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Billy Cox (MLB)

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Full Name: William Richard Cox Primary Position: 3B,SS
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/150 First Game: September 20, 1941
Birthdate: August 29, 1919 Final Game: June 11, 1955
Birthplace: Newport, Pennsylvania MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: March 30, 1978
Deathplace: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Billy Cox (William Richard Cox) was born on August 29, 1919 in Newport, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on September 20, 1941 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1946, his rookie year, he hit .290 with 2 home runs and 36 RBI. Cox played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Dodgers and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Billy Cox's best season was 1947, when he slugged 15 home runs and knocked in 54 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1941 PIT N 10 37 4 10 0 2 .270 .325 .405 3 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 1
1946 PIT N 121 411 32 119 2 36 .290 .333 .387 22 6 26 15 1 10 4 0 4
1947 PIT N 132 529 75 145 15 54 .274 .313 .442 30 7 29 28 1 2 5 0 5
1948 BRO N 88 237 36 59 3 15 .249 .353 .359 13 2 38 19 0 4 3 0 8
1949 BRO N 100 390 48 91 8 40 .233 .290 .351 18 2 30 18 1 5 5 0 9
1950 BRO N 119 451 62 116 8 44 .257 .311 .357 17 2 35 24 0 8 6 0 15
1951 BRO N 142 455 62 127 9 51 .279 .336 .411 25 4 37 30 2 13 5 0 8
1952 BRO N 116 455 56 118 6 34 .259 .301 .338 12 3 25 32 2 8 10 0 13
1953 BRO N 100 327 44 95 10 44 .291 .363 .443 18 1 37 21 0 7 2 0 7
1954 BRO N 77 226 26 53 2 17 .235 .297 .319 9 2 21 13 0 3 0 4 8
1955 BAL A 53 194 25 41 3 14 .211 .275 .314 7 2 17 16 0 2 1 0 5
Total NL 1005 3518 445 933 63 337 .265 .321 .383 167 30 281 202 7 60 41 4 78
Total AL 53 194 25 41 3 14 .211 .275 .314 7 2 17 16 0 2 1 0 5
Total 1058 3712 470 974 66 351 .262 .318 .380 174 32 298 218 7 62 42 4 83

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1941 PIT N SS 10 0 0 15 35 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 .943
1946 PIT N SS 114 0 0 235 323 39 59 0 0 0 0 0 .935
1947 PIT N SS 129 0 0 220 388 20 63 0 0 0 0 0 .968
1948 BRO N 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1948 BRO N 3B 70 0 0 51 107 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1948 BRO N SS 6 0 0 8 13 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1949 BRO N 3B 100 0 0 104 213 12 28 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1950 BRO N 2B 13 0 0 31 31 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1950 BRO N SS 9 0 0 10 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1950 BRO N 3B 107 0 0 102 233 15 35 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1951 BRO N SS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 BRO N 3B 139 0 0 140 264 14 26 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1952 BRO N 2B 9 0 0 13 11 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 BRO N 3B 100 0 0 100 157 8 26 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1952 BRO N SS 10 0 0 27 20 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1953 BRO N SS 6 0 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1953 BRO N 2B 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750
1953 BRO N 3B 89 0 0 86 142 6 20 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1954 BRO N 2B 12 11 96.2 22 27 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1954 BRO N SS 8 6 58.2 14 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1954 BRO N 3B 57 44 402.1 57 90 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1955 BAL A 2B 18 0 0 25 28 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1955 BAL A SS 6 0 0 2 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .917
1955 BAL A 3B 37 0 0 28 67 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 .969
Total 3B 699 44 402.1 668 1273 71 154 0 0 0 0 0 .965
Total SS 299 6 58.2 537 814 66 144 0 0 0 0 0 .953
Total 2B 54 11 96.2 92 99 2 20 0 0 0 0 0 .990

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (1940).
  • Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Preacher Roe and Gene Mauch to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Dixie Walker, Hal Gregg and Vic Lombardi (December 8, 1947).
  • Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with Preacher Roe to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Johnny Jancse, Harry Schwegeman and $50000 (December 13, 1954).
  • Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Gene Woodling to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Dave Pope and Wally Westlake (June 15, 1955); Billy Cox refused to report to Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles sent $15000 (June 15, 1955) to complete trade.

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