Cubs sign pitcher Fox to minor league deal

Posted January 10, 2008 10:00 pm

Daily Herald News Services

The Chicago Cubs today have signed right-handed pitcher Chad Fox to a one-year minor league contract and extended a non-roster invitation to spring training.

Over parts of eight seasons in the majors, Fox has recorded a 10-11 record with 6 saves and a 3.57 ERA (89 ER/214.1 IP) in 214 major league relief appearances. Fox, 37, has played for Atlanta (1997), Milwaukee (1998-99, 2001-02), Boston (2003), Florida (2003-04) and the Cubs (2005). He has 261 strikeouts in 224.1 innings pitched, an average of 10.5 strikeouts per nine innings, and has limited opponents to a .231 batting average.

Fox last pitched in 2005 with the Cubs, posting no record and 1 save with a 6.75 ERA (6 ER/8.0 IP) in 11 relief appearances before landing on the disabled list on April 26 with a right elbow strain, an injury that ended his season.

The 6-foot-3, 190-pound pitcher enjoyed his best major league campaign with the Brewers in 2001, going 5-2 with two saves and a 1.89 ERA (16 ER/66.2 IP) in a career-high 65 appearances.

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