Nellie Fox stats

Last played for the Houston Astros, 1965

Age 98

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Nellie Fox played 19 MLB seasons, 1947 to 1965.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
2,367
AB
9,232
R
1,279
H
2,663
HR
35
RBI
790
SB
76
AVG
.288
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1947ATH7320000.000
1948ATH31302001.154
1949ATH8824742630212.255
1950CHW130457451130304.247
1951CHW147604931894559.313
1952CHW152648761920395.296
1953CHW154624921783724.285
1954CHW15563111120124716.319
1955CHW1546361001986597.311
1956CHW1546491091924528.296
1957CHW1556191101966615.317
1958CHW155623821870495.300
1959CHW156624841912705.306
1960CHW150605851752592.289
1961CHW159606671522512.251
1962CHW157621791662541.267
1963CHW137539541402420.260
1964HOU133442451170280.265
1965HOU2141311010.268

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
6
AB
24
R
4
H
9
HR
0
RBI
0
SB
0
AVG
.375

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
10,349
TB
3,347
XBH
502
HBP
142
IBB
24
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1947ATH4000000
1948ATH14200000
1949ATH2967386000
1950CHW504139192000
1951CHW6812574814000
1952CHW700237353000
1953CHW692234427000
1954CHW706247345000
1955CHW7092584117100
1956CHW7212443410100
1957CHW7182574116200
1958CHW6982202711500
1959CHW716243427800
1960CHW6842253610200
1961CHW696179189300
1962CHW684213367000
1963CHW582165217100
1964HOU5021411810100
1965HOU421321000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
45.6
RC
1,251.4
RC/27
4.90
ISOP
.074
SECA
.152
BB/K
3.33
AB/HR
263.8
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1947ATH0.000.1.0000.3000
1948ATH0.00.41.1.0000.2000
1949ATH0.030.74.2.0400.23.600
1950CHW-0.645.23.4.0570.12.100
1951CHW4.797.65.9.1130.23.91510
1952CHW3.082.44.7.0690.12.400
1953CHW2.985.15.0900.22.72080
1954CHW4.898.15.8.0730.24.3315.50
1955CHW5.097.65.7.0940.22.51060
1956CHW1.891.35.1.0800.23.1162.30
1957CHW7.7111.16.9.0990.25.8103.20
1958CHW3.885.15.0530.14.300
1959CHW5.9100.26.0830.25.53120
1960CHW3.985.15.1.0830.23.9302.50
1961CHW-0.365.83.7.0450.14.93030
1962CHW1.271.84.1.0760.13.2310.50
1963CHW0.751.63.4.0460.11.4269.50
1964HOU1.149.23.8.0540.12.100
1965HOU0.03.73.4.0490.0000

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
98 yearsDec 25, 1927
Debut
1947
AL MVP
1959
AL Gold Glove
3x
NL Gold Glove
1957

What were Nellie Fox's career stats?

Nellie Fox played 19 seasons for the Athletics, the White Sox and the Astros. He was a career .288 hitter with 2,663 hits, 35 home runs and 790 RBI. His best season was 1954: a .319 batting average, 2 home runs and 47 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

19 seasons, 1 postseason, 1947 to 1965

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 73rd in hits (2,663)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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