Billy Cox (baseball)

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name = Billy Cox
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position = Third Baseman
birthdate = birth date|1919|8|29
deathdate = death date and age|1978|3|30|1919|8|29
bats =Right
throws = Right
debutdate =September 20
debutyear =1941
debutteam =Pittsburgh Pirates
finaldate =June 11
finalyear =1955
finalteam =Baltimore Orioles
stat1label = Batting average
stat1value =.262
stat2label =Home runs
stat2value =66
stat3label =Runs batted in
stat3value =351
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*Pittsburgh Pirates (1941, 1946-1947)
*Brooklyn Dodgers (1948-1954)
*Baltimore Orioles (1955)
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*National League Pennants: 1949, 1952, 1953
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William Richard Cox (August 29, 1919, in Newport, Pennsylvania – March 30, 1978, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) was a Major League Baseball middle infielder.

Signed as an amateur free agent by the Pittsburgh Pirates 1940, Cox would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 20, 1941, and appear in his final game on June 11, 1955.

Cox served in the military during World War II.

Cox was the third baseman of a stellar Brooklyn Dodgers infield in the 1950s that included Gil Hodges, Jackie Robinson, and Pee Wee Reese.

The book "" (2004) includes short stories from former Dodger pitcher Carl Erskine. Cox is prominent in many of these stories. Billy is also featured in Billy Kahn's 1970 book "Boys of Summer" which tells the stories of the Brooklyn Dodgers from the early 1950s and then catches up with them later in life.

The youth baseball park on North Second Street in Newport, PA is named after Billy Cox in his honor, and host Cal Ripken Division baseball games(Babe Ruth baseball's equivalent to Little League) as well as an annual tournament.

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coxbi02.shtml Billy Cox at "Baseball Reference.com"]