Nellie Fox

Jacob Nelson " Nellie " Fox ( born December 25, 1927 in St. Thomas, Pennsylvania, † December 1, 1975 in Baltimore, Maryland) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball.

Biography

Nellie Fox made ​​his debut as a second baseman on 8 June 1947 in the American League with the Philadelphia Athletics. In Philadelphia, he played until 1949 before he was transferred to the beginning of the season in 1950 to the Chicago White Sox. For the White Sox, he formed with the shortstops Chico Carrasquell and Luis Aparicio one of the strongest inner defenses in baseball in the 1950s. Fox was a steady hitter, but had not the strength to hit home runs. In his career he achieved a total of only 35 home runs. Six times he had a batting average of over 30% at the end of the season.

He reached his greatest sporting success in season 1959., The White Sox won the title in the American League and met in the World Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Chicago defeated in six games, Fox came in these games at a stroke average of 37.5%. In the American League, he was elected MVP.

In the period from August 7, 1956 to September 3, 1960, he played 798 consecutive games as a second baseman, a record that is not broken for his field position until today.

His last position as a player, he played for the seasons 1964 and 1965 at the Houston Astros. There, he played on 24 July 1965, last game.

In total he participated in his career twelve times in the All -Star Game and won three Gold Glove Awards.

Fox died in 1975 at the age of 47 years to cancer. In the Baseball Hall of Fame, he was appointed by the Veterans Committee in 1997. His jersey number 2 is not longer available from the Chicago White Sox.

His positions as a player

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