Larry Cox

Infobox MLB retired
name=Larry Cox
position=Catcher


bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date|1947|9|11|mf=y
city-state|Bluffton|Ohio
deathdate=death date and age|1990|2|17|1947|9|11
city-state|Bellefontaine|Ohio
debutdate=April 18
debutyear=by|1973
debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies
finaldate=May 23
finalyear=by|1982
finalteam=Chicago Cubs
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.221
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=12
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=85
teams=
*Philadelphia Phillies (1973-75)
*Seattle Mariners (1977, 1979-80)
*Chicago Cubs (1978, 1982)
*Texas Rangers (1981)

Larry Eugene Cox (September 11, 1947 - February 17, 1990) was an American Major League Baseball catcher and coach. A native of Bluffton, Ohio, Cox threw and batted right-handed, standing 5'11" (180 cm) tall and weighing 190 pounds (86 kg).

Cox graduated from Ottawa Glendorf High School in Ohio in 1965. The following year, he was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent. After spending seven full seasons in minor league baseball in the club's farm system, Cox debuted with the Phils on April 23, by|1973, appeared in one game, and was shuttled back to the minor leagues. He split the 1974-75 seasons between Philadelphia and the minors, then spent the entire 1976 campaign back in Triple-A. Finally, Cox made the majors for five full seasons, playing for the Seattle Mariners (by|1977), Chicago Cubs (by|1978), the Mariners again (in by|1979 and by|1980) and Texas Rangers (by|1981). He returned to the Cubs briefly in May by|1982 but spent most of that season as a coach in the minors. He played in 382 career MLB games in his career with 182 hits in 825 at bats (a .221 batting average). He hit 12 home runs and had 85 RBIs.

He remained in the Cub organization as a minor league manager from 1983-87, and became the bullpen coach on Don Zimmer's staff in 1988-89, including the Cubs' 1989 NL West champion team. But 1989 was to be his last in the game. Cox died during the offseason of a heart attack in Bellefontaine, Ohio, at the age of 42.