Bobby Cox dead at 84: Hall of Fame Braves manager who won 1995 World Series dies after long illness in Atlanta

Bobby Cox dead at 84: Hall of Fame Braves manager who won 1995 World Series dies after long illness

Bobby Cox, the Hall of Fame manager who led the Atlanta Braves to 14 consecutive division titles and a World Series championship, has died. He was 84.

Cox passed away Saturday at his home in Marietta, Georgia, after a long illness. He had suffered a stroke in 2019 and battled heart issues in the years since.

He leaves behind a legacy few in baseball can match. Cox managed the Braves across three separate stints, but his golden run came from 1990 to 2010. During that stretch, Atlanta won the World Series in 1995, claimed five National League pennants, and won 14 straight division titles from 1991 to 2005. No team in any major American sport has matched that streak.

He finished his career with 2,504 wins, fourth most in MLB history. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014.

Cox also managed the Toronto Blue Jays from 1982 to 1985 and served as the Braves general manager from 1986 to 1990, building the core of the dynasty he later managed.

He held one record nobody really wanted to top. Cox was ejected from 162 regular-season games, more than any manager in MLB history. When asked about it, he once shrugged it off: “It’s nothing. It just means I’ve been around a long time, that’s all.”

Players loved him. They said he had their backs, never threw them under the bus, and somehow managed to be both tough and loyal at the same time. Chipper Jones called him the best manager he ever played for. Greg Maddux said Cox made him a better pitcher just by believing in his deads