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Pete Fox
Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right • Throws: Right
5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)
Born: March 8, 1909 in Evansville, IN
Died: July 5, 1966 in Detroit, MI
Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, MI
High School: Bosse HS (Evansville, IN)
Debut: April 12, 1933 (7,571st in major league history)
vs. CLE 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Last Game: September 23, 1945
vs. NYY 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Full Name: Ervin Fox
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Biography
Fox rose from the sandlots of Evansville, Indiana. A spark plug at the top of the Tiger lineup in the mid-1930s, Ervin “Pete” Fox was a daring baserunner and a career .298 hitter in 13 seasons.
Fox was one of the AL’s better outfielders, both offensively and defensively, and a mainstay of the strong Detroit teams of the mid-1930s He was shuttled in and out of a four or five man outfield rotation for much of his career, Fox always managed to get playing time due to his range in the outfield and aggressive baserunning..
A semi-pro pitcher when the Tigers first spotted him, he was advised to concentrate on the outfield. Within three seasons, Fox had led the Texas League by hitting .357, and had arrived in Detroit. Always dangerous on the bases, he became a steady fielder with a good arm, and a good doubles hitter with occasional home run power. He hit over .300 each year from 1935 through 1937, had six doubles in the 1934 World Series, he had 10 hits and batted .385 in the 1935 World Series as Detroit won their first championship. He was at his best in 1937, when he batted .331 and smashed 208 hits.
He “gripped a bat so tight that when you shook hands with him, you shook hands with a callus.” The quote epitomizes Pete Fox, who was remembered as a “winning ballplayer, diligent and deadly serious…
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