Nellie
Fox
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 155
 
Born: December 25, 1927 in Usa, PA, ST. THOMAS
 
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 19 BOS AL     6 6 6 1 1 1 5 6 6 3 4 4 9 9 9
1948 20 TAM AL     6 6 6 1 1 1 5 6 6 3 4 4 9 9 9
1949 21 BSN NL     6 6 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 4 4 9 9 9
1950 22 BSN NL     6 6 6 2 2 2 6 7 7 3 4 4 9 9 9
1951 23 BSN NL     6 6 5 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1952 24 BSN NL     6 6 5 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 5 9 9 9
1953 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 5 9 9 9
1954 26 BSN NL     6 6 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 5 6 5 9 9 9
1955 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 5 6 5 9 9 9
1956 28 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 6 7 7 5 6 5 9 9 9
1957 29 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 6 7 7 5 6 5 9 9 9
1958 30 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 5 5 5 6 7 6 5 6 6 9 9 9
1959 31 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 5 9 9 9
1960 32 BSN NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 6 5 6 5 8 8 8
1961 33 BSN NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 6 5 6 5 8 8 8
1962 34 DET AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1963 35 BSN NL $ 400,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 4 5 5 3 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 5 5 3 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 400,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
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
1947 19 AAA   112 439 45 120 22 3 3 37 11 3 37 10 .273 .330 .358 .687 52.3  
1948 20 AAA   54 225 20 57 12 0 3 23 4 4 17 8 .253 .306 .347 .652 23.1  
    AA   83 343 39 107 17 1 1 33 5 10 32 12 .312 .371 .376 .747 44.6  
1949 21 AAA   49 169 27 53 10 1 2 27 6 5 22 6 .314 .393 .420 .813 26.9  
    AA   81 321 51 99 13 5 3 32 9 14 40 10 .308 .385 .408 .793 47.3  
1950 22 AAA   80 105 21 21 5 0 2 15 1 0 13 5 .200 .288 .305 .593 10.0  
1951 23 AAA   82 216 39 62 7 0 9 36 5 5 21 10 .287 .350 .444 .795 32.7  
1952 24 AAA   111 282 52 84 16 0 6 41 3 3 31 9 .298 .367 .418 .786 42.3  
1953 25 BSN NL 2 6 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 2.2 0.6
    AAA   135 532 83 153 31 5 13 68 10 12 61 30 .288 .361 .438 .799 80.6  
1954 26 AAA   134 488 92 168 35 4 8 61 5 10 69 22 .344 .425 .482 .907 91.8  
1955 27 BSN NL 9 10 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .300 .600 0.9 0.1
    AAA   92 370 43 106 24 3 11 56 7 3 48 20 .286 .368 .457 .825 61.5  
1956 28 BSN NL 23 42 3 11 4 1 1 9 0 0 3 3 .262 .292 .476 .768 6.5 0.8
    AAA   81 301 47 85 15 1 9 50 6 7 42 22 .282 .370 .429 .799 47.2  
1957 29 BSN NL 50 78 9 18 4 0 2 14 0 0 9 5 .231 .315 .359 .674 10.5 1.2
1958 30 BSN NL 74 123 20 42 3 1 3 18 0 0 6 9 .341 .372 .455 .827 19.1 3.9
1959 31 BSN NL 66 147 18 31 6 3 2 18 0 0 7 10 .211 .261 .333 .594 11.1 0.5
1960 32 BSN NL 102 261 39 62 12 1 8 34 0 0 27 28 .238 .312 .383 .695 30.3 4.5
1961 33 BSN NL 124 296 31 68 16 4 4 25 0 0 30 30 .230 .311 .351 .663 31.0 4.2
1962 34 DET AL 93 155 11 39 9 1 1 11 0 0 11 17 .252 .304 .342 .646 16.2 2.2
1963 35 BSN NL 92 259 23 48 4 0 5 25 3 1 22 44 .185 .259 .259 .517 19.7 0.3
    AAA   54 205 35 52 9 1 5 16 5 4 22 28 .254 .326 .380 .706 25.6  
10 Years Sim 635 1377 158 325 58 11 27 156 3 1 115 147 .236 .301 .353 .654 147.2 18.2
11 Years AAA 984 3332 504 961 186 18 71 430 63 56 383 170 .288 .367 .419 .786 493.9  
2 Years AA 164 664 90 206 30 6 4 65 14 24 72 22 .310 .385 .392 .776 92.0  
13 Years Minors 1148 3996 594 1167 216 24 75 495 77 80 455 192 .292 .370 .414 .784 585.9  
162 Game Average 351 40 82 14 2 6 39 0 0 29 37 .236 .301 .353 .654 37.6  
Career Highs 124 296 39 68 16 4 8 34 3 1 30 44 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 31.0  
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   953 118 246 48 6 21 117 1 1 78 88 .258 .318 .387 .706 115.0
vs LH   424 40 79 10 5 6 39 2 0 37 59 .186 .261 .276 .537 29.9
Home 307 602 73 156 33 3 12 63 1 1 57 64 .259 .330 .384 .714 74.6
Away 328 775 85 169 25 8 15 93 2 0 58 83 .218 .277 .329 .606 70.3
RISP   315 0 71 10 5 6 118 0 0 33 35 .225 .294 .346 .640 33.8
Pinch Hitting   104 8 24 4 1 0 7 0 0 12 7 .231 .314 .288 .602 9.8
Close/Late   193 47 55 12 1 2 22 0 0 23 16 .285 .369 .389 .758 27.1
Mar/Apr 98 218 29 56 11 1 6 31 1 0 18 26 .257 .321 .399 .720 27.3
May 89 152 22 39 10 1 3 16 0 0 17 9 .257 .329 .395 .724 20.0
June 76 156 20 31 5 2 1 11 0 0 13 11 .199 .282 .276 .557 11.0
July 103 223 32 63 9 0 6 33 1 0 17 35 .283 .339 .404 .742 29.7
August 129 292 25 55 13 4 3 27 0 1 26 34 .188 .263 .291 .554 21.1
