Nellie Fox doesn’t get enough credit | here are some of his insane stats ⚾️ 🤯

[@robertaxel]

Part of a great DP combination with Luis Aparicio..

[@MarkKrauklis]

I was born (1952) and raised in Chicago. Nellie Fox and his teammate, Luis Aparicio were one of the GREATEST defensive AND offensive combos in MLB history!!🥰🥰 R.I.P. Nelli🥰e and Looie🥰!!!

[@priscillabouffant9515]

Aparicio was a much less than league average hitter with a lifetime 82 OPS+, 100 being league average. He couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat. He was far from any sort of offensive force. Fox, was slightly better at a 94 OPS+ lifetime. Neither of these guys were real offensive threats and far from "Great" hitters. Sorry to mess up your addled memory with sometime as factual as real stats. I know. I know. You use the smell test.

[@ChiSoxEdits]

Louis is still alive and the oldest Hall of famer

[@the-eye-is-watching]

@@priscillabouffant9515 His 2,673 hits as a shortstop were a record until Derek Jeter broke it on August 17, 2009. That is not too shabby

[@Jay7682]

As a White Sox fan hes one of my favorite players my team has ever had

[@MelanieMeyers-e9w]

He’s my uncle

[@65panhed39]

I had several of his baseball bats when I was a kid. I gave him some credit back then. Thanks for the blast from the past!!!!!

[@MelanieMeyers-e9w]

He’s my uncle

[@garygardner3562]

Had a Nellie Fox model Louisville Slugger as a kid. It had the thickest handle I ever saw on a bat.

[@TheRocker27]

Great player. I was lucky enough to see him play. 🤘👍

[@MelanieMeyers-e9w]

He’s my uncle

[@TheRocker27]

@@MelanieMeyers-e9w Very cool. 👍

[@ronniecozzi8385]

He also was a mentor to Joe Morgan.

[@BaseballPod]

Very cool! 🙌

[@TheBatugan77]

True that!

[@yourguidetorights3909]

Can't believe it took 32 years to elect him to the HOF. He was elected by the veterans committee. Only 216 so's in 10,000 at bats, 2663 hits, .288 ave and defense. 32 yrs . Ridiculous.

[@Nestor123057]

Nellie is in the Hall of Fame. Nuff said. Btw, Pete Rose just said it was his translator.

[@dennisgarrison7315]

He wasn't a homerun hitter but always got on base. Loved watching him play. I'm a former Southside boy..

[@Racer997]

Always got on base? Wow. That’s a hell of an OBP, man.

[@dennisgarrison7315]

@@Racer997 yep not a homerun hitter, but struck under 20 times in a season. Batted over 300 Several Seasons.

[@j.philiplarson2064]

I remember watching him and Aparicio(sp) as a kid...I was the only Sox fan in my family. They were the Go-Go White Sox!

[@Travelinran]

And a nice guy who signed baseball cards for my brother and me

[@csnide6702]

That was in a time where players cared about BATTING AVERAGE, putting the ball in play , hitting behind a runner on second and getting on base.

[@dougbrowne9890]

It was a time when owners cared about BATTING AVERAGE, putting the ball in play, hitting behind a runner on second and getting on base. Today, owners only care about such things when they can sign a player on the cheap.

[@csnide6702]

@@dougbrowne9890 BINGO ! When do you hear about someone hitting behind a runner or taking extra base or a delayed steal...? These things matter in a game and it's lost on todays game

[@gymnasium2413]

I think his team mate Jungle Jim Rivera started the head first slide.Thus, Jungle Jim.The Go Go Sox.I'm a cub fan, but they we're fun to watch!

[@gymnasium2413]

Btw the nuns in our Catholic grade school brought in small TV's to watch because all the games were day games.

[@davidmitchell6873]

His photo is on the bedroom wall of the Brady Bunch boys room.

[@charlessupp2543]

And...he still looked like a teenager up until he retired!😊Ageless 😊😊

[@jackel99]

He gets enough credit. He is a HOFer!

[@luishumbertovega3900]

He was born old, when playing he looked like a 50 years old man, too bad he was only 47 when he died of cancer. Can't imagine a player striking out only 18 times in a season !!!.

