MLB / Players

John Fox

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
BornFebruary 7, 1859 · Roxbury, MA, USA
MLB debutJune 2, 1881
Final gameAugust 9, 1886
Seasons4 (1881–1886)

Boston Red Caps 1881; Baltimore Orioles 1883; Pittsburg Alleghenys 1884; Washington Nationals 1886

Percentile snapshot

1883 season — qualified pitchers

G
20
26.8
GS
19
24.4
W
6
22
L
13
61
SV
0
0
CG
18
31.7
SHO
0
0
H
209
70.7
ER
74
68.3
BB
32
73.2
SO
49
24.4
HR
2
82.9
IP
165.3
29.3
ERA
4.03
26.8
WHIP
1.458
19.5
K/9
2.67
29.3
FIP
3.40
36.6
FIP-
103.2
51.2
ERA+
81.9
26.8
sWAR
0.1
22

of 42 qualified 1883 pitchers (min 96 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
-1.1
4.8

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
188130118118821000401100.178.178.178.35628.211.5.163-0.1
1883239692121430004000.152.188.185.37245.819.9.1760.1
1884825254620000000.240.240.320.56084.080.9.252-0.8
18861330100000000.333.333.333.667100.1102.9.307-0.4

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
188117166801201444639300124.33.331.4722.173.14113.383.3-0.1
1883201961301802097432492165.34.031.4582.673.40103.281.90.1
1884771607076371622259.05.641.5593.363.97122.557.5-0.8
1886110101011811308.09.002.7503.386.46196.336.5-0.4

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
62
PA
242
AB
238
R
24
H
42
2B
5
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
4
BB
4
SO
11
SB
0
BA
.1765
OBP
.1901
SLG
.1975
OPS
.3876

Pitching

G (P)
45
GS
43
W
13
L
28
SV
0
CG
38
SHO
0
IP
357
SO (P)
104
BB allowed
98
ERA
4.164
WHIP
1.5084
K/9
2.62

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.