Billy Cox

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 150lb (178cm, 68kg)

Born: August 29, 1919 in Newport, PA us

Died: March 30, 1978 in Harrisburg, PA

Buried: Newport Cemetery, Newport, PA

High School: Newport HS (Newport, PA)

Debut: September 20, 1941 (Age 22-022d, 9,131st in major league history)
vs. CIN 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 11, 1955 (Age 35-286d)
vs. KCA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1946 season

Full Name: William Richard Cox

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.1

3712

974

.262

470

RBI

351

OBP

.318

SLG

.380

OPS

.698

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 66 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

4 leading off, 1 walk-off, 5 tying, 14 go ahead

3 Tms
BRO	46
PIT	17
BAL	3

Platoon
vs RHP	52
vs LHP	14

Home/Road
Home	40
Away	26

Outs
0	24
1	22
2	20

10 Opps
NYG	11
CIN	11
PIT	10
PHI	8
STL	8
CHC	7
BSN/MLN	5
BRO	3
DET	2
BOS	1

57 Pitchers
Roger Bowman	3
Johnny Sain	2
Joe Beggs	2
Ted Wilks	2
Hal Gregg	2
Sal Maglie	2
Larry Jansen	2
Paul Erickson	2
Fred Baczewski	1
Bob Chesnes	1
Steve Ridzik	1
Bucky Walters	1
Vern Law	1
Hank Borowy	1
Ed Blake	1
Dave Koslo	1
Frank Lary	1
Dan Bankhead	1
Bob Rush	1
Ken Burkhart	1
Clint Hartung	1
Red Munger	1
Ernie Johnson	1
Harvey Haddix	1
Jim Blackburn	1
Harry Gumbert	1
Cloyd Boyer	1
Warren Hacker	1
Hoyt Wilhelm	1
Frank Smith	1
Mel Queen	1
Ken Raffensberger	1
Charlie Bicknell	1
Max Lanier	1
George Spencer	1
Stu Miller	1
Paul Minner	1
Robin Roberts	1
Frank Sullivan	1
Buddy Lively	1
Bubba Church	1
Bill Werle	1
Eddie Erautt	1
Red Barrett	1
Howie Pollet	1
Dutch Leonard	1
Ned Garver	1
Jim Wilson	1
Ewell Blackwell	1
Andy Karl	1
Frank Hiller	1
Clyde King	1
Bob Schultz	1
Charley Schanz	1
Vic Lombardi	1
Curt Simmons	1
Herm Wehmeier	1

8 Parks
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	29
Forbes Fld (PIT)	18
Polo Grounds (NYC)	8
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	4
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	4
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1

Where Hit
7	54
8	3
78	2
9	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	58
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	48
1--	6
123	3
12-	3
--3	3
1-3	2
-2-	1

95 RBI
RISP	12
0 on	48
1 on	10
2 on	5
3 on	3
Any on	18

Inning
1	5
2	6
3	7
4	7
5	14
6	6
7	7
8	10
9	3
Extra	1

1-3	18
4-6	27
7-end	21

RelScore
+4..	16
+3	5
+2	9
+1	5
Tied	13
-1	5
-2	4
-3	1
-4..	8

Ahead	35
Tied	13
Behind	18

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
3B	43
SS	20
2B	2
PH	1

OrderPos
1st	25
8th	15
7th	11
6th	9
2nd	4
9th	1
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	20
Low Lev	41

