Jeff Cox

{{short description|American baseball player and coach (born 1955)}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jeff Cox

|image=Jeff Cox 2011.jpg

|caption=Cox in 2011

|team=

|number=

|position=Second baseman

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1955|11|9}}

|birth_place=Los Angeles, California, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 1

|debutyear=1980

|debutteam=Oakland Athletics

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 16

|finalyear=1981

|finalteam=Oakland Athletics

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.213

|stat2label=Hits

|stat2value=36

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=9

|teams=

As player

Oakland Athletics ({{mlby|1980}}–{{mlby|1981}})

As coach

Kansas City Royals ({{mlby|1995}})
Montreal Expos ({{mlby|2000}}–{{mlby|2001}})
Florida Marlins ({{mlby|2002}}–{{mlby|2005}})
Pittsburgh Pirates ({{mlby|2006}}–{{mlby|2007}})
Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|2008}}–{{mlby|2011}})

|awards=

World Series champion (2003)

}}

Jeffrey Lindon Cox (born November 9, 1955) is a former Major League Baseball third base coach for the Chicago White Sox. He is currently a baserunning specialist for the Detroit Tigers. Previously, Cox was a second baseman for the Oakland Athletics during the 1980 and 1981 seasons. He batted and threw right-handed.

Coaching career

= Montreal Expos =

On July 20, 2000, Cox, who was at the time serving as the manager of the Triple-A Ottawa Lynx, was promoted to serve as the bench coach of the Montreal Expos.{{Cite web |date=July 20, 2000 |title=Expos Fire Pitching, Bench Coach |url=https://apnews.com/article/c91ebdc84378a122b83d9584ce419526 |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=Associated Press |language=en}} He was later retained for the 2001 season.

=Florida Marlins=

On February 12, 2002, Cox was hired by the Florida Marlins to serve as their bullpen coach.{{Cite web |date=February 12, 2002 |title=Loria: 'My commitment is to put a championship team on the field' |url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/news/2002/0212/1330906.html |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}} He served as the bench coach, bullpen coach, and as the third base coach during his four years with the Marlins. In 2003, Cox earned a World Series ring when the Marlins defeated the New York Yankees in the 2003 World Series. He was let go by the Marlins after the 2005 season.{{Cite web |last= |date=October 26, 2005 |title=Marlins Hire 3rd Base Coach |url=https://www.fishstripes.com/2005/10/26/114839/40 |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=Fish Stripes |publisher=SB Nation |language=en}}

=Pittsburgh Pirates=

On December 1, 2005, Cox was named the third base coach and infield instructor for the Pittsburgh Pirates.{{Cite web |date=December 1, 2005 |title=Konerko staying put with White Sox |url=https://www.deseret.com/2005/12/1/19925486/konerko-staying-put-with-white-sox |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=Deseret News |language=en |agency=Associated Press}}

= Chicago White Sox =

On October 26, 2007, Cox left the Pirates and was hired by the Chicago White Sox to become the team's third base coach.{{Cite web |date=October 26, 2007 |title=Three ex-Pirates coaches land jobs in MLB, minors |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3081434 |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=ESPN |publisher=Associated Press |language=en}} His contract was not renewed following the 2011 season.{{Cite web |date=October 18, 2011 |title=Guillen fires back at White Sox pitching coach |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/7117883/ozzie-guillen-fires-back-chicago-white-sox-pitching-coach-don-cooper |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=ESPN |language=en}}

= Detroit Tigers =

On January 17, 2013, the Detroit Tigers hired Cox as a baserunning consultant.{{Cite web |last=Beck |first=Jason |date=January 17, 2013 |title=J. Cox joins Tigers' staff as baserunning consultant |url=http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130117&content_id=41009842&vkey=news_det&c_id=det |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120141528/http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130117&content_id=41009842&vkey=news_det&c_id=det |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |access-date=January 21, 2013 |website=Detroit Tigers |publisher=MLB.com}}

Playing career

In a 61-game career, Cox was a .213 hitter (36-for-169) with 20 runs, 9 RBI and no home runs.{{Cite web |title=Jeff Cox Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/coxje01.shtml |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}

Personal

Cox is a single father and has one daughter named Kimberly. He graduated in 1973 from South Hills High School located in West Covina, California. In high school, Cox was a three-sport athlete lettering in baseball, basketball, and cross-country. His senior year in high school he was named to the California Interscholastic Federation first team in baseball and basketball. Cox later attended Manatee Junior College in Bradenton, Florida while also playing at the Royals Baseball Academy. Cox played two years of basketball at Mount San Antonio College in Walnut, California and also attended Cal Poly-Pomona.{{cite web |title=Manager and Coaches |url=http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/team/coach_staff_bio.jsp?c_id=cws&coachorstaffid=112759 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108035656/http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/team/coach_staff_bio.jsp?c_id=cws&coachorstaffid=112759 |archive-date=November 8, 2011 |access-date=July 2, 2012 |website=Chicago White Sox |publisher=MLB.com}}