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Danny Cox
Danny Bradford Cox

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 235 lb.
School Troy State University

Debut August 6, 1983
  vs. PHI 10.0 IP, 7 H, 8 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER
Final Game September 18, 1995
Born September 21, 1959 in Northampton, England

Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 13th round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1983 23 STL NL   3   6  12  12   0   0   0  0   83.0   92   38   30   6   23   36   0   2   352   2   0  3.25  3.64  112 1.386
 1984 24 STL NL   9  11  29  27   1   1   0  0  156.3  171   81   70   9   54   70   7   2   668   6   4  4.03  3.52   87 1.439
 1985 25 STL NL  18   9  35  35  10   4   0  0  241.0  226   91   77  19   64  131   3   3   989   5   1  2.88  3.56  124 1.203
 1986 26 STL NL  12  13  32  32   8   0   0  0  220.0  189   85   71  14   60  108   2   3   881   6   4  2.90  3.69  127 1.132
 1987 27 STL NL  11   9  31  31   2   0   0  0  199.3  224   99   86  17   71  101   3   5   864   6   1  3.88  4.17  107 1.480
 1988 28 STL NL   3   8  13  13   0   0   0  0   86.0   89   40   38   6   25   47   1   4   361   7   3  3.98  3.49   88 1.326
 1991 31 PHI NL   4   6  23  17   0   0   2  0  102.3   98   57   52  14   39   46   1   7   433   2   1  4.57  3.65   80 1.339
 1992 32 TOT NL   5   3  25   7   0   0   8  3   62.7   66   37   32   5   27   48   0   1   278   2   0  4.60  3.48   76 1.484
         PHI NL   2   2   9   7   0   0   0  0   38.3   46   28   23   3   19   30   0   0   178   1   0  5.40  3.51   65 1.696
         PIT NL   3   1  16   0   0   0   8  3   24.3   20    9    9   2    8   18   0   1   100   1   0  3.33  3.44  103 1.151
 1993 33 TOR AL   7   6  44   0   0   0  13  2   83.7   73   31   29   8   29   84   0   5   348   5   0  3.12  4.34  139 1.219
 1994 34 TOR AL   1   1  10   0   0   0   5  3   18.7    7    3    3   0    7   14   1   1    72   1   0  1.45  4.81  332 0.750
 1995 35 TOR AL   1   3  24   0   0   0   7  0   45.0   57   40   37   4   33   38   1   7   218   4   0  7.40  4.72   64 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .497  74  75 278 174  21   5  35  8 1298.0 1292  602  525 102  432  723  19  40  5464  46  14  3.64  3.78  104 1.328
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  11  41  26   3   0   5  1  195.0  194   90   78  15   64  108   2   6   822   6   2  3.64  3.78  104 1.328
 Career High     18  13  44  35  10   4  13  3  241.0  226   99   86  19   71  131   7   7   989   7   4  2.88  4.72  139 1.132