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1946	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1946-06-16 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	Andy Karl	behind 2-4	t 9	0	---	1	7	6	0.082	14%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1946-07-13	PIT		PHI	Charley Schanz	ahead 4-1	b 5	0	12-	3	7	6	0.055	98%		Home Run; F. Gustine Scores; B. Elliott Scores
1947	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1947-04-18	PIT		CIN	Joe Beggs	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	6	0.095	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run
4	4	2	1	1947-04-23	PIT	@	STL	Red Munger	tied 1-1	t 2	2	123	4	1	6	0.294	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Westlake Scores; R. Jarvis Scores; K. Heintzelman Scores
5	5	3	1	1947-05-15	PIT		BRO	Hal Gregg	ahead 3-0	b 5	2	---	1	1	6	0.054	92%		Home Run (LF-CF)
6	6	4	1	1947-05-30 (1)	PIT		CHC	Paul Erickson	tied 1-1	b 10	2	---	1	1	6	0.463	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	5	1	1947-06-11	PIT	@	NYG	Joe Beggs	tied 4-4	t 5	2	-2-	2	1	6	0.240	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Ostermueller Scores
8	8	6	1	1947-06-15 (2)	PIT		BSN	Johnny Sain	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	2	6	6	0.156	74%		Home Run; F. Gustine Scores
9	9	7	2	1947-06-15 (2)	PIT		BSN	Johnny Sain	behind 2-11	b 6	2	---	1	6	6	0.003	1%		Home Run
10	10	8	1	1947-07-30 (1)	PIT		BSN	Red Barrett	ahead 3-2	b 7	2	---	1	1	6	0.114	86%		Home Run
11	11	9	1	1947-08-13	PIT		CHC	Paul Erickson	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	6	6	0.108	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	10	1	1947-08-16	PIT		STL	Ken Burkhart	behind 3-4	b 1	2	---	1	6	6	0.101	51%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	11	2	1947-08-16	PIT		STL	Ted Wilks	ahead 9-5	b 4	1	1--	2	6	6	0.054	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Greenberg Scores
14	14	12	1	1947-08-25	PIT	@	BRO	Clyde King	behind 3-10	t 6	1	1--	2	6	6	0.022	4%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Kiner Scores
15	15	13	1	1947-08-26	PIT	@	BRO	Dan Bankhead	ahead 9-2	t 5	0	1--	2	1	6	0.013	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Ostermueller Scores
16	16	14	1	1947-09-03	PIT		CIN	Ewell Blackwell	behind 3-11	b 6	1	1--	2	6	6	0.015	3%		Home Run; E. Fletcher Scores
17	17	15	1	1947-09-06	PIT		CHC	Hank Borowy	behind 1-5	b 3	2	---	1	3	6	0.065	20%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1948	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1948-04-20	BRO	@	NYG	Larry Jansen	ahead 5-3	t 8	2	--3	2	7	5	0.099	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Reese Scores
19	19	2	1	1948-05-24	BRO		CIN	Bucky Walters	ahead 7-2	b 6	0	---	1	7	5	0.013	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	3	1	1948-08-11	BRO		PHI	Dutch Leonard	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	---	1	8	5	0.098	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1949	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1949-05-05	BRO		CIN	Harry Gumbert	behind 4-5	b 8	0	12-	3	6	5	0.389	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Robinson Scores; R. Campanella Scores
22	22	2	1	1949-06-12	BRO		CIN	Herm Wehmeier	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	1--	2	8	5	0.150	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Furillo Scores
23	23	3	2	1949-06-12	BRO		CIN	Buddy Lively	ahead 4-0	b 4	0	---	1	8	5	0.035	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	4	1	1949-07-04 (1)	BRO		PHI	Charlie Bicknell	ahead 5-0	b 7	1	---	1	2	5	0.009	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	5	1	1949-07-21	BRO		PIT	Bob Chesnes	behind 0-5	b 5	1	---	1	7	5	0.042	11%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	6	1	1949-08-23 (1)	BRO		STL	Ted Wilks	behind 2-5	b 8	0	---	1	2	5	0.081	17%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	7	1	1949-08-27	BRO		CHC	Warren Hacker	ahead 5-0	b 6	1	---	1	7	5	0.014	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	8	1	1949-08-28	BRO		PIT	Vic Lombardi	ahead 8-0	b 8	1	---	1	2	5	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1950	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1950-06-02	BRO	@	STL	Cloyd Boyer	ahead 6-1	t 9	1	--3	2	1	6	0.004	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Newcombe Scores
30	30	2	1	1950-06-20	BRO		CIN	Ken Raffensberger	tied 1-1	b 3	0	---	1	1	5	0.110	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	3	1	1950-06-23	BRO		PIT	Mel Queen	ahead 4-2	b 4	1	---	1	1	5	0.079	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
