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Nellie Fox

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Nellie Fox

Full name Jacob Nelson Fox
Born December 25, 1927, St. Thomas, Pennsylvania
Died December 1, 1975, Baltimore, Maryland
Buried at St. Thomas Cemetery, St. Thomas, Pennsylvania
First Game: June 8, 1947; Final Game: July 25, 1965
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 5' 10" Weight: 160
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1997
Named AL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1959)
Named AL Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1959)
Named second baseman on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1955 to 1956 and 1958 to 1959)
Won Major League Gold Glove as second baseman (1957)
Won AL Gold Glove as second baseman (1959 to 1960)
Ejections as player: 1954 (1), 1957 (1), 1958 (1), 1960 (1), 1961 (1), 1962 (2), 1963 (2). Total: 9
Ejections as coach: 1966 (1), 1968 (3), 1969 (1), 1970 (1), 1972 (1). Total: 7
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                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1947 PHI A    Daily Splits    7     3    2    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0       0   0   0    0   0  .000  .250  .000  -0.1 1947 PHI A
1948 PHI A    Daily Splits    3    13    0    2   0   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0       0   0   0    1   0  .154  .214  .154  -0.2 1948 PHI A
1949 PHI A    Daily Splits   88   247   42   63   6   2   0   21   32   3    9   6  11       0   4  10    2   2  .255  .354  .296  -0.6 1949 PHI A
1950 CHI A    Daily Splits  130   457   45  113  12   7   0   30   35   1   17   2  10       0  10   6    4   3  .247  .304  .304  -1.9 1950 CHI A
1951 CHI A    Daily Splits  147   604   93  189  32  12   4   55   43   1   11  14  20       0  11   7    9  12  .313  .372  .425   1.2 1951 CHI A
1952 CHI A    Daily Splits  152   648   76  192  25  10   0   39   34   0   14   3  15       0  13  11    5   5  .296  .334  .366   0.7 1952 CHI A
1953 CHI A    Daily Splits  154   624   92  178  31   8   3   72   49   0   18   7  12       0  13  15    4   5  .285  .344  .375   0.7 1953 CHI A
1954 CHI A    Daily Splits  155   631  111  201  24   8   2   47   51   1   12   5  15   4   0  14  13   16   9  .319  .372  .391   1.7 1954 CHI A
1955 CHI A    Daily Splits  154   636  100  198  28   7   6   59   38   1   15  17  14   4   0  13   8    7   9  .311  .364  .406   4.4 1955 CHI A
1956 CHI A    Daily Splits  154   649  109  192  20  10   4   52   44   1   14  10  13   5   0  10  19    8   4  .296  .347  .376   0.6 1956 CHI A
1957 CHI A    Daily Splits  155   619  110  196  27   8   6   61   75   2   13  16   5   3   0   8   7    5   6  .317  .403  .415   6.0 1957 CHI A
1958 CHI A    Daily Splits  155   623   82  187  21   6   0   49   47   5   11  11  12   5   0  15  13    5   6  .300  .357  .353   1.2 1958 CHI A
1959 CHI A    Daily Splits  156   624   84  191  34   6   2   70   71   8   13   7   9   5   1   9   6    5   6  .306  .380  .389   1.9 1959 CHI A
1960 CHI A    Daily Splits  150   605   85  175  24  10   2   59   50   2   13  10  14   5   0  10  11    2   4  .289  .351  .372   2.8 1960 CHI A
1961 CHI A    Daily Splits  159   606   67  152  11   5   2   51   59   3   12   9  15   7   0  10  17    2   3  .251  .323  .295  -1.2 1961 CHI A
1962 CHI A    Daily Splits  157   621   79  166  27   7   2   54   38   0   12   7  13   5   0  16  13    1   2  .267  .314  .343  -0.2 1962 CHI A
1963 CHI A    Daily Splits  137   539   54  140  19   0   2   42   24   1   17   7  10   2   0   6  10    0   2  .260  .299  .306  -1.4 1963 CHI A
1964 HOU N    Daily Splits  133   442   45  117  12   6   0   28   27   1   13  10  20   3   0   9   8    0   2  .265  .320  .319  -0.8 1964 HOU N
1965 HOU N    Daily Splits   21    41    3   11   2   0   0    1    0   0    2   1   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .268  .286  .317  -0.1 1965 HOU N
Total NL ( 2 Years)         154   483   48  128  14   6   0   29   27   1   15  11  20   3   0   9   9    0   2  .265  .317  .319  -0.9 Total NL
Total AL (17 Years)        2213  8749 1231 2535 341 106  35  761  692  29  201 131 188  45   1 162 166   76  78  .290  .349  .365  15.6 Total AL
Total    (19 Years) Splits 2367  9232 1279 2663 355 112  35  790  719  30  216 142 208  48   1 171 175   76  80  .288  .348  .363  14.7 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1959 CHI A    Daily Splits    6    24    4    9   3   0   0    0    4   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   1  .375  .464  .500 1959 CHI A
             All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1951 AL       Daily Splits    1     3    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .333  .333 1951 AL   
