Bobby Cox (original) (raw)
Bobby Cox
Full name Robert Joe Cox |
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Born May 21, 1941, Tulsa, Oklahoma |
First Game: April 14, 1968; Final Game: October 1, 1969 |
Managed First Game: April 7, 1978; Managed Final Game: October 3, 2010 |
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 180 |
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 2014 |
Named Internet Baseball Awards' NL Manager of the Year (1999 and 2004 to 2005) |
Named NL Manager of the Year by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1991 and 2004 to 2005) |
Named AL Manager of the Year by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1985) |
Named Major League Manager of the Year by The Sporting News (1985) |
Named NL Manager of the Year by The Sporting News (1991, 1993, 1999 and 2002 to 2005) |
Ejections as manager: 1978 (3), 1979 (3), 1980 (6), 1981 (4), 1982 (4), 1983 (7), 1984 (8), 1985 (2), 1990 (5), 1991 (3), 1992 (3), 1993 (4), 1994 (1), 1995 (4), 1996 (6), 1997 (7), 1998 (6), 1999 (10), 2000 (5), 2001 (11), 2002 (7), 2003 (9), 2004 (5), 2005 (2), 2006 (9), 2007 (10), 2008 (7), 2009 (7), 2010 (6). Total: 164 |
SABR Biography |
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 1968 NY A Daily Splits 135 437 33 100 15 1 7 41 41 7 85 5 3 4 0 6 9 3 2 .229 .300 .316 -1.2 1968 NY A 1969 NY A Daily Splits 85 191 17 41 7 1 2 17 34 7 41 1 0 3 0 1 8 0 1 .215 .332 .293 0.2 1969 NY A Total ( 2 Years) Splits 220 628 50 141 22 2 9 58 75 14 126 6 3 7 0 7 17 3 3 .225 .310 .309 -1.0 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
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1968 NY A Daily Splits 3B 132 129 127 1145.2 98 279 17 22 1 .957 1969 NY A Daily Splits 3B 56 50 40 430.1 37 122 11 14 0 .935 1969 NY A 2B 6 6 6 52.1 13 23 0 3 0 1.000 Total ( 2 Years) Splits 3B 188 179 167 1576 135 401 28 36 1 .950 Total ( 1 Year ) 2B 6 6 6 52.1 13 23 0 3 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1978 ATL N 162 69 93 .426 600 750 6 1979 ATL N 160 66 94 .413 669 763 6 1980 ATL N 161 81 80 .503 630 660 4 1981 ATL N 107 50 56 .472 395 416 5 1982 TOR A 162 78 84 .481 651 701 6 1983 TOR A 162 89 73 .549 795 726 4 1984 TOR A 163 89 73 .549 750 696 2 1985 TOR A 161 99 62 .615 759 588 1 1990 ATL N 97 40 57 .412 415 456 6-23 6 6 1991 ATL N 162 94 68 .580 749 644 1 1992 ATL N 162 98 64 .605 682 569 1 1993 ATL N 162 104 58 .642 767 559 1 1994 ATL N 114 68 46 .596 542 448 2 1995 ATL N 144 90 54 .625 645 540 1 1996 ATL N 162 96 66 .593 773 648 1 1997 ATL N 162 101 61 .623 791 581 1 1998 ATL N 162 106 56 .654 826 581 1 1999 ATL N 108 64 44 .593 559 472 8- 3 2 1 1999 ATL N 52 38 14 .731 273 183 8- 6 2 1 2000 ATL N 89 53 36 .596 457 407 7-13 1 1 2000 ATL N 68 38 30 .559 322 289 7-20 1 1 2001 ATL N 162 88 74 .543 729 643 1 2002 