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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Aug 10)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	9	1	0	10	2	2B
2	2	Apr 18	CHW		KCA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
3	3	Apr 20	CHW		KCA	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
4	4	Apr 21	CHW		KCA	W,1-0	CG	35	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
5	5	Apr 23	CHW		CLE	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
6	6	Apr 25	CHW		DET	W,9-4	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
7	7	Apr 26	CHW	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
8	8	Apr 27	CHW	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	4	4	0	8	1	2B
9	9	Apr 28	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
10	10	Apr 30	CHW		BAL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	CHW		BAL	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
12	12	May 2	CHW		WSH	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
13	13	May 3	CHW		WSH	W,11-6	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
14	14	May 4	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
15	15	May 5 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
16	16	May 5 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	2B
17	17	May 7	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
18	18	May 8	CHW		BOS	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
19	19	May 9	CHW		BOS	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
20	20	May 10	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	2B
21	21	May 12	CHW	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	5	5	0	10	3	2B
22	22	May 15	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
23	23	May 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
24	24	May 17	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
25	25	May 18	CHW	@	BAL	T,4-4	CG	42	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
26	26	May 19	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	5	5	0	10	3	2B
27	27	May 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
28	28	May 22	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
29	29	May 24	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	4	1	8	3	2B
30	30	May 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	2B
31	31	May 26 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	34	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
32	32	May 26 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
33	33	May 27	CHW		KCA	L,1-7	CG	37	9.0	6	4	0	10	1	2B
34	34	May 28	CHW		KCA	W,3-1	GS	21	5.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
35	35	May 29	CHW		CLE	L,4-8	CG	50	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
36	36	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	2B
37	37	May 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
38	38	May 31	CHW		DET	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	39	Jun 1	CHW		DET	W,12-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
40	40	Jun 2 (1)	CHW		DET	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	5	6	0	11	2	2B
41	41	Jun 2 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
42	42	Jun 4	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	CG	32	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
43	43	Jun 5	CHW		BOS	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
44	44	Jun 6	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
45	45	Jun 7	CHW		BAL	L,2-3	CG	44	11.0	3	5	1	9	2	2B
46	46	Jun 8	CHW		BAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
47	47	Jun 9 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
48	48	Jun 9 (2)	CHW		BAL	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
49	49	Jun 11	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
50	50	Jun 12	CHW		NYY	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
51	51	Jun 13	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
52	52	Jun 14	CHW		WSH	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
53	53	Jun 15	CHW		WSH	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	2B
54	54	Jun 16 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	2B
55	55	Jun 16 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
56	56	Jun 18	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	5	4	0	9	0	2B
57	57	Jun 19	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
58	58	Jun 20	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
59	59	Jun 21	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
60	60	Jun 22	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	51	12.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
61	61	Jun 23 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-9	GS	37	7.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
62	62	Jun 23 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
63	63	Jun 25	CHW	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
64	64	Jun 26	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	3	2B
65	65	Jun 27 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
66	66	Jun 27 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	7	4	0	11	2	2B
67	67	Jun 28	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
68	68	Jun 29	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
69	69	Jun 30 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
70	70	Jun 30 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,9-11	CG	48	9.2	6	4	0	10	3	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	71	Jul 1	CHW	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	6	3	0	9	2	2B
72	72	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	5	2	1	8	0	2B
73	73	Jul 3	CHW	@	KCA	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
74	74	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	3	3	0	6	1	2B
75	75	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	KCA	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
76	76	Jul 5	CHW		CLE	W,14-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	2B
77	77	Jul 6	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
78	78	Jul 7 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,9-8	CG	52	13.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
79	79	Jul 7 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
80	80	Jul 11	CHW		WSH	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
81	81	Jul 13	CHW		WSH	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	7	1	10	2	2B
82	82	Jul 14 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
83	83	Jul 14 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	4	4	1	9	2	2B
84	84	Jul 16	CHW		BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
85	85	Jul 17	CHW		BAL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	2B
86	86	Jul 18	CHW		BAL	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
87	87	Jul 19	CHW		BOS	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
88	88	Jul 20	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
89	89	Jul 21	CHW		BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
90	90	Jul 23	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
91	91	Jul 24	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
92	92	Jul 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	2B
93	93	Jul 26 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
94	94	Jul 26 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
95	95	Jul 27	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
96	96	Jul 28	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	7	0	12	2	2B
97	97	Jul 29	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
98	98	Jul 30	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
99	99	Jul 31	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	100	Aug 1	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
101	101	Aug 2	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	9.1	5	5	0	10	3	2B
102	102	Aug 3	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	43	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
103	103	Aug 4	CHW	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	6	3	0	9	2	2B
104	104	Aug 6	CHW		KCA	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
105	105	Aug 7	CHW		KCA	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B
106	106	Aug 8	CHW		KCA	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
107	107	Aug 9	CHW		DET	W,5-4	CG	48	11.0	6	5	1	12	2	2B
108	108	Aug 10	CHW		DET	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	5	7	0	12	1	2B
109	109	Aug 11 (1)	CHW		DET	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
110	110	Aug 11 (2)	CHW		DET	W,11-2	GS	31	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
111	111	Aug 13	CHW	@	CLE	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
112	112	Aug 14	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-3	GS	28	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
113	113	Aug 15	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
114	114	Aug 16	CHW	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
115	115	Aug 17	CHW	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	52	9.2	3	3	0	6	2	2B
116	116	Aug 18 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
117	117	Aug 18 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
118	118	Aug 20 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	3	2B
119	119	Aug 20 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
120	120	Aug 21	CHW		WSH	W,12-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
121	121	Aug 23	CHW		BOS	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
122	122	Aug 24	CHW		BOS	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
123	123	Aug 25 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	2B
124	124	Aug 25 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
125	125	Aug 27	CHW		NYY	L,6-12	CG	50	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
126	126	Aug 28	CHW		NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
127	127	Aug 29	CHW		NYY	L,1-2	CG	46	11.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
128	128	Aug 30	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
129	129	Aug 31	CHW	@	KCA	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	130	Sep 1	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
131	131	Sep 2 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
132	132	Sep 2 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
133	133	Sep 3	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
134	134	Sep 6	CHW		KCA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
135	135	Sep 7	CHW		KCA	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
136	136	Sep 8	CHW		KCA	L,2-3	CG	53	13.0	7	3	0	10	0	2B
137	137	Sep 10	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
138	138	Sep 11	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	44	11.0	6	3	0	9	2	2B
139	139	Sep 12	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
140	140	Sep 13	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
141	141	Sep 14	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
142	142	Sep 15	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
143	143	Sep 17	CHW	@	BAL	L,5-7	CG	40	9.1	2	1	0	3	0	2B
144	144	Sep 18	CHW	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
145	145	Sep 19	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	52	13.0	6	9	0	15	2	2B
146	146	Sep 20	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	4	4	0	8	1	2B
147	147	Sep 21	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
148	148	Sep 22	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
149	149	Sep 23	CHW	@	KCA	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
150	150	Sep 24	CHW	@	KCA	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	2B
151	151	Sep 25	CHW		DET	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
152	152	Sep 26	CHW		DET	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	3	2B
153	153	Sep 27	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
154	154	Sep 28	CHW		CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
155	155	Sep 29	CHW		CLE	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
							155gm		1392.2	453	453	13	919	141