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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
2	2	Apr 14	CHW		KCA	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
3	3	Apr 16	CHW		CLE	W,9-4	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
4	4	Apr 17 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
5	5	Apr 17 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	1	8	0	2B
6	6	Apr 21	CHW	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
7	7	Apr 22	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
8	8	Apr 23	CHW	@	KCA	W,29-6	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
9	9	Apr 24	CHW	@	KCA	L,0-5	GS	27	5.1	3	2	0	5	2	2B
10	10	Apr 26	CHW		NYY	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
11	11	Apr 27	CHW		NYY	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
12	12	Apr 28	CHW		BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
13	13	Apr 29	CHW		BOS	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	2B
14	14	Apr 30	CHW		BOS	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,8-9	CG	54	11.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
16	16	May 1 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
17	17	May 3	CHW		WSH	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	5	6	0	11	3	2B
18	18	May 4	CHW		WSH	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
19	19	May 6	CHW		DET	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
20	20	May 7	CHW		DET	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
21	21	May 8 (1)	CHW		DET	W,5-4	CG	43	11.0	6	8	0	14	3	2B
22	22	May 8 (2)	CHW		DET	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
23	23	May 10	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
24	24	May 11	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
25	25	May 12	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
26	26	May 15 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
27	27	May 15 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
28	28	May 17	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
29	29	May 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-11	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
30	30	May 20	CHW		KCA	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
31	31	May 21	CHW		KCA	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
32	32	May 22 (1)	CHW		KCA	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
33	33	May 22 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
34	34	May 24	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
35	35	May 26 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
36	36	May 26 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,9-10	CG	37	8.0	2	5	1	8	1	2B
37	37	May 27	CHW	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
38	38	May 28	CHW	@	DET	W,16-4	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
39	39	May 29	CHW	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
40	40	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,1-9	CG	48	9.0	4	3	1	8	3	2B
41	41	May 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	42	Jun 1	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
43	43	Jun 2	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
44	44	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
45	45	Jun 4	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
46	46	Jun 5 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
47	47	Jun 5 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
48	48	Jun 8	CHW		BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	9	4	0	13	2	2B
49	49	Jun 11	CHW		WSH	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	2B
50	50	Jun 12 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
51	51	Jun 12 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
52	52	Jun 14	CHW	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	3	1	8	2	2B
53	53	Jun 15 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
54	54	Jun 15 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
55	55	Jun 16	CHW	@	BAL	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
56	56	Jun 17	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
57	57	Jun 18	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
58	58	Jun 19 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
59	59	Jun 19 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
60	60	Jun 21	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
61	61	Jun 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	2B
62	62	Jun 23	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
63	63	Jun 24	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
64	64	Jun 25	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
65	65	Jun 26 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
66	66	Jun 26 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
67	67	Jun 28	CHW		DET	L,4-5	CG	44	10.0	4	5	0	9	0	2B
68	68	Jun 29	CHW		DET	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
69	69	Jun 30	CHW		DET	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	70	Jul 1	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
71	71	Jul 2	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
72	72	Jul 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,9-14	CG	43	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
73	73	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	KCA	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
74	74	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
75	75	Jul 6	CHW	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
76	76	Jul 7	CHW	@	DET	W,12-1	CG	29	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	2B
77	77	Jul 8	CHW		CLE	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
78	78	Jul 9	CHW		CLE	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
79	79	Jul 10 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
80	80	Jul 10 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
81	81	Jul 14 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,13-4	GS	27	6.0	1	4	1	6	0	2B
82	82	Jul 14 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	2B
83	83	Jul 15	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
84	84	Jul 16	CHW		BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
85	85	Jul 17 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	5	5	1	11	0	2B
86	86	Jul 17 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
87	87	Jul 18	CHW		BAL	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
88	88	Jul 19	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
89	89	Jul 20	CHW		NYY	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	2B
90	90	Jul 21	CHW		NYY	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	6	9	0	15	1	2B
91	91	Jul 22	CHW		BOS	W,10-7	CG	46	9.0	6	6	0	12	1	2B
92	92	Jul 23	CHW		BOS	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	2B
93	93	Jul 24 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
94	94	Jul 24 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
95	95	Jul 26	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
96	96	Jul 27	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
97	97	Jul 28	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
98	98	Jul 29	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
99	99	Jul 30	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
100	100	Jul 31 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	38	11.0	9	3	0	12	0	2B
101	101	Jul 31 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	5	5	1	11	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	102	Aug 2	CHW	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
103	103	Aug 3	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
104	104	Aug 4	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	5	5	0	10	1	2B
105	105	Aug 5	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	44	10.1	2	3	1	6	1	2B
106	107 (1)	Aug 7	CHW	@	BAL	T,2-2	CG	44	12.0	3	2	1	6	1	2B
107	108	Aug 9	CHW	@	KCA	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	2B
108	109	Aug 10	CHW	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
109	110	Aug 11	CHW	@	KCA	W,14-1	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	2B
110	111	Aug 12	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
111	112	Aug 13	CHW	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	46	8.2	3	0	1	4	0	2B
112	113	Aug 14	CHW	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	2B
113	114	Aug 16	CHW		KCA	W,5-4	CG	48	11.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
114	115	Aug 18 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
115	116	Aug 18 (2)	CHW		KCA	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
116	117	Aug 19	CHW		DET	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
117	118	Aug 20	CHW		DET	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	5	6	0	11	1	2B
118	119	Aug 21 (1)	CHW		DET	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	4	3	1	8	1	2B
119	120	Aug 21 (2)	CHW		DET	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
120	121	Aug 23 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
121	122	Aug 23 (2)	CHW		BAL	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
122	123	Aug 24 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,14-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
123	124	Aug 24 (2)	CHW		BAL	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	2B
124	125	Aug 25	CHW		WSH	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	6	3	0	9	2	2B
125	126	Aug 26	CHW		WSH	L,0-10	CG	45	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
126	127	Aug 27	CHW		WSH	W,11-1	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
127	128	Aug 28 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
128	129	Aug 28 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
129	130	Aug 30	CHW		BOS	W,7-5	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
130	131	Aug 31	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	132	Sep 2	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
132	133	Sep 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	42	8.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
133	134	Sep 4 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
134	135	Sep 4 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
135	136	Sep 5 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
136	137	Sep 5 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
137	138	Sep 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
138	139	Sep 8	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
139	140	Sep 9	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
140	141	Sep 10	CHW	@	NYY	W,9-8	CG	47	10.0	7	2	0	9	0	2B
141	142	Sep 11 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
142	143	Sep 11 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	44	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	2B
143	144	Sep 13 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
144	145	Sep 13 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,9-6	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
145	146	Sep 14 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
146	147	Sep 14 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
147	148	Sep 16	CHW	@	KCA	L,7-13	CG	43	8.0	4	3	2	9	0	2B
148	149	Sep 17	CHW	@	KCA	W,12-8	CG	50	10.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
149	150	Sep 18	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-8	CG	34	8.0	4	3	2	9	1	2B
150	151	Sep 20	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
151	152	Sep 21	CHW		CLE	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
152	153	Sep 23	CHW		KCA	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	4	8	1	13	1	2B
153	154	Sep 24	CHW		KCA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
154	155	Sep 25	CHW		KCA	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
							154gm		1364.1	399	483	24	906	110