ATL N 161 101 59 .631 708 565 1 2003 ATL N 157 97 60 .618 879 730 9-22 1 1 2003 ATL N 3 2 1 .667 17 9 9-26 1 1 2004 ATL N 162 96 66 .593 803 668 1 2005 ATL N 162 90 72 .556 769 674 1 2006 ATL N 162 79 83 .488 849 805 3 2007 ATL N 162 84 78 .519 810 733 3 2008 ATL N 99 47 52 .475 440 412 7-21 4 4 2008 ATL N 62 25 37 .403 313 362 7-23 4 4 2009 ATL N 162 86 76 .531 735 641 3 2010 ATL N 92 54 38 .587 425 359 7-18 1 2 2010 ATL N 69 36 33 .522 309 269 7-21 1 2 Total (29 Years) 4497 2496 1998 .555 20836 18547 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Division Series Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1995 ATL N 4 3 1 .750 27 19 1996 ATL N 3 3 0 1.000 10 5 1997 ATL N 3 3 0 1.000 19 5 1998 ATL N 3 3 0 1.000 15 4 1999 ATL N 4 3 1 .750 18 15 2000 ATL N 3 0 3 .000 10 24 2001 ATL N 3 3 0 1.000 14 6 2002 ATL N 5 2 3 .400 26 24 2003 ATL N 5 2 3 .400 15 19 2004 ATL N 5 2 3 .400 21 36 2005 ATL N 4 1 3 .250 9 14 2010 ATL N 4 1 3 .250 9 11 Total (12 Years) 46 26 20 .565 193 182 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
League Championship Series Managerial Record Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1985 TOR A 7 3 4 .429 25 26 1991 ATL N 7 4 3 .571 19 12 1992 ATL N 7 4 3 .571 34 35 1993 ATL N 6 2 4 .333 33 23 1995 ATL N 4 4 0 1.000 19 5 1996 ATL N 7 4 3 .571 44 18 1997 ATL N 6 2 4 .333 21 20 1998 ATL N 6 2 4 .333 18 24 1999 ATL N 6 4 2 .667 24 21 2001 ATL N 5 1 4 .200 15 22 Total (10 Years) 61 30 31 .492 252 206 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
World Series Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1991 ATL N 7 3 4 .429 29 24 1992 ATL N 6 2 4 .333 20 17 1995 ATL N 6 4 2 .667 23 19 1996 ATL N 6 2 4 .333 26 18 1999 ATL N 4 0 4 .000 9 21 Total ( 5 Years) 29 11 18 .379 107 99 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
All-Star Game Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1992 NL 1 0 1 .000 6 13 1993 NL 1 0 1 .000 3 9 1996 NL 1 1 0 1.000 6 0 1997 NL 1 0 1 .000 1 3 2000 NL 1 0 1 .000 3 6 Total ( 5 Years) 5 1 4 .200 19 31 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Coaching Record
Year Team START END 1977 NY A 4- 7 10-18 Total ( 1 Year )
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason 5- 1-1978 BOX ATL N Nick Colosi Bench jockeying 6- 3-1978 BOX ATL N John Kibler Call at 1B 6- 4-1978 BOX ATL N John Kibler Balls and strikes 6-15-1979 BOX ATL N Paul Runge Fighting 6-16-1979 BOX ATL N Dick Stello Call at 1B 9-13-1979 BOX ATL N Ed Montague Balk call 4-27-1980 BOX ATL N John Kibler Call at 1B 6-25-1980 BOX ATL N Steve Fields Call at 1B 7-13-1980(2) BOX ATL N Lanny Harris Call at 3B 7-13-1980(1) BOX ATL N Lanny Harris Called third strike 8- 6-1980 BOX ATL N Jerry Dale Call at 2B (Spit on umpire) 9-25-1980 BOX ATL N Bruce Froemming Balls and strikes 5- 8-1981 BOX