Thursday, March 18, 2010

Greatest Coaches Countdown - #46 Bobby Cox


Sport: MLB
Stops: Braves (1978 - 1981, 1990 - present)
Blue Jays (1982 - 1985)
Record: 2,377 - 1,902 (.556 Winning Percentage)
Championships: 1

Fun Facts
  1. The Sporting News has named Cox manager of the year 8 times. Since 1936 when that award was first given no one else has received it more than 4 times.
  2. Cox played with the New York Yankees for a short time and was a teammate to Mickey Mantle in his last season (1968) & Thurman Munson in his first season (1969).
  3. Cox currently holds the record for most ejections by a Manager which he set on Aug. 14th 2007 with his 132nd ejection.

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