Howie Fox

Full Name: Howard Francis Fox	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/210	First Game: September 28, 1944
Birthdate: March 1, 1921	Final Game: September 25, 1954
Birthplace: Coburg, Oregon	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: October 9, 1955
Deathplace: San Antonio, Texas
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on March 1, 1921 in Coburg, Oregon, Howie Fox (Howard Francis Fox) played for the Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 9 year career. Fox broke into the bigs on September 28, 1944 with the Cincinnati Reds, and put up a 4.93 ERA in 164.1 innings pitched in 1945, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Howie Fox's best season was 1951, when he posted a 3.83 ERA and struck out 57 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1944	CIN	N	2	0	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	2	0	0	0	0
1945	CIN	N	45	15	8	13	4.93	54	102	90	7	0	0	164.1	169	6	77	4	6
1946	CIN	N	4	0	0	0	18.00	1	13	10	0	0	0	5	12	2	5	1	0
1948	CIN	N	34	24	6	9	4.53	63	100	86	5	0	1	171	185	11	62	4	1
1949	CIN	N	38	30	6	19	3.98	60	120	95	9	0	0	215	221	13	77	2	4
1950	CIN	N	34	22	11	8	4.33	64	97	90	10	1	1	187	196	14	85	0	2
1951	CIN	N	40	30	9	14	3.83	57	105	97	9	4	2	228	239	15	69	2	2
1952	PHI	N	13	11	2	7	5.08	16	41	35	2	0	0	62	70	8	26	1	0
1954	BAL	A	38	0	1	2	3.67	27	33	30	0	0	2	73.2	80	2	34	3	2
Total	NL		210	132	42	70	4.38	315	578	503	42	5	4	1034.2	1094	69	401	14	15
Total	AL		38	0	1	2	3.67	27	33	30	0	0	2	73.2	80	2	34	3	2
Total			248	132	43	72	4.33	342	611	533	42	5	6	1108.1	1174	71	435	17	17

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1944	CIN	N	P	2	0	0	0	0	.000
1945	CIN	N	P	45	9	52	1	0	.984
1946	CIN	N	P	4	1	1	0	0	1.000
1948	CIN	N	P	34	14	33	2	5	.959
1949	CIN	N	P	38	14	65	3	7	.963
1950	CIN	N	P	34	8	52	3	1	.952
1951	CIN	N	P	40	8	49	2	3	.966
1952	PHI	N	P	13	3	19	1	2	.957
1954	BAL	A	P	38	3	19	0	3	1.000
Total			P	248	60	290	12	21	.967

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1944	CIN	N	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1945	CIN	N	45	46	6	13	0	5	.283	.313	.304	1	2	4	0	5	0	0
1946	CIN	N	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1948	CIN	N	35	60	9	12	0	4	.200	.238	.250	3	2	9	1	1	0	3
1949	CIN	N	41	72	3	17	0	5	.236	.247	.278	3	0	6	1	6	1	2
1950	CIN	N	35	63	7	11	1	8	.175	.200	.238	1	2	10	0	3	0	1
1951	CIN	N	40	70	3	8	1	1	.114	.139	.186	2	2	11	0	8	0	1
1952	PHI	N	13	21	0	1	0	1	.048	.091	.048	0	1	6	0	3	0	1
1954	BAL	A	38	16	1	4	0	1	.250	.250	.313	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		215	333	28	62	2	24	.186	.212	.234	10	9	46	2	26	1	8
Total	AL		38	16	1	4	0	1	.250	.250	.313	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Total			253	349	29	66	2	25	.189	.214	.238	11	9	47	2	26	1	8

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Cincinnati Reds (1943).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Connie Ryan and Smoky Burgess to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Andy Seminick, Eddie Pellagrini, Dick Sisler and Niles Jordan (December 10, 1951).
Released by Baltimore Orioles (May 3, 1955).

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