Sep/Oct 140 336 30 81 10 3 8 38 1 0 24 32 .241 .290 .360 .651 35.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1953 25 BSN NL 3B 2 1 10.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1955 27 BSN NL SS 2 1 11.7 0 2 1 0 .667 1.54 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 3 0 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1956 28 BSN NL SS 14 9 82.3 9 27 1 6 .973 3.94 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 4 3 21.0 1 6 0 2 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 3 0 4.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1957 29 BSN NL SS 25 15 152.7 37 54 0 17 1.000 5.36 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    2B 11 3 53.0 4 12 3 4 .842 2.72 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 4 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 5 0 4.7 6 0 0 2 1.000 11.59 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 30 BSN NL 2B 26 14 141.7 18 46 2 10 .970 4.07 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    SS 25 13 132.0 20 56 1 13 .987 5.18 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    3B 5 0 12.3 1 4 0 1 1.000 3.65 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 2 1 7.0 6 0 0 1 1.000 7.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1959 31 BSN NL 2B 23 20 184.3 35 81 2 11 .983 5.66 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    SS 22 12 130.7 22 54 3 9 .962 5.23 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    3B 9 1 23.0 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.74 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1960 32 BSN NL 2B 64 62 540.7 110 207 11 45 .966 5.28 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    1B 11 5 55.0 65 5 0 0 1.000 11.45 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 10 1 23.0 0 6 0 2 1.000 2.35 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 8 0 16.0 2 6 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1961 33 BSN NL 2B 50 30 300.3 61 145 3 24 .986 6.17 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    SS 18 16 132.0 20 62 3 7 .965 5.59 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    3B 16 12 115.7 10 28 3 3 .927 2.96 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 17 12 107.0 130 10 1 10 .993 11.78 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1962 34 DET AL 2B 40 31 298.0 54 137 0 28 1.000 5.77 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    3B 12 0 16.3 0 5 0 1 1.000 2.76 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 3 0 7.0 3 4 0 2 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 3 0 5.0 7 1 0 1 1.000 14.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.77 0 0 .000 1 0.0
1963 35 BSN NL 2B 55 54 449.7 108 181 3 41 .990 5.78 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    SS 28 25 222.7 25 96 4 16 .968 4.89 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    1B 3 1 16.0 11 2 0 1 1.000 7.31 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 272 214 1971.6 391 811 24 163 .980 5.49 0 0 .000 0 8.6
  SS 145 91 887.0 138 361 13 71 .975 5.06 0 0 .000 0 4.1
  3B 67 18 240.3 16 59 3 10 .962 2.81 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  1B 44 19 198.7 228 19 1 15 .996 11.19 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  C 1 0 1.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.77 0 0 .000 1 0.0
Career Totals   529 342 3298.9 774 1250 41 259 .980 5.52 0 0 .000 1 13.7
Career Highs   101 80 691.3 221 281 11 58 1.000 6.40 0 0 .000 1  
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 27th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1947
Injured on 8/6/1947 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 4/12/1948 with a Blister On Finger, out for 3 days
Traded from Boston (A) to Tampa Bay on 6/1/1948 (Going to TAM: P Billy Pierce, CF Clyde Vollmer, RF Dick Kokos, 2B Nellie Fox, P Newt Kimball. Going to BOS: 2B Jackie Robinson, RF Les Fleming, C Walker Cooper, CF Dom Dimaggio)
Traded from Tampa Bay to Boston (N) on 7/1/1949 (Going to TAM: 3B Grady Hatton, 1B Pat Seerey, P Johnny Beazley. Going to BSN: RF Dick Kokos, 2B Nellie Fox, P Bob Hall)
Injured on 6/22/1952 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 6 days
Had first career hit on 9/26/1953, off Hank Behrman (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 9/26/1953, off Hank Behrman (BRK)
Injured on 8/19/1954 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for 2 weeks
Injured on 8/15/1955 with a Strained Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 6-7 weeks
Injured on 5/27/1956 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 4 days
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/11/1960 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 4 weeks
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Boston (N) to Detroit on 4/2/1962 (Going to BSN: P Bob Chakales. Going to DET: CF Gus Bell, 3B Nellie Fox, RF Walt Moryn)
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/9/1963 to a 1-year deal worth $400,000 per year
Injured on 4/15/1963 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 5/14/1963 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 5/23/1963 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for one week