Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1983
- College
- Troy
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1983
- College
- Troy
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 278
- W
- 74
- L
- 75
- ERA
- 3.64
- IP
- 1298.0
- K
- 723
- BB
- 432
- WHIP
- 1.33
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | STL | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3.25 | 83.0 | 36 | 23 | 1.39 |
| 1984 | STL | 29 | 9 | 11 | 4.03 | 156.1 | 70 | 54 | 1.44 |
| 1985 | STL | 35 | 18 | 9 | 2.88 | 241.0 | 131 | 64 | 1.20 |
| 1986 | STL | 32 | 12 | 13 | 2.90 | 220.0 | 108 | 60 | 1.13 |
| 1987 | STL | 31 | 11 | 9 | 3.88 | 199.1 | 101 | 71 | 1.48 |
| 1988 | STL | 13 | 3 | 8 | 3.98 | 86.0 | 47 | 25 | 1.33 |
| 1991 | PHI | 23 | 4 | 6 | 4.57 | 102.1 | 46 | 39 | 1.34 |
| 1992 |  PHI/PIT | 25 | 5 | 3 | 4.60 | 62.2 | 48 | 27 | 1.48 |
| 1993 | TOR | 44 | 7 | 6 | 3.12 | 83.2 | 84 | 29 | 1.22 |
| 1994 | TOR | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1.45 | 18.2 | 14 | 7 | 0.75 |
| 1995 | TOR | 24 | 1 | 3 | 7.40 | 45.0 | 38 | 33 | 2.00 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 15
- W
- 3
- L
- 3
- ERA
- 3.30
- IP
- 57.1
- K
- 53
- BB
- 28
- WHIP
- 1.50
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 99
- CG
- 21
- SHO
- 5
- K/9
- 5.0
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 40
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | STL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1984 | STL | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1985 | STL | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1986 | STL | 21 | 8 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1987 | STL | 20 | 2 | 0 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1988 | STL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1991 | PHI | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1992 | PHI/PIT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1993 | TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1994 | TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 | TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
What were Danny Cox's career stats?
Danny Cox played 11 seasons for the Cardinals, the Phillies and the Blue Jays. He had 74 wins and 723 strikeouts with a 3.64 ERA over 1,298.0 innings. His best season was 1985: 18 wins, a 2.88 ERA and 131 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1983 to 1995
Danny Cox finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.
Championships
- 1993 World Series with the Toronto Blue Jays
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
More on Danny Cox
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