46 Facts About Bobby Cox

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Robert Joe Cox was born on May 21,1941 and is an American former professional baseball third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball.

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2.

Bobby Cox played for the New York Yankees and managed the Atlanta Braves and Toronto Blue Jays.

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3.

Bobby Cox is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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4.

Bobby Cox recorded a 100-win season six times, a record matched only by Joe McCarthy.

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5.

Bobby Cox first managed the Braves from 1978 to 1981, and then managed the Blue Jays from 1982 to 1985.

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6.

Bobby Cox moved back to the manager's role during the 1990 season and stayed there until his retirement following the 2010 season.

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7.

Bobby Cox led the Atlanta Braves to the World Series championship in 1995.

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8.

Bobby Cox holds the all-time record for ejections in MLB with 158, a record previously held by John McGraw.

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9.

Bobby Cox leads the league in playoff appearances as manager with sixteen, and he was the first since Casey Stengel to have qualified for the postseason ten times.

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10.

Bobby Cox became the first manager to exceed three consecutive appearances in the Championship Series, doing so by qualifying for the National League Championship Series from 1991 to 1999.

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11.

Bobby Cox played two seasons, mostly at third base, for the Yankees.

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12.

Bobby Cox began his managerial career in the Yankees farm system in 1971.

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Bobby Cox then spent the 1977 season as the first base coach on Billy Martin's staff with the World Series–winning Yankees before beginning his MLB managerial career.

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14.

Bobby Cox replaced Dave Bristol as the manager of the Atlanta Braves prior to the 1978 season, inheriting a team that had finished last in the National League West during the previous two seasons and, in 1977, compiled a worse record than the first-year Seattle Mariners of the American League.

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15.

However, Bobby Cox was undone by the 1981 baseball strike when the Braves finished fifth and owner Ted Turner fired him.

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16.

Bobby Cox finished with a record of 266 wins and 323 losses in the regular season.

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17.

Bobby Cox joined the Toronto Blue Jays in 1982, who steadily improved over the four years of his management.

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18.

Bobby Cox finished his stint as manager with a record of 355 wins and 292 losses for his regular season record.

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19.

Bobby Cox left to return to Atlanta as a general manager, and he was replaced in Toronto by Jimy Williams.

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20.

Bobby Cox had spent the prior four seasons accumulating talented players, including Tom Glavine, Steve Avery, John Smoltz, Ron Gant, and David Justice.

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21.

Bobby Cox was responsible for drafting Chipper Jones with the first overall pick in the 1990 draft.

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22.

In May 1995, Bobby Cox was arrested on simple battery charge after his wife called police and alleged Bobby Cox struck her.

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23.

Bobby Cox retracted the statement the following day, and the charges were dropped after the couple attended court-ordered counseling.

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24.

Bobby Cox became the only manager in history to lose a series leading three games to one and win a series trailing three games to one.

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25.

Bobby Cox was ejected in Game 6; he was the most recent person to be ejected in a World Series game until Dave Martinez in 2019 in Game 6 against the Houston Astros.

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26.

Bobby Cox's Braves did not advance past the first round of the playoffs in any of their last five appearances.

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27.

On September 23,2009, Bobby Cox signed a one-year contract extension through 2010, and on the same day announced that 2010 would be his final year as manager.

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28.

Bobby Cox announced that he agreed to stay on as an advisor for team baseball operations for the next five years after he retires.

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29.

Bobby Cox was given a standing ovation by the crowd and both teams immediately following the game.

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30.

Bobby Cox finished with a record of 1,883 wins and 1,386 losses in the regular season and 64 wins and 65 losses in the post-season.

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31.

Bobby Cox has been named Manager of the Year four times and is one of only four managers to have won the award in both the American and National League.

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32.

Bobby Cox has been named Manager of the Year by The Sporting News eight times.

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33.

On May 12,2007, Bobby Cox passed Sparky Anderson to become the fourth-winningest manager in major league history, with a record of 2,195 wins and 1,698 losses.

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34.

Bobby Cox led the Braves to a division title every season from 1991 to 2005, excluding the strike-shortened 1994 season; the Braves have competed in the National League East since 1994 and competed in the National League West prior to that.

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35.

On June 8,2009, Bobby Cox won his 2,000th game with the Atlanta Braves, becoming only the fourth manager in Major League history to accomplish that feat with one team.

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36.

Bobby Cox reached career win number 2,500 on September 25,2010, becoming only the fourth manager in Major League history to do so.

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37.

On September 17,2010, Bobby Cox was ejected for the 158th time in his Major League coaching career during the second inning of a Braves game against the New York Mets; he currently holds the all-time record for most ejections, previously held by John McGraw.

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38.

Unlike McGraw, Bobby Cox did not have a reputation for having a fiery temper and Bobby Cox generally only got ejected to prevent his players from being ejected.

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39.

Bobby Cox is the only person among all players and managers to be ejected from two World Series games.

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40.

Bobby Cox was ejected in the ninth inning of Game 3 of the 1992 World Series for throwing a batting helmet onto the field at the SkyDome.

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41.

Bobby Cox was trying to slam the helmet against the lip of the dugout and missed, throwing it onto the field.

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42.

Bobby Cox was tossed again in the final game of the 1996 World Series after protesting an out call of Marquis Grissom attempting to take second base on a passed ball.

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43.

In 1981, Bobby Cox was inducted into the Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame.

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44.

Bobby Cox was unanimously elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the 16-member Veterans Committee on December 9,2013.

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45.

Bobby Cox was hired on September 22,2014 to return on a part-time basis to help the Atlanta Braves choose their next General Manager and Director of Player Development after the dismissal of General Manager Frank Wren and Player Personnel Director Bruce Manno.

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46.

In 2019, the International League announced that Bobby Cox would be inducted into its Hall of Fame, noting especially his managerial experience with the Chiefs.

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