![]() Overall, Cox had a highly successful six-year tenure as a minor league manager, compiling a record of 459 wins and 387 defeats (.543) with two league championships. This team featured such future major leaguers as Ron Guidry, Mickey Klutts, Terry Whitfield and Juan Bernhardt. In 1976, he led the Syracuse Chiefs to the International League's Governors' Cup title. In between, he coached and managed in the Yankees minor league system.Ĭox began his managerial career in the Yankees farm system in 1971. He later managed the Cardenales during three consecutive seasons from 1974–75 through 1976–77. Prior to managing in the States, Cox played from 1967 to 1970 for the Cardenales de Lara and Leones del Caracas clubs of the Venezuelan Winter League. Cox played two seasons, mostly at third base, for the Yankees. ![]() Instead, he was traded to the New York Yankees on December 7, 1967. Eventually he was acquired by the Braves, but never appeared in an MLB game for them either. Playing career Īs a player, Cox originally signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers, but was never able to make the Dodgers' major league team. He became the first manager to exceed three consecutive appearances in the League Championship Series, doing so by qualifying for the National League Championship Series from 1991 to 1999 (excluding 1994, which had no NLCS). He also leads the league in playoff appearances as manager with sixteen, and he was the first since Casey Stengel to have qualified for the postseason ten times (four managers have since followed him). Cox holds the all-time record for ejections in MLB with 158 (plus an additional three post-season ejections ), a record previously held by John McGraw. The Braves have since retired No. 6 in his honor. Cox led the Atlanta Braves to the World Series championship in 1995. He moved back to the manager's role during the 1990 season and stayed there until his retirement following the 2010 season. ![]() He rejoined the Braves in 1986 as a general manager. He recorded a 100-win season six times, a record matched only by Joe McCarthy.Ĭox first managed the Braves from 1978 to 1981, and then managed the Blue Jays from 1982 to 1985. He is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Cox played for the New York Yankees and managed the Atlanta Braves and Toronto Blue Jays. Robert Joe Cox (born May 21, 1941) is an American former professional baseball third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). October 1, 1969, for the New York Yankees ![]()
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