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• He joined the Montreal Expos organization as the manager of Triple A Ottawa in 1999...Cox began the 2000 season
as the manager at Ottawa before he was named Montreal’s third base coach in the middle of the season...he spent the
2001 season as the club’s third base coach.
• Began his minor league managerial career with Rookie level Billings during the 1986 season...managed at the minor
league level with the Pirates (1987-88), Kansas City Royals (1989-94) and Atlanta Braves (1996, 1998) organizations.
• Served as a player/coach with Double A Vermont in the Reds organization in 1984 and a coach with the club the
following season in 1985...Cox spent the 1988 season as a coach with Single A Eugene, the 1995 season as the third
base coach with the Royals and the 1997 season as the minor league field coordinator with the Braves.
• His professional playing career began in 1974 as he saw action with two independent teams in the Northwest League,
playing with New Westminster and Portland...Cox played the next 11 seasons with the Oakland Athletics (1975-81),
Tigers (1982), Royals (1982-83) and Reds (1984-85) organizations...he saw action at the major league level with
Oakland during both the 1980 and 1981 seasons.
• Resides in West Covina, CA during the off-season...has one daughter, Kimberly.
RECORD AS A MANAGER
Year Club League W L Pct. Position Games +/-
1986 Billings Pioneer 31 39 .443 Fifth -14.0
1987 Watertown New York-Penn 44 32 .579 First +2.5
1988 Augusta South Atlantic 44 26 .629 Second - 1st half -2.0
34 34 .500 Sixth - 2nd half -8.5
1989 Memphis Southern 27 44 .380 Fifth - 1st half -26.0
32 40 .417 Fourth - 2nd half -15.5
1990 Memphis Southern 44 28 .611 First - 1st half +3.0
29 43 .403 Fifth - 2nd half -10.5
1991 Memphis Southern 23 45 .338 Fifth - 1st half -21.0
38 38 .500 Second - 2nd half -3.5
1992 Omaha American Association 67 77 .465 Third -7.0
1993 Omaha American Association 70 74 .486 Third -15.0
1994 Omaha American Association 68 76 .472 Sixth -18.5
1996 Greenville Southern 28 42 .400 t-Fourth - 1st half -11.5
30 40 .429 Fourth - 2nd half -6.5
1998 Richmond International 64 80 .444 Fourth -16.0
1999 Ottawa International 59 85 .410 Sixth -19.0
2000 Ottawa International 38 54 .413 Sixth -31.0
MINOR LEAGUE TOTALS 770 897 .462 (13 Seasons) ——
RECORD AS A PLAYER
Year Club AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E
1974 New Westminster/Portland .174 49 144 23 25 29 2 1 0 7 0 4 1 18 21 7 2 .263 .201 8
1975 Boise .236 54 161 33 38 45 7 0 0 12 3 2 2 34 15 15 1 .372 .280 17
1976 Modesto .311 70 241 55 75 99 11 2 3 29 3 2 3 37 27 24 5 .406 .411 15
Chattanooga .290 36 131 20 38 48 3 2 1 14 1 1 4 13 15 9 6 .369 .366 7
1977 Chattanooga .267 133 476 78 127 148 15 3 0 39 4 5 10 71 49 68 27 .370 .311 24
San Jose .207 8 29 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 .258 .207 2
1978 Jersey City .178 28 107 14 19 20 1 0 0 7 0 1 1 8 14 3 2 .239 .187 6
Vancouver .252 47 131 21 33 35 2 0 0 12 2 2 2 10 12 5 2 .310 .267 9
1979 Ogden .285 139 520 102 148 163 10 1 1 37 3 3 3 87 65 45 18 .388 .313 25
1980 Ogden .288 74 274 55 79 88 7 1 0 21 5 2 1 55 24 25 8 .410 .321 17
Oakland .213 59 169 20 36 39 3 0 0 9 11 0 0 14 23 8 5 .273 .231 6
1981 Tacoma .281 97 317 64 89 107 11 2 1 30 12 2 7 66 29 31 10 .413 .338 15
Oakland .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
1982 Evansville/Omaha .225 71 191 40 43 50 5 1 0 18 5 4 3 36 18 12 4 .350 .262 10
1983 Omaha .242 53 128 14 31 33 2 0 0 10 1 2 1 13 18 0 2 .313 .258 7
1984 Vermont .263 38 118 19 31 33 2 0 0 15 2 3 1 18 17 1 0 .357 .280 8
1985 Vermont .250 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .400 .250 0
MINOR LEAGUE TOTALS .263 901 2972 542 783 905 78 13 6 251 41 32 40 469 326 248 88 .368 .305 170
MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS .213 61 169 20 36 39 3 0 0 9 11 0 0 14 23 8 5 .273 .231 6
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