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Nellie Fox

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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
SABR Biography

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Discrepancies

                       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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