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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Apr 26)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	PIT	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 17	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
3	3	Apr 18	PIT		CIN	W,12-11	GS	31	6.0	0	2	1	3	0
4	7 (3)	Apr 23	PIT	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	8	Apr 24	PIT		CHC	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
6	9	Apr 26	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
7	10	Apr 27 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
8	11	Apr 27 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	46	11.2	4	6	1	11	2
9	12	Apr 29	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
10	13	Apr 30	PIT	@	PHI	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	14	May 6	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
12	15	May 7	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
13	16	May 8	PIT	@	BSN	L,5-12	CG	45	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
14	17	May 10	PIT		STL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
15	18	May 11 (1)	PIT		STL	L,6-10	CG	44	10.0	2	4	0	6	1
16	19	May 11 (2)	PIT		STL	T,3-3	CG	32	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
17	20	May 15	PIT		BRO	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
18	21	May 16	PIT		BRO	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
19	22	May 17	PIT		BRO	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
20	23	May 18 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
21	24	May 18 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,6-11	CG	36	7.0	2	4	1	7	1
22	25	May 20	PIT		BSN	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	3	2	0	5	0
23	26	May 22	PIT	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	27	May 23	PIT	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	28	May 25 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
26	29	May 25 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
27	30	May 26	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
28	31	May 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
29	32	May 28	PIT		CHC	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	33	May 30 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	CG	41	10.0	1	1	1	3	1
31	34	May 30 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	35	May 31	PIT	@	NYG	L,9-10	CG	43	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	36	Jun 1 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	37	Jun 1 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,7-8	CG	43	9.1	1	6	0	7	2
35	38	Jun 2	PIT	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
36	39	Jun 3 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-11	CG	43	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
37	40	Jun 3 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,7-8	GS	22	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	41	Jun 4	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-9	CG	36	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
39	42	Jun 5	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	43	Jun 6	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	33	8.1	3	2	0	5	0
41	44	Jun 8 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
42	45	Jun 8 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	46	Jun 9	PIT	@	NYG	L,10-13	CG	42	8.1	4	2	0	6	1
44	47	Jun 10	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	46	11.1	3	3	0	6	0
45	48	Jun 11	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-7	CG	37	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
46	49	Jun 12	PIT		CHC	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
47	50	Jun 13	PIT		BSN	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
48	51	Jun 15 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,4-13	CG	50	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
49	52	Jun 15 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,3-12	CG	46	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
50	53	Jun 18	PIT		NYG	L,5-12	CG	50	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
51	54	Jun 19	PIT		NYG	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
52	55	Jun 20	PIT		PHI	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
53	56	Jun 21	PIT		PHI	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
54	57	Jun 22	PIT		PHI	L,3-4	CG	56	13.0	2	4	0	6	1
55	58	Jun 24	PIT		BRO	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
56	61 (2)	Jun 27	PIT	@	CHC	W,12-8	GF	38	8.0	5	3	0	8	2
57	62	Jun 28 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
58	63	Jun 28 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
59	64	Jun 29	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	65	Jul 1	PIT		STL	L,1-2	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
61	66	Jul 2	PIT		CIN	L,6-8	GS	25	5.0	2	2	1	5	2
62	69 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	39	8.1	0	2	0	2	0
63	70	Jul 5	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
64	71	Jul 6 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
65	72	Jul 6 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,10-0	GS	27	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
66	73	Jul 10 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
67	74	Jul 10 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
68	75	Jul 11	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
69	76	Jul 12	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
70	84 (7)	Jul 18	PIT	@	BSN	W,2-1	GF	20	5.0	2	5	0	7	0
71	85	Jul 19	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	2	6	0	8	1
72	88 (2)	Jul 23	PIT		PHI	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
73	89	Jul 24 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
74	90	Jul 24 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
75	91	Jul 25	PIT		BRO	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
76	92	Jul 26	PIT		BRO	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
77	93	Jul 27 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,4-8	CG	49	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
78	94	Jul 27 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,4-11	CG	41	7.0	0	0	1	1	0
79	95	Jul 29	PIT		BSN	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
80	96	Jul 30 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
81	97	Jul 30 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	0	8	0	8	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	98	Aug 1	PIT		NYG	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
83	99	Aug 2 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
84	100	Aug 2 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
85	101	Aug 3 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,8-11	GS	43	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
86	102	Aug 3 (2)	PIT		NYG	T,6-6	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
87	103	Aug 4	PIT		CIN	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
88	104	Aug 5	PIT		CIN	W,12-4	CG	42	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
89	105	Aug 6	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
90	106	Aug 7	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
91	107	Aug 8	PIT	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
92	108	Aug 9	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
93	109	Aug 10 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	110	Aug 10 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
95	111	Aug 11	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
96	112	Aug 12	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	48	12.0	0	4	0	4	0
97	113	Aug 13	PIT		CHC	W,10-2	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
98	114	Aug 14	PIT		STL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
99	115	Aug 15	PIT		STL	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
100	116	Aug 16	PIT		STL	W,12-7	CG	39	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
101	117	Aug 17	PIT		STL	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
102	118	Aug 19	PIT	@	BSN	L,5-7	CG	40	8.2	1	1	0	2	0
103	119	Aug 20	PIT	@	BSN	W,16-10	CG	45	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
104	120	Aug 21	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
105	121	Aug 22	PIT	@	NYG	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
106	122	Aug 23 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,11-10	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
107	124 (1)	Aug 24	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
108	125	Aug 25	PIT	@	BRO	L,10-11	CG	47	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
109	126	Aug 26	PIT	@	BRO	W,16-3	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
110	127	Aug 27	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
111	128	Aug 28	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
112	129	Aug 30	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
113	130	Aug 31	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	131	Sep 1 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	0	9.2	2	1	0	3	0
115	132	Sep 1 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-8	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
116	133	Sep 3	PIT		CIN	L,6-13	CG	49	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
117	134	Sep 4	PIT		CIN	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
118	135	Sep 6	PIT		CHC	W,7-6	CG	44	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
119	136	Sep 7	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
120	137	Sep 8	PIT		NYG	L,8-10	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
121	138	Sep 9	PIT		NYG	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
122	145 (6)	Sep 14 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,7-9	GF	20	4.0	0	1	1	2	0
123	146	Sep 15	PIT		PHI	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
124	147	Sep 16	PIT		PHI	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	0	5	1	6	0
125	148	Sep 17	PIT		BRO	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
126	149	Sep 18	PIT		BRO	W,8-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
127	150	Sep 21 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
128	155 (4)	Sep 25 (2)	PIT		STL	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	2
129	156	Sep 28	PIT		CIN	W,7-0	GS	27	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
							129gm		1090.0	220	388	20	628	63