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Billy
Cox		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 155
 
Born: August 29, 1919 in Usa, PA, NEWPORT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1948    1949    1951    1955    1956   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1941 21 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 9 9
1942 22 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1943 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
1944 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
1945 25 DET AL $ 350,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
1946 26 DET AL $ 1,150,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
1947 27 DET AL $ 1,150,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7 5 4 4 10 10 10
1948 28 DET AL $ 1,150,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
1949 29 DET AL $ 1,150,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 9 9 9 5 5 5 10 10 10
1950 30 DET AL $ 5,240,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 9 9 9 5 5 5 10 10 10
1951 31 DET AL $ 5,240,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 9 9 9 5 5 5 9 9 9
1952 32 DET AL $ 5,240,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 9 9 9 5 5 5 10 10 10
1953 33 DET AL $ 5,240,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 9 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
1954 34 DET AL $ 1,500,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 9 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
1955 35 DET AL $ 1,500,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 4 4 9 9 9
1956 36 DET AL $ 1,500,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1957 37 DET AL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,240,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 9 9 9 5 5 5 10 10 10
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
1941 21 CIN NL 10 29 3 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 .241 .333 .310 .644 2.6 0.2
    AAA   54 191 20 56 10 1 4 20 3 2 25 9 .293 .375 .419 .794 29.9  
    AA   81 319 36 96 18 6 11 33 2 6 41 10 .301 .381 .498 .879 56.5  
1942 22 CIN NL 26 56 4 16 0 1 1 3 0 0 4 5 .286 .333 .375 .708 7.2 1.3
1943 23 CIN NL 28 70 6 16 3 1 0 6 0 0 5 5 .229 .276 .300 .576 5.3 0.0
1944 24 CIN NL 34 102 17 25 4 0 0 6 0 0 9 3 .245 .306 .284 .591 8.4 0.6
1945 25 CIN NL 10 33 8 10 1 0 2 7 0 0 2 1 .303 .343 .515 .858 5.3 1.2
  DET AL 97 329 39 91 25 3 8 44 1 0 18 10 .277 .314 .444 .758 40.2 6.3
  TOT   107 362 47 101 26 3 10 51 1 0 20 11 .279 .317 .450 .767 45.5 7.5
1946 26 DET AL 79 162 23 44 6 1 2 24 0 0 11 5 .272 .316 .358 .674 15.5 1.4
1947 27 DET AL 37 94 12 23 3 0 0 12 0 0 9 1 .245 .305 .277 .581 8.5 0.4
1948 28 DET AL 142 465 72 132 23 2 8 75 1 0 47 12 .284 .345 .394 .738 63.7 8.6
1949 29 DET AL 158 638 93 207 53 3 9 119 0 0 49 21 .324 .371 .459 .830 94.4 14.8
1950 30 DET AL 153 609 111 194 50 6 14 122 0 2 73 19 .319 .390 .489 .880 105.2 19.1
1951 31 DET AL 154 605 105 189 46 5 9 109 0 0 70 26 .312 .380 .450 .830 95.0 18.6
1952 32 DET AL 154 618 84 169 36 3 15 97 0 0 56 36 .273 .332 .414 .747 75.7 9.1
1953 33 DET AL 153 594 80 162 31 4 7 76 0 0 58 21 .273 .335 .374 .709 69.7 8.1
1954 34 DET AL 156 596 97 172 38 4 14 118 0 2 69 26 .289 .359 .436 .795 84.8 14.2
1955 35 DET AL 157 646 101 190 47 2 6 89 0 0 54 17 .294 .346 .401 .747 85.2 13.5
1956 36 DET AL 146 574 64 159 44 5 7 97 0 0 40 42 .277 .323 .408 .730 68.8 9.5
1957 37 DET AL 153 558 43 119 33 2 8 57 0 0 33 60 .213 .258 .323 .581 40.9 1.0
17 Years Sim 1847 6778 962 1925 445 42 110 1062 2 4 611 313 .284 .341 .411 .752 876.3 127.7
1 Years AAA 54 191 20 56 10 1 4 20 3 2 25 9 .293 .376 .419 .795 29.9  
1 Years AA 81 319 36 96 18 6 11 33 2 6 41 10 .301 .380 .498 .878 56.5  
