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Bill Cox

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: June 23, 1913 in Ashmore, IL us

Died: February 16, 1988 in Charleston, IL

Buried: Ashmore Cemetery, Ashmore, IL

Debut: June 6, 1936 (Age 22-349d, 8,014th in major league history)
vs. NYG 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 31, 1940 (Age 27-038d)
vs. WSH 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: William Donald Cox

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.9

ERA

6.56

116.2

WHIP

1.817

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Team Record in Appearances: 3-25 / in Starts: 1-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 16, Entered with runners on base: 7

1938 Pitching Game Log

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1938 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	6	3	Apr 21	CHW		DET	L,3-9	7-7		99	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	7.55	2	1	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.008	2.53	0.01%	0.71	7t 123 1 out d3	7t 3 out d4
2	7	7	Apr 26	CHW		CLE	L,6-10	7-8	L(0-1)	4	1.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.50	4.55	8	1	3	0	1	4		2	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	-0.309	5.42	-0.50%	-1.86	7t 12- 2 out tie	8t 3 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	8	16	May 7	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	10-GF(10)		10	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.50	4.55	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.27	-0.283	10.07	-0.40%	-1.00	10b 12- 1 out tie	10b end d 1
4	9	17	May 8	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-7	6-6		0	1.0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	9.00	4.38	5	1	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.015	1.02	-0.02%	0.02	6b 1-- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d4
5	10	27	May 28	CHW		DET	L,1-9	GS-4	L(0-2)	19	3.2	2	7	3	9	2	0	0	8.10	7.10	22	6	3	0	0	2	30			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.196	1.53	-0.19%	-2.34	1t start tie	4t 123 2 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	11	34	Jun 4	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-9	7-GF(8)		6	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.23	6.05	7	2	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.002	.01	0.00%	1.18	7b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 6
7	12	38	Jun 8(1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,11-10	5-7		3	3.0	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	6.94	5.79	13	5	3	0	2	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	1	1	0	0	.34	-0.113	.20	-0.04%	-1.16	5b --- 0 out d6	7b 3 out d4
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to St. Louis Browns
8	13	51	Jun 19(2)	SLB		NYY	T,7-7	GS-2		10	1.0	2	4	4	3	0	0	0	9.24	6.29	7	1	1	0	0	2	30			1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.212	.15	-0.02%	-2.42	1t start tie	2t 12- 0 out a3
9	14	54	Jun 22	SLB		PHA	L,1-7	8-GF		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.98	5.71	8	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.004	.00	0.00%	1.21	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
10	15	59	Jun 27	SLB		CHW	L,4-9	GS-7	L(0-3)	4	7.0	10	6	6	3	0	1	0	7.89	5.87	31	12	7	1	0	9	30			0	2	0	26	4	1	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.225	.02	0.00%	-1.76	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	16	66	Jul 4(1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-5			6	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.77	5.82	2												2					0
12	17	68	Jul 8	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-8	6-6	BS(1)	3	0.1	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.46	5.78	5	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	-0.383	.02	0.00%	-2.68	6b --- 0 out a2	6b 1-3 1 out tie
13	18	71	Jul 12(1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-7	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	3	3	3	2	1	0	0	9.26	5.84	7	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	.15	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-2.39	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 6
14	19	77	Jul 17(1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-11	6-GF(8)		4	3.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	8.89	5.56	12	3	4	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.07	6b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
15	20	82	Jul 26(1)	SLB		NYY	L,5-10	7-GF		8	3.0	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	7.98	5.44	15	4	4	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	.21	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.82	7t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
16	21	83	Jul 26(2)	SLB		NYY	L,5-12	8-GF(8)		-1	0.2	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	8.40	5.48	4	1	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.07	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-2.72	8t 1-3 1 out d5	8t end d 9
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	22	93	Aug 6	SLB		PHA	L,4-8	9-GF		10	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.13	5.41	5	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.61	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
18	23	97	Aug 9(2)	SLB		CLE	L,1-8	3-GF		2	7.0	7	3	2	1	2	0	0	7.11	4.95	28	11	7	0	2	7		0	0	0	0	0	25	2	0	0	3	0	2	.27	0.033	.00	0.00%	1.24	3t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 7
19	24	101	Aug 13	SLB		DET	W,6-3	CG	W(1-3)	3	9.0	9	3	3	4	0	1	0	6.32	5.11	39	20	6	2	1	9	53			0	0	0	35	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.304	.00	0.00%	2.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
20	25	109	Aug 20	SLB	@	DET	L,4-6	GS-3	L(1-4)	6	2.1	2	5	5	5	0	1	0	6.93	5.58	14	3	4	0	1	2	28			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.213	.00	0.00%	-2.77	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out d2
21	26	112	Aug 24	SLB	@	WSH	L,6-8	GS-5		3	4.0	8	6	6	2	1	2	0	7.43	5.96	22	3	10	2	3	6	21			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.345	.00	0.00%	-4.25	1b start a 2	5b -23 0 out d3
22	27	114	Aug 25(2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.29	5.87	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.59	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
23	28	115	Aug 26(1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,6-11	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	7.32	6.05	4	0	3	3	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.41	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	29	125	Sep 4(1)	SLB		CLE	L,3-11	GS-7	L(1-5)	8	7.0	9	6	5	3	4	0	0	7.22	5.73	32	6	10	1	4	9	38			1	1	0	29	7	1	1	0	0	1	.93	-0.292	.00	0.00%	-1.76	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
25	30	131	Sep 11(1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-6			6	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.99	5.62	8												8					0
26	31	138	Sep 18(2)	SLB		NYY	W,8-7	3-6		6	3.0	3	2	2	6	1	0	0	6.95	5.74	17	3	4	0	0	3		2	1	2	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	-0.125	.00	0.00%	-1.11	3t 1-3 2 out tie	6t 12- 2 out d3
27	32	141	Sep 20(2)	SLB		BOS	L,2-7	6-7		1	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.82	5.66	5	3	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.020	.00	0.00%	1.01	6t --3 2 out d5	7t 3 out d5
28	33	148	Sep 27(2)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-10	GS-	L(1-6)	6	5.0	7	7	6	1	0	2	0	7.09	5.87	24						26						23					0
29	34	153	Oct 1(1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.99	5.85	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.63	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
							3-25		W-L:1-6,BSv:1	3.6	74.2	92	67	58	49	21	8	0	6.99	5.85	354	1.30		5%	9%	77	32	13	38%	4	3	0	301	23	4	3	7	0	4	.75	-2.348	.32	-1.16%	-18.24

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