SIUE

A 1997 All-American, he led the Cougars to a fifth-place finish at the Division II College World Series and an NCAA Regional Championship. He completed his collegiate career with 26 victories, tying Hall of Famer Pete Delkus and Doug Fox for the all-time lead. He is SIUE's career leader in strikeouts with 261. Cox was drafted in the fifth round of the 1999 MLB June Amateur Draft by the San Francisco Giants and played in the minor leagues from 1999 to 2003.

Career Statistics

 Year       Avg   GP-GS     AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR  RBI   BB   SO   SB-ATT
 1996....  .500    8-5       2    3    1    0    0    0    2    1    1    0-0 
 1997....  .143   19-11      7    5    1    0    0    0    1    2    3    0-0 
 1998....  .000   16-14      4    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    3    0-0 
 1999....  .000   12-12      0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0-0 
 TOTAL...  .154   55-42     13    8    2    0    0    0    3    4    7    0-0    

 Year       ERA   W-L   App  GS  CG SHO/CBO  SV    IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   
 1996....  3.64   4-3    11   8   4   0/0     0  59.2   70   37   31   28   40   
 1997....  3.31   7-4    14  12   5   0/0     0  84.2  105   51   40   29   69   
 1998....  3.31   7-3    14  13   5   1/0     0  84.2  116   56   40   20   54 
 1999....  1.37   8-3    12  12   7   5/0     0  86.2   61   26   17   21   98  
 TOTAL...  2.84  26-13   51  45  21   6/0     0 315.2  352  170  128   98  261