Nellie Fox

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Nellie Fox
Nellie Fox 1953.jpg
Second baseman
Born: December 25, 1927
St. Thomas , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Died on: December 1, 1975
Baltimore , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Suggested: Left Threw: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
June 8,  1947  with the  Philadelphia Athletics
Last MLB assignment
July 24,  1965  with the  Houston Astros
MLB statistics
(until end of career)
Batting average    , 288
Hits    2,663
Home runs    35
Runs Batted In    790
Teams

Awards

  • AL MVP (1959)
  • 3 × Gold Glove Award (1957, 1959, 1960)
  • In his honor, the # 2 at the Chicago White Sox is no longer awarded
member of
☆☆☆Baseball Hall of Fame☆☆☆
Recorded     1997
Special selection    Veterans Committee

Jacob Nelson "Nellie" Fox (born December 25, 1927 in St. Thomas , Pennsylvania , † December 1, 1975 in Baltimore , Maryland ) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball .

biography

Nellie Fox made his debut as a second baseman on June 8, 1947 in the American League with the Philadelphia Athletics . In Philadelphia he played until 1949 before he was transferred to the Chicago White Sox at the beginning of the 1950 season . At the White Sox he formed one of the strongest central defenses in baseball of the 1950s with the shortstops Chico Carrasquell and Luis Aparicio . Fox was a consistent batsman but didn't have the strength to hit home runs . In his career he was only able to achieve a total of 35 home runs. He had a batting average of over 30% six times at the end of the season.

He achieved his greatest sporting success in the 1959 season. The White Sox won the title in the American League and met the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series . Chicago lost in six games, with Fox averaging 37.5% in those games. In the American League he was elected MVP .

In the period from August 7, 1956 to September 3, 1960, he played 798 consecutive games as a second baseman, a record that has not been broken for his field position to this day.

He played his last position as a player in the 1964 and 1965 seasons with the Houston Astros . There he played his last game on July 24, 1965.

In total, he took part in the All-Star Game twelve times in his career and won three Gold Glove Awards .

Fox died of cancer in 1975 at the age of 47. He was appointed to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997 by the Veterans Committee . His jersey number 2 is no longer awarded by the Chicago White Sox.

His stations as a player

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personal data
SURNAME Fox, Nellie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fox, Jacob Nelson (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Thomas , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH 1st December 1975
Place of death Baltimore , Maryland