Bobby Cox

Robert Joseph Cox, most widely known as Bobby Cox, (born May 21, 1941 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA) is a former player — and current manager — in Major League Baseball. He is currently the manager of the Atlanta Braves, who he first led from 1978 to 1981, and later rejoined in 1990, and as of the 2005 season, Cox is the manager with the longest current tenure. Cox was also general manager of that organization from 1985-1990. He also managed the Toronto Blue Jays from 1982 to 1985.

Cox is the seventh-winningest manager in major league history, with a record of 2092 wins and 1603 losses through the 2005 season; his Braves have won their division every year from 1991-2005, excluding the strike-shortened 1994 season. He has won one World Series championship, in 1995. In 2001 he became the winningest manager in Braves history.

Cox is also known, somewhat dubiously, for his short temper with the umpires. Cox holds the Major League record for most ejections in a career, and is the only person, player or manager, to be ejected from two World Series games (once in 1992, and again in 1996).

As a player, Cox played two seasons, mostly at third base, for the New York Yankees. Traded from the Braves December 7, 1967, Bobby was plugged in right away as the starting third-baseman for the Yankees. Thanks to bad knees, Cox became the second in a string of four stop-gap players between greats Clete Boyer and Graig Nettles. He played with Mickey Mantle during "The Mick's" final season in 1968 and then saw the major league debut of another Bronx legend, Thurman Munson, in 1969.

Awards

*AL Manager of the Year Award - 1985

*NL Manager of the Year Award - 1991, 2004, 2005

*TSN Manager of the Year Award - 1985

*TSN NL Manager of the Year Award - 1991, 1993, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

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