Nellie Fox Trades and Transactions

The Nellie Fox trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Nellie Fox has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

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Nellie Fox

Nellie Fox Autograph on a 1955 Bowman Baseball Card (#33 | <a href='../baseball_cards/baseball_cards_oneset.php?s=1955bow01' title='1955 Bowman Baseball Card Checklist'>Checklist</a>)

Nellie Fox Autograph on a 1955 Bowman Baseball Card (#33 | Checklist)

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Birth Name:   Jacob Nelson Fox
Nickname:   Little Nel - Nellie - The Mighty Mite
Born On:   12-25-1927  (Capricorn)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   St. Thomas, Pennsylvania
Year of Death Data Died On:   12-01-1975
Place of Death Data Died In:   Baltimore, Maryland
Cemetery:   St. Thomas Cemetery, St. Thomas, Pennsylvania
High School:   St. Thomas High School (St. Thomas, PA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-09   Player Weight Chart Weight:   150
First Game:   06-08-1947 (Age 19)
Last Game:   07-24-1965
Draft:   Not Applicable

Nellie Fox Trades & Transactions

Baseball Trades & Transactions Involving Nellie Fox

-- Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Athletics (1944).
10-19-1949 Traded by Philadelphia Athletics to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Joe Tipton (October 19, 1949).
12-10-1963 Traded by Chicago White Sox to Houston Colt .45s in exchange for Jim Golden, Danny Murphy and cash (December 10, 1963).
10-09-1964 Released by Houston Astros (October 9, 1964).
05-12-1965 Signed by Houston Astros (May 12, 1965).
07-31-1965 Released by Houston Astros (July 31, 1965).

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Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

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Baseball trades & transactions, like the Nellie Fox trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.