Nellie Fox

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 160lb (178cm, 72kg)

Born: December 25, 1927 in St. Thomas, PA us

Died: December 1, 1975 in Baltimore, MD

Buried: St. Thomas Cemetery, St. Thomas, PA

Debut: June 8, 1947 (Age 19-165d, 10,336th in major league history)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 25, 1965 (Age 37-212d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1997. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Nellie Fox's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1949 season

Full Name: Jacob Nelson Fox

Nicknames: Mighty Mite or Little Nel

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

49.4

9232

2663

.289

1279

RBI

790

OBP

.348

SLG

.363

OPS

.710

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	39 (38)	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-10	GF	6	2.0	3	2	0	5	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	56 (16)	Jun 17	PHA		SLB	W,6-5	GF	2	0.1	1	0	0	1	0
3	57	Jun 19 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
4	58	Jun 19 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
5	59	Jun 20	PHA		CLE	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
6	60	Jun 21	PHA		CLE	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
7	61	Jun 22	PHA		CLE	L,3-7	CG	59	14.0	6	7	0	13	4
8	62	Jun 23	PHA		CHW	W,11-4	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
9	63	Jun 24	PHA		CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	6	5	0	11	1
10	64	Jun 25	PHA		CHW	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
11	65	Jun 26 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
12	66	Jun 26 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,0-3	GS	26	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
13	67	Jun 28	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
14	68	Jun 29	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	3
15	69	Jun 30	PHA	@	WSH	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	70	Jul 1	PHA		BOS	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
17	71	Jul 2	PHA		BOS	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
18	72	Jul 3	PHA		BOS	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
19	73	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	2
20	74	Jul 4 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,8-0	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	75	Jul 7	PHA		NYY	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
22	76	Jul 8	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
23	79 (2)	Jul 10 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,10-11	CG	39	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
24	80	Jul 14	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	81	Jul 15	PHA	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
26	82	Jul 16	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-7	GS	23	5.0	2	4	0	6	2
27	84 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	46	10.1	0	5	0	5	0
28	85	Jul 18	PHA	@	DET	W,13-8	CG	0	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
29	86	Jul 19 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
30	87	Jul 19 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	GS	0	2.0	2	2	0	4	2
31	88	Jul 21 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-15	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
32	89	Jul 21 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
33	90	Jul 22	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-12	CG	49	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
34	99 (8)	Jul 31 (2)	PHA		DET	L,0-6	CG	45	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	100	Aug 2	PHA		CHW	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
36	102 (1)	Aug 5	PHA		CLE	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
37	103	Aug 6	PHA		CLE	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
38	104	Aug 7 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
39	105	Aug 7 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,4-2	GS	28	6.0	2	4	0	6	0
40	106	Aug 9	PHA	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
41	107	Aug 10	PHA	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
42	108	Aug 12	PHA		NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
43	109	Aug 13	PHA		NYY	L,7-9	GS	29	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
44	110	Aug 14 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,2-4	GS	34	7.0	4	1	0	5	1
45	111	Aug 14 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
46	112	Aug 15	PHA		NYY	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
47	113	Aug 16	PHA		BOS	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
48	114	Aug 17	PHA		BOS	L,1-5	CG	39	10.0	2	8	0	10	2
49	115	Aug 19	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	2
50	116	Aug 20	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
51	117	Aug 21	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
52	118	Aug 23	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
53	119	Aug 24	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
54	120	Aug 25	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
55	121	Aug 26	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-11	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
56	122	Aug 27	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	4	3	0	7	2
57	123	Aug 28	PHA	@	DET	L,4-6	GS	0	5.0	1	0	1	2	0
58	126 (2)	Aug 31 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	W,2-1	GF	27	7.0	2	2	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	127	Sep 1	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	1	3	2	6	1
60	128	Sep 2	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
61	129	Sep 3	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
62	130	Sep 4	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS	28	5.0	3	2	2	7	0
63	131	Sep 5 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,4-13	CG	51	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
64	132	Sep 5 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,2-5	CG	32	7.0	4	3	0	7	2
65	141 (8)	Sep 16 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,3-6	GF	32	7.0	2	1	0	3	1
66	142	Sep 17	PHA		CHW	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
67	143	Sep 18 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
68	144	Sep 18 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
69	145	Sep 19	PHA		SLB	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
70	146	Sep 20	PHA		DET	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
71	147	Sep 21	PHA		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	148	Sep 25 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
73	149	Sep 25 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,0-4	CG	35	7.0	1	4	0	5	1
74	150	Sep 27	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	151	Sep 28	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
76	153 (1)	Oct 1	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
77	154	Oct 2	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-3	GS	0	7.0	3	4	0	7	0
							77gm		631.2	191	196	7	394	68