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 Etheridge (baseball) or Baseball Almanac, or The Baseball Page Bobby Etheridge (baseball) Bobby Lamar Etheridge (November 25, 1941 – September 17, 2015) was a professional baseball third baseman. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball for the San Francisco Giants. Etheridge played baseball at Mississippi State University for two seasons before signing with the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in . After three seasons in the Giants' farm system, he made his major league debut on July 16, in the first game of a doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs at Candlestick Park as a late inning