Bobby Cox first record above .500 since 1974. However, Cox was undone by the 1981 baseball strike when the Braves finished fifth and owner Ted Turner fired him. Asked at a press conference who was on his short list for manager, Turner replied, "It would be Bobby Cox if I hadn't just fired him. We need someone like him around here." The Braves won the National League West division title in 1982 and finished second in both 1983 and 1984 under Cox's successor Joe Torre. Cox finished with a record of 266 wins and 323 losses in the regular season. Cox joined
Bobby Locke (baseball) Bobby Locke (baseball) Lawrence Donald "Bobby" Locke (born March 3, 1934 in Rowes Run, Pennsylvania) is a retired American professional baseball player. Locke was a right-handed pitcher who played in Major League Baseball pitcher for nine years between 1959 and 1968 with the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds and California Angels. He stood tall and weighed 185 pounds. Locke made his Indians debut in 1959 against the Boston Red Sox. He was the starting pitcher for the Indians, and his first pitch was to Don Buddin. After recording two outs, the first hit he gave up