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1961 Topps #30, Nellie Fox
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Nellie Fox's 1961 Topps #30 baseball card is shown here, both front and back: http://home.triad.rr.com/ovis/images/030_Fox-a.jpg http://home.triad.rr.com/ovis/images/030_Fox-b.jpg Ted Williams said of Nellie Fox, "I just loved him. As a person, as an individual, you couldn't possibly not love him." Nellie played the game the way we want all players to play the game, he gave it all he had, every day. At his Hall Of Fame induction ceremony in 1997, his wife said of Nellie, "He played the game with all his heart, all his passion and with every ounce of his being." Nellie came up with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1947, but didn't get any playing time '47 or '48. In 1949 he appeared in 88 games with the Athletics, but didn't impress Connie Mack enough to keep him, and he was traded away to the White Sox for catcher, Joe Tipton. Yes, Joe Tipton. The White Sox would be Nellie's home for the next 14 years, and the scrappy little second base- man would hit over .300 six of those seasons, and would hit .296 in two other years. From 1951 through 1960 Nellie was in the top-10 in the American League in hits, finishing 1st four times, 2nd four times, and 3rd once. He ranks 60th all-time in hits, with 2,663. In 10,349 plate appearances, Nellie struck out an unbelievable 216 times!! Here is what Whitey Ford had to say about trying to strike out Nellie Fox: "Nellie was the toughest out for me. In twelve years, I struck him out once, and I think the umpire blew the call." He never struck out more than 18 times in any season!! Nellie won the American League MVP award in 1959. According to Bill James and his "Win Shares" system of evaluating players, every year from 1954 through 1962, Mickey Mantle should have won the MVP award in the A.L., except for 1959, the year Nellie Fox won, and deserved to win, the MVP. James also lists Nellie Fox as the 15th greatest second baseman of all time. Nellie was a 12 time All-Star selection, 3 time Gold Glove winner, and was in the top-10 in MVP voting 6 times. Yet, with 35 career home runs, a total many players top in a single season, and a career ..288 batting average, Nellie had a tough road to the Hall Of Fame. In his first year of eligibility, 1971, he only garnered 39 votes. On December 1st, 1975, Nellie Fox lost his battle with cancer, and never lived to see his name among the greatest players in baseball history. In 1985, his last year of eligibility, he fell two votes shy of getting in. It wasn't until 1997 that the Veterans Committee finally gave Nellie his spot in the Hall Of Fame. Nellie wasn't without a dry sense of humor. Once when playing the Yankees, a call at second base went against the Bombers. Casey Stengel popped out of the dugout to have word with the umpire. Nellie says to Casey, "What're you doing out here? Gonna tell us a couple of your funny jokes?" As a tribute to the guy who was never without a chew of tobacco in his cheek, and who always gave his all, the Chicago White Sox retired Nellie's uniform #2 in 1976. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Wade |
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In 10,349 plate appearances, Nellie struck out
an unbelievable 216 times!! Here is what Whitey Ford had to say about trying to strike out Nellie Fox: "Nellie was the toughest out for me. In twelve years, I struck him out once, and I think the umpire blew the call." He never struck out more than 18 times in any season!! The only man in baseball history that was tougher to strike out was Joe Sewell. |
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