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'''As Player'''<BR>
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'''As General Manager'''<BR>
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'''Robert Joe "Bobby" Cox''' (born ] ] in ]) is the current ] of the ], and a former ] in ]. He first led the Braves from {{by|1978}} to {{by|1981}}, and then managed the ] from {{by|1982}} to {{by|1985}}. He later rejoined the Braves in {{by|1985}} as a ]. He moved back to the manager's role during the {{by|1990}} season; as of {{by|2007}}, Cox is the manager with the longest current tenure in Major League Baseball. He led the Atlanta Braves to the ] championship in ]. He currently holds the all-time record for ejections in Major League Baseball with 142, a record previously held by John McGraw.

He presently ranks 4th on the ] list.

==Playing career==
As a player, Cox originally signed with the ], but was never able to make the Dodger varsity. Eventually he was acquired by the Braves, but never appeared in an MLB game for them either. Instead, he was traded to the ] on ], {{by|1967}}. Cox played two seasons, mostly at ], for the Yanks. Because of bad knees, Cox became the second in a string of four stopgap players between ] and ]. He played with fellow ]n ] during Mantle's final season in {{by|1968}} and with ] during his debut season in {{by|1969}}.

==Managerial career==
===New York Yankees farm system===
Cox began his managerial career in the Yankees farm system. In 1976, he led the ] to the ] title. This team featured such future major leaguers as ], ], ] and ].

===Atlanta Braves(1978-1981)===
Cox replaced ] as the manager of the Atlanta Braves prior to the 1978 season, inheriting a team that had finished last in the league during the previous two seasons and had compiled a worse record than the two expansion teams, ] and ], in {{by|1977}}. Building from the ground up, the Braves finished last in both 1978 and 1979. Entering 1980, Cox made one of the unusual moves for which he is known, moving power-hitting ]-] ], who had developed a throwing block as a catcher that hindered his ability to play, to center field. Murphy later won two ] Awards and five ]s, and became one of the premier players of the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/murphda05.shtml |title=Dale Murphy |work=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference, Inc |accessdate=2007-04-05}}</ref> In 1980 the Braves finished fourth with their first record above .500 since 1972. However, Cox was undone by the ] when the Braves finished fifth and owner ] fired him. Asked at a press conference who was on his short list for manager, Turner replied, "It would be Bobby Cox if I hadn't just fired him. We need someone like him around here." The Braves won the ] division title in 1982, and finished second in both 1983 and 1984.

===Toronto Blue Jays===
Cox joined the Toronto Blue Jays in 1982, who steadily improved over the four years of his management. In 1985, Cox's fourth season with the club, the Blue Jays finished first place in the ]. That season, the ] was expanded to a best-of-seven format after sixteen seasons of a best-of-five format. That difference ultimately made the difference when Cox's Blue Jays became only the fifth team to lose a playoff series after leading 3 games to 1 to the ].

===Atlanta Braves(1986-present)===
After the Blue Jays elimination, Cox returned to the Braves as general manager. After going through two managers over the course of less than five years with disastrous results in attendance and outlook, Cox fired ] in June 1990, and appointed himself as the manager. Cox had spent the prior four seasons accumulating talent players, including ], ], ], ], and ]. He was also responsible for drafting ] with the first overall pick in the 1990 draft.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jonesch06.shtml |title=Chipper Jones |work=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference, Inc |accessdate=2007-04-05}}</ref>

====1991====
In 1991, the Braves, along with the ], became the first team to go from last place in one season to first place the next. The two teams met in the ]. Although the Braves lost, they continued to win division titles for a total of fourteen consecutive seasons. Cox's 15 division titles is a Major League record for a manager. On five separate occasions, the Braves have won the ] and played in the World Series, including four in a six-season stretch (1991, 1992, 1995, and 1996).

====1992====
In 1992, Cox's Braves held a 3-1 lead in the ] against the ] before losing games 5 and 6, although they did win Game 7 on ]'s ninth-inning, two-out, pinch-hit, two-run single. In 1993, the Braves had the best record in baseball after a pennant race where the Braves overcame a ten-game deficit in August to beat the ] by going 51-17 over the last two and a half months of the season to win the division by one game. However, they lost the National League Championship Series in six games to the ].

====1995-1996====
In 1995, the Atlanta Braves won Cox's only World Series championship to date over the ]. In 1996, the Braves again won the division title. After sweeping the ] in the division series, the Braves' pitching fell behind the ], three games to one. Facing elimination, the Braves offense outscored the Cardinals 33-1 over the final three games and won the pennant. Cox became the only manager in history to lose a series leading three games to one and win a series trailing three games to one.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws.jsp?feature=recaps_index |title=World Series History: Recaps and Results |publisher=MLB Advanced Media, L.P. |accessdate=2007-04-06}}</ref> The scoring continued into the first two games against the New York Yankees as the Braves took a two games to none lead by winning with scores of 12-1 and 4-0. In game four, the Braves led 6-0 in the fourth inning, but the Yankees came from behind. ] homered to tie the game, and the Yankees tied the series with a win in eleven innings, 8-6.