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1983 23 STL NL  12   27    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  12  .074  .074  .074  -59    2   3   0   0   0   1
 1984 24 STL NL  31   53    4    7   0  0   0    1   0  0   5  22  .132  .207  .132   -2    7   1   0   0   0   2
 1985 25 STL NL  35   79    3   12   1  0   0    6   0  0   4  24  .152  .200  .165    3   13   8   1   0   1   1
 1986 26 STL NL  32   65    2    5   2  0   0    2   0  0   2  32  .077  .104  .108  -41    7  16   0   0   0   1
 1987 27 STL NL  32   69    3    8   0  1   0    1   0  0   0  25  .116  .129  .145  -28   10   4   0   0   1   0
 1988 28 STL NL  13   23    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  13  .043  .043  .043  -75    1   5   0   0   0   0
 1991 31 PHI NL  23   29    4    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   2  16  .103  .161  .103  -23    3   4   0   0   0   0
 1992 32 TOT NL  25   14    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   8  .071  .071  .071  -59    1   0   0   0   0   0
         PHI NL   9   11    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   7  .091  .091  .091  -48    1   0   0   0   0   0
         PIT NL  16    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     281  359   17   39   3  1   0   12   0  0  13 152  .109  .144  .123  -25   44  41   1   0   2   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        207   10   22   2  1   0    7   0  0   7  88  .109  .144  .123  -25   25  24   1   0   1   3
 Career High     44   79    4   12   2  1   0    6   0  0   5  32                          13  16   1   0   1   2
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1983 23 STL NL   30   29    0   0.0    97| .074  .264| .074  .333| .074  .392| .148  .725| -59  .000  -5.9  -0.6   0%
 1984 24 STL NL   59   49    1   0.6    92| .132  .261| .207  .326| .132  .380| .339  .705|  -2  .024  -7.2  -0.8   0%
 1985 25 STL NL   93   77    3   1.0    95| .152  .260| .200  .328| .165  .387| .365  .715|   3  .073 -10.4  -1.1   0%
 1986 26 STL NL   83   77    1   0.4    97| .077  .261| .104  .331| .108  .394| .212  .726| -41  .010 -12.7  -1.3   0%
 1987 27 STL NL   74   65    2   0.8   108| .116  .271| .129  .341| .145  .423| .274  .764| -28  .039 -13.2  -1.3   0%
 1988 28 STL NL   28   27    0   0.0    90| .043  .257| .043  .321| .043  .378| .086  .699| -75  .000  -5.3  -0.6   0%
 1991 31 PHI NL   35   30    1   0.9    93| .103  .256| .161  .324| .103  .384| .264  .708| -23  .057  -4.8  -0.5   0%
 1992 32 TOT NL   14   13    0   0.0    92| .071  .259| .071  .324| .071  .381| .142  .705| -59  .000  -3.0  -0.3   0%
         PHI NL   11   10    0   0.0    92| .091  .259| .091  .325| .091  .381| .182  .706| -48  .000  -2.2  -0.2   0%
         PIT NL    3    3    0   0.0    91| .000  .258| .000  .323| .000  .380| .000  .703|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons      416  367    8   0.6    97| .109  .262| .144  .330| .123  .394| .267  .724| -25  .026 -62.4  -6.5   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1983 23 STL NL P 12 9 16 2 1 .926 .951 2.08 0.68 2.71 1.92 12 83.0 1984 24 STL NL P 29 11 27 1 4 .974 .955 1.31 0.67 2.19 1.88 27 156.3 1985 25 STL NL P 35 22 31 2 1 .964 .953 1.51 0.68 1.98 1.92 35 241.0 1986 26 STL NL P 32 22 10 5 0 .865 .955 1.00 0.66 1.31 1.94 32 220.0 1987 27 STL NL P 31 23 24 1 1 .979 .955 1.52 0.62 2.12 1.91 31 199.3 1988 28 STL NL P 13 10 12 0 2 1.000 .957 1.69 0.69 2.30 1.96 13 86.0 1991 31 PHI NL P 23 10 11 0 1 1.000 .955 0.91 0.59 1.85 1.86 17 102.3 1992 32 TOT NL P 25 8 9 2 1 .895 .955 0.68 0.60 2.44 1.94 7 62.6 PHI NL P 9 6 7 1 1 .929 .956 1.44 0.60 3.05 1.95 7 38.3 PIT NL P 16 2 2 1 0 .800 .952 0.25 0.60 1.48 1.93 0 24.3 1993 33 TOR AL P 44 4 4 1 0 .889 .952 0.18 0.56 0.86 1.78 0 83.7 1994 34 TOR AL P 10 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 0.30 0.52 1.44 1.73 0 18.7 1995 35 TOR AL P 24 2 6 2 1 .800 .964 0.33 0.53 1.60 1.80 0 45.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1983 23 STL NL P 12 9 16 2 1 .926 .951 2.08 0.68 2.71 1.92 12 83.0 1984 24 STL NL P 29 11 27 1 4 .974 .955 1.31 0.67 2.19 1.88 27 156.3 1985 25 STL NL P 35 22 31 2 1 .964 .953 1.51 0.68 1.98 1.92 35 241.0 1986 26 STL NL P 32 22 10 5 0 .865 .955 1.00 0.66 1.31 1.94 32 220.0 1987 27 STL NL P 31 23 24 1 1 .979 .955 1.52 0.62 2.12 1.91 31 199.3 1988 28 STL NL P 13 10 12 0 2 1.000 .957 1.69 0.69 2.30 1.96 13 86.0 1991 31 PHI NL P 23 10 11 0 1 1.000 .955 0.91 0.59 1.85 1.86 17 102.3 1992 32 TOT NL P 25 8 9 2 1 .895 .955 0.68 0.60 2.44 1.94 7 62.6 PHI NL P 9 6 7 1 1 .929 .956 1.44 0.60 3.05 1.95 7 38.3 PIT NL P 16 2 2 1 0 .800 .952 0.25 0.60 1.48 1.93 0 24.3 1993 33 TOR AL P 44 4 4 1 0 .889 .952 0.18 0.56 0.86 1.78 0 83.7 1994 34 TOR AL P 10 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 0.30 0.52 1.44 1.73 0 18.7 1995 35 TOR AL P 24 2 6 2 1 .800 .964 0.33 0.53 1.60 1.80 0 45.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 278 123 151 16 12 .945 .955 0.99 0.62 1.90 1.90 174 1298.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 278 123 151 16 12 .945 .955 0.99 0.62 1.90 1.90 174 1298
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1985   NLCS  STL LAD     W   1   1   3.00  1  0  0  0   6     4   2   5   4 
        WS    STL KCR     L   2   2   1.29  0  0  0  0  14    14   2   4  13 
 1987   NLCS  STL SFG     W   2   2   2.12  1  1  0  2  17    17   4   3  11 
        WS    STL MIN     L   3   2   7.71  1  2  0  0  11.2  13  10   8   9 
 1992   NLCS  PIT ATL     L   2   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   1.1   1   0   1   1 
 1993   ALCS  TOR CHW     W   2   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   5     3   0   2   5 
        WS    TOR PHI     W   3   0   8.10  0  0  0  0   3.1   6   3   5   6 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  4 Lg Champ Series     3-1   7   3   1.84  2  1  0  2  29.1  25   6  11  21 
  3 World Series        1-2   8   4   4.66  1  2  0  0  29    33  15  17  28 
  7 Postseason Ser      4-3  15   7   3.24  3  3  0  2  58.1  58  21  28  49 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1985   NLCS  STL LAD     W   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1  .000  .333  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    STL KCR     L   2   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1987   NLCS  STL SFG     W   2   6   0   2  0  0  0   1   0   2  .333  .333  .333   0  0   1   0   0 
        WS    STL MIN     L   3   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
 1992   NLCS  PIT ATL     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1993   ALCS  TOR CHW     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    TOR PHI     W   3   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 Lg Champ Series     3-1   7   8   0   2  0  0  0   1   1   3  .250  .333  .250   0  0   1   0   0 
  3 World Series        1-2   8   7   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   3  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
  7 Postseason Series   4-3  15  15   0   2  0  0  0   1   1   6  .133  .188  .133   0  0   2   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Hits
1986 NL-16-2

