Bobby Cox during the second inning of a Braves game against the New York Mets; he currently holds the all-time record for most ejections (set on August 14, 2007 with his 132nd), previously held by John McGraw. By a strange twist of fate, his first ejection happened when manager of the Braves in a game against the Mets, on May 1, 1978. Unlike McGraw, Cox did not have a reputation for having a fiery temper and Cox generally only got ejected to prevent his players from being ejected. In the 156 games that Bobby Cox was ejected, his teams had a winning
Bobby Rose (baseball) and announced his second retirement in March before the start of the regular season. Rose is remembered as one of the best foreign players in Japanese baseball history. He was 71 at-bats shy of passing Leron Lee for the top spot in career batting average (at least 4000 at-bats are required to qualify for the record), and hit over .300 for seven of his eight seasons in Japan. He also hit three cycles during his career (the most in Japanese baseball history). In 2018, Rose was hired to be the hitting coach for the single A Delmarva Shorebirds. Bobby Rose