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.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	CHW		LAA	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
2	2	Apr 12	CHW		LAA	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	2B
3	3	Apr 13	CHW	@	KCA	W,12-5	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
4	4	Apr 14	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-7	GS	30	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
5	6 (1)	Apr 17	CHW	@	MIN	W,8-0	GS	22	6.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
6	7	Apr 18	CHW	@	MIN	W,3-2	GS	32	7.0	5	5	0	10	0	2B
7	8	Apr 19	CHW	@	MIN	W,10-3	GS	22	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
8	9	Apr 20	CHW		KCA	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
9	10	Apr 21	CHW		KCA	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
10	11	Apr 22 (1)	CHW		KCA	L,1-7	CG	48	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
11	12	Apr 22 (2)	CHW		KCA	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
12	13	Apr 24	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
13	14	Apr 25	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	43	8.1	1	3	0	4	0	2B
14	15	Apr 27	CHW		BOS	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
15	16	Apr 28	CHW		BOS	W,7-6	CG	40	10.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
16	17	Apr 29 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	19 (1)	May 1	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
18	20	May 2	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
19	21	May 3	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
20	22	May 4	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-13	CG	43	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
21	23	May 5	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	2B
22	24	May 6 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
23	25	May 6 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
24	26	May 9 (1)	CHW	@	WSA	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
25	27	May 9 (2)	CHW	@	WSA	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
26	28	May 10	CHW	@	WSA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
27	29	May 11	CHW	@	LAA	L,2-4	GS	35	7.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
28	30	May 12	CHW	@	LAA	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	4	6	0	10	3	2B
29	31	May 13	CHW	@	LAA	W,15-6	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
30	32	May 15	CHW		WSA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
31	33	May 16	CHW		WSA	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
32	34	May 18	CHW		BAL	L,4-7	CG	56	12.0	8	6	0	14	2	2B
33	35	May 19	CHW		BAL	L,6-11	CG	49	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	2B
34	36	May 20 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
35	38 (1)	May 21	CHW		DET	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
36	39	May 23	CHW		CLE	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
37	40	May 25	CHW		MIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
38	41	May 26	CHW		MIN	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
39	42	May 27 (1)	CHW		MIN	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
40	43	May 27 (2)	CHW		MIN	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
41	44	May 28	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
42	45	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
43	46	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
44	47	May 31	CHW	@	DET	L,5-13	CG	44	8.0	1	5	1	7	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	48	Jun 1	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
46	49	Jun 2 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
47	50	Jun 2 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,4-11	CG	44	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
48	51	Jun 3	CHW	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
49	52	Jun 5	CHW	@	LAA	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
50	53	Jun 6	CHW	@	LAA	L,0-1	CG	33	8.2	2	4	0	6	1	2B
51	54	Jun 7	CHW	@	LAA	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
52	55	Jun 8	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
53	56	Jun 9	CHW	@	MIN	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
54	57	Jun 10 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-8	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
55	58	Jun 10 (2)	CHW	@	MIN	L,7-11	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
56	59	Jun 12	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	5	3	0	8	0	2B
57	60	Jun 13	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
58	61	Jun 14	CHW	@	KCA	L,8-11	CG	43	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
59	62	Jun 15	CHW		LAA	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
60	63	Jun 16	CHW		LAA	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
61	64	Jun 17 (1)	CHW		LAA	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
62	65	Jun 17 (2)	CHW		LAA	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
63	66	Jun 19	CHW		MIN	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
64	67	Jun 20	CHW		MIN	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
65	68	Jun 21	CHW		MIN	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	2B
66	69	Jun 22	CHW		KCA	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
67	70	Jun 23	CHW		KCA	W,6-1	GS	25	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
68	71	Jun 24 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,6-1	GS	26	7.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
69	72	Jun 24 (2)	CHW		KCA	L,2-5	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
70	73	Jun 26	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	36	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
71	74	Jun 27	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
72	75	Jun 28	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
73	76	Jun 29	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
74	77	Jun 30	CHW		CLE	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	78	Jul 1 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
76	79	Jul 1 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
77	80	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
