Nellie Fox

Jacob Nelson "Nellie" Fox (December 25, 1927 – December 1, 1975) was an American professional baseball player who ranked among the best second basemen in the game and the third-most difficult hitter to strike out in Major League history. Fox played in the major leagues from 1947 through 1965, spending the majority of his career with the Chicago White Sox; his career was bookended by multi-year stints with the Philadelphia Athletics and, later, the Houston Astros. He was an American League All-Star for twelve seasons, the AL Most Valuable Player for one season, and an AL Gold Glove winner three times. Fox compiled a .288 career batting average with 2,663 hits, 35 home runs, and 790 runs batted in. He hit .300 or better six times, led the AL in singles eight times—including seven consecutive seasons—and led AL second basemen in fielding average six times, finishing with a .984 career fielding percentage. In 1959, when the "Go Go" White Sox won the American League pennant, he batted .306 with 149 singles and 70 RBI. After his playing career, he coached for the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers. Fox was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997.