Nellie Fox

Jacob Nelson "Nellie" Fox (December 25, 1927 – December 1, 1975) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a second baseman on three teams, primarily the Chicago White Sox, from 1947 through 1965. He was the American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1959 and was an American League All-Star for 12 seasons (15 games). Fox was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997.

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1963

1963 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Second Baseman

1958

1958 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Second Baseman

1957

1957 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Second Baseman

1956

1956 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Second Baseman

1955

1955 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Second Baseman

1954

1954 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Second Baseman

1953

1953 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Second Baseman

1951

1951 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Second Baseman

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Major League batting statistics for Nellie Fox.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1947	PHA	7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0.250	0.000
1948	PHA	3	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.154	0.214	0.154
1949	PHA	88	247	42	63	6	2	0	21	2	32	9	0.255	0.354	0.296
1950	CHW	130	457	45	113	12	7	0	30	4	35	17	0.247	0.304	0.304
1951	CHW	147	604	93	189	32	12	4	55	9	43	11	0.313	0.372	0.425
1952	CHW	152	648	76	192	25	10	0	39	5	34	14	0.296	0.334	0.366
1953	CHW	154	624	92	178	31	8	3	72	4	49	18	0.285	0.344	0.375
1954	CHW	155	631	111	201	24	8	2	47	16	51	12	0.319	0.372	0.391
1955	CHW	154	636	100	198	28	7	6	59	7	38	15	0.311	0.364	0.406
1956	CHW	154	649	109	192	20	10	4	52	8	44	14	0.296	0.347	0.376
1957	CHW	155	619	110	196	27	8	6	61	5	75	13	0.317	0.403	0.415
1958	CHW	155	623	82	187	21	6	0	49	5	47	11	0.300	0.357	0.353
1959	CHW	156	624	84	191	34	6	2	70	5	71	13	0.306	0.380	0.389
1960	CHW	150	605	85	175	24	10	2	59	2	50	13	0.289	0.351	0.372
1961	CHW	159	606	67	152	11	5	2	51	2	59	12	0.251	0.323	0.295
1962	CHW	157	621	79	166	27	7	2	54	1	38	12	0.267	0.314	0.343
1963	CHW	137	539	54	140	19	0	2	42	0	24	17	0.260	0.299	0.306
1964	HOU	133	442	45	117	12	6	0	28	0	27	13	0.265	0.320	0.319
1965	HOU	21	41	3	11	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.268	0.286	0.317
Career		2367	9232	1279	2663	355	112	35	790	76	719	216	-	-	-

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Major League fielding statistics for Nellie Fox.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1947	PHA	7		-	1	0	0	0	1.000
1948	PHA	3		-	13	6	1	1	0.950
1949	PHA	88		-	191	196	7	68	0.982
1950	CHW	130		-	340	344	18	100	0.974
1951	CHW	147		-	413	449	17	112	0.981
1952	CHW	152		-	406	433	13	111	0.985
1953	CHW	154		-	451	426	15	101	0.983
1954	CHW	155	155	1,373	400	392	9	103	0.989
1955	CHW	154	154	1,364	399	483	24	110	0.974
1956	CHW	154	154	1,380	478	396	12	124	0.986
1957	CHW	155	155	1,392	453	453	13	141	0.986
1958	CHW	155	155	1,376	444	399	13	117	0.985
1959	CHW	156	156	1,405	364	453	10	93	0.988
1960	CHW	150	148	1,323	412	447	13	126	0.985
1961	CHW	159	156	1,381	413	407	15	97	0.982
1962	CHW	157	151	1,337	376	428	8	93	0.990
1963	CHW	137	128	1,147	305	342	8	71	0.988
1964	HOU	133	114	962	231	317	13	51	0.977
1965	HOU	21	6	59	12	14	0	2	1.000
Career		2367	1632	-	6102	6385	209	1621	-

First Name	Jacob
Middle Name	Nelson
Last Name	Fox
Full Name at Birth	Jacob Nelson Fox
Age	47 (age at death)
Date of Birth	December 25, 1927
Birthplace	St. Thomas, PA
Date of Death	December 1, 1975
Location of Death	Baltimore, MD
Buried	St. Thomas Cemetery, St. Thomas, PA
Height	5' 10" (178 cm)
Weight	160 lbs (72.6 kg)
Star Sign	Capricorn
Nationality	American
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Second Baseman
Bats	Left
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	8 June 1947
Last MLB Game	25 July 1965
Hall of Fame	Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1997.