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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	BRO		PHI	L,2-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
2	2	Apr 18	BRO		PHI	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
3	3	Apr 20	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-3	GF	17	5.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
4	4	Apr 21	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-3	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH SS
5	5	Apr 22	BRO	@	NYG	W,4-3	GF	9	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
6	6	Apr 23	BRO		BSN	W,2-1	GF	19	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	PH 3B
7	7	Apr 24	BRO		BSN	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
8	8	Apr 25	BRO		BSN	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
9	9	Apr 26	BRO	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
10	10	Apr 27	BRO	@	PHI	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
11	11	Apr 28	BRO		NYG	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	3B
12	12	Apr 29	BRO		NYG	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	16 (3)	May 3	BRO		CIN	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	3B
14	17	May 4	BRO		CIN	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
15	18	May 5	BRO		CIN	W,12-8	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
16	19	May 6	BRO		STL	L,7-11	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
17	20	May 7	BRO		STL	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
18	21	May 8	BRO		CHC	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
19	22	May 9	BRO		CHC	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
20	23	May 10	BRO		CHC	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
21	24	May 12	BRO	@	BSN	T,5-5	CG	50	12.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
22	25	May 13	BRO	@	BSN	W,12-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
23	26	May 15	BRO	@	CHC	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	3B
24	27	May 16	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-14	CG	45	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
25	28	May 17	BRO	@	CHC	L,0-7	GS	27	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
26	29	May 18	BRO	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
27	30	May 19	BRO	@	STL	L,4-6	GS	25	5.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
28	31	May 20 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
29	32	May 20 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	W,14-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
30	33	May 22	BRO	@	PIT	W,17-8	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
31	34	May 23	BRO	@	PIT	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
32	35	May 25	BRO		BSN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
33	36	May 26	BRO		BSN	L,10-12	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
34	37	May 28	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
35	38	May 30 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
36	39	May 30 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,5-9	GS	34	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
37	40	May 31	BRO		PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	41	Jun 1	BRO		CIN	L,5-6	GS	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
39	42	Jun 2	BRO		CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
40	43	Jun 3 (1)	BRO		CHC	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
41	44	Jun 3 (2)	BRO		CHC	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
42	45	Jun 5	BRO		STL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
43	46	Jun 6	BRO		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
44	47	Jun 7	BRO		STL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
45	48	Jun 9	BRO		PIT	L,1-4	GS	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
46	49	Jun 10 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
47	56 (6)	Jun 17	BRO	@	CHC	W,3-2	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
48	58 (1)	Jun 20	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
49	61 (2)	Jun 23	BRO	@	PIT	W,13-1	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
50	63 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
51	64	Jun 26	BRO	@	NYG	L,0-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
52	67 (2)	Jun 29	BRO		PHI	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	71 (3)	Jul 3	BRO	@	BSN	L,3-4	GF	15	2.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
54	72	Jul 4 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,6-5	GS	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
55	73	Jul 4 (2)	BRO		NYG	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
56	74	Jul 5	BRO		NYG	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
57	75	Jul 6	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
58	76	Jul 7	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
59	77	Jul 8	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-4	GS	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
60	78	Jul 12	BRO		CHC	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
61	79	Jul 13	BRO		CHC	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
62	80	Jul 14 (1)	BRO		CHC	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
63	81	Jul 14 (2)	BRO		CHC	L,7-11	GS	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
64	82	Jul 15 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
65	83	Jul 15 (2)	BRO		CIN	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
66	84	Jul 16	BRO		CIN	W,11-2	CG	29	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
67	85	Jul 17	BRO		PIT	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
68	86	Jul 18	BRO		PIT	L,12-13	CG	52	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
69	87	Jul 20	BRO		STL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
70	88	Jul 21	BRO		STL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
71	89	Jul 22	BRO		STL	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
72	90	Jul 24	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	41	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
73	91	Jul 25	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
74	92	Jul 26	BRO	@	CHC	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
75	93	Jul 27	BRO	@	STL	W,12-9	CG	50	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	3B
76	94	Jul 28	BRO	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
77	95	Jul 29	BRO	@	STL	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
78	96	Jul 31	BRO	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	97	Aug 1	BRO	@	PIT	L,9-12	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
80	98	Aug 2	BRO	@	PIT	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
81	99	Aug 3	BRO	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	53	13.1	2	2	0	4	0	3B
82	100	Aug 4	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
83	101	Aug 5 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,9-8	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
84	102	Aug 5 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	W,2-0	GS	26	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
85	103	Aug 8 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
86	104	Aug 8 (2)	BRO		NYG	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
87	105	Aug 9	BRO		NYG	W,6-5	GS	19	3.1	0	4	0	4	0	3B
88	106	Aug 11 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
89	107	Aug 11 (2)	BRO		BSN	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
90	108	Aug 12	BRO		BSN	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
91	109	Aug 13	BRO		BSN	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
92	110	Aug 14	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
93	111	Aug 15	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
94	112	Aug 16	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
95	113	Aug 17 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
96	114	Aug 17 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
97	115	Aug 18	BRO	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
98	116	Aug 19	BRO	@	BSN	L,4-13	CG	44	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
99	117	Aug 22 (1)	BRO		STL	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
100	118	Aug 22 (2)	BRO		STL	W,8-7	CG	42	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
101	119	Aug 23	BRO		STL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	3B
102	120	Aug 24	BRO		CHC	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
103	121	Aug 25	BRO		CHC	L,1-5	CG	27	7.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
104	122	Aug 26 (1)	BRO		PIT	L,11-12	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
105	123	Aug 26 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
106	124	Aug 27 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
107	125	Aug 27 (2)	BRO		PIT	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
108	126	Aug 28	BRO		CIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
109	127	Aug 29	BRO		CIN	W,13-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
110	128	Aug 30	BRO		CIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	129	Sep 1	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-8	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
112	130	Sep 2	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-11	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
113	131	Sep 3 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
114	132	Sep 3 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
115	133	Sep 5	BRO		PHI	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
116	134	Sep 7	BRO		PHI	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
117	135	Sep 8	BRO		NYG	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
118	136	Sep 9	BRO		NYG	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
119	137	Sep 11	BRO	@	CIN	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	4	4	1	9	2	3B
120	138	Sep 12	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
121	139	Sep 14	BRO	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
122	140	Sep 15	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-11	CG	45	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
123	141	Sep 16	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
124	142	Sep 17	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	29	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
125	143	Sep 18	BRO	@	STL	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
126	144	Sep 19	BRO	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
127	145	Sep 20	BRO	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
128	146	Sep 21	BRO		PHI	L,6-9	GF	25	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	PH 3B
129	147	Sep 22	BRO		PHI	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
130	148	Sep 23	BRO		PHI	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
131	149	Sep 25 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
132	150	Sep 25 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-14	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
133	151	Sep 26	BRO	@	BSN	W,15-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
134	152	Sep 27	BRO	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
135	153	Sep 28	BRO	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	41	8.1	1	3	0	4	0	3B
136	154	Sep 29	BRO	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
137	155	Sep 30	BRO	@	PHI	W,9-8	CG	68	14.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
138	156	Oct 1	BRO		NYG	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
139	157	Oct 2	BRO	@	NYG	W,10-0	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	3B
140	158	Oct 3	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	33	8.1	1	3	0	4	1	3B
							140gm		1143.2	141	264	14	419	26