Billy Cox Stats

Billy Cox was born on Friday, August 29, 1919, in Newport, Pennsylvania. Cox was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 20, 1941, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. 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 Billy Cox baseball stats page.

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Billy Cox



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Birth Name:   William Richard Cox
Nickname:   Billy
Born On:   08-29-1919  (Virgo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Newport, Pennsylvania
Year of Death Data Died On:   03-30-1978 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Cemetery:   Newport Cemetery, Newport, Pennsylvania
High School:   Newport High School (Newport, PA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10   Player Weight Chart Weight:   150
First Game:   09-20-1941 (Age 22)
Last Game:   06-11-1955
Draft:   Not Applicable

Billy Cox

Billy Cox Pitching Stats

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Billy Cox Hitting Stats

1941 22 Pirates 10 37 4 10 3 1 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 - 0 1 .270 .325 .405
1946 27 Pirates 121 411 32 119 22 6 2 0 36 26 1 15 10 - 1 4 .290 .333 .387
1947 28 Pirates 132 529 75 145 30 7 15 1 54 29 2 28 2 - 1 5 .274 .313 .442
1948 29 Dodgers 88 237 36 59 13 2 3 0 15 38 7 19 4 - 0 8 .249 .353 .359
1949 30 Dodgers 100 390 48 91 18 2 8 0 40 30 2 18 5 - 1 9 .233 .290 .351
1950 31 Dodgers 119 451 62 116 17 2 8 0 44 35 3 24 8 - 0 15 .257 .311 .357
1951 32 Dodgers 142 455 62 127 25 4 9 1 51 37 10 30 13 - 2 8 .279 .336 .411
1952 33 Dodgers 116 455 56 118 12 3 6 0 34 25 2 32 8 - 2 13 .259 .301 .338
1953 34 Dodgers 100 327 44 95 18 1 10 1 44 37 13 21 7 - 0 7 .291 .363 .443
1954 35 Dodgers 77 226 26 53 9 2 2 0 17 21 4 13 3 2 0 8 .235 .297 .319
1955 36 Orioles 53 194 25 41 7 2 3 0 14 17 0 16 2 0 0 5 .211 .275 .314
11 Years 1,058 3,712 470 974 174 32 66 3 351 298 44 218 62 2 7 83 .262 .318 .380

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Billy Cox Fielding Stats

1941 Pirates SS 10 10 261 53 5.3 50 15 35 3 8 n/a n/a n/a .943 5.17
1946 Pirates SS 114 110 2,751 597 5.2 558 235 323 39 59 n/a n/a n/a .935 5.48
1947 Pirates SS 129 123 3,228 628 4.9 608 220 388 20 63 n/a n/a n/a .968 5.09
1948 Dodgers 2B 1 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1948 Dodgers 3B 70 56 1,581 165 2.4 158 51 107 7 7 n/a n/a n/a .958 2.70
1948 Dodgers SS 6 4 120 22 3.7 21 8 13 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .955 4.73
1949 Dodgers 3B 100 100 2,640 329 3.3 317 104 213 12 28 n/a n/a n/a .964 3.24
1950 Dodgers 2B 13 9 279 62 4.8 62 31 31 0 7 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.00
1950 Dodgers 3B 107 104 2,727 350 3.3 335 102 233 15 35 n/a n/a n/a .957 3.32
1950 Dodgers SS 9 3 120 21 2.3 20 10 10 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .952 4.50
1951 Dodgers 3B 139 126 3,420 418 3.0 404 140 264 14 26 n/a n/a n/a .967 3.19
1951 Dodgers SS 1 0 9 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1952 Dodgers 2B 9 3 114 24 2.7 24 13 11 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.68
1952 Dodgers 3B 100 96 2,442 265 2.7 257 100 157 8 26 n/a n/a n/a .970 2.84
1952 Dodgers SS 10 9 240 48 4.8 47 27 20 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .979 5.29
1953 Dodgers 2B 1 1 27 4 4.0 3 1 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 3.00
1953 Dodgers 3B 89 86 2,205 234 2.6 228 86 142 6 20 n/a n/a n/a .974 2.79
1953 Dodgers SS 6 1 72 8 1.3 8 5 3 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1954 Dodgers 2B 11 11 288 50 4.5 49 22 27 1 5 n/a n/a n/a .980 4.59
1954 Dodgers 3B 58 44 1,206 153 2.6 147 57 90 6 7 n/a n/a n/a .961 3.29
1954 Dodgers SS 8 6 174 27 3.4 27 14 13 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.19
1955 Orioles 2B 18 10 327 53 2.9 53 25 28 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.38
1955 Orioles 3B 37 34 798 98 2.6 95 28 67 3 5 n/a n/a n/a .969 3.21
1955 Orioles SS 6 2 51 12 2.0 11 2 9 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .917 5.82
3B Totals 700 646 17,019 2,012 2.9 1,941 668 1,273 71 154 n/a n/a n/a .965 3.08
SS Totals 299 268 7,026 1,417 4.7 1,351 537 814 66 144 n/a n/a n/a .953 5.19
2B Totals 53 34 1,041 193 3.6 191 92 99 2 20 n/a n/a n/a .990 4.95
11 Years 1,052 948 25,086 3,622 3.4 3,483 1,297 2,186 139 318 n/a n/a n/a .962 3.75

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Billy Cox Miscellaneous Stats

1941 Pirates 1 1 .500 0 0 n/a 0.0 18.5 18.5 - - -
1946 Pirates 4 3 .571 3 4 n/a 205.5 27.4 11.4 - - -
1947 Pirates 5 5 .500 2 1 n/a 35.3 18.9 9.8 - - -
1948 Dodgers 3 2 .600 10 1 n/a 79.0 12.5 15.8 - - -
1949 Dodgers 5 2 .714 0 0 n/a 48.8 21.7 9.8 - - -
1950 Dodgers 6 4 .600 1 0 n/a 56.4 18.8 10.3 - - -
1951 Dodgers 5 5 .500 5 1 n/a 50.6 15.2 8.9 - - -
1952 Dodgers 10 12 .455 5 1 n/a 75.8 14.2 13.4 - - -
1953 Dodgers 2 2 .500 7 2 n/a 32.7 15.6 7.4 - - -
1954 Dodgers 0 0 .000 4 5 n/a 113.0 17.4 13.3 - - -
1955 Orioles 1 2 .333 4 1 n/a 64.7 12.1 13.9 - - -
11 Years 42 38 .525 41 16 n/a 56.2 17.0 10.6 - - -

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Billy Cox Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1941 Pittsburgh Pirates 38 Undetermined - -
1946 Pittsburgh Pirates 4 Undetermined - -
1947 Pittsburgh Pirates 6 Undetermined - -
1948 Brooklyn Dodgers 3 Undetermined - -
1949 Brooklyn Dodgers 3 Undetermined - Stats
1950 Brooklyn Dodgers 3 Undetermined - -
1951 Brooklyn Dodgers 3 $11,500.00 - -
1952 Brooklyn Dodgers 3 Undetermined - Stats
1953 Brooklyn Dodgers 3 Undetermined - Stats
1954 Brooklyn Dodgers 3 $19,000.00 - -
1955 Baltimore Orioles 3 Undetermined - -

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