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Bill
Cox		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: June 23, 1913 in Usa, IL, ASHMORE
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1936 23 ATL NL   6 4 5 5 3 5 4 4 5 5
1937 24 BSN NL   6 4 5 5 3 5 4 4 5 5
1938 25 BSN NL   6 4 5 5 3 5 4 4 5 5
1939 26 BSN NL   6 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 4
1940 27 BSN NL   6 4 5 5 3 5 4 4 5 4
1941 28 BSN NL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 3 4 4 4 5 5
1942 29 BSN NL $ 300,000 6 5 6 6 3 4 3 4 5 5
1943 30 BSN NL $ 300,000 6 5 6 6 3 4 4 4 5 5
1944 31 BSN NL   6 5 6 6 3 5 4 6 7 6
1945 32 BSN NL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 4 5 4 6 7 6
1946 33 BSN NL $ 300,000 6 5 6 6 4 5 5 6 7 7
1947 34 BSN NL $ 350,000 6 5 6 5 4 5 5 6 7 6
1948 35 BSN NL $ 350,000 6 5 6 5 4 5 5 6 7 7
1949 36 BSN NL $ 1,291,429 6 5 6 5 3 4 4 6 7 6
1950 37 BSN NL $ 450,000 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,291,429 6 6 6 6 4 5 5 6 7 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1936 23 ATL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1937 24 BSN NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1938 25 BSN NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1939 26 BSN NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1940 27 BSN NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1941 28 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1942 29 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1943 30 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 31 BSN NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 32 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 33 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 34 BSN NL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 35 BSN NL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 36 BSN NL $ 1,291,429   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 37 BSN NL $ 450,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,291,429   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1936 23 AA   3 5 .375 68 0 0 0 6 61.0 49 26 2 24 59 3.84 .218 .293 .289 .582  
1937 24 AA   2 4 .333 76 0 0 0 5 65.7 58 18 2 27 51 2.47 .248 .326 .338 .663  
1938 25 AA   1 3 .250 77 0 0 0 8 70.0 71 33 5 25 61 4.24 .266 .329 .404 .733  
1939 26 AA   4 0 1.000 54 0 0 0 6 40.0 26 15 3 22 31 3.38 .188 .300 .290 .590  
1940 27 AA   3 0 1.000 54 0 0 0 4 39.3 25 6 2 12 38 1.37 .187 .253 .246 .500  
1941 28 BSN NL 3 2 .600 16 0 0 0 0 18.3 22 9 2 16 9 4.42 .301 .433 .479 .913 1.5
    AA   2 0 1.000 61 0 0 0 6 41.0 32 5 3 19 35 1.10 .218 .307 .320 .627  
1942 29 BSN NL 3 6 .333 55 7 0 0 0 112.3 133 68 9 65 49 5.45 .296 .385 .407 .791 2.8
1943 30 BSN NL 3 3 .500 52 0 0 0 1 56.3 67 41 8 28 31 6.55 .294 .371 .478 .849 0.4
1944 31 AAA   0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 0 14.7 23 10 3 6 13 6.14 .348 .403 .530 .933  
1945 32 BSN NL 1 2 .333 8 0 0 0 0 11.3 12 5 0 9 6 3.97 .273 .407 .364 .771 0.7
    AAA   3 0 1.000 68 0 0 0 9 59.7 40 10 2 29 42 1.51 .194 .294 .238 .531  
1946 33 BSN NL 4 1 .800 48 0 0 0 3 54.3 63 36 4 37 21 5.96 .296 .402 .399 .801 0.9
1947 34 BSN NL 2 6 .250 62 0 0 0 11 74.3 89 47 7 51 27 5.69 .304 .409 .440 .849 1.9
1948 35 BSN NL 7 8 .467 70 0 0 0 3 85.3 75 41 11 49 27 4.32 .244 .348 .391 .739 6.0
1949 36 BSN NL 1 9 .100 44 2 0 0 14 48.3 64 48 7 41 12 8.94 .322 .430 .492 .923 0.0
8 Years Sim 24 37 .393 355 9 0 0 32 460.6 525 295 48 296 182 5.76 .291 .391 .429 .819 14.2
2 Years AAA 3 0 1.000 77 0 0 0 9 74.3 63 20 5 35 55 2.42 .232 .319 .309 .628  
6 Years AA 15 12 .556 390 0 0 0 35 317.0 261 103 17 129 275 2.92 .228 .306 .325 .631  
8 Years Minors 18 12 .600 467 0 0 0 44 391.3 324 123 22 164 330 2.83 .229 .309 .322 .630  
Season Average 3 4 .429 44 1 0 0 4 57.6 65 36 6 37 22 5.76 .291 .391 .429 .819  
Career Highs 7 9 .800 70 7 0 0 14 112.3 133 68 11 65 49 8.94 .322 .433 .492 .923  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   244 144 26 133 126   .260 .352 .391 .743
