Bobby Cox's ejections: From 1 to 130

Updated: June 14, 2007, 12:29 PM ET

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The following chart, based on research from Doug Pappas and David Vincent of SABR, shows each of Atlanta manager Bobby Cox's ejections since becoming a major league manager in 1978.

The chart includes the dates of each ejection and -- in most cases -- the umpires involved and the reason for the ejection. Of the 130 ejections listed below, 20 of them came while Cox was managing the Toronto Blue Jays from 1982-85.

Bobby Cox's 130 ejections as a major league manager
NO.	DATE	TEAM	UMPIRE	REASON
1	05/01/1978	Atlanta	Nick Colosi	Bench jockeying
2	06/03/1978	Atlanta	John Kibler	Safe/out call
3	06/04/1978	Atlanta	John Kibler	Balls and strikes
4	06/15/1979	Atlanta		Fight after HBP
5	06/16/1979	Atlanta	Dick Stello	Play at 1B
6	07/13/1980	Atlanta	Lanny Harris	Called third strike on Chambliss
7	08/06/1980	Atlanta	Jerry Dale	Spitting in ump's face during argument
8	09/25/1980	Atlanta
9	05/08/1981	Atlanta		Arguing balk call
10	06/02/1981	Atlanta
11	10/02/1981	Atlanta	Joe West
12	04/09/1982	Toronto	Terry Cooney	Balls and strikes
13	05/29/1982	Toronto	Vic Voltaggio	Play at 2B
14	07/05/1982	Toronto	Terry Cooney	Arguing about George Bell throwing a bat at a pitchout
15	07/24/1982	Toronto	Dale Ford	Play at 1B
16	05/06/1983	Toronto	George Maloney	Tag play at plate
17	06/19/1983	Toronto	Jim McKean	Called third strike on Iorg
18	07/16/1983	Toronto	Dave Phillips	Check swing -- both managers at same time
19	07/17/1983	Toronto	Dave Phillips	Phillips said something to coach Gaston
20	08/28/1983	Toronto	Rick Reed	Play at 1B
21	08/31/1983	Toronto	Drew Coble
22	09/25/1983	Toronto	Derryl Cousins
23	05/29/1984	Toronto	Joe Brinkman
24	06/10/1984	Toronto	Larry McCoy	Balls and strikes
25	06/28/1984	Toronto	Terry Cooney	Arguing HBP
26	07/20/1984	Toronto	Jim McKean	Balk call
27	07/25/1984	Toronto	Rick Reed	Arguing caught stealing
28	09/14/1984	Toronto	Larry Young	Clancy brushback pitch after warning
29	09/15/1984	Toronto	Derryl Cousins	Balls and strikes
30	06/22/1985	Toronto	Joe Brinkman	Arguing decision to resume after rainstorm
31	07/08/1985	Toronto	Larry Young	Bench jockeying
32	07/08/1990	Atlanta	Eric Gregg	Arguing balls and strikes from dugout
33	07/14/1990	Atlanta	Charlie Williams	Bench jockeying
34	07/15/1990	Atlanta	Bob Davidson	Check swing call
35	07/21/1990	Atlanta	Mark Hirschbeck	Interference call
36	09/12/1990	Atlanta	Bob Davidson	Balls and strikes
37	05/23/1991	Atlanta	Greg Bonin	Arguing a call at first
38	07/04/1991	Atlanta	Gary Darling	Arguing called third strike
39	08/18/1991	Atlanta	Charlie Williams	Arguing double play
40	05/26/1992	Atlanta	Angel Hernandez	Arguing balls and strikes
41	07/05/1992	Atlanta	Bill Hohn	Called third strike
42	04/16/1993	Atlanta	Mark Hirschbeck	Protesting attempt to speed up game
43	04/28/1993	Atlanta	Eric Gregg	Safe/out call at 1B
44	08/03/1993	Atlanta	Larry Vanover	Arguing balls and strikes
45	07/05/1994	Atlanta	Mike Winters	Safe/out call at 1B
46	06/24/1995	Atlanta	Mike Winters	Close play at 1B
47	07/07/1995	Atlanta	Bill Hohn	Check swing call
48	07/24/1995	Atlanta	Jeff Kellogg
49	07/26/1995	Atlanta	Paul Runge	Balls and strikes
50	06/08/1996	Atlanta	Gary Darling	Balls and strikes
51	06/30/1996	Atlanta	Wally Bell	Balls and strikes
52	08/03/1996	Atlanta	Bob Davidson
53	08/09/1996	Atlanta	Gary Darling	Balls and strikes
54	09/12/1996	Atlanta	Randy Marsh	Stolen base call
55	04/10/1997	Atlanta	Larry Vanover	Check swing call
56	05/17/1997	Atlanta	Bob Davidson
57	05/30/1997	Atlanta	Tom Hallion	Safe/out on force play at 3B
58	07/19/1997	Atlanta	Brian Gorman	Play at 1B
