)
1960 AL  175 (2nd)
Career  2663 (67th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1951 AL  257 (7th)
1954 AL  247 (10th)
1955 AL  258 (7th)
1957 AL  257 (7th)
Career  3347 (182nd)

Doubles s c a p y
1951 AL  32 (8th)
1953 AL  31 (8th)
1955 AL  28 (6th)
1957 AL  27 (9th)
1959 AL  34 (2nd)
Career  355 (246th)

Triples s c a p y
1951 AL  12 (2nd)
1952 AL  10 (2nd)
1953 AL  8 (5th)
1954 AL  8 (7th)
1955 AL  7 (8th)
1956 AL  10 (5th)
1957 AL  8 (4th)
1958 AL  6 (10th)
1959 AL  6 (7th)
1960 AL  10 (1st)
1962 AL  7 (9th)
Career  112 (118th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1957 AL  75 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1954 AL  16 (6th)

Singles s c a p y
1951 AL  141 (2nd)
1952 AL  157 (1st)
1953 AL  136 (4th)
1954 AL  167 (1st)
1955 AL  157 (1st)
1956 AL  158 (1st)
1957 AL  155 (1st)
1958 AL  160 (1st)
1959 AL  149 (1st)
1960 AL  139 (1st)
1961 AL  134 (5th)
1962 AL  130 (9th)
1963 AL  119 (10th)
Career  2161 (25th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1957 AL  124 (10th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1955 AL  95 (7th)
1957 AL  109 (4th)
1959 AL  97 (10th)
Career  1175 (193rd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1957 AL  24 (7th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1957 AL  2.4 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1951 AL  246 (7th)
1953 AL  234 (8th)
1954 AL  257 (5th)
1955 AL  253 (5th)
1956 AL  246 (7th)
1957 AL  287 (2nd)
1958 AL  245 (4th)
1959 AL  269 (3rd)
1960 AL  235 (5th)
Career  3524 (91st)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1957 AL  .680 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1949 AL  6 (3rd)
1951 AL  14 (2nd)
1953 AL  7 (4th)
1954 AL  5 (7th)
1955 AL  17 (1st)
1956 AL  10 (3rd)
1957 AL  16 (2nd)
1958 AL  11 (2nd)
1959 AL  7 (5th)
1960 AL  10 (2nd)
1961 AL  9 (3rd)
1962 AL  7 (8th)
1963 AL  7 (9th)
1964 NL  10 (3rd)
Career  142 (23rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1949 AL  11 (9th)
1950 AL  10 (10th)
1951 AL  20 (2nd)
1952 AL  15 (5th)
1953 AL  12 (10th)
1954 AL  15 (3rd)
1955 AL  14 (2nd)
1956 AL  13 (3rd)
1958 AL  12 (2nd)
1959 AL  9 (9th)
1960 AL  14 (3rd)
1961 AL  15 (1st)
1962 AL  13 (3rd)
1963 AL  10 (3rd)
1964 NL  20 (1st)
Career  208 (79th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1961 AL  7 (10th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 AL  5 (9th)
1959 AL  8 (3rd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1953 AL  15 (9th)
1956 AL  19 (3rd)
1961 AL  17 (10th)
Career  175 (152nd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1951 AL  12 (1st)
1954 AL  9 (3rd)
1955 AL  9 (2nd)
1957 AL  6 (10th)
1958 AL  6 (9th)
1959 AL  6 (6th)
Career  80 (215th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1950 AL  26.9 (4th)
1951 AL  54.9 (1st)
1952 AL  46.3 (2nd)
1953 AL  34.7 (2nd)
1954 AL  52.6 (1st)
1955 AL  42.4 (1st)
1956 AL  46.4 (1st)
1957 AL  47.6 (1st)
1958 AL  56.6 (1st)
1959 AL  48.0 (1st)
1960 AL  46.5 (1st)
1961 AL  50.5 (1st)
1962 AL  51.8 (1st)
1963 AL  31.7 (1st)
1964 NL  34.0 (1st)
Career  42.7 (4th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1951 AL  454 (4th)
1952 AL  487 (1st)
1953 AL  478 (4th)
1954 AL  471 (3rd)
1955 AL  473 (2nd)
1956 AL  498 (1st)
1957 AL  444 (7th)
1958 AL  472 (2nd)
1959 AL  459 (4th)
1960 AL  464 (5th)
1961 AL  496 (5th)
1962 AL  488 (4th)
Career  7080 (42nd)

Oldest s c a p y
1965 NL  born 1927-12-25 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1947 AL  born 1927-12-25 (5th)
1948 AL  born 1927-12-25 (5th)
1949 AL  born 1927-12-25 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 23 (84), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 131 (132), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 163 (68), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 32 (249), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Buddy Myer (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  15. Red Schoendienst (858) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

Before 1944 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent.

October 19, 1949: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Joe Tipton.

December 10, 1963: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Houston Colt .45's for Jim Golden, Danny Murphy and cash.

October 9, 1964: Released by the Houston Colt .45's.

May 12, 1965: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

July 31, 1965: Released by the Houston Astros.

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