1953 AL       Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1953 AL   
1954 AL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    1   0   0   0    2    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .500 1954 AL   
1955 AL       Daily Splits    1     3    1    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .333  .333 1955 AL   
1956 AL       Daily Splits    1     4    1    2   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .500 1956 AL   
1957 AL       Daily Splits    1     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1957 AL   
1958 AL       Daily Splits    1     4    1    2   0   0   0    1    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   1   1    0   0  .500  .500  .500 1958 AL   
1959 AL       Daily Splits    2     9    2    4   0   0   0    1    1   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .444  .500  .444 1959 AL   
1960 AL       Daily Splits    2     5    0    2   0   0   0    1    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .400  .400  .400 1960 AL   
1961 AL       Daily Splits    1     0    2    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     - 1.000     - 1961 AL   
1963 AL       Daily Splits    1     3    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .333  .333 1963 AL   
Total    (11 Years) Splits   13    38    7   14   0   0   0    5    2   0    3   0   1   0   0   1   1    0   0  .368  .400  .368 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1947 PHI A Daily Splits  2B    1    0    0     2       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1948 PHI A Daily Splits  2B    3    3    3    26.1    13    6    1    1   0  .950
1949 PHI A Daily Splits  2B   77   73   64   631.2   191  196    7   68   0  .982
1950 CHI A Daily Splits  2B  121  120  113  1040.1   340  344   18  100   0  .974
1951 CHI A Daily Splits  2B  147  147  142  1342.1   413  449   17  112   0  .981
1952 CHI A Daily Splits  2B  151  150  148  1354.2   406  433   13  111   0  .985
1953 CHI A Daily Splits  2B  154  151  151  1368.2   451  426   15  101   0  .983
1954 CHI A Daily Splits  2B  155  155  153  1373     400  392    9  103   0  .989
1955 CHI A Daily Splits  2B  154  154  152  1364.1   399  483   24  110   0  .974
1956 CHI A Daily Splits  2B  154  154  151  1380     478  396   12  124   0  .986
1957 CHI A Daily Splits  2B  155  155  151  1392.2   453  453   13  141   1  .986
1958 CHI A Daily Splits  2B  155  155  152  1376.2   444  399   13  117   0  .985
1959 CHI A Daily Splits  2B  156  156  151  1405.2   364  453   10   93   0  .988
1960 CHI A Daily Splits  2B  149  148  145  1323.2   412  447   13  126   0  .985
1961 CHI A Daily Splits  2B  159  156  151  1381.2   413  407   15   97   0  .982
1962 CHI A Daily Splits  2B  154  151  142  1337.2   376  428    8   93   0  .990
1963 CHI A Daily Splits  2B  134  128  114  1147.2   305  342    8   71   0  .988
1964 HOU N Daily Splits  2B  115  114   92   962     231  317   13   51   0  .977
1965 HOU N Daily Splits  3B    6    4    4    45       4   11    0    1   0 1.000
1965 HOU N               1B    2    1    1     8       8    1    0    1   0 1.000
1965 HOU N               2B    1    1    0     6       0    2    0    0   0 1.000
Total (19 Years) Splits  2B 2295 2271 2175 20217    6090 6373  209 1619   1  .984
Total ( 1 Year )         3B    6    4    4    45       4   11    0    1   0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year )         1B    2    1    1     8       8    1    0    1   0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1959 CHI A Daily Splits  2B    6    6    6    52      14   23    0    2   0 1.000
             All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1951 AL    Daily Splits  2B    1    1    0     7       3    1    1    0   0  .800
1953 AL    Daily Splits  2B    1    0    0     3       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1954 AL    Daily Splits  2B    1    0    0     2       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1955 AL    Daily Splits  2B    1    1    0     5       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1956 AL    Daily Splits  2B    1    1    1     9       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1957 AL    Daily Splits  2B    1    1    1     9       2    4    0    1   0 1.000
1958 AL    Daily Splits  2B    1    1    1     9       5    3    1    1   0  .889
1959 AL    Daily Splits  2B    2    2    2    17       5    1    0    0   0 1.000
1960 AL    Daily Splits  2B    2    0    0     8       1    4    0    1   0 1.000
1961 AL    Daily Splits  2B    1    0    0     1       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1963 AL    Daily Splits  2B    1    1    0     4       3    1    0    0   0 1.000
Total (11 Years) Splits  2B   13    8    5    74      25   14    2    3   0  .951
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

