Bobby Cox, Hall of Fame manager of Atlanta Braves, dies at 84

"Bobby Cox, who won more than 2,500 games during a Hall of Fame career as one of baseball's greatest managers, mostly with the Atlanta Braves, and who set a record for the number of times he was ejected from games, died Saturday at his home in Marietta, Georgia. He was 84."

"Mr. Cox, a laconic, old-school manager whose ability to lead teams to victory year after year could be a mystery to outsiders, spent 29 years at the helm of big league teams, including 25 years with the Braves, in two stints separated by almost a decade. He won the Manager of the Year award four times - once with the Blue Jays and three times in Atlanta - and his Braves were the winningest team in baseball in the 1990s."

"Yet, rightly or not, Mr. Cox developed a reputation as a manager who could lead his team through the long slog of a 162-game season but fell short in the playoffs. He led the Braves to only one World Series title, in 1995. Other managers of his era, most notably Tony La Russa and Joe Torre, won more championships - three for La Russa and four for Torre."

"A mediocre player during a brief, two-year career with the New York Yankees, he was such a keen student of baseball that he was tapped to become a minor league manager for the Yankees while still in his 20s. He became the Braves' manager in 1978, when he was 36. Fired after four seasons, he moved on to Toronto, where he transformed a losing team into a division champion in four years."

Bobby Cox, a Hall of Fame baseball manager, died at his home in Marietta, Georgia, at age 84. He won 2,504 games, ranking fourth in MLB history, and was the fourth-winningest manager in the league. Cox spent 29 years managing major league teams, including 25 years with the Atlanta Braves across two stints. He won Manager of the Year four times, once with the Blue Jays and three times with Atlanta. His Braves were the winningest team in baseball during the 1990s, and he led them to one World Series title in 1995. He was known for frequent ejections and for consistently guiding teams through long seasons, while facing criticism for playoff results.

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