32	32	4	1	1950-06-27	BRO		NYG	Larry Jansen	behind 2-9	b 5	1	---	1	1	5	0.017	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	5	1	1950-06-29	BRO		NYG	Dave Koslo	behind 0-1	b 3	1	---	1	1	5	0.117	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	6	1	1950-07-08	BRO		PHI	Robin Roberts	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	5	0.095	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	7	1	1950-08-17 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	Clint Hartung	ahead 5-3	t 6	0	---	1	8	5	0.084	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	8	1	1950-09-14 (1)	BRO		CIN	Frank Smith	ahead 4-2	b 4	1	---	1	8	4	0.079	84%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1951-04-27	BRO	@	PHI	Bubba Church	ahead 5-2	t 4	1	---	1	8	5	0.066	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	2	1	1951-05-03	BRO		CIN	Ed Blake	ahead 7-0	b 8	0	---	1	8	5	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	3	1	1951-05-05	BRO		CIN	Jim Blackburn	ahead 8-3	b 7	1	---	1	7	5	0.008	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	4	1	1951-05-23	BRO	@	PIT	Bill Werle	ahead 5-2	t 5	2	123	4	8	5	0.127	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Robinson Scores; G. Hodges Scores; R. Campanella Scores
41	41	5	1	1951-06-03 (1)	BRO		CHC	Frank Hiller	behind 2-3	b 4	0	---	1	8	5	0.134	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	6	1	1951-07-12	BRO		CHC	Paul Minner	ahead 2-0	b 5	2	---	1	8	5	0.081	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	7	1	1951-08-14	BRO	@	NYG	George Spencer	behind 0-4	t 8	2	---	1	2	5	0.019	3%		Home Run (Deep LF)
44	44	8	1	1951-08-16	BRO	@	NYG	Sal Maglie	behind 0-2	t 8	0	---	1	8	5	0.118	25%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
45	45	9	1	1951-08-26 (1)	BRO		PIT	Vern Law	ahead 6-2	b 3	1	---	1	8	5	0.041	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1952	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1952-07-19	BRO	@	PIT	Howie Pollet	ahead 3-0	t 7	0	---	1	1	5	0.045	95%		Home Run (LF-CF)
47	47	2	1	1952-08-07 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	Hal Gregg	ahead 4-0	t 2	1	---	1	1	5	0.051	90%		Home Run (Deep LF)
48	48	3	1	1952-08-09 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	Steve Ridzik	tied 0-0	t 5	2	---	1	1	5	0.160	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	4	1	1952-09-07	BRO	@	NYG	Sal Maglie	ahead 3-1	t 7	2	---	1	1	5	0.086	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	5	1	1952-09-08 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	Max Lanier	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	5	0.102	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
51	51	6	1	1952-09-26	BRO		BSN	Jim Wilson	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	5	0.103	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
52	52	1	1	1953-05-15	BRO	@	STL	Harvey Haddix	behind 1-6	t 5	0	---	1	9	PH	0.041	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
53	53	2	1	1953-05-30 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	Roger Bowman	ahead 3-1	t 8	2	---	1	6	5	0.078	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
54	54	3	1	1953-07-06	BRO	@	PIT	Bob Schultz	ahead 8-2	t 8	1	1-3	3	1	5	0.005	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); W. Belardi Scores; J. Hughes Scores
55	55	4	1	1953-07-07 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	Roger Bowman	ahead 4-0	t 7	0	---	1	1	5	0.028	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
56	56	5	2	1953-07-07 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	Roger Bowman	ahead 8-0	t 8	1	---	1	1	5	0.001	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
57	57	6	1	1953-07-12	BRO		NYG	Hoyt Wilhelm	behind 1-3	b 9	1	--3	2	1	5	0.456	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Campanella Scores
58	58	7	1	1953-07-17 (1)	BRO		STL	Eddie Erautt	ahead 8-0	b 4	1	123	4	8	6	0.006	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Campanella Scores; G. Hodges Scores; D. Snider Scores
59	59	8	1	1953-07-19 (1)	BRO		CIN	Fred Baczewski	behind 0-2	b 5	0	---	1	8	5	0.124	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
60	60	9	1	1953-08-01	BRO	@	STL	Stu Miller	ahead 5-3	t 5	2	12-	3	8	5	0.184	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Hodges Scores; G. Shuba Scores
61	61	10	1	1953-09-02	BRO		MLN	Ernie Johnson	ahead 4-2	b 3	0	1-3	3	7	5	0.084	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Hodges Scores; C. Furillo Scores
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
62	62	1	1	1954-05-19	BRO		CHC	Bob Rush	ahead 1-0	b 7	2	---	1	7	5	0.114	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
63	63	2	1	1954-07-02	BRO	@	PHI	Curt Simmons	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	7	4	0.113	61%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
64	64	1	1	1955-04-17 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	Frank Sullivan	behind 2-3	t 3	1	---	1	1	6	0.109	47%		Home Run (Deep LF)
65	65	2	1	1955-05-17	BAL		DET	Ned Garver	ahead 1-0	b 5	2	---	1	1	5	0.120	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
66	66	3	1	1955-06-04	BAL	@	DET	Frank Lary	tied 1-1	t 5	0	---	1	7	5	0.143	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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