ATL N Ed Montague Balk call 6- 2-1981 BOX ATL N Nick Colosi Balls and strikes 6- 7-1981 BOX ATL N Jim Quick Call at 1B 10- 2-1981 BOX ATL N Joe West Check swing 4- 9-1982 BOX TOR A Terry Cooney Balls and strikes 5-29-1982(1) BOX TOR A Vic Voltaggio Call at 2B 7- 5-1982 BOX TOR A Terry Cooney Throwing bat on pitchout 7-24-1982 BOX TOR A Dale Ford Call at 1B Date Team Umpire Reason 5- 6-1983 BOX TOR A George Maloney Call at HP 6-19-1983 BOX TOR A Jim McKean Called third strike 7-16-1983 BOX TOR A Rick Reed Check swing 7-17-1983 BOX TOR A Dave Phillips Phillips said something to coach Gaston 8-28-1983 BOX TOR A Rick Reed Call at 1B 8-31-1983 BOX TOR A Drew Coble Balls and strikes 9-25-1983 BOX TOR A Derryl Cousins Balls and strikes 4-23-1984 BOX TOR A Dale Ford Call at 2B 5-29-1984 BOX TOR A Joe Brinkman Balk non-call (quick pitch) 6-10-1984 BOX TOR A Larry McCoy Balls and strikes 6-28-1984 BOX TOR A Terry Cooney HBP call 7-20-1984 BOX TOR A Jim McKean Balk call 7-25-1984 BOX TOR A Rick Reed Call at 2B 9-14-1984 BOX TOR A Larry Young Brushback pitch after warning 9-15-1984 BOX TOR A Derryl Cousins Balls and strikes 6-22-1985 BOX TOR A Joe Brinkman Timing of decision to resume after rain delay 7- 8-1985 BOX TOR A Larry Young Call at 1B 7- 8-1990 BOX ATL N Eric Gregg Check swing 7-14-1990(2) BOX ATL N Charlie Williams Balls and strikes 7-15-1990 BOX ATL N Bob Davidson Check swing Date Team Umpire Reason 7-21-1990 BOX ATL N Mark Hirschbeck Interference call 9-12-1990 BOX ATL N Bob Davidson Balls and strikes 5-23-1991 BOX ATL N Greg Bonin Call at 1B 7- 4-1991 BOX ATL N Gary Darling Called third strike 8-18-1991 BOX ATL N Charlie Williams Call at 1B 5-26-1992 BOX ATL N Angel Hernandez Balls and strikes 7- 5-1992 BOX ATL N Bill Hohn Called third strike 10-20-1992 BOX ATL N Joe West Check swing (Threw helmet) 4-10-1993 BOX ATL N Steve Rippley Balk call 4-16-1993 BOX ATL N Mark Hirschbeck Protesting umpire order to pitch 4-28-1993 BOX ATL N Eric Gregg Call at 1B 8- 3-1993 BOX ATL N Larry Vanover Balls and strikes 7- 5-1994 BOX ATL N Mike Winters Call at 1B 6-24-1995 BOX ATL N Mike Winters Call at 1B 7- 7-1995 BOX ATL N Bill Hohn Check swing 7-24-1995 BOX ATL N Jeff Kellogg Balls and strikes 7-26-1995 BOX ATL N Paul Runge Balls and strikes 6- 8-1996 BOX ATL N Gary Darling Balls and strikes 6-30-1996 BOX ATL N Wally Bell Balls and strikes 8- 3-1996 BOX ATL N Bob Davidson Called third strike Date Team Umpire Reason 8- 9-1996 BOX ATL N Gary Darling Balls and strikes 9-12-1996 BOX ATL N Randy Marsh Call at 2B 10-26-1996 BOX ATL N Tim Welke Call at 2B 4-10-1997 BOX ATL N Larry Vanover Check swing 5-17-1997 BOX ATL N Bob Davidson Balk call 5-30-1997 BOX ATL N Tom Hallion Call at 3B 7-19-1997 BOX ATL N Brian Gorman Call at 1B 7-26-1997 BOX ATL N Jim Quick Fair/foul call 8- 