[@BaseballPod]

Definitely insane to think about that the way the game is played now - probably never see it again.

[@bradkaste324]

It was the chewing tobacco that did him in.

[@kevinmadden1645]

Fox's best year was 1957, not 1959. He hit .317 and had 200+ hits. and scored 100+ runs. His 1959 season was good but they could have just as easily given the award to his teammate, ,Luis Aparicio. If the Indians had won the pennant after leading the league for most of the season, Rocky Colavito would have won the award comfortably .

[@kevinmadden1645]

Incidentally, "Jim" Rivera's first name was Manuel, not James. This is curious because in the 1950's, seemingly all White Sox outfielders had "Jim" for a first name (Landis, Mcanany, Delsing among others )

[@MelanieMeyers-e9w]

He’s my uncle

[@BaseballPod]

That’s awesome!

[@8House]

He doesn't get talked about more because of sabermetrics. Saber stat lovers despise players like Nellie Fox.

[@deepcosmiclove]

I'm still trying to figure out how the Sox lost that WS.

[@kevinmadden1645]

🎉The key to the Series was Sherm Lollar being thrown out at home with no outs. The momentum swung to the Dodgers as they won game 2, 4-3 after losing game 11-0 . Another factor was the Sox losing game 3, 3-1 despite 13 hits- all singles!

[@deepcosmiclove]

@@kevinmadden1645 I sure hope that 3b coach got fired.

[@deepcosmiclove]

@@kevinmadden1645 Another thing too was that the Dodgers had a lot of WS experience as the Brooklyn Dodgers. The only guys on the Sox with WS experience was maybe Early Wynn and El Senor Al Lopez who lost to the Giants 0-4.

[@kevinmadden1645]

@@deepcosmiclove I don't think Tony Cuccinello was fired after the World Series.

[@kevinmadden1645]

@@deepcosmiclove You make an interesting point. The 1959 Dodgers were a blend of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers. As it turned out, Hodges and Snider had one more productive year in them. Drysdale was their best pitcher(17 wins) . Koufax was not yet Koufax (8-3) although he showed hints of what was to come . On the other hand, Wally Moon and Charlie Neal had career years with Moon finishing in the top five in the MVP balloting . Maury Wills played well after being called up from Spokane after spending eight years in the minors. Chuck Essigian and Rip Repulski played well in reserve roles. Essigian became the first player to pinch hit two homers in a World Series.

[@michaellivingston4912]

I think that’s what happens when you play for the White Sox

[@ronwaggoner6899]

Jeff Kent

[@Zane_Zaminsky]

👎

[@raymondst.pierre4372]

They don't make guys like Nellie Fox anymore.

[@zekelucente9702]

Is in the HOF so I wouldn’t say he was overlooked.

[@GeorgeYoung-uh5by]

Aaron Judge Struck out 210 times in 1 year! !!!

[@CapAnson12345]

Also holds the record for most photos taken with chewing tobacco in his mouth.

[@BaseballPod]

LOL definitely 👍 ⚾️

[@Zane_Zaminsky]

Bottle bat. Once played 98 straight games without striking out.

[@BaseballPod]

Remarkable 🙌

[@matthewmorgan4765]

was he born with a wad of chew in his left cheek?

[@priscillabouffant9515]

The fact that this banjo hitter is in the HOF is a disgrace.

[@fratzogmopars]

He belongs in the HOF, unlike all of the steroid users who are crying now. You must be A.I. because a real human, and a real baseball fan, would never make such an uninformed statement.

[@USMC-cv5sd]

His offensive numbers don't nearly justify the Hall of Fame.

[@tomfarwell7715]

You have to view the entire picture. Nellie was the best second baseman in the American League for a decade.

[@USMC-cv5sd]

@@tomfarwell7715 Good point.

[@csnide6702]

yes , wasn't in the game quite long enough.

[@pete956]

Unfortunately Al Lopez, his manager on the Sox, on the veterans committee for years,didn't think Nellie belonged in the Hall,didn't advocate for him. Sadly, only got in after he passed.

[@USMC-cv5sd]

Usually, managers are for you , but that was a different time.