{"id":784980,"date":"2026-05-09T20:08:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T20:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/784980\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T20:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T20:08:17","slug":"bobby-cox-hall-of-fame-manager-and-atlanta-braves-icon-dies-at-84-mlb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/784980\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobby Cox, Hall of Fame manager and Atlanta Braves icon, dies at 84 | MLB"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bobby Cox, the Baseball Hall of Famer who led the Atlanta Braves<\/a> to their 1995 World Series title and was a four-time Manager of the Year, has died at the age of 84.<\/p>\n

The Braves announced Cox\u2019s death in a statement on Saturday. The team did not give a cause of death.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are overcome with emotion on the passing of Bobby Cox, our treasured skipper,\u201d the team said. \u201cBobby was the best manager to ever wear a Braves uniform.<\/p>\n

\u201cBobby was a favorite among all in the baseball community, especially those who played for him. His wealth of knowledge on player development and the intricacies of managing the game were rewarded with the sport\u2019s ultimate prize in 2014 \u2013 enshrinement into the Baseball<\/a> Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd while Bobby\u2019s passion for the game was unparalleled, his love of baseball was exceeded only by his love for his family. It is with the heaviest of hearts that we send our sincerest condolences to his beloved wife, Pam, and their loving children and grandchildren.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bobby Cox was one of baseball\u2019s famous big-personality managers, earning a record 162 ejections during his 29-year career. Photograph: Aaron Harris\/AP<\/p>\n

Cox managed the Braves in two stints, first from 1978 to 1981 and then from 1990 to 2010. In the later spell, Atlanta became a National League powerhouse, winning 14 consecutive division titles, a feat no professional sports team had accomplished. They reached the World Series five times, including when they defeated Cleveland in 1995 to win the franchise\u2019s third championship.<\/p>\n

He managed the Toronto Blue Jays from 1982 to 1985 before returning to the Braves as general manager and later appointing himself manager. He ranks fourth all-time with 2,504 wins, fifth with 4,508 games, first with 15 division titles, first with 16 playoff appearances and fourth with 67 playoff wins. He leads all managers<\/a> in baseball history with 162 ejections.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is the Atlanta Braves,\u201d longtime catcher Brian McCann said in 2019. \u201cHe\u2019s the best.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before beginning his managerial career, the Oklahoma native coached in the New York Yankees\u2019 system and was on Billy Martin\u2019s staff when they won the World Series in 1977.<\/p>\n

Cox retired in 2010 and was unanimously inducted<\/a> into the Hall of Fame in 2014. He was hospitalized after a stroke in 2019 and diagnosed with congestive heart failure in 2020. Health issues kept him from attending the 2025 All-Star Game hosted by Atlanta, but he made an appearance later that year at Truist Park to honor the 30th anniversary of the Braves\u2019 championship.<\/p>\n

Ted Turner, the Atlanta media magnate<\/a> and owner of the Braves from 1976 to 2007, died earlier this week at 87. Turner hired Cox to manage the Braves in 1978 and then fired him in 1981.<\/p>\n

When asked what he was looking for in a replacement, Turner told reporters he wanted to hire someone exactly like Cox.<\/p>\n

\u201cBobby Cox led one of the greatest eras of sustained excellence in baseball history,\u201d Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. \u201cAs manager of the Braves, his clubs became an October fixture, representing consistency, professionalism, and championship-caliber baseball for an entire generation of fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn behalf of Major League Baseball, I extend my deepest condolences to Bobby\u2019s family, the Braves organization, the many players and coaches whose lives he impacted throughout his 29-year managerial career, and Braves fans everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bobby Cox, the Baseball Hall of Famer who led the Atlanta Braves to their 1995 World Series title…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":784981,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1266,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-784980","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-mlb","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116546431004983311","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=784980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/784981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}