Nellie Fox

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 160lb (178cm, 72kg)

Born: December 25, 1927 in St. Thomas, PA us

Died: December 1, 1975 in Baltimore, MD

Buried: St. Thomas Cemetery, St. Thomas, PA

Debut: June 8, 1947 (Age 19-165d, 10,336th in major league history)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 25, 1965 (Age 37-212d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1997. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Nellie Fox's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1949 season

Full Name: Jacob Nelson Fox

Nicknames: Mighty Mite or Little Nel

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

49.4

9232

2663

.289

1279

RBI

790

OBP

.348

SLG

.363

OPS

.710

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	CHW	@	WSA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
2	2	Apr 14	CHW	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
3	3	Apr 15	CHW	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
4	4	Apr 19	CHW		WSA	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
5	5	Apr 20	CHW		WSA	W,6-1	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
6	6	Apr 21	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
7	7	Apr 22	CHW		BOS	L,6-7	CG	47	11.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
8	8	Apr 23 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
9	9	Apr 23 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	4	7	0	11	3	2B
10	10	Apr 27	CHW	@	KCA	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
11	11	Apr 28	CHW	@	KCA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
12	12	Apr 29	CHW	@	KCA	L,9-13	CG	47	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
13	13	Apr 30	CHW	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	42	11.0	8	6	0	14	2	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	CHW	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	4	1	0	5	1	2B
15	15	May 2	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	44	10.2	2	5	0	7	1	2B
16	16	May 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	8.2	1	4	0	5	1	2B
17	17	May 5	CHW		DET	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
18	18	May 6	CHW		DET	L,8-11	CG	50	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
19	19	May 7 (1)	CHW		DET	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
20	20	May 7 (2)	CHW		DET	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
21	21	May 9	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	2B
22	22	May 10	CHW		CLE	L,2-8	CG	54	11.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
23	23	May 12	CHW		KCA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
24	24	May 13	CHW		KCA	W,10-1	GS	24	6.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
25	25	May 14 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
26	26	May 14 (2)	CHW		KCA	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
27	27	May 15	CHW		MIN	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	7	4	0	11	1	2B
28	28	May 16	CHW		MIN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
29	29	May 18	CHW	@	LAA	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
30	30	May 19 (1)	CHW	@	LAA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
31	31	May 19 (2)	CHW	@	LAA	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
32	32	May 21 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	4	7	0	11	1	2B
33	33	May 21 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	2B
34	34	May 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
35	35	May 23	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
36	36	May 24 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
37	37	May 24 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
38	38	May 25	CHW	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
39	39	May 28 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,14-9	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
40	40	May 28 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	5	0	8	3	2B
41	41	May 30 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,0-6	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
42	42	May 30 (2)	CHW		BAL	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
43	43	May 31	CHW		BAL	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	44	Jun 2	CHW		NYY	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
45	45	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	CG	47	13.0	4	5	0	9	0	2B
46	46	Jun 4	CHW		NYY	L,1-10	CG	47	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	2B
47	47	Jun 5	CHW		DET	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
48	48	Jun 6	CHW		DET	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
49	49	Jun 9 (1)	CHW	@	WSA	L,0-1	CG	35	9.1	4	5	0	9	0	2B
50	50	Jun 9 (2)	CHW	@	WSA	L,9-10	GS	43	8.2	1	9	0	10	0	2B
51	51	Jun 10	CHW	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	56	14.2	3	4	0	7	0	2B
52	52	Jun 11 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
53	53	Jun 11 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
54	54	Jun 12	CHW	@	BAL	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
55	55	Jun 13 (1)	CHW		LAA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
56	56	Jun 13 (2)	CHW		LAA	W,10-2	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
57	57	Jun 14 (1)	CHW		LAA	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
58	58	Jun 14 (2)	CHW		LAA	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
59	59	Jun 15	CHW		LAA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
60	60	Jun 16	CHW		MIN	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
61	61	Jun 17	CHW		MIN	W,5-1	GS	19	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
62	62	Jun 18 (1)	CHW		MIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	1	6	2	2B
63	63	Jun 18 (2)	CHW		MIN	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
64	64	Jun 20	CHW		CLE	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
65	65	Jun 21 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,15-3	GS	27	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
66	66	Jun 21 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
67	67	Jun 23	CHW		WSA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	2B
68	68	Jun 24	CHW		WSA	W,12-6	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
69	69	Jun 25 (1)	CHW		WSA	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
70	70	Jun 25 (2)	CHW		WSA	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
71	71	Jun 27 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
72	72	Jun 27 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
73	73	Jun 28	CHW	@	DET	L,5-12	CG	46	8.0	4	4	1	9	0	2B
74	74	Jun 29	CHW	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
75	75	Jun 30	CHW	@	LAA	L,3-10	CG	38	8.0	4	1	1	6	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	76	Jul 1	CHW	@	LAA	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
