Bill Cox was born on Monday, June 23, 1913, in Ashmore, Illinois. Cox was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 6, 1936, with the St. Louis Cardinals. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bill Cox baseball stats page.
"Jack (Ruby) could be hot-headed, but he didn't strike me as a compulsive man...Jack was standing there (in the bank) crying and he had about $7,000 in cash on him the day of the assassination. He and I talked and I warned him that he'd be knocked in the head one day carrying all that cash on him." - Bill Cox (Former Baseball Player / Loan Officer at Merchants State Bank in Dallas, Texas) in The Ruby Cover-Up (Seth Kantor, August 1976)
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Bill CoxBill Cox Pitching Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
| 1936 | 23 | Cardinals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1937 | 24 | White Sox | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.71 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12.2 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1938 | 25 | White Sox | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 58 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1938 | 25 | Browns | 22 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 296 | 81 | 49 | 53 | 8 | 35 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1939 | 26 | Browns | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 47 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1940 | 27 | Browns | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.1 | 84 | 23 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
| 5 Years | 50 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 9 | .182 | 6.56 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 116.2 | 550 | 138 | 85 | 100 | 11 | 74 | 8 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
Bill CoxBill Cox Hitting Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| 1936 | 23 | Cardinals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1937 | 24 | White Sox | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .250 |
| 1938 | 25 | White Sox | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1938 | 25 | Browns | 24 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .111 | .118 |
| 1939 | 26 | Browns | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1940 | 27 | Browns | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
| 5 Years | 53 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .080 | .148 | .120 | ||
Bill CoxBill Cox Fielding Stats |
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| Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| 1936 Cardinals | P | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1937 White Sox | P | 3 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.71 |
| 1938 White Sox | P | 7 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.54 |
| 1938 Browns | P | 22 | 7 | 189 | 18 | 0.8 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .944 | 2.43 |
| 1939 Browns | P | 4 | 2 | 28 | 6 | 1.5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 5.79 |
| 1940 Browns | P | 12 | 0 | 52 | 5 | 0.4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.60 |
| Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| P Totals | 50 | 12 | 350 | 33 | 0.7 | 31 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .939 | 2.39 | |
| 5 Years | 50 | 12 | 350 | 33 | 0.7 | 31 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .939 | 2.39 | |
Bill CoxBill Cox Miscellaneous Stats |
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| Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 1936 Cardinals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.00 | 3.37 | 3.37 |
| 1937 White Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1.60 | 5.68 | 3.55 |
| 1938 White Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.38 | 3.86 | 10.03 |
| 1938 Browns | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | n/a | 0.0 | 2.8 | 17.0 | 0.46 | 2.29 | 5.00 |
| 1939 Browns | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.00 | 7.71 | 7.71 |
| 1940 Browns | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.58 | 3.63 | 6.23 |
| Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 5 Years | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 3 | n/a | 0.0 | 2.8 | 25.0 | 0.61 | 3.47 | 5.71 |
Bill CoxBill Cox Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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| Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
| 1936 St. Louis Cardinals | 22 | $2,700.00 | - | - |
| 1937 Chicago White Sox | 66 | $2,700.00 | - | - |
| 1938 Chicago White Sox | 24 | $3,300.00 | - | - |
| 1938 St. Louis Browns | 17 | " " | - | - |
| 1939 St. Louis Browns | 19 | $2,400.00 | - | - |
| 1940 St. Louis Browns | 27 | $3,300.00 | - | - |
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