====1997-2001====
Following the loss, the Braves lost to the ] in 1997 and the ] in 1998 in the NLCS. The Braves made it back to the ], but lost to the defending World Series Champion New York Yankees in four straight games. Cox's 2001 team won the division title and upset the favored ] in three straight games in the ]. However, the ] defeated the Braves in five games in the NLCS.

====2002-present====
Cox's Braves have not advanced past the first round each of the last four seasons in which they made the playoffs. In 2002, the Braves won over 100 games and led the ] ] two games to one before dropping the last two. In 2003, the Braves pushed the ] to the fifth game before falling. The following year, the Braves lost in the best-of-five Division Series for the third straight year. In 2005, the Braves lost to the Astros, with the finale taking eighteen innings to decide.

==Accomplishments==
Cox has been named ] four times (1985, 1991, 2004, and 2005) and is one of only three managers to have won the award in both the American and National League. He is also the only person to have won the award in consecutive years. Cox has also been named Manager of the Year by '']'' eight times (1985, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005).

On May 12, 2007, Cox passed ] to become the ] in major league history, with a record of 2,195 wins and 1,698 losses. He led the Braves to a division title every season from {{by|1991}} to {{by|2005}}, excluding the ] {{by|1994}} season; the Braves have competed in the National League East since 1994 and competed in the National League West prior to that. He won a World Series Championship in {{by|1995}}. In {{by|2001}}, he took sole possession of first place for most wins as a manager in Braves history.<ref name=BA_BravesManagers>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/mgrtmab.shtml |title=Atlanta Braves Managers |work=Baseball Almanac |accessdate=2007-04-05}}</ref> Cox's .561 winning percentage is fourteenth in all-time among managers with at least 1,000 games managed, and is the second highest among those who managed the majority of their career after the creation of divisions within each league in {{by|1969}}.

On August 13, 2008, Cox was ejected for the 142nd time during the 5th inning in a Braves game against the ]; he currently holds the all-time record for most ejections (set on August 14, 2007 with his 132nd), previously held by ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_snmy.shtml |title=Baseball Managers |work=Baseball Almanac |accessdate=2007-04-05}}</ref> Cox is also the only person among all players and managers to be ejected from two World Series games (] and ]). He was ejected in the ninth inning of game three of the ] for throwing a batting helmet onto the field at the ]. Cox was trying to slam the helmet against the lip of the dugout and missed, throwing it onto the field. <ref name=BA_WS_Ejections>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/wsmgrej.shtml |title=World Series Ejections |work=Baseball Almanac |accessdate=2007-04-05}}</ref> Cox was tossed again in the final game of the ] after protesting an out call of ] attempting to take second base on a ]. Although video replays appeared to show Grissom as safe, umpire ] called him out, and Cox was tossed in an ensuing argument. <ref name=BA_WS_Ejections/>

==Personal life==
In May 1995, police were called to the home of Bobby and Pamela Cox in northwest ], ]. Pamela Cox told the police that her husband struck her. Bobby Cox was charged under Georgia's ] Act<ref></ref> with simple ]. He was accused of punching his wife and pulling her hair.<ref>{{cite news | last =Chass| first =Murray| title =On Baseball: Reality Again Intrudes On Men and Games| work =]| date =1995-05-09| url =http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CEED8103FF93AA35756C0A963958260| accessdate =2008-04-13 }}</ref> In a court settlement, Pamela Cox was instructed by the judge to attend a battered women's program and Bobby Cox was told to complete violence counseling and an ] evaluation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE6D9103AF931A3575AC0A963958260 |title=Battery Charges Against Cox Dismissed |work=]|publisher = ]| date = 1995-09-02| accessdate = 2008-04-13}}</ref> The criminal charges against Bobby Cox were dismissed, and he was not punished by Major League Baseball or the Atlanta Braves for the incident.

