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Kevin Brown League
3-28-2195
John Cox Left Field
Retired (1974, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .278 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .783 Status Deceased (2018) Option Years 0  
H 1918 Age at Death 82 Date of Birth 08-14-1936
HR 216 Drafted Round 1, Pick 11
(1960)
Majors Svc Time 14 years
(19 games)
RBI 813
SB 132 Salary $2.00M Final Contract Year 1974
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship B+
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L Velocity   Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 1
1B C- (31.6%) LF A+ (100%) Arm WS Appearances 2
2B --- CF (89.5%)   Health C+ LCS Appearances 4
3B --- RF A+ (92.9%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 3
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1961 RF MIN 132 132 1177.0 242 237 0 5 0 -2 1.81 .979
1962 RF MIN 85 84 758.1 177 174 1 2 1 -1 2.08 .989
LF MIN 29 29 256.0 45 45 0 0 0 0 1.58 1.000
CF MIN 20 20 183.0 46 45 0 1 0 0 2.21 .978
1963 RF MIN 115 115 1022.2 224 218 2 4 0 -1 1.94 .982
LF MIN 10 10 88.0 25 25 0 0 0 0 2.56 1.000
1964 RF MIN 120 120 1101.2 242 237 3 2 1 -3 1.96 .992
LF MIN 24 24 214.0 57 55 0 2 0 0 2.31 .965
1965 RF MIN 107 107 960.2 198 189 5 4 0 +5 1.82 .980
LF MIN 37 37 334.2 87 85 1 1 0 -1 2.31 .989
1966 LF NYA 145 145 1295.2 287 280 6 1 1 0 1.99 .997
1967 LF NYA 145 145 1325.0 277 270 3 4 1 0 1.85 .986
1968 LF NYA 145 145 1296.1 296 289 6 1 3 -5 2.05 .997
1969 LF NYA 144 144 1308.1 302 286 9 7 3 -2 2.03 .977
1970 RF NYA 103 96 863.2 175 172 2 1 0 -2 1.81 .994
CF NYA 19 19 167.1 43 43 0 0 0 -1 2.31 1.000
C NYA 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 9.00 1.000
1971 CF NYA 144 144 1305.1 357 349 4 4 0 +1 2.43 .989
1972 CF NYA-OAK 41 29 277.0 71 67 4 0 2 -1 2.31 1.000
1B NYA-OAK 22 22 193.2 211 210 0 1 17 -6 9.76 .995
SS NYA-OAK 3 2 19.0 9 2 6 1 1 0 3.79 .889
RF NYA-OAK 2 1 12.0 7 7 0 0 0 +1 5.25 1.000
LF NYA-OAK 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
2B NYA-OAK 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
1973 LF PHI 113 112 988.0 249 238 7 4 0 0 2.23 .984
CF PHI 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1974 LF PHI 5 5 43.0 11 11 0 0 0 0 2.30 1.000
RF PHI 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
1B PHI 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
Pos Total LF 799 796 7153.0 1637 1585 32 20 8 -8 2.03 .988
RF 665 656 5905.0 1268 1237 13 18 2 -3 1.91 .986
CF 226 212 1935.2 517 504 8 5 2 -1 2.38 .990
1B 23 22 194.2 212 211 0 1 17 -6 9.76 .995
SS 3 2 19.0 9 2 6 1 1 0 3.79 .889
C 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 9.00 1.000
2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
Total 1718 1688 15211.1 3646 3542 59 45 30 0 0 0 NaN% -18 2.13 .988
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1974-11-01John Cox has retired from the Philadelphia Thunder
1973-04-26John Cox of the Philadelphia Thunder is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1973-04-01The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted John Cox to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Bruce Jeffries to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Bo Tejada to the major league team.
1973-03-28John Cox has signed with the Philadelphia Thunder for $2.0M per year for 2 years.
1972-05-25A trade has been completed between the New York Pinstripers and the Oakland Oaks. The Oakland Oaks receive Harry Murray, John Cox, Hank Susko, Draft Pick 1975 Round 5 NYA (Fred Necciai), Draft Pick 1975 Round 4 NYA (Fernando Schiappacasse) from the New York Pinstripers in exchange for Jeff Pruett, Harry Goodwin, Don Hardy (Optioned) , Paul Mack, John Davis. Protest This Trade.
1971-08-16The New York Pinstripers have placed John Cox on the trade block.
1966-03-29The New York Pinstripers have promoted John Cox to the major league team.
1966-03-28John Cox has signed with the New York Pinstripers for $2.5M per year for 7 years.
1963-08-11John Cox of the Minnesota Fighting Saints is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1961-10-03The Minnesota Fighting Saints have promoted Frank Swanson to the major league team. The Minnesota Fighting Saints have promoted John Cox to the major league team.
1961-10-03The Minnesota Fighting Saints have promoted Walter Ott to the major league team. The Minnesota Fighting Saints have promoted Harry Shirley to the major league team. The Minnesota Fighting Saints have promoted Ken Hammaker to the major league team. The Minnesota Fighting Saints have promoted Dick Selbach to the major league team. The Minnesota Fighting Saints have sent Ray Webb to the minors. The Minnesota Fighting Saints have sent Ralph Kolstad to the minors. The Minnesota Fighting Saints have sent Howard Williams to the minors. The Minnesota Fighting Saints have sent John Cox to the minors. The Minnesota Fighting Saints have sent Jack Belanger to the minors. The Minnesota Fighting Saints have sent Harry Alvarez to the minors. The Minnesota Fighting Saints have sent Mickey Brown to the minors.
1961-09-16John Cox of the Minnesota Fighting Saints is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1961-03-31A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Thunder and the Minnesota Fighting Saints. The Minnesota Fighting Saints receive Mickey Brown, John Cox from the Philadelphia Thunder in exchange for Claud Coombs, Jim Walsh, Ken Kennedy. Protest This Trade.
1961-03-30The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Dude Cole to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent John Cox to the minors.
1961-03-28The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Otto Elliott to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted John Cox to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted John Castle to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Tyler Greene to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Larry Christenson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Haywood Clevenger to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted John Vuckovich to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted John McLarney to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Merlin Kelly to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Tom Benjamin to the major league team.
1958-05-19A trade has been completed between the Toronto Faceless Corporation and the Philadelphia Thunder. The Philadelphia Thunder receive Jack Slagle, Walt Peete, Scott Horsey, Draft Pick 1960 Round 1 TOR (John Cox) from the Toronto Faceless Corporation in exchange for Nick Polo, Colin Dexter. Protest This Trade.