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Sonny Dixon
John Craig Dixon

Bats Both, Throws Right
Weight 205 lb.

Debut April 20, 1953
Final Game September 29, 1956
Born November 5, 1924 in Charlotte, NC

Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1953 28 WSH AL   5   8  43   6   3   0  20  3  120.0  123   57   50  13   31   40   2   1   504       0  3.75  3.92  104 1.283
 1954 29 TOT AL   6   9  54   6   1   0  29  5  137.0  162   78   68  11   39   49   3   1   608       1  4.47  3.84   86 1.467
         WSH AL   1   2  16   0   0   0   6  1   29.7   26   15   10   3   12    7   0   0   125       0  3.03  3.57  118 1.281
         PHA AL   5   7  38   6   1   0  23  4  107.3  136   63   58   8   27   42   3   1   483       1  4.86  3.91   80 1.519
 1955 30 KCA AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    1.7    6    3    3   1    0    0   0   0    11   0   0 16.20  4.16   26 3.600
 1956 31 NYY AL   0   1   3   0   0   0   2  1    4.3    5    3    1   0    5    1   0   0    23   1   0  2.08  3.87  186 2.308
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .379  11  18 102  12   4   0  52  9  263.0  296  141  122  25   75   90   5   2  1146   1   1  4.17  3.88   93 1.411
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6  10  60   7   2   0  31  5  156.7  176   84   72  14   44   53   2   1   683   0   0  4.17  3.88   93 1.411
 Career High      6   9  54   6   3   0  29  5  137.0  162   78   68  13   39   49   3   1   608   1   1  3.75  3.92  104 1.283

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1953 28 WSH AL  43   26    1    4   1  0   0    0   0  0   4   7  .154  .267  .192   27    5   2           0   0
 1954 29 TOT AL  54   34    2    7   2  0   0    2   0  0   2  13  .206  .250  .265   42    9   0   0       0   0
         WSH AL  16    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0       0   0
         PHA AL  38   28    2    7   2  0   0    2   0  0   2   9  .250  .300  .321   71    9   0   0       0   0
 1956 31 NYY AL   3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      102   61    3   11   3  0   0    2   0  0   6  21  .180  .254  .230   33   14   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         97    5   17   5  0   0    3   0  0  10  33  .180  .254  .230   33   22   3   0   0   0   0
 Career High     54   34    2    7   2  0   0    2   0  0   4  13                           9   2   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1953 28 WSH AL   32   24    1   1.1   101| .154  .267| .267  .343| .192  .393| .459  .736|  27  .074  -2.6  -0.3   0%
 1954 29 TOT AL   36   27    3   3.0    98| .206  .264| .250  .340| .265  .386| .515  .726|  42  .342  -2.8  -0.3   0%
         WSH AL    6    6    0   0.0    94| .000  .259| .000  .334| .000  .379| .000  .713|-100  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
         PHA AL   30   21    3   3.8    99| .250  .265| .300  .341| .321  .388| .621  .729|  71  .451  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1956 31 NYY AL    1    1    0   0.0   103| .000  .264| .000  .345| .000  .402| .000  .747|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons        69   52    4   2.1    99| .180  .265| .254  .341| .230  .390| .484  .731|  33  .202  -5.6  -0.6   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1953 28 WSH AL P 43 6 31 0 0 1.000 .956 0.86 0.88 2.77 1.95 6 120.0 1954 29 TOT AL P 54 11 39 1 1 .980 .960 0.93 0.93 3.28 2.01 6 137.0 WSH AL P 16 1 9 0 0 1.000 .962 0.62 0.93 3.03 2.00 0 29.7 PHA AL P 38 10 30 1 1 .976 .959 1.05 0.93 3.36 2.01 6 107.3 1955 30 KCA AL P 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.85 5.29 2.12 0 1.7 1956 31 NYY AL P 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.83 4.19 1.88 0 4.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1953 28 WSH AL P 43 6 31 0 0 1.000 .956 0.86 0.88 2.77 1.95 6 120.0 1954 29 TOT AL P 54 11 39 1 1 .980 .960 0.93 0.93 3.28 2.01 6 137.0 WSH AL P 16 1 9 0 0 1.000 .962 0.62 0.93 3.03 2.00 0 29.7 PHA AL P 38 10 30 1 1 .976 .959 1.05 0.93 3.36 2.01 6 107.3 1955 30 KCA AL P 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.85 5.29 2.12 0 1.7 1956 31 NYY AL P 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.83 4.19 1.88 0 4.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 102 18 72 1 1 .989 .958 0.88 0.90 3.08 1.98 12 263.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 102 18 72 1 1 .989 .958 0.88 0.90 3.08 1.98 12 263
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1953 AL-43-6
1954 AL-54-1

Saves
1954 AL-5-9

Games Finished
1953 AL-20-9
1954 AL-29-4

Black Ink: Pitching - 1 (828) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 5 (1831) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1832) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1941 Season: Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent.

June 11, 1954: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Chicago White Sox for Gus Keriazakos.

June 11, 1954: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Al Sima, Bill Wilson, and $20,000 to the Philadelphia Athletics for Ed McGhee and Morrie Martin.

May 11, 1955: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with cash to the New York Yankees for Johnny Sain and Enos Slaughter.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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