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Danny Cox
His road began in the late 1970s as un-recruited pitcher who tried out on a whim with an Alabama juco called Chattahoochee Valley and, from there, soldiered on – right into his big-league debut in August 1983. Not that it was an ordinary debut. Instead, Danny Cox was matched opposite the great Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies. Carlton pitched nine shutout innings. Cox? Try 10 shutout innings.
Which was a sign of things to come, thanks to manager Whitey Herzog. “Oh, he chewed me out a few times,” Cox said, laughing. “But he always put me in there.” The burly right-hander certainly won over Herzog and the St. Louis Cardinals, emerging as an all-out workhorse of their mid-1980s starting rotations. And his success is why the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame is proud to induct Cox with the Class of 2022. - MO HOF
Here's a redone one.
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