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Name Team Age
John Cox Retired (1974, Age 38) Died (2018, Age 82)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 11
(1960)		 LF B/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Kevin Brown League 0 14 years (19 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+ A  B 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B+ B+ B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B+ B  B 
Endurance Velocity Control
B- F  D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C+ 0 8/14/1936
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 2 4
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (CF) Alt Pos (1B)
A+ (92.9 %) A  (89.5 %) C- (31.6 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1961 MIN 132 508 45 131 23 4 10 65 42 90 7 3 5 .692 .314 .378 .258
1962 MIN 148 531 79 142 28 3 17 73 60 105 5 3 3 .770 .343 .427 .267
1963 MIN 125 487 54 144 29 2 12 70 43 89 3 4 4 .794 .356 .437 .296
1964 MIN 144 583 75 182 27 7 20 67 58 100 9 5 4 .861 .375 .485 .312
1965 MIN 144 579 62 146 19 7 18 53 49 121 12 7 5 .713 .311 .402 .252
1966 NYA 145 586 93 172 27 8 21 72 62 127 13 9 1 .834 .360 .474 .294
1967 NYA 145 594 85 157 30 4 19 61 64 98 15 12 4 .763 .338 .424 .264
1968 NYA 145 602 86 154 17 10 18 52 61 110 10 7 1 .733 .326 .407 .256
1969 NYA 144 597 100 179 18 8 24 71 68 108 9 3 7 .851 .374 .477 .300
1970 NYA 136 494 84 131 19 5 17 58 50 85 8 2 1 .761 .334 .427 .265
1971 NYA 144 596 85 171 30 9 12 41 56 101 15 7 4 .777 .350 .428 .287
1972 NYA-OAK 120 252 45 67 9 6 13 45 31 51 6 2 2 .850 .346 .504 .266
1973 PHI 133 439 66 132 29 4 15 81 39 83 19 1 4 .847 .360 .487 .301
1974 PHI 54 63 8 10 4 0 0 4 10 14 1 0 0 .492 .270 .222 .159
Total 1859 6911 967 1918 309 77 216 813 693 1282 132 65 45 .783 .345 .438 .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.