78	81	Jul 3	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	51	10.2	4	4	0	8	1	2B
79	82	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
80	83	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
81	84	Jul 5	CHW		BAL	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	3	2B
82	85	Jul 6	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	5	1	1	7	1	2B
83	87 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	2B
84	88	Jul 8 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
85	89	Jul 12	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
86	90	Jul 13	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
87	91	Jul 14	CHW		DET	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
88	92	Jul 15	CHW		DET	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
89	93	Jul 17 (1)	CHW		WSA	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	2	2B
90	94	Jul 17 (2)	CHW		WSA	L,3-7	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
91	95	Jul 18	CHW		WSA	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
92	97 (1)	Jul 21	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-0	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
93	98	Jul 22	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
94	99	Jul 24	CHW	@	WSA	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
95	100	Jul 25	CHW	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
96	101	Jul 26	CHW	@	WSA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
97	102	Jul 27	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	44	11.2	0	1	0	1	0	2B
98	103	Jul 28	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
99	104	Jul 29 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	107 (2)	Aug 2	CHW		BOS	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
101	108	Aug 3	CHW		NYY	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
102	109	Aug 4	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	2B
103	110	Aug 5	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	54	13.0	5	5	0	10	1	2B
104	111	Aug 6	CHW		BAL	W,5-4	CG	43	11.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
105	113 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	CHW		LAA	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
106	114	Aug 8 (2)	CHW		LAA	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	2B
107	115	Aug 9	CHW		LAA	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
108	116	Aug 10	CHW	@	KCA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
109	117	Aug 11	CHW	@	KCA	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	2B
110	118	Aug 12	CHW	@	KCA	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
111	119	Aug 14	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
112	120	Aug 15 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
113	121	Aug 15 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
114	122	Aug 16	CHW	@	CLE	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
115	123	Aug 17	CHW		DET	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
116	124	Aug 18	CHW		DET	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
117	125	Aug 19 (1)	CHW		DET	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
118	126	Aug 19 (2)	CHW		DET	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
119	127	Aug 21	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
120	128	Aug 22	CHW	@	BAL	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
121	129	Aug 24	CHW	@	LAA	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
122	130	Aug 25	CHW	@	LAA	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
123	131	Aug 26	CHW	@	LAA	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
124	132	Aug 28	CHW		MIN	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
125	133	Aug 29	CHW		MIN	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
126	134	Aug 30	CHW	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	2B
127	135	Aug 31	CHW	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	136	Sep 1	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
129	137	Sep 2	CHW	@	DET	W,10-8	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
130	138	Sep 3 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
131	139	Sep 3 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
132	140	Sep 4	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	55	13.0	3	7	0	10	0	2B
133	141	Sep 5	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
134	142	Sep 7	CHW		WSA	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	2B
135	143	Sep 8	CHW		WSA	W,6-3	GS	17	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
136	144	Sep 9 (1)	CHW		WSA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
137	145	Sep 9 (2)	CHW		WSA	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
138	146	Sep 10	CHW		KCA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	2B
139	147	Sep 12	CHW	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	42	12.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
140	148	Sep 13	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	3	8	0	11	1	2B
141	149	Sep 14	CHW	@	WSA	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
142	150	Sep 15	CHW	@	WSA	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
143	151	Sep 16	CHW	@	WSA	W,7-4	GF	18	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 2B
144	152	Sep 18	CHW		BOS	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
145	153	Sep 19	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
146	154	Sep 20	CHW		BOS	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
147	155	Sep 21	CHW		NYY	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
148	156	Sep 22	CHW		NYY	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
149	157	Sep 23	CHW		NYY	L,1-5	CG	43	10.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
150	158	Sep 25	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
151	159	Sep 26	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
152	160	Sep 28	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
153	161	Sep 29	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-8	CG	39	8.1	3	1	0	4	0	2B
154	162	Sep 30	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-4	GS	30	6.0	3	1	1	5	0	2B
							154gm		1337.2	376	428	8	812	93