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This day in baseball: White Sox obtain Nellie Fox

In a trade with the Athletics on October 19, 1949, the Chicago White Sox added second baseman Nellie Fox to their roster, in exchange for catcher Joe Tipton. Fox would go on to lead the league in hits four times, winning the 1959 American League MVP during his fourteen-year tenure with the Sox.

Nellie Fox, c. 1953 (Bowman Gum / public domain)
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