59	07/26/1997	Atlanta	Jim Quick
60	08/03/1997	Atlanta	Tom Hallion	Balls and strikes
61	08/06/1997	Atlanta	Tom Hallion
62	05/04/1998	Atlanta	Paul Nauert	Balls and strikes
63	05/29/1998	Atlanta	Greg Bonin	Balls and strikes
64	06/10/1998	Atlanta	Randy Marsh	Pickoff play at 1B
65	06/22/1998	Atlanta	Rich Garcia	Fair/foul call on ball which hit batter
66	07/29/1998	Atlanta	Hunter Wendelstedt	Tag play at 3B
67	08/26/1998	Atlanta	Bill Hohn
68	05/10/1999	Atlanta	Jerry Layne	Argued batter out of baseline on bunt
69	05/11/1999	Atlanta	Gerry Davis	Balk call
70	05/26/1999	Atlanta	Angel Hernandez
71	06/16/1999	Atlanta	Bruce Froemming	Balls and strikes
72	06/20/1999	Atlanta	Jeff Kellogg	Balls and strikes
73	07/18/1999	Atlanta	Tim Tschida	Tag play at plate
74	07/24/1999	Atlanta	Bruce Froemming	Balls and strikes
75	07/30/1999	Atlanta	Larry Poncino	Arguing automatic-DP call at 2B
76	08/29/1999	Atlanta	Ed Montague	Check-swing call
77	09/15/1999	Atlanta	Jeff Nelson
78	04/29/2000	Atlanta	Bill Welke	Balls and strikes
79	05/29/2000	Atlanta	Doug Eddings	Balls and strikes
80	06/24/2000	Atlanta	John Shulock	Arguing balk call
81	07/04/2000	Atlanta	Derryl Cousins	Bumped ump arguing balls and strikes
82	08/19/2000	Atlanta	Charlie Reliford	Demanding interference call
83	04/09/2001	Atlanta	Jim Reynolds	Argued batter bunted at ball
84	04/26/2001	Atlanta	Alfonso Marquez	Balls and strikes, from dugout
85	05/22/2001	Atlanta	Brian Gorman	Balls and strikes
86	06/06/2001	Atlanta	Dan Iassogna	Balk call
87	06/13/2001	Atlanta	Rick Reed
88	08/01/2001	Atlanta	Hunter Wendelstedt	Balls and strikes
89	08/02/2001	Atlanta	Jim Wolf
90	08/26/2001	Atlanta	Marty Foster
91	09/19/2001	Atlanta	Jerry Meals
92	09/20/2001	Atlanta	Mark Barron
93	09/27/2001	Atlanta	Tim Tschida
94	04/13/2002	Atlanta	Charlie Reliford
95	04/26/2002	Atlanta	Bill Welke
96	05/10/2002	Atlanta	Tim Timmons
97	06/10/2002	Atlanta	Mike Fichter
98	08/07/2002	Atlanta	Angel Hernandez	Balls and strikes
99	09/07/2002	Atlanta	Wally Bell
100	09/24/2002	Atlanta	Mark Wegner
101	04/08/2003	Atlanta	Kerwin Danley	Called third strike on Sheffield
102	05/01/2003	Atlanta	Marty Foster	Balls and strikes
103	05/04/2003	Atlanta	Tony Randazzo	Balls and strikes
104	05/20/2003	Atlanta	Tim Welke	Balls and strikes
105	05/21/2003	Atlanta	Kerwin Danley	Balls and strikes
106	06/17/2003	Atlanta	Fieldin Culbreth	Balls and strikes
107	07/06/2003	Atlanta	Phil Cuzzi	Balk call
108	08/21/2003	Atlanta	Matt Hollowell	Called third strike on Sheffield
109	09/11/2003	Atlanta	Chuck Meriwether	Safe/out call
110	04/15/2004	Atlanta	Jeff Kellogg	Balls and strikes
111	04/18/2004	Atlanta	Chris Guccione	Called third strike
112	05/26/2004	Atlanta	Bill Welke
113	06/13/2004	Atlanta	Greg Gibson	Balls and strikes
114	09/09/2004	Atlanta	Lance Barksdale	Balls and strikes
115	04/13/2005	Atlanta	Randy Marsh
116	06/30/2005	Atlanta	Doug Eddings	Balls and strikes
117	04/07/2006	Atlanta	Greg Gibson	Balls and strikes
118	04/14/2006	Atlanta	Brian O'Nora	Play at 1B
119	05/07/2006	Atlanta	Angel Hernandez	Arguing non-advance by runner
120	05/14/2006	Atlanta	Mark Carlson
121	06/03/2006	Atlanta	Dana DeMuth	Balls and strikes
122	06/26/2006	Atlanta	Hunter Wendelstedt	Balls and strikes
123	07/16/2006	Atlanta	Bruce Dreckman	Foul tip call
124	07/26/2006	Atlanta	Eric Cooper	Balls and strikes
125	09/28/2006	Atlanta	Joe West	Defending Brian McCann
126	04/16/2007	Atlanta	Sam Holbrook	Call at 2B on forceout
127	04/22/2007	Atlanta	Paul Emmel	Balls and strikes
128	05/06/2007	Atlanta	Bob Davidson	Check swing call for strike three
129	05/25/2007	Atlanta	Paul Emmel	Called third strike on Renteria
130	05/26/2007	Atlanta	Ron Kulpa	Fair/foul call at 1B; Cox pointed to dirt