2 Years Minors 135 510 56 152 28 7 15 53 5 8 66 19 .298 .378 .469 .847 86.5  
162 Game Average 594 84 168 39 3 9 93 0 0 53 27 .284 .341 .411 .752 76.9  
Career Highs 158 646 111 207 53 6 15 122 1 2 73 60 .324 .390 .489 .880 105.2  
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   4377 618 1198 288 26 67 692 0 3 354 216 .274 .326 .397 .723 553.6
vs LH   2401 344 727 157 16 43 370 2 1 257 97 .303 .369 .435 .804 373.8
Home 925 3295 481 957 228 17 60 521 1 2 281 140 .290 .345 .425 .769 464.9
Away 922 3483 481 968 217 25 50 541 1 2 330 173 .278 .338 .398 .736 462.5
RISP   1940 0 580 144 15 36 887 0 0 191 93 .299 .354 .444 .798 298.0
Pinch Hitting   109 17 29 10 0 1 28 0 0 8 4 .266 .308 .385 .694 12.7
Close/Late   723 112 216 51 2 12 95 0 0 79 42 .299 .366 .425 .791 109.8
Mar/Apr 281 1034 143 296 64 6 18 164 0 0 108 55 .286 .351 .412 .763 148.1
May 311 1179 193 349 84 6 16 195 0 0 108 49 .296 .353 .418 .771 168.3
June 317 1130 142 300 61 8 20 178 1 0 111 59 .265 .328 .387 .715 144.8
July 287 1044 166 312 75 7 26 165 0 3 76 40 .299 .346 .459 .805 155.3
August 325 1207 168 347 82 10 16 189 1 0 112 53 .287 .346 .412 .758 167.7
Sep/Oct 324 1184 150 321 79 5 14 171 0 1 96 57 .271 .324 .382 .706 143.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1941 21 CIN NL 2B 5 5 38.0 8 18 0 3 1.000 6.16   0.2
    SS 5 5 37.0 6 9 0 4 1.000 3.65   0.2
1942 22 CIN NL 2B 15 7 69.7 22 38 1 5 .984 7.75   0.4
    SS 8 7 60.0 15 26 1 5 .976 6.15   0.4
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1943 23 CIN NL SS 16 13 110.3 15 42 4 11 .934 4.65   0.4
    2B 9 7 57.0 15 22 1 8 .974 5.84   0.3
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1944 24 CIN NL SS 22 19 161.7 29 85 7 18 .942 6.35   1.2
    2B 12 10 88.7 16 26 0 6 1.000 4.26   0.3
1945 25 CIN NL 2B 9 9 76.3 18 36 1 8 .982 6.37   0.6
    SS 0 0 3.8 1 2 0 0 1.000 7.11   0.0
    3B 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  DET AL 2B 92 92 760.4 177 360 9 81 .984 6.36   3.6
    SS 5 5 38.2 7 21 0 3 1.000 6.60   0.3
    3B 1 0 2.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.33   0.0
  TOT   2B 101 101 836.7 195 396 10 89 .983 6.36   4.2
      SS 5 5 42.0 8 23 0 3 1.000 6.64   0.4
      3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1946 26 DET AL SS 24 12 127.0 24 50 4 8 .949 5.24   0.6
    2B 13 12 108.0 32 49 0 13 1.000 6.75   0.9
    3B 7 5 51.0 5 12 2 0 .895 3.00   0.1
1947 27 DET AL 2B 24 21 183.7 40 94 4 15 .971 6.57   1.5
    SS 11 2 33.3 4 19 1 4 .958 6.21   0.3
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1948 28 DET AL SS 108 96 847.7 138 337 19 76 .962 5.04   5.1
    2B 24 24 206.7 50 94 5 26 .966 6.27   0.8
    3B 2 1 10.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1949 29 DET AL SS 108 105 925.3 147 378 17 80 .969 5.11   4.6
    2B 47 43 390.3 88 176 2 34 .992 6.09   2.1
1950 30 DET AL SS 144 141 1249.3 217 526 23 109 .970 5.35   7.7
    2B 8 7 67.0 18 21 0 6 1.000 5.24   0.2
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1951 31 DET AL SS 147 147 1318.0 208 567 36 101 .956 5.29   6.3
    CF 2 2 18.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
    3B 4 0 8.0 2 2 0 2 1.000 4.50   0.1
1952 32 DET AL SS 152 151 1356.7 206 516 24 87 .968 4.79   8.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
1953 33 DET AL 2B 107 103 931.0 204 431 13 97 .980 6.14   6.8
    SS 43 41 364.0 53 145 11 32 .947 4.90   2.2
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1954 34 DET AL 2B 150 148 1328.7 306 594 25 115 .973 6.10   6.0
    3B 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1955 35 DET AL 2B 84 83 741.3 167 321 4 56 .992 5.92   2.5
    SS 67 65 589.3 109 241 13 47 .964 5.35   3.4
    3B 5 0 9.7 2 1 1 0 .750 2.80   0.0
