Would Nellie Fox Fan More Today?

frankbmd · #1 05-11-2019, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by nolemmings

If la Tortuga would play more, you would have a new leader. 53 plate appearances with 1 K, last year 3 Ks in 97 PA's. Unfortunately he doesn't walk either-- he walked twice last year and once this season thus far. An absolute joy to watch play, and has already had a night named for him this season. He should be coming back from a tweaked hammy soon, but the Twins can't seem to get him in the lineup.

An impreesive stat line compared to Fox, but at 5'9" and 225 pounds, he is hardly a mirror image of Fox physically, who was taller at 5'10" but weighed a mere 160 pounds.

Mike D. · #2 05-11-2019, 08:09 PM

With more high velocity pitchers than ever, and fresh relievers inning after inning instead of tired starters, I'm sure he'd strike out more than he did in that era. How much more is tough to say.

brian1961 · #3 05-12-2019, 08:34 PM

Who really cares?

When he lived and played his heart out for the ChiSox, he whipped his fat bat around and got many a blunk single, or a bunt that he'd frequently beat out. Nellie was a man of his times, and I'm just glad the White Sox had 'em on their side. When the Sox won one of the 2 pennants the Yankees didn't in the 50s, he hit .375 in the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. At least two of their pitchers, Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax, were flamethrowers. Koufax was still a couple years away from stardom, but he did pitch a total of 9 innings and was erratic, but scary when he was good. How Nellie did against curve ball artists like Whitey Ford, I don't know at the moment. Put it this way, if Nell had a weakness, the other teams would have caught on quick and fed him a strict diet of that weakness. But little Nellie didn't back down to anybody, and he got his hits. He was a fixture at the South Side for a long, long time.

--- Brian Powell

Peter_Spaeth · #4 05-12-2019, 09:51 PM

Amazing a team led by two dink hitters Fox and Aparicio and with not that great pitching (Wynn and a great year from Bob Shaw) beat out the Mantle-Berra etc. etc. etc. Yankees, but they had a horrible year.

rats60 · #5 05-13-2019, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Amazing a team led by two dink hitters Fox and Aparicio and with not that great pitching (Wynn and a great year from Bob Shaw) beat out the Mantle-Berra etc. etc. etc. Yankees, but they had a horrible year.

Not that great pitching? They had the best pitching staff in the American League with a 3.29 team ERA. They had Billy Pierce who was still above even though he had an off year. They also had a good bullpen. Their offense was terrible, 6th of 8th in runs, batting average and OPS+.

frankbmd · #6 05-13-2019, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Amazing a team led by two dink hitters Fox and Aparicio and with not that great pitching (Wynn and a great year from Bob Shaw) beat out the Mantle-Berra etc. etc. etc. Yankees, but they had a horrible year.

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Originally Posted by rats60

Not that great pitching? They had the best pitching staff in the American League with a 3.29 team ERA. They had Billy Pierce who was still above even though he had an off year. They also had a good bullpen. Their offense was terrible, 6th of 8th in runs, batting average and OPS+.

And the Sox would have won the World Series were it not for Chuck Essegian's WS OPS of 3.417

Peter_Spaeth · #7 05-14-2019, 08:23 AM

That Fox didn't fan is one reason I am a Fox fan. If Fox played today we fans could watch him on Fox and see how much he fanned.

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