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Nellie Fox
American baseball player (1927–1975)
Baseball player
Nellie Fox | |
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Fox in 1960 | |
Second baseman | |
Born:(1927-12-25)December 25, 1927 St. Thomas Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |
Died: December 1, 1975(1975-12-01) (aged 47) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | |
June 8, 1947, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |
July 24, 1965, for the Houston Astros | |
Batting average | .288 |
Hits | 2,663 |
Home runs | 35 |
Runs batted in | 790 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Induction | 1997 |
Vote | Veterans Committee |
Jacob Nelson Fox (December 25, 1927 – December 1, 1975) was an American professional baseball player.
Fox was one of the best second basemen of all time, and the third-most difficult hitter to strike out in Major League Baseball (MLB) history.[1] Fox played in the big leagues from 1947 through 1965 and spent the majority of his career as a member of the Chicago White Sox; his career was bookended by mu