vs LH   281 151 22 163 56   .323 .430 .470 .900
Home 16 18 .471 196 5 0 0 16 270.7 312 182 29 172 114 6.05 .295 .394 .443 .837
Away 8 19 .296 159 4 0 0 16 190.0 213 113 19 124 68 5.35 .284 .385 .409 .794
Mar/Apr 3 2 .600 43 0 0 0 7 61.0 54 29 6 34 23 4.28 .243 .344 .374 .718
May 4 8 .333 68 2 0 0 0 101.7 105 57 8 57 40 5.05 .271 .364 .374 .738
June 6 5 .545 59 1 0 0 6 64.0 84 57 10 51 26 8.02 .324 .435 .490 .926
July 2 9 .182 46 5 0 0 9 73.7 95 49 5 46 25 5.99 .318 .409 .445 .854
August 5 6 .455 70 1 0 0 7 87.3 100 57 12 58 35 5.88 .290 .392 .467 .859
Sep/Oct 4 7 .364 69 0 0 0 3 73.0 87 46 7 50 33 5.67 .296 .398 .429 .827
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1936 23 AA   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1940 27 AA   11 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.2  
1941 28 AA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3  
1942 29 BSN NL 55 18 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .111 .111 .167 .278 -0.1 0.0
1943 30 BSN NL 52 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1947 34 BSN NL 62 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1948 35 BSN NL 70 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.3 0.0
1949 36 BSN NL 44 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
5 Years Sim 283 33 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .091 .091 .121 .212 -0.9 0.0
3 Years AA 16 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.4  
162 Game Average 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .091 .091 .121 .212 -0.5  
Career Highs 70 18 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   22 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .091 .091 .136 .227 -0.7
vs LH   11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.5
Home 154 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .059 .059 .059 .118 -1.0
Away 78 16 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .125 .125 .188 .313 -0.1
RISP   5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Close/Late   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0
Mar/Apr 21 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
May 29 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9
June 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
July 22 12 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .333 .583 0.9
August 31 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1941 28 BSN NL P 16 0 18.3 2 5 1 1 .875 3.44    
1942 29 BSN NL P 55 7 112.3 7 19 1 1 .963 2.08    
1943 30 BSN NL P 52 0 56.3 3 10 1 0 .929 2.08    
1945 32 BSN NL P 8 0 11.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.59    
1946 33 BSN NL P 48 0 54.3 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.99    
1947 34 BSN NL P 62 0 74.3 4 19 0 7 1.000 2.78    
1948 35 BSN NL P 70 0 85.3 4 15 2 3 .905 2.00    
1949 36 BSN NL P 44 2 48.3 5 7 0 1 1.000 2.23    
Career Totals   355 9 460.6 28 86 5 13 .958 2.23    
Career Highs   70 7 112.3 7 19 2 7 1.000 3.44    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1947-6-11
1949-4-14
 Games Pitched
1942-6-55
1947-7-62
1948-5-70
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Oral Hildebrand (963)
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  3. Ben Wade (960)
  4. Ron Tompkins (960)
  5. Bob Brown (954)
  6. Larry Jackson (952)
  7. Kirby Higbe (951)
  8. Allyn Stout (950)
  9. Lou Lucier (950)
  10. Jim Winford (949)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 57th overall pick, by Atlanta in 1936
Earned first career win on 8/9/1941
Injured on 9/2/1941 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had first career hit on 7/15/1942, off Russ Bauers (NYA)
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,291,429 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/8/1950 to a 2-year deal worth $450,000 per year
 
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