Nellie Fox
Nellie Fox | |
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Second baseman | |
Born: December 25, 1927 St. Thomas , United States |
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Died on: December 1, 1975 Baltimore , United States |
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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) |
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Batting average | , 288 |
Hits | 2,663 |
Home runs | 35 |
Runs Batted In | 790 |
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Awards | |
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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
- 1947-1949 Philadelphia Athletics
- 1950-1963 Chicago White Sox
- 1964-1965 Houston Astros
Web links
- Player information and statistics from Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)
- Biography of Nellie Fox (English)
- Nellie Fox in the Hall of Fame (English)
personal data | |
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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 |