Billy Cox

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 150lb (178cm, 68kg)

Born: August 29, 1919 in Newport, PA us

Died: March 30, 1978 in Harrisburg, PA

Buried: Newport Cemetery, Newport, PA

High School: Newport HS (Newport, PA)

Debut: September 20, 1941 (Age 22-022d, 9,131st in major league history)
vs. CIN 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 11, 1955 (Age 35-286d)
vs. KCA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1946 season

Full Name: William Richard Cox

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.1

3712

974

.262

470

RBI

351

OBP

.318

SLG

.380

OPS

.698

OPS+

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

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	1	2	5	0
2	2	Apr 21	BRO	@	NYG	L,5-9	CG	46	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	Apr 22	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
4	4	Apr 23	BRO		PHI	L,2-10	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 24	BRO		PHI	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
6	6	Apr 25	BRO		PHI	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 26	BRO	@	BSN	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
8	10 (2)	Apr 30	BRO	@	PHI	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	11	May 1	BRO	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
10	12	May 2 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,9-6	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
11	14 (1)	May 4	BRO	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
12	16 (1)	May 8	BRO	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	17	May 9 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	W,14-2	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	20 (2)	May 12	BRO	@	CIN	W,9-7	GS	29	6.0	2	0	1	3	1
15	21	May 13	BRO	@	CIN	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
16	22	May 15	BRO		BSN	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
17	29 (6)	May 23	BRO		CIN	L,5-6	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	30	May 24	BRO		CIN	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
19	31	May 26	BRO		CHC	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
20	32	May 27	BRO		CHC	W,4-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	34 (1)	May 29	BRO	@	BSN	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	35	May 31 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	37 (1)	Jun 1	BRO		NYG	T,4-4	CG	45	11.0	2	4	0	6	0
24	38	Jun 2	BRO	@	STL	W,5-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	39	Jun 3	BRO	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
26	43 (3)	Jun 8	BRO	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
27	46 (2)	Jun 11	BRO	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	49	13.0	1	2	0	3	0
28	47	Jun 13	BRO	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
29	48	Jun 15	BRO		CIN	W,5-4	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	51 (2)	Jun 18	BRO		CHC	L,4-6	GF	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	52	Jun 19	BRO		CHC	L,2-5	GF	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	53	Jun 20	BRO		CHC	L,3-6	GS	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
33	54	Jun 21	BRO		PIT	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	55	Jun 24 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,6-2	GS	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	57 (1)	Jun 25	BRO		STL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
36	58	Jun 26	BRO		STL	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	59	Jun 27	BRO		STL	L,4-6	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	60	Jun 29	BRO		PHI	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
39	61	Jun 30	BRO		PHI	L,4-13	CG	52	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	62	Jul 1	BRO		PHI	L,2-4	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
41	63	Jul 2	BRO		NYG	L,4-6	GF	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	66 (2)	Jul 5 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	67	Jul 5 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,10-1	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
44	68	Jul 6	BRO	@	PHI	W,5-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	70 (1)	Jul 8	BRO		BSN	L,4-7	GF	29	6.2	0	1	0	1	0
46	83 (12)	Jul 22	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-6	GF	13	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
47	89 (5)	Jul 28	BRO		STL	W,12-4	GF	15	3.0	1	1	0	2	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	101 (11)	Aug 11	BRO		PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
49	102	Aug 12	BRO	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
50	105 (2)	Aug 15	BRO	@	BSN	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	106	Aug 16	BRO	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
52	107	Aug 17	BRO	@	PHI	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
53	108	Aug 18	BRO	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
54	109	Aug 21 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	110	Aug 21 (2)	BRO		BSN	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
56	111	Aug 22	BRO		BSN	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	112	Aug 23	BRO		BSN	L,2-3	GS	51	11.0	1	6	0	7	0
58	113	Aug 24	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-9	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
59	114	Aug 25 susp	BRO	@	PIT	L,11-12	GS	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	115	Aug 26	BRO	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
61	116	Aug 27	BRO	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
62	117	Aug 28	BRO	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
63	118	Aug 29 (1)	BRO	@	STL	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	122 (3)	Aug 31 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
65	123	Aug 31 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	124	Sep 1	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
67	125	Sep 2	BRO	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
68	126	Sep 3 (1)	BRO		NYG	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
69	127	Sep 3 (2)	BRO		NYG	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
70	128	Sep 4	BRO		NYG	L,0-3	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
71	129	Sep 5	BRO		NYG	W,4-3	CG	42	12.0	1	4	0	5	1
72	130	Sep 6 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	60	13.2	2	2	0	4	0
73	131	Sep 6 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,0-4	CG	31	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
74	132	Sep 9	BRO	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
75	133	Sep 11 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-2	GS	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
76	144 (10)	Sep 19	BRO		CHC	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
77	153 (8)	Oct 1	BRO		BSN	L,1-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
							77gm		569.1	59	120	8	187	11