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.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	CHW	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	60	14.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
2	2	Apr 11	CHW	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	2B
3	3	Apr 12	CHW	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
4	4	Apr 14	CHW		KCA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
5	5	Apr 15	CHW		KCA	L,8-10	GS	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
6	6	Apr 16	CHW		KCA	L,0-6	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
7	7	Apr 17	CHW		DET	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
8	8	Apr 18	CHW		DET	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
9	9	Apr 21	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	4	1	2	7	0	2B
10	10	Apr 22	CHW	@	KCA	W,20-6	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
11	11	Apr 24	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
12	12	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
13	13	Apr 26 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
14	14	Apr 26 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
15	15	Apr 29	CHW		NYY	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
16	16	Apr 30	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
18	18	May 2	CHW		BOS	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
19	19	May 3	CHW		BAL	L,2-4	CG	41	10.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
20	20	May 5	CHW		WSH	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
21	21	May 6	CHW		WSH	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	2B
22	22	May 8	CHW		CLE	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
23	23	May 9	CHW		CLE	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	2B
24	24	May 10 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	49	11.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
25	25	May 10 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
26	26	May 12	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	52	12.0	5	4	0	9	0	2B
27	27	May 13	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
28	28	May 14	CHW	@	BOS	W,14-6	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
29	29	May 15	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
30	30	May 16	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	48	11.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
31	31	May 17 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
32	32	May 17 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
33	33	May 18	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
34	34	May 19	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
35	35	May 20	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
36	36	May 22	CHW	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
37	37	May 23	CHW	@	KCA	L,0-16	CG	48	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
38	38	May 24	CHW	@	KCA	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
39	39	May 26	CHW		CLE	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
40	40	May 27	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
41	41	May 29	CHW		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
42	42	May 30 (1)	CHW		DET	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
43	43	May 30 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	2B
44	44	May 31	CHW		KCA	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	45	Jun 1	CHW		KCA	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
46	46	Jun 2	CHW		BAL	L,2-3	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
47	47	Jun 3	CHW		BAL	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
48	48	Jun 4	CHW		BAL	W,6-5	CG	64	17.0	6	9	0	15	1	2B
49	49	Jun 5	CHW		BOS	W,5-2	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
50	50	Jun 6	CHW		BOS	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
51	51	Jun 7 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
52	52	Jun 7 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
53	53	Jun 9	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
54	54	Jun 10	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
55	55	Jun 11	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
56	56	Jun 13	CHW	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
57	57	Jun 14 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
58	58	Jun 14 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	4	6	0	10	3	2B
59	59	Jun 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
60	60	Jun 17	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
61	61	Jun 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
62	62	Jun 20 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
63	63	Jun 20 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-9	CG	44	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
64	64	Jun 21	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
65	65	Jun 23	CHW		WSH	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
66	66	Jun 24	CHW		WSH	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	2B
67	67	Jun 25	CHW		WSH	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
68	68	Jun 26	CHW		NYY	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
69	69	Jun 27	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	GS	30	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
70	70	Jun 28 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
71	71	Jun 28 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
72	72	Jun 30	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	73	Jul 1	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
74	74	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	L,7-9	CG	41	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
75	75	Jul 3	CHW	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
76	76	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	KCA	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
77	77	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-8	CG	45	8.0	4	6	0	10	1	2B
78	78	Jul 5	CHW	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	3	2	1	6	0	2B
79	79	Jul 9	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
80	80	Jul 10	CHW		CLE	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	2B
81	81	Jul 11	CHW		KCA	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	2B
82	82	Jul 12 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
83	83	Jul 12 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
84	84	Jul 14	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
85	85	Jul 16 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
86	86	Jul 16 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
87	87	Jul 17	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
88	88	Jul 18	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	2B
89	89	Jul 19 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
90	90	Jul 19 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
91	91	Jul 21	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
92	92	Jul 22	CHW		BOS	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
93	93	Jul 24	CHW		BAL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
94	94	Jul 25	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	CG	65	17.0	3	6	0	9	0	2B
95	95	Jul 26 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
96	96	Jul 26 (2)	CHW		BAL	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
97	97	Jul 28	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
98	98	Jul 29	CHW		NYY	T,4-4	CG	23	6.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
99	99	Jul 30	CHW		NYY	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
100	100	Jul 31	CHW		WSH	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	101	Aug 1	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
102	102	Aug 2 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
103	103	Aug 2 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
104	104	Aug 4	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
105	105	Aug 5 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	2B
106	106	Aug 5 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
107	107	Aug 6	CHW	@	BAL	T,1-1	CG	68	18.0	5	5	0	10	0	2B
108	108	Aug 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	2B
109	109	Aug 9 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
110	110	Aug 9 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
111	111	Aug 11	CHW	@	DET	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
112	112	Aug 12	CHW	@	DET	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
113	113	Aug 13	CHW	@	DET	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
114	114	Aug 14	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
115	115	Aug 15	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
116	116	Aug 16	CHW	@	KCA	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
117	117	Aug 18	CHW		BAL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
118	118	Aug 19	CHW		BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
119	119	Aug 20	CHW		BAL	L,6-7	CG	47	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
120	120	Aug 21	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
121	121	Aug 22	CHW		WSH	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
122	122	Aug 23 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
123	123	Aug 23 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
124	124	Aug 24	CHW		NYY	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
125	125	Aug 25	CHW		BOS	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
126	126	Aug 26	CHW		BOS	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
127	127	Aug 27	CHW		BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
128	128	Aug 28	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
129	129	Aug 29	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
130	130	Aug 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
131	131	Aug 30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
132	132	Sep 1	CHW		DET	L,0-4	CG	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
133	133	Sep 2 (1)	CHW		DET	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
134	134	Sep 2 (2)	CHW		DET	W,11-4	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
135	135	Sep 4	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
136	136	Sep 5	CHW		CLE	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
137	137	Sep 6	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
138	138	Sep 7 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	2B
139	139	Sep 7 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,13-7	CG	44	9.0	6	5	1	12	2	2B
140	140	Sep 8	CHW		KCA	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
141	141	Sep 9	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	6	4	0	10	1	2B
142	142	Sep 10	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
143	143	Sep 11 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
144	144	Sep 11 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	60	15.2	5	3	0	8	0	2B
145	145	Sep 12	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
146	146	Sep 13	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
147	147	Sep 14	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	0	4	1	5	1	2B
148	148	Sep 15	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
149	149	Sep 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
150	150	Sep 18	CHW		DET	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
151	151	Sep 19	CHW		DET	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
152	152	Sep 20	CHW		DET	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
153	153	Sep 22	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
154	154	Sep 25	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	GS	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	2B
155	155	Sep 26	CHW	@	DET	W,10-5	GS	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
156	156	Sep 27	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	GS	19	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
							156gm		1405.2	364	453	10	827	93