Howard Francis Fox (March 1, 1921 – October 9, 1955), was an American professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, and Baltimore Orioles, in 9 seasons, between 1944 and 1954. During his playing days, Fox stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m), weighing 210 pounds (95 kg). He batted and threw right-handed. The year after Fox’s last big league appearance, he acquired a local tavern in San Antonio, while he pitched for a minor league team there. Fox was stabbed to death, following a disturbance, at that establishment.\n', '

Fox was born in Coburg, Oregon. He played baseball and basketball at the University of Oregon. A World War II veteran, Fox was signed by the Cincinnati Reds, as a free agent in 1943. He played for a Pioneer League team in Ogden, Utah, in 1943, followed by stints with minor league teams in Birmingham and Syracuse.\n', '

A hard thrower with a sharp curveball, Fox debuted in MLB in 1944 with the Reds, playing seven years before joining the Philadelphia Phillies, in 1952, and the Baltimore Orioles, in 1954. His most productive season came in 1950, for Cincinnati, when he went 11–8, a year after his 6–19 record gave him the most losses of any pitcher in the major leagues. In 1951, Fox collected nine victories, with a 3.83 earned run average (ERA), in a career-high 228 innings, but suffered 14 losses.\n', '

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