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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CHW	@	SLB	W,17-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
2	2	Apr 19	CHW	@	SLB	W,13-5	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
3	3	Apr 20	CHW		DET	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
4	4	Apr 21	CHW		DET	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	2B
5	5	Apr 22	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
6	6	Apr 24	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
7	7	Apr 25 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	2B
8	8	Apr 25 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
9	9	Apr 28	CHW	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
10	10	Apr 29	CHW	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	CHW		NYY	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	6	4	0	10	1	2B
12	12	May 2	CHW		NYY	L,4-6	GS	37	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
13	13	May 3	CHW		WSH	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
14	14	May 4	CHW		WSH	W,6-5	CG	47	11.0	4	2	1	7	1	2B
15	15	May 5	CHW		WSH	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
16	16	May 6 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
17	17	May 6 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
18	18	May 8	CHW		PHA	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
19	19	May 11	CHW		CLE	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	6	2	1	9	1	2B
20	20	May 12	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
21	21	May 13 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-11	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
22	22	May 13 (2)	CHW		CLE	T,4-4	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	2B
23	23	May 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	51	11.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
24	24	May 16	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
25	25	May 18	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	2B
26	26	May 20	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
27	27	May 21	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	2B
28	28	May 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	2	9	0	11	1	2B
29	29	May 24	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
30	30	May 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
31	31	May 26	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
32	32	May 27 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
33	33	May 27 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
34	34	May 28	CHW		SLB	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
35	35	May 30 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
36	36	May 30 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	37	Jun 2	CHW		PHA	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
38	38	Jun 3 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
39	39	Jun 3 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
40	40	Jun 4 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	2B
41	41	Jun 4 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
42	42	Jun 5	CHW		BOS	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	4	7	1	12	0	2B
43	43	Jun 6	CHW		WSH	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
44	44	Jun 7	CHW		WSH	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
45	45	Jun 8	CHW		NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
46	46	Jun 9	CHW		NYY	L,5-10	CG	47	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
47	47	Jun 10 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
48	48	Jun 10 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
49	49	Jun 12	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
50	50	Jun 14 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
51	51	Jun 14 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,14-5	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
52	52	Jun 15 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	49	10.2	4	4	0	8	1	2B
53	53	Jun 15 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-12	GS	20	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
54	54	Jun 16	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	46	10.2	4	2	1	7	0	2B
55	55	Jun 17 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
56	56	Jun 17 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	2B
57	57	Jun 19 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,9-11	CG	45	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
58	58	Jun 19 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
59	59	Jun 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
60	60	Jun 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
61	61	Jun 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
62	62	Jun 23	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	50	10.0	6	6	0	12	2	2B
63	63	Jun 24 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
64	64	Jun 24 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
65	65	Jun 26	CHW		DET	W,11-3	CG	41	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
66	66	Jun 27	CHW		DET	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
67	67	Jun 29	CHW		SLB	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
68	68	Jun 30	CHW		SLB	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	69	Jul 1 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,2-1	CG	43	11.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
70	70	Jul 1 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
71	71	Jul 2	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
72	72	Jul 3	CHW		CLE	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
73	76 (3)	Jul 6 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
74	77	Jul 6 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
75	78	Jul 7	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
76	79	Jul 8	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	5	4	1	10	1	2B
77	80	Jul 12 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
78	81	Jul 12 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,4-5	CG	63	17.0	6	8	0	14	4	2B
79	82	Jul 13	CHW		BOS	W,5-4	CG	74	19.0	6	7	1	14	5	2B
80	83	Jul 14	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
81	84	Jul 15 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
82	85	Jul 15 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
83	86	Jul 16	CHW		PHA	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
84	87	Jul 17	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
85	88	Jul 18	CHW		NYY	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	6	5	0	11	1	2B
86	89	Jul 19	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	2B
87	90	Jul 20	CHW		WSH	L,1-2	CG	44	10.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
88	91	Jul 21	CHW		WSH	L,5-10	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
89	92	Jul 22 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
90	93	Jul 22 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,5-11	GS	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
91	95 (1)	Jul 25	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
92	96	Jul 26	CHW	@	BOS	L,10-13	CG	42	8.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
93	97	Jul 27	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
94	98	Jul 29 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
95	99	Jul 29 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
96	100	Jul 31	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	3	5	0	8	3
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	101	Aug 1	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
98	102	Aug 2	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
99	103	Aug 3	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
100	104	Aug 4	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
101	105	Aug 5	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
102	106	Aug 6	CHW	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
103	107	Aug 7	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	50	13.0	9	2	0	11	2	2B
104	108	Aug 8	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	47	10.1	1	2	0	3	1
105	109	Aug 10	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	0	5	1	6	0	2B
106	110	Aug 11	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
107	111	Aug 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
108	112	Aug 15	CHW		DET	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
109	113	Aug 16	CHW		DET	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	2B
110	114	Aug 17 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
111	115	Aug 17 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
112	116	Aug 18	CHW		CLE	L,0-7	CG	44	9.0	4	6	1	11	1	2B
113	117	Aug 19 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
114	118	Aug 19 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,7-6	GS	30	7.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
115	119	Aug 21	CHW		PHA	W,13-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
116	120	Aug 22 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	2B
117	121	Aug 22 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	2B
118	122	Aug 23	CHW		PHA	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
119	123	Aug 24	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
120	124	Aug 25	CHW		BOS	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
121	125	Aug 26 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
122	126	Aug 26 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,6-8	GS	37	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
123	127	Aug 28	CHW		WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	5	8	0	13	2	2B
124	128	Aug 29	CHW		WSH	L,1-2	CG	53	13.0	6	2	1	9	0	2B
125	129	Aug 31	CHW	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	130	Sep 1	CHW	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
127	131	Sep 2	CHW	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
128	132	Sep 3 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	42	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
129	133	Sep 3 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
130	134	Sep 4	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	43	11.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
131	135	Sep 6	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
132	136	Sep 7 (1)	CHW		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
133	137	Sep 7 (2)	CHW		DET	L,1-2	CG	55	14.0	6	3	0	9	1	2B
134	140 (2)	Sep 11	CHW	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	47	9.1	5	1	0	6	0	2B
135	141	Sep 12	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
136	143 (1)	Sep 15	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	46	11.1	2	2	0	4	1	2B
137	145 (1)	Sep 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-12	CG	43	8.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
138	146	Sep 18	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
139	147	Sep 19	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
140	148	Sep 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	31	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
141	149	Sep 22	CHW		SLB	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	5	6	0	11	1	2B
142	150	Sep 23	CHW		SLB	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
143	151	Sep 25	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
144	152	Sep 28 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
145	153	Sep 28 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	3	2	0	5	2
146	154	Sep 29	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
147	155	Sep 30	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
							147gm		1342.1	413	449	17	879	112