ERA
1985 NL-2.88-8
1986 NL-2.90-6

Wins
1985 NL-18-6

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1986 NL-1.132-7

Innings
1985 NL-241.0-9

Games Started
1985 NL-35-8

Comp. Games
1985 NL-10-4
1986 NL-8-5

Shutouts
1985 NL-4-5

Hits Allowed
1985 NL-226-8
1987 NL-224-7

Losses
1986 NL-13-6

Hit Batsmen
1984 NL-7-1

Adjusted ERA+
1985 NL-124-9
1986 NL-127-5

Gray Ink: Pitching - 21 (1020) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1072) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 22.0 (553) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 13th round of the 1981 amateur draft.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

November 30, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 19, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

December 17, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

October 31, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

December 9, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

June 7, 1992: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

June 19, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

November 3, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 8, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

October 29, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

November 8, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

October 20, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

December 14, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

November 1, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

December 6, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985St. Louis Cardinals$110,000
1986St. Louis Cardinals$400,000
1987St. Louis Cardinals$600,000
1988St. Louis Cardinals$750,000
1989St. Louis Cardinals$600,000
1990St. Louis Cardinals$150,000
1991Philadelphia Phillies$520,000
1992Philadelphia Phillies$625,000
Toronto Blue Jays$109,000
1993Toronto Blue Jays$550,000
1994Toronto Blue Jays$800,000
1995Toronto Blue Jays$700,000
Career (may be incomplete)$5,914,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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