Jack Fox

John Paul Fox (May 21, 1885 – June 28, 1963) was a professional baseball player whose career spanned 11 seasons, including one in Major League Baseball. During that one season in 1908, Fox played with the Philadelphia Athletics. Fox compiled a major league batting average of .200 with two runs, six hits and two stolen bases in nine games played. Fox also played in the minor leagues with the Class-C Poughkeepsie Colts (1906), the Class-B Albany Senators (1906–07), the Class-A Jersey City Skeeters (1908), the Class-A Memphis Egyptians (1908), the Class-B Wilkes-Barre Barons (1909), the Class-B Troy Trojans, the Class-A Lincoln Railsplitters (1910–11), the Class-B Harrisburg Senators (1912–14), the Class-D Bradford Drillers (1914) and the Class-B Scranton Miners (1915–16). He started his minor league career as an outfielder, but later converted into a pitcher. Fox compiled a career minor league batting average of .251 with 670 hits in 694 games played. As a pitcher, he compiled a win–loss record of 90–63 in 185 career minor league games pitched. Fox batted and threw right-handed. Professional career Fox began his professional baseball career in 1906 with the Poughkeepsie Colts, who were members of the Class-C Hudson River League. With the Colts, he batted .179 with 60 hits in 337 at-bats. Fox committed four errors, 12 assists and 120 putouts in 136 total chances as an outfielder. Fox then joined the Class-B Albany Senators, who were members of the New York State League. In 135 games played with the Senators, Fox batted .268 with 136 hits. On defense, Fox played in the outfield and committed nine errors, 12 assists and 217 putouts in 238 total chances. Between the two clubs that season, he batted a combined .232 with 196 hits in 845 at-bats, and compiled a .965 fielding percentage as an outfielder. In 1907, Fox spent the entire season with Albany. He batted .276 with 106 hits in 114 games played that season. Before the 1908 season, Fox was drafted by the Class-A Memphis Egyptians of the Southern Association. With the Egyptians, Fox batted .243 with 17 hits in 18 games played. Connie Mack, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, acquired Fox from the Memphis club during early June. Fox's addition to the Athletics roster was due to a depleted outfield. On June 2, 1908, Fox made his major league debut. Sporting Life described it as an "unimpressive" debut. After suffering a hand injury in mid-June, Fox was unable to accompany the Athletics on a road trip.