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Bobby Cox, Hall of Fame Manager Who Led Braves to 1995 World Series Title, Dies at 84
Bobby Cox died Saturday in Marietta, Georgia. The longtime Atlanta Braves manager won 2,504 games, secured 14 consecutive division titles and delivered the franchise's only World Series championship in 1995. Cox was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014.
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Bobby Cox, the Hall of Fame manager who guided the Atlanta Braves to 14 consecutive division titles and the 1995 World Series championship, died Saturday in Marietta, Georgia. He was 84. The Braves announced his death without specifying a cause, though Cox had suffered a stroke in 2019 followed by heart issues that slowed his recovery.
Cox managed the Braves for 25 seasons after taking over a last-place team in June 1990. He immediately led them to a worst-to-first finish in 1991, reaching the World Series before losing to the Minnesota Twins in seven games. That season launched a record streak of 14 straight division titles from 1991 to 2005, a mark no professional team in any sport has matched.
The Braves won five National League pennants under Cox and claimed the city's first major professional sports title by defeating the Cleveland Indians in six games in the 1995 World Series. Cox retired after the 2010 season with 2,504 regular-season victories, fourth all-time behind only Connie Mack, John McGraw and Tony La Russa.
He also ranks first with 15 division titles and 16 playoff appearances.
Cox spent four earlier seasons managing the Toronto Blue Jays, where he delivered the franchise's first winning record in 1983 and its first division title in 1985. In 29 total seasons as a major league manager, he earned four Manager of the Year awards and became the only skipper to win the honor in consecutive seasons in 2004 and 2005.
He was ejected from 158 regular-season games, the most in baseball history. Former players described Cox as a fatherly figure who commanded respect through his deep knowledge of the game and his unwavering support for those in uniform. Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman, who made his major league debut in Cox's final season in 2010, recalled the manager's ability to ease a nervous rookie's tension.
>"A manager who relentlessly had our backs," — Freddie Freeman, May 9, 2026 (NY Post) Freeman told reporters Saturday that Cox walked over to him on his first day in the big leagues after seeing the rookie listed sixth in the lineup. Cox used an expletive before asking what had taken him so long to reach the majors.
