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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 Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1961 LHP 43 102 31 5 0 4 19 6 13 .813 .343 .471 .167 .304
1961 RHP 119 406 100 18 4 6 46 36 77 .662 .307 .355 .108 .246
1962 LHP 64 126 33 8 1 5 20 22 17 .829 .369 .460 .198 .262
1962 RHP 128 405 109 20 2 12 53 38 88 .751 .334 .417 .148 .269
1963 LHP 53 106 32 6 0 3 17 16 19 .839 .395 .443 .142 .302
1963 RHP 118 381 112 23 2 9 53 27 70 .780 .345 .436 .142 .294
1964 LHP 54 104 34 8 2 4 18 11 11 .949 .391 .558 .231 .327
1964 RHP 135 479 148 19 5 16 49 47 89 .842 .372 .470 .161 .309
1965 LHP 56 125 34 5 2 5 11 16 21 .819 .355 .464 .192 .272
1965 RHP 131 454 112 14 5 13 42 33 100 .683 .298 .385 .139 .247
1966 LHP 62 133 43 7 1 6 25 15 29 .916 .389 .526 .203 .323
1966 RHP 131 453 129 20 7 15 47 47 98 .810 .351 .459 .174 .285
1967 LHP 59 97 22 4 1 1 4 16 12 .662 .342 .320 .093 .227
1967 RHP 133 497 135 26 3 18 57 48 86 .782 .338 .445 .173 .272
1968 LHP 49 97 31 4 3 3 11 11 16 .910 .394 .515 .196 .320
1968 RHP 136 505 123 13 7 15 41 50 94 .699 .313 .386 .143 .244
1969 LHP 47 96 35 4 3 3 17 13 15 1.004 .441 .562 .198 .365
1969 RHP 137 501 144 14 5 21 54 55 93 .821 .360 .461 .174 .287
1970 LHP 47 97 26 3 1 7 15 14 15 .896 .360 .536 .268 .268
1970 RHP 125 397 105 16 4 10 43 36 70 .728 .327 .401 .136 .264
1971 LHP 46 95 30 5 0 0 2 8 18 .737 .369 .368 .053 .316
1971 RHP 135 501 141 25 9 12 39 48 83 .785 .346 .439 .158 .281
1972 LHP 24 29 7 2 0 2 8 4 5 .851 .333 .517 .276 .241
1972 RHP 99 223 60 7 6 11 37 27 46 .850 .348 .502 .233 .269
1973 LHP 25 36 9 2 0 1 3 3 7 .697 .308 .389 .139 .250
1973 RHP 122 403 123 27 4 14 78 36 76 .861 .364 .496 .191 .305
1974 LHP 5 10 2 1 0 0 3 0 3 .482 .182 .300 .100 .200
1974 RHP 54 53 8 3 0 0 1 10 11 .493 .286 .208 .057 .151
Total LHP 634 1253 369 64 14 44 173 155 201 .846 .373 .473 .179 .294
Total RHP 1703 5658 1549 245 63 172 640 538 1081 .769 .338 .431 .157 .274
Total 1859 6911 1918 309 77 216 813 693 1282 .783 .345 .438 .161 .278
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.