==Managerial record==
(updated through ], ])

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
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! rowspan="2"|Team!!rowspan="2"|Year!!colspan="5"|Regular Season!!colspan="4"|Postseason
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!Games!!Won!!Lost!!Win %!!Finish!!Won!!Lost !!Win %!!Result
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!rowspan="4"|]||1978||162
||69||93||.426||'''6<sup>th</sup> in NL West''' || - || - || - || -
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!1979||160
||66||94||.412||'''6<sup>th</sup> in NL West''' || - || - || - || -
|-
!1980||161
||81||80||.503||'''4<sup>th</sup> in NL West''' || - || - || - || -
|-
!1981||106
||50||56||.472||'''4<sup>th</sup> in NL West<SMALL> (1st Half)</SMALL><BR>5<sup>th</sup> in NL West <SMALL>(2nd Half)</SMALL>'''|| - || - || - || -
|-
!rowspan="4"|]||1982||162
||78||84||.481||'''6<sup>th</sup> in AL East'''|| - || - || - || -
|-
!1983||162
||89||73||.549||'''4<sup>th</sup> in AL East''' || - || - || - || -
|-
!1984||162
||89||73||.549||'''2<sup>nd</sup> in AL East''' || - || - || - || -
|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"
!1985||161
||99||62||.615||'''1<sup>st</sup> in AL East ||3||4||.429||Lost ].
|-
!rowspan="19"|]||1990||97
||40||57||.412||'''6<sup>th</sup> in NL West'''|| - || - || - || -
|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"
!1991||162
||94||68||.580||'''1<sup>st</sup> in NL West ||7||7||.500|| '''Lost ].'''
|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"
!1992||162
||98||64||.605||'''1<sup>st</sup> in NL West ||6||7||.462|| '''Lost ].'''
|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"
!1993||162
||104||58||.642||'''1<sup>st</sup> in NL West||2||4||.333|| '''Lost ].'''
|-
!1994||114
||68||46||.596||'''2<sup>nd</sup> in NL East<ref>Standings as of the end of the shortened season.</ref> || - || - || - || '''Strike Year'''
|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"
!1995||144
||90||54||.625||'''1<sup>st</sup> in NL East ||'''11'''||2||'''.846'''|| '''Won ].'''
|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"
!1996||162
||96||66||.593||'''1<sup>st</sup> in NL East ||9||'''7'''||.563|| '''Lost ].'''
|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"
!1997||162
||101||61||.623||'''1<sup>st</sup> in NL East ||5||4||.556|| '''Lost ].'''
|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"
!1998||162
||'''106'''||56||'''.654'''||'''1<sup>st</sup> in NL East ||5||4||.556||'''Lost ]'''
|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"
!1999||162
||103||59||.636||'''1<sup>st</sup> in NL East ||7||6||.538|| '''Lost ].'''
|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"
!2000||162
||95||67||.586||'''1<sup>st</sup> in NL East ||0||3||'''.000'''|| '''Lost ]'''
|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"
!2001||162
||88||74||.543||'''1<sup>st</sup> in NL East ||4||4||.500|| '''Lost ].'''
|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"
!2002||160
||101||59||.631||'''1<sup>st</sup> in NL East ||2||3||.400|| '''Lost ].'''
|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"
!2003||162
||101||61||.623||'''1<sup>st</sup> in NL East ||2||3||.400|| '''Lost ].'''
|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"
!2004||162
||96||66||.593||'''1<sup>st</sup> in NL East ||2||3||.400|| '''Lost ]'''
|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"
!2005||162
||90||72||.556||'''1<sup>st</sup> in NL East ||1||3||.250|| '''Lost ].'''
|-
!2006||162
||79||83||.488||'''3<sup>rd</sup> in NL East''' || - || - || - || -
|-
!]||162
||84||78||.519||'''3<sup>rd</sup> in NL East || - || - || - || -
|-
!]||&nbsp; 108
||52||62||.456|| (incl. 2-4 in Aug., 6th) || - || - || - || -
|-
! colspan="2"|Toronto Blue Jays Total||648 <br> <small>(incl. 1 tie)</small>||355||292||.549||1 Division Championship||3||4||.429||
|-
! colspan="2"|(''Atlanta Braves Total'')<br>(''1978 to 1981'')||&nbsp; (''589''||&nbsp; ''266''||&nbsp; ''323''||''.452'')|| - || - || - || - || -
|-
! colspan="2"|Atlanta Braves Total<br>1990 to Present||2,897||1,686||1,211||.582||14 Division Championships <br> <small>(1,686-1,211 incl. 52-62 in 2008)</small>||63||60||.512||1 World Series Championship
|-
! colspan="2"|Atlanta Braves Total<br>Combined||3,488 <br> <small>(incl. 2 ties)</small>||1,952||1,534||.560||14 Division Championships <br> <small>( 1,952-1,534 incl. 52-62 in 2008)</small>||63||60||.512||1 World Series Championship
|-
! colspan="2"|Total||4,136 <br> <small>(incl. 3 ties)</small>||2,307||1,826||.558|| <small>(2,307-1,826 incl. 52-62 in 2008)</small> ||66||64||.508||Won 1 ]
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==See also==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{Baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br=c/coxbo01 |fangraphs= |cube=c/bobby-cox}}
* {{baseball-reference manager|id=coxbo01}}

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