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Cox is the seventh-winningest manager in major league history, with a record of 2100 wins and 1611 losses through the 2005 season; his Braves have won their division every year from 1991 - 2005 , excluding the Strike-shortened 1994 season. He has won one World Series championship, in 1995 . In 2001 he became the winningest manager in Braves history. Cox is also known, somewhat dubiously, for his short temper with the umpires. Cox is currently third for ejections in a career, and is the only person, player or manager, to be ejected from two World Series games (once in 1992 , and again in 1996 ). As a player, Cox played two seasons, mostly at third base, for the New York Yankees . Traded from the Braves December 7 , 1967 , Bobby was plugged in right away as the starting third-baseman for the Yankees. Thanks to bad knees, Cox became the second in a string of four stop-gap players between greats Clete Boyer and Graig Nettles . He played with Mickey Mantle during "The Mick's" final season in 1968 and then saw the major league debut of another Bronx legend, Thurman Munson , in 1969 . EXTERNAL LINKS
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