77	77	Jul 2	CHW	@	LAA	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
78	78	Jul 3	CHW	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
79	79	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	35	8.2	4	6	0	10	1	2B
80	81 (1)	Jul 5	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-8	CG	33	6.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
81	82	Jul 6	CHW	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
82	83	Jul 7	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-9	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
83	84	Jul 8	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
84	85	Jul 9 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	2B
85	86	Jul 9 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
86	87	Jul 13	CHW		NYY	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
87	88	Jul 14	CHW		NYY	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
88	89	Jul 15	CHW		NYY	L,8-9	CG	48	10.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
89	90	Jul 16 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
90	91	Jul 16 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,3-5	CG	53	12.0	7	4	1	12	1	2B
91	92	Jul 17	CHW		BOS	W,4-1	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
92	93	Jul 18	CHW		KCA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
93	94	Jul 19	CHW		KCA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
94	95	Jul 22 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
95	96	Jul 22 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,11-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
96	97	Jul 23	CHW		BAL	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
97	98	Jul 25 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
98	99	Jul 25 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-12	CG	40	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
99	100	Jul 26	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
100	101	Jul 27	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
101	102	Jul 28	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
102	103	Jul 30 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
103	104	Jul 30 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	50	9.2	3	3	0	6	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	105	Aug 2 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
105	106	Aug 2 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	2B
106	107	Aug 3	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
107	108	Aug 5	CHW		WSA	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	3	2	1	6	2	2B
108	109	Aug 6 (1)	CHW		WSA	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
109	110	Aug 6 (2)	CHW		WSA	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
110	111	Aug 8	CHW		DET	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	7	3	0	10	1	2B
111	112	Aug 9	CHW		DET	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
112	113	Aug 10	CHW		DET	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
113	114	Aug 11	CHW		KCA	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
114	115	Aug 12	CHW		KCA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
115	116	Aug 13	CHW		KCA	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
116	117	Aug 15	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
117	118	Aug 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
118	119	Aug 17	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
119	120	Aug 18	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
120	121	Aug 19	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
121	122	Aug 20 (1)	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	5	5	1	11	3	2B
122	123	Aug 20 (2)	CHW	@	KCA	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	2B
123	124	Aug 22	CHW		MIN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
124	125	Aug 23	CHW		MIN	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
125	126	Aug 24	CHW		MIN	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
126	127	Aug 25	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
127	128	Aug 26	CHW		CLE	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
128	129	Aug 27 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
129	130	Aug 27 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	2B
130	131	Aug 29	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
131	132	Aug 30	CHW	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
132	133	Aug 31	CHW	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
133	134	Sep 1 (1)	CHW	@	WSA	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
134	135	Sep 1 (2)	CHW	@	WSA	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
135	136	Sep 2	CHW	@	WSA	W,12-7	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
136	137	Sep 3 (1)	CHW	@	WSA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
137	138	Sep 3 (2)	CHW	@	WSA	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
138	139	Sep 4 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	L,5-9	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	2B
139	140	Sep 4 (2)	CHW	@	MIN	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
140	141	Sep 5	CHW	@	MIN	T,3-3	CG	38	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	2B
141	142	Sep 6 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
142	143	Sep 6 (2)	CHW	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	36	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
143	144	Sep 8	CHW	@	LAA	W,5-3	CG	41	10.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
144	145	Sep 9	CHW	@	LAA	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
145	147 (1)	Sep 12	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG	30	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
146	148	Sep 14 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
147	149	Sep 14 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
148	150	Sep 15	CHW		LAA	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	6	3	0	9	3	2B
149	152 (1)	Sep 17 (1)	CHW		LAA	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
150	153	Sep 17 (2)	CHW		LAA	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
151	154	Sep 19	CHW		BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
152	155	Sep 20	CHW		BOS	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	5	1	7	2	2B
153	156	Sep 22	CHW		BAL	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
154	158 (1)	Sep 24 (2)	CHW		BAL	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
155	159	Sep 26 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
156	160	Sep 26 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	4	0	2	6	0	2B
157	161	Sep 27	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
158	162	Sep 29	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.1	2	1	0	3	0	2B
159	163	Sep 30	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	8	2	0	10	1	2B
							159gm		1381.2	413	407	15	835	97