3-1997 BOX ATL N Tom Hallion Check swing 8- 6-1997 BOX ATL N Tom Hallion Balls and strikes (Bumped umpire) 5- 4-1998 BOX ATL N Paul Nauert Balls and strikes 5-29-1998 BOX ATL N Greg Bonin Balls and strikes 6-10-1998 BOX ATL N Greg Bonin Call at 1B 6-22-1998 BOX ATL N Mike Reilly Interference non-call 7-29-1998 BOX ATL N Hunter Wendelstedt Call at 3B 8-26-1998 BOX ATL N Bill Hohn Check swing 5-10-1999 BOX ATL N Jerry Layne Interference non-call 5-11-1999 BOX ATL N Gerry Davis Balk call 5-26-1999 BOX ATL N Angel Hernandez Warning to catcher to stay in box 6-16-1999 BOX ATL N Bruce Froemming Balls and strikes Date Team Umpire Reason 6-20-1999 BOX ATL N Jeff Kellogg Balls and strikes 7-18-1999 BOX ATL N Tim Tschida Call at HP 7-24-1999 BOX ATL N Bruce Froemming Balls and strikes 7-30-1999 BOX ATL N Larry Poncino Call at 2B (runner interference) 8-29-1999 BOX ATL N Ed Montague Check swing 9-15-1999 BOX ATL N Jeff Nelson Check swing 4-29-2000 BOX ATL N Bill Welke Balls and strikes 5-29-2000 BOX ATL N Doug Eddings Balls and strikes 6-24-2000 BOX ATL N John Shulock Balk call 7- 4-2000 BOX ATL N Derryl Cousins Balls and strikes (Bumped umpire) 8-19-2000 BOX ATL N Charlie Reliford Interference non-call 4- 9-2001 BOX ATL N Jim Reynolds Arguing batter bunted at ball 4-26-2001 BOX ATL N Alfonso Marquez Balls and strikes 5-22-2001 BOX ATL N Brian Gorman Balls and strikes 6- 6-2001 BOX ATL N Dan Iassogna Balk call 6-13-2001 BOX ATL N Rick Reed Call at HP 8- 1-2001 BOX ATL N Hunter Wendelstedt Balls and strikes 8- 2-2001 BOX ATL N Jim Wolf Balls and strikes 8-26-2001 BOX ATL N Marty Foster Balls and strikes 9-19-2001 BOX ATL N Jerry Meals Call at 3B Date Team Umpire Reason 9-20-2001 BOX ATL N Mark Barron Balls and strikes 9-27-2001 BOX ATL N Tim Tschida Balls and strikes 4-13-2002 BOX ATL N Charlie Reliford Balls and strikes 4-26-2002 BOX ATL N Bill Welke HBP call 5-10-2002 BOX ATL N Tim Timmons HBP non-call 6-10-2002 BOX ATL N Mike Fichter Call at 1B 8- 7-2002 BOX ATL N Angel Hernandez Balls and strikes 9- 7-2002 BOX ATL N Wally Bell Intentional HBP 9-24-2002 BOX ATL N Mark Wegner Balls and strikes 4- 8-2003 BOX ATL N Kerwin Danley Called third strike 5- 1-2003 BOX ATL N Marty Foster Balls and strikes 5- 4-2003 BOX ATL N Tony Randazzo Balls and strikes 5-20-2003 BOX ATL N Bill Welke Balls and strikes 5-21-2003 BOX ATL N Kerwin Danley Balls and strikes 6-17-2003 BOX ATL N Fieldin Culbreth Balls and strikes (Foul tip non-call) 7- 6-2003 BOX ATL N Phil Cuzzi Balk call 8-22-2003 BOX ATL N Matt Hollowell Called third strike 9-11-2003 BOX ATL N Chuck Meriwether Call at 3B 4-15-2004 BOX ATL N Jeff Kellogg Balls and strikes 4-18-2004 BOX ATL N Chris Guccione Called third strike Date Team Umpire Reason 5-26-2004 BOX ATL N Bill Welke Called third strike 6-13-2004 BOX ATL N Greg Gibson