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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	BAL	@	WSH	L,5-12	CG	42	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
2	2	Apr 12	BAL		BOS	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
3	3	Apr 16	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
4	4	Apr 17 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-14	GS	34	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS 3B
5	5	Apr 17 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,9-12	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
6	6	Apr 18	BAL		NYY	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
7	7	Apr 20	BAL	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
8	9 (1)	Apr 22	BAL		WSH	L,2-3	GS	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B SS
9	10	Apr 23	BAL		WSH	W,3-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
10	11	Apr 24 (1)	BAL		WSH	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR SS
11	13 (1)	Apr 26	BAL	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
12	14	Apr 27	BAL	@	DET	L,3-11	GS	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B 2B
13	15	Apr 29	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-2	GS	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B 2B
14	16	Apr 30	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	17	May 1 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,9-8	GS	54	11.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B 2B
16	18	May 1 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
17	19	May 3	BAL	@	KCA	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B 3B
18	20	May 4	BAL	@	KCA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
19	21	May 6	BAL	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
20	22	May 7	BAL	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
21	23	May 8 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	W,4-3	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
22	24	May 8 (2)	BAL	@	WSH	L,7-15	GS	17	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
23	25	May 10	BAL		KCA	W,11-1	GS	24	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
24	26	May 11	BAL		KCA	L,0-2	GS	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B 2B
25	27	May 12	BAL		CHW	L,2-6	GS	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B 3B
26	28	May 15 (1)	BAL		CLE	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
27	29	May 15 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	2	6	0	3B
28	30	May 17	BAL		DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
29	31	May 18	BAL		DET	L,3-6	GS	43	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B 2B
30	32	May 20	BAL	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
31	33	May 21	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-9	GS	20	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
32	34	May 22 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
33	35	May 22 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
34	36	May 24	BAL		BOS	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
35	37	May 25 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
36	38	May 25 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,2-5	GF	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
37	39	May 26	BAL		BOS	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
38	40	May 27	BAL		NYY	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
39	41	May 28	BAL		NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
40	42	May 29	BAL		NYY	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
41	43	May 30 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
42	45 (1)	May 31	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	52	12.2	6	6	0	12	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	46	Jun 1	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
44	47	Jun 2	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
45	48	Jun 3	BAL	@	DET	L,2-7	GF	10	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
46	49	Jun 4	BAL	@	DET	L,2-5	GS	35	8.0	0	4	1	5	1	3B SS
47	50	Jun 5 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,0-10	GS	33	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
48	51	Jun 5 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
49	52	Jun 8	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	3B
50	53	Jun 10	BAL	@	KCA	W,3-0	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
51	54	Jun 11	BAL	@	KCA	L,1-2	GS	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
							61gm		392.2	55	104	4	163	10