Roosevelt Cox
1937–1944 · bats R / throws R · Chicago American Giants, DT2, Kansas City Monarchs, NAL, New York Cubans
123G
.227AVG
.286OBP
.304SLG
More career statistics
94H
2HR
52RBI
6SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 123 | 102 |
| Batting · At bats | 414 | 315 |
| Batting · Doubles | 10 | 6 |
| Batting · Hits | 94 | 81 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 2 | 0 |
| Batting · Home runs | 2 | 0 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 455 | 354 |
| Batting · Runs | 54 | 42 |
| Batting · RBI | 52 | 21 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 6 | 5 |
| Batting · Triples | 8 | 7 |
| Batting · Walks | 32 | 28 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123 | 455 | 414 | 54 | 94 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 52 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 126 | .227 | .286 | .304 | .590 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1943-05-16 to 1943-05-31
8longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1938-08-21 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 53 | 172 | 46 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 0 | .305 | .349 | .411 |
| Away | 49 | 182 | 35 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 | .213 | .269 | .238 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .800 |
| May | 30 | 122 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .268 | .311 | .304 |
| June | 26 | 93 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .244 | .290 | .326 |
| July | 32 | 103 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 0 | .279 | .359 | .360 |
| August | 12 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .154 | .161 | .154 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-american-giants | 20 | 68 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .197 | .235 | .197 |
| philadelphia-stars | 13 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .282 | .341 | .282 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 11 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .325 |
| homestead-grays | 10 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .292 | .346 | .375 |
| birmingham-black-barons | 7 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .273 | .429 | .500 |
| ATN | 7 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .208 | .350 |
| memphis-red-sox | 6 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .300 | .360 | .500 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 6 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .292 | .333 | .292 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | DT2 | 24 | 59 | 22 | – | 2 | – | .373 | – | – |
| 1938 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 35 | 114 | 24 | – | 10 | 3 | .211 | – | – |
| 1942 | NCNew York Cubans | 16 | 50 | 6 | – | 1 | 1 | .120 | – | – |
| 1943 | NCNew York Cubans | 23 | 87 | 25 | – | 4 | 1 | .287 | – | – |
| 1944 | NCNew York Cubans | 4 | 5 | 4 | – | 4 | – | .800 | – | – |