       Coaching Record
Year Team   START    END
1965 HOU N   4-12  10- 3
1966 HOU N   4-12  10- 2
1967 HOU N   4-11  10- 1
1968 WAS A   4-10   9-29
1969 WAS A   4- 7  10- 1
1970 WAS A   4- 6  10- 1
1971 WAS A   4- 5   9-30
1972 TEX A   4-15  10- 4
Total ( 8 Years) 

Ejection Information

As player:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 5- 9-1954(2)  BOX  CHI A  Jim Honochick       Call at 2B
 5-28-1957     BOX  CHI A  Frank Umont         Balls and strikes
 9- 5-1958     BOX  CHI A  Red Flaherty        Bench jockeying
 8-28-1960     BOX  CHI A  Eddie Hurley        Time out call
 6- 9-1961(2)  BOX  CHI A  Jim Honochick       Call at 1B
 5-11-1962     BOX  CHI A  Al Smith            Call at 2B
 9- 8-1962     BOX  CHI A  Larry Napp          Called third strike
 7- 3-1963     BOX  CHI A  Bill Kinnamon       Call at 2B
 9-25-1963     BOX  CHI A  Al Salerno          Call at 1B

As coach:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 9-11-1966(2)  BOX  HOU N  Frank Secory        Call at 1B
 4-30-1968     BOX  WAS A  Emmett Ashford      Balls and strikes
 6-18-1968     BOX  WAS A  Red Flaherty        Demanding spitball be called
 7-11-1968     BOX  WAS A  Johnny Stevens      Balls and strikes
 4-13-1969(1)  BOX  WAS A  Hank Soar           Catch/trap call (Reversed)
 4-26-1970     BOX  WAS A  Jake O'Donnell      Balls and strikes
 8- 7-1972     BOX  TEX A  John Rice           Call at 1B

Transaction Information

Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Athletics (1944).

Traded by Philadelphia Athletics to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Joe Tipton
(October 19, 1949).

Traded by Chicago White Sox to Houston Colt .45s in exchange for Jim Golden, Danny
Murphy and cash (December 10, 1963).

Released by Houston Astros (October 9, 1964).

Signed by Houston Astros (May 12, 1965).

Released by Houston Astros (July 31, 1965).
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