VG,1969 Topps #237 BOBBY COX (RC-HOF)ALL STAR ROOKIE NYYANKEE,VG/SLG FT Crease

Description: This 1969 Topps #237 Bobby Cox trading card is a must-have for any serious baseball card collector. Featuring the legendary New York Yankees player and Hall of Famer, this card captures Cox's rookie season with the team. The card is in VG/EX/front crease condition and is an original, licensed reprint from the manufacturer, Topps. The card is part of the Major League Baseball era and is a single product from the 1969 Topps set. It is a standard size trading card and was manufactured in the United States. This card is perfect for fans of Bobby Cox and the New York Yankees, as well as collectors looking for a valuable addition to their collection. Robert Joe “Bobby” Cox (May 21, 1941-) is not only the winningest manager in the Atlanta Braves franchise history, previously the Boston and Milwaukee Braves, but also holds the fourth spot on Major League Baseball’s list of top managers in terms of wins with 2,504. He is only the fourth MLB manager to eclipse the 2,500-win mark behind Connie Mack, John McGraw and Tony LaRussa. Bobby was born in Oklahoma, but played high school baseball in San Joaquin Valley, California before signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1959. As a teen, he battled against future Major Leaguer Pat Corrales and many others. Cox spent most of his playing career in the Dodgers minor league system and was eventually traded to Atlanta in 1966 and then found his way to the New York Yankees in 1967. For two seasons he served as the Yankees third baseman until bad knees forced him off the field as a player. Bobby played and managed in the Venezuelan League and then in the Yankees minor league where he compiled a record of 459 and 387 with two league championships in 1972 and 1976. He was soon called up to the Majors to handle third base coaching duties on Billy Martin’s managerial staff helping the Yankees marched to the 1977 World Series. In 1978, though having served the better part a decade in the New York Yankees system as a player, coach and manager, media mogul Ted Turner tapped Cox to become the next manager of the Atlanta Braves in 1978.Cox spent five years (1978-1981) in Atlanta, but failed to pull them out of the doldrums and was eventually replaced after going 266-323. In an odd turn while managing the Braves, Cox converted Dale Murphy, their power-hitting first bseman and catcher, to a centerfielder, to the chagrin of executives and fans alike, but Murphy would eventually go on to win two National League MVP awards and five Golden Glove Awards. He found a job as the skipper of the Toronto Blue Jays for four seasons (1982-1985) where each year’s team bettered the results from the previous season until in 1985, they captured their first American League East title in franchise history with 99 wins. Due to his turn around of the franchise, Cox was subsequently named the 1985 American League Manager of the Year. Turner soon summoned Bobby back to Atlanta to take over as general manager and he did so, developing some of the great players of the 1990s including pitchers Tom Glavine, Steve Avery and Pete Smith as well as everyday players like David Justice, Jeff Blauser, Mark Lemke, Javy Lopez and Ron Gant. Bobby Cox was also responsible for drafting Chipper Jones with the #1 overall pick of the 1990 MLB Draft. He relinquished general managing duties to John Schuerholz after he fired Russ Nixon in June of 1990 and then led the Braves from last to first in 1991. It was the only time in National League history a team went from last to first, and coincidentally, the American League’s Minnesota Twins also went from last to first in 1991 and the two teams met in the World Series. They lost to the Twins in seven games.For the decade of the 1990s, the Atlanta Braves would top the National League East Division every year except the strike-shortened 1994 season. Superb pitching highlighted Bobby’s Atlanta teams each year with starting pitchers like Tom Glavine, John Smoltz, Greg Maddux, Steve Avery, Kevin Millwood, Mark Wohlers, Mike Stanton, Kent Mercker, Jason Schmidt and Denny Neagle, among so many others. He and his staff, that also included longtime friend Pat Corrales, assembled one of the great teams that would endure throughout the 1990s and beyond. Though the Braves won five National League pennants under Cox, the lone World Series titles came in 1995 when they topped the Cleveland Indians in six games. Cox went on to manage the Braves until 2010 compiling a record of 2,504-2,001, fourth all-time behind Philadelphia Athletics’ Connie Mack, New York Giants John McGraw and his contemporary, Tony LaRussa, who managed the Chicago White Sox, Oakland A’s and St. Louis Cardinals. Bobby was named Manager of the Year four times (1985, 1991, 2004, 2005) and the only one to ever be honored two years running. He was also named The Sporting News Manager of the Year eight times. Another unique similarity exists between Bobby Cox (158) and John McGraw (118) was their frequency of being ejected from games. The two stand one and two on most ejected managers in Major League history. In 2014, Bobby Cox joined fellow mangers Tony LaRussa and Joe Torre, as well as two of his former pitchers, Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux, as they were enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.

Price: 19.99 USD

Location: Forest Hills, New York

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