1956 36 DET AL 2B 76 75 661.3 154 285 13 71 .971 5.97   1.4
    SS 67 65 579.7 100 237 13 32 .963 5.23   1.3
    3B 2 0 3.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.0
1957 37 DET AL 2B 117 115 1010.3 238 445 12 95 .983 6.08   4.0
    SS 36 35 297.3 53 120 9 24 .951 5.24   0.7
  SS 963 909 8098.6 1332 3321 182 641 .962 5.17   42.7
  2B 793 761 6719.3 1554 3011 90 640 .981 6.11   31.6
  3B 28 6 98.3 11 22 3 2 .917 3.02   0.3
  CF 2 2 18.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
  1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1787 1678 14935.3 2899 6354 275 1283 .971 5.58   74.6
Career Highs   156 151 1357.7 307 594 36 129 1.000 6.97    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1942 22 CIN NL 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000
1946 26 DET AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
1947 27 DET AL 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750
1949 29 DET AL 7 26 3 8 3 0 0 7 0 0 3 1 .308 .367 .423 .790
1950 30 DET AL 7 26 1 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 .192 .207 .346 .553
1951 31 DET AL 11 45 10 13 3 0 1 6 0 0 3 2 .289 .327 .422 .749
1952 32 DET AL 12 46 4 12 3 0 1 8 0 0 6 3 .261 .346 .391 .737
1954 34 DET AL 7 31 2 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .290 .333 .355 .688
Career Post-Season Batting 52 180 21 49 14 0 3 29 0 0 16 7 .272 .325 .400 .725
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1949-6-.324
1950-8-.319
 Games
1949-1-158
1954-8-156
1955-2-157
 At-Bats
1949-2-638
1950-2-609
1951-8-605
1952-3-618
1953-6-594
1954-8-596
1955-1-646
1956-10-574
 Runs
1955-7-101
 Hits
1949-1-207
1950-5-194
1951-4-189
1955-2-190
 Total Bases
1950-10-298
Singles
1949-2-142
1950-6-124
1951-3-129
1953-7-120
1955-3-135
 Doubles
1949-1-53
1950-1-50
1951-2-46
1952-7-36
1954-6-38
1955-2-47
1956-1-44
1957-10-33
 Triples
1950-7-6
1956-8-5
 RBIs
1949-9-119
1950-8-122
1954-5-118
1956-10-97
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 68    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 38    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 32nd overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1941
Injured on 7/27/1941 with a Blister On Finger, out for 3 days
Had first career hit (double) on 9/1/1941, off Rube Melton (SLC)
Hit first career homerun on 6/5/1942, off Rube Melton (SLC)
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1943
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cincinnati to Detroit on 6/1/1945 (Going to CIN: P Max Lanier, 2B Moe Franklin. Going to DET: P Joe Dobson, SS Billy Cox)
9/22/1945: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,150,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1949, hitting .576 with 0 HR, 14 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1949, hitting .380 with 3 HR, 30 RBI
7/1/1949: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $5,240,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Cincinnati on 6/13/1950
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cincinnati on 7/8/1950
Drove in 8 runs against New York (A) on 9/19/1950
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
Won World Series with Detroit in 1951
6/1/1953: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 7/12/1954
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Brooklyn on 9/14/1955
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1956, hitting .531 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 5/17/1956
Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game
Injured on 7/12/1956 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 7 runs against Brooklyn on 8/6/1956
3/3/1957: Signed a minor league contract extension with Detroit
 
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