Balls and strikes 9- 9-2004 BOX ATL N Lance Barksdale Balls and strikes 4-13-2005 BOX ATL N Randy Marsh Balls and strikes 6-30-2005 BOX ATL N Doug Eddings Balls and strikes 4- 7-2006 BOX ATL N Greg Gibson Balls and strikes 4-14-2006 BOX ATL N Brian O'Nora Call at 1B 5- 7-2006 BOX ATL N Hunter Wendelstedt Arguing non-advance by runner 5-14-2006 BOX ATL N Mark Carlson Call at 1B 6- 3-2006(1) BOX ATL N Dana DeMuth Balls and strikes 6-26-2006 BOX ATL N Hunter Wendelstedt Balls and strikes 7-16-2006 BOX ATL N Bruce Dreckman Balls and strikes (Foul tip) 7-26-2006 BOX ATL N Eric Cooper Balls and strikes 9-28-2006 BOX ATL N Joe West Automatic ball for going to mouth 4-16-2007 BOX ATL N Sam Holbrook Call at 2B 4-22-2007 BOX ATL N Paul Emmel Balls and strikes 5- 6-2007 BOX ATL N Bob Davidson Check swing 5-25-2007 BOX ATL N Paul Emmel Called third strike 5-26-2007 BOX ATL N Ron Kulpa Fair/foul call (Pointed to dirt) 6-23-2007 BOX ATL N Chad Fairchild Ejection of player Date Team Umpire Reason 8-14-2007 BOX ATL N Ted Barrett Balls and strikes 8-15-2007 BOX ATL N Angel Hernandez Balk call 8-23-2007 BOX ATL N Jerry Layne Balls and strikes 9-21-2007 BOX ATL N Chris Guccione Balls and strikes 4-25-2008 BOX ATL N Tim McClelland Balls and strikes 5- 7-2008 BOX ATL N Wally Bell Balk call 5-31-2008 BOX ATL N Adrian Johnson Call at HP 7- 6-2008 BOX ATL N Mike Everitt Balls and strikes 7-20-2008 BOX ATL N Chris Guccione Balls and strikes 8-13-2008(1) BOX ATL N Joe West Delay to turn on field lights 9- 3-2008 BOX ATL N Mark Wegner Balls and strikes 6-11-2009 BOX ATL N Brian Knight Call at 1B 6-21-2009 BOX ATL N Bill Hohn Balls and strikes 7-23-2009 BOX ATL N Jeff Kellogg Called third strike 7-29-2009 BOX ATL N Bill Hohn Balls and strikes 8- 7-2009 BOX ATL N Eric Cooper Confusing call on pitch during steal 9- 3-2009 BOX ATL N Jim Wolf Balls and strikes 9- 4-2009 BOX ATL N Brian Gorman Interference call 4- 9-2010 BOX ATL N Bob Davidson Check swing 5-18-2010 BOX ATL N Ron Kulpa Call at 1B Date Team Umpire Reason 7-17-2010 BOX ATL N Angel Hernandez Intentional HBP 8-29-2010 BOX ATL N Mike Everitt Check swing 9-17-2010 BOX ATL N Bill Hohn Balls and strikes 10- 8-2010 BOX ATL N Paul Emmel Call at 1B (Threw hat)
Transaction Information
Signed as an amateur free agent by Los Angeles Dodgers (1959).
Selected by Chicago Cubs from Los Angeles Dodgers in the minor league draft (November 30, 1964).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with cash to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Billy Cowan (April 28, 1966).
Traded by Atlanta Braves to New York Yankees in exchange for Bob Tillman and Dale Roberts (December 7, 1967).
Released by New York Yankees (September 22, 1970).
Signed by New York Yankees (July 17, 1971).
Released by New York Yankees (August 28, 1971).