Nellie Fox
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 24, 1965
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 5' 10" Weight: 160
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1997
AL MVP (1959)
TSN AL Player of the Year (1959)
2B on TSN All-Star Team (1955 to 1956 and 1958 to 1959)
Won Major League Gold Glove as second baseman (1957)
AL Gold Glove as 2B (1959 to 1960)
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Batting Record 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 Team
1947 PHI A 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 -0.1 1947 PHI A
1948 PHI A 3 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .154 .214 .154 -0.3 1948 PHI A
1949 PHI A 88 247 42 63 6 2 0 21 32 9 6 11 10 2 2 .255 .354 .296 -0.5 1949 PHI A
1950 CHI A 130 457 45 113 12 7 0 30 35 17 2 10 6 4 3 .247 .304 .304 -2.0 1950 CHI A
1951 CHI A 147 604 93 189 32 12 4 55 43 11 14 20 7 9 12 .313 .372 .425 1.2 1951 CHI A
1952 CHI A 152 648 76 192 25 10 0 39 34 14 3 15 11 5 5 .296 .334 .366 0.9 1952 CHI A
1953 CHI A 154 624 92 178 31 8 3 72 49 18 7 12 15 4 5 .285 .344 .375 0.6 1953 CHI A
1954 CHI A 155 631 111 201 24 8 2 47 51 12 5 15 4 13 16 9 .319 .372 .391 1.6 1954 CHI A
1955 CHI A 154 636 100 198 28 7 6 59 38 1 15 17 14 4 8 7 9 .311 .364 .406 4.4 1955 CHI A
1956 CHI A 154 649 109 192 20 10 4 52 44 1 14 10 13 5 19 8 4 .296 .347 .376 0.6 1956 CHI A
1957 CHI A 155 619 110 196 27 8 6 61 75 2 13 16 5 3 7 5 6 .317 .403 .415 6.1 1957 CHI A
1958 CHI A 155 623 82 187 21 6 0 49 47 5 11 11 12 5 13 5 6 .300 .357 .353 1.1 1958 CHI A
1959 CHI A 156 624 84 191 34 6 2 70 71 8 13 7 9 5 6 5 6 .306 .380 .389 1.8 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 2.5 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 -1.3 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 -0.3 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 -0.4 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 154 483 48 128 14 6 0 29 27 1 15 11 20 3 0 9 9 0 2 .265 .317 .319 -0.5 Total NL
Total AL 2213 8749 1231 2535 341 106 35 761 692 23i 201 131 188 45i 0i 42i166 76 78 .290 .349 .365 14.9 Total AL
Total Splits 2367 9232 1279 2663 355 112 35 790 719 24i 216 142 208 48i 0i 51i175 76 80 .288 .348 .363 14.4 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 Team
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World Series Batting Record 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 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 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 Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1947 PHI A 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1948 PHI A 2B 3 13 6 1 1 .950
1949 PHI A 2B 77 191 196 7 68 .982
1950 CHI A 2B 121 340 344 18 100 .974
1951 CHI A 2B 147 413 449 17 112 .981
1952 CHI A 2B 151 406 433 13 111 .985
1953 CHI A 2B 154 451 426 15 101 .983
1954 CHI A 2B 155 400 392 9 103 .989
1955 CHI A 2B 154 399 483 24 110 .974
1956 CHI A 2B 154 478 396 12 124 .986
1957 CHI A 2B 155 453 453 13 141 .986
1958 CHI A 2B 155 444 399 13 117 .985
1959 CHI A 2B 156 364 453 10 93 .988
1960 CHI A Daily 2B 149 148 145 1323.2 412 447 13 126 0 .985
1961 CHI A Daily 2B 159 156 151 1381.2 413 407 15 97 0 .982
1962 CHI A Daily 2B 154 151 142 1337.2 376 428 8 93 0 .990
1963 CHI A Daily 2B 134 128 114 1147.2 305 342 8 71 0 .988
1964 HOU N Daily 2B 115 114 92 962 231 317 13 51 0 .977
1965 HOU N Daily 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 2B 2295 698i 644i 6158.2i 6090 6373 209 1619 0i .984
Total 3B 6 4 4 45 4 11 0 1 0 1.000
Total 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 World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1959 CHI A Daily 2B 6 6 6 52 14 23 0 2 0 1.000
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1951 AL Daily 2B 1 1 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 .800
1953 AL Daily 2B 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1954 AL Daily 2B 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1955 AL Daily 2B 1 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 AL Daily 2B 1 1 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1957 AL Daily 2B 1 1 1 9 2 4 0 1 0 1.000
1958 AL Daily 2B 1 1 1 9 5 3 1 1 0 .889
1959 AL Daily 2B 2 2 2 17 5 1 0 0 0 1.000
1960 AL Daily 2B 2 0 0 8 1 4 0 1 0 1.000
1961 AL Daily 2B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 AL Daily 2B 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total 2B 13 8 5 74 25 14 2 3 0 .951
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Transactions Transactions
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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