American former professional baseball third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball, Bobby Cox has passed away. He was announced dead through a social media publication that read “Braves legendary manager, Bobby Cox has passed away. He was my favorite manager that the Braves ever had. He fought hard for his players and knew how to get the best out of them.”
Who was Bobby Cox?
American former Major League Baseball (MLB) manager and third baseman Robert Joe Cox was born on May 21, 1941. In addition to managing the Toronto Blue Jays and Atlanta Braves, Cox was a player with the New York Yankees. The National Baseball Hall of Fame inducted him. Only Joe McCarthy’s six 100-win seasons were as impressive as his. Cox was the Braves’ manager from 1978 to 1981 and the Blue Jays’ manager from 1982 to 1985.
In 1986, he was back with the Braves as general manager. In the 1990 season, he returned to managing, a position he held until his retirement at the end of the 2010 campaign. In 1995, Cox guided the Atlanta Braves to the World Series victory. Since then, the Braves have retired number six in his honour. With 158 ejections overall (including an extra three post-season ejections, a record formerly held by John McGraw), Cox holds the all-time record in MLB.
About Bobby Cox
With sixteen managerial playoff appearances, he also leads the league in that category. Additionally, he was the first manager to qualify for the postseason 10 times since Casey Stengel (four managers have since followed him). By making it to the National League Championship Series from 1991 to 1999 (the year 1994 having no NLCS), he became the first manager to appear in the League Championship Series more than three times in a row.
Cox never made it onto the Los Angeles Dodgers major – roster after first signing with the team as a player. He was eventually acquired by the Braves, but he never played for them in an MLB contest. On December 7, 1967, he was instead dealt to the New York Yankees. Cox was a Yankees player for two seasons, primarily at third base. Cox played for the Venezuelan Winter League’s Cardenales de Lara and Leones del Caracas clubs from 1967 to 1970 before taking on the role of manager in the United States. After that, he ran the Cardenales for three seasons in a row, from 1974–1975 to 1976–1977. He managed and coached in the Yankees’ minor league system in between.
