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Russ Nixon
Russell Eugene Nixon

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 200 lb.

Debut April 20, 1957
  vs. DET 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 16, 1968
Born February 19, 1935 in Cleves, OH

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1957 22 CLE AL  62  185   15   52   7  1   2   18   0  1  12  12  .281  .323  .362   88   67   1   1   7   0   6
 1958 23 CLE AL 113  376   42  113  17  4   9   46   0  3  13  38  .301  .322  .439  109  165   4   2   4   0  15
 1959 24 CLE AL  82  258   23   62  10  3   1   29   0  0  15  28  .240  .277  .314   65   81   2   5   1   0   9
 1960 25 TOT AL 105  354   30  101  22  3   6   39   0  2  19  29  .285  .324  .415   98  147   5   2   5   2  13
         CLE AL  25   82    6   20   5  0   1    6   0  1   6   6  .244  .308  .341   78   28   1   1   2   2   3
         BOS AL  80  272   24   81  17  3   5   33   0  1  13  23  .298  .329  .438  104  119   4   1   3   0  10
 1961 26 BOS AL  87  242   24   70  12  2   1   19   0  1  13  19  .289  .327  .368   84   89   2   3   1   2   5
 1962 27 BOS AL  65  151   11   42   7  2   1   19   0  0   8  14  .278  .313  .371   81   56   0   1   3   0   4
 1963 28 BOS AL  98  287   27   77  18  1   5   30   0  0  22  32  .268  .327  .390   98  112   1   2   5   4   8
 1964 29 BOS AL  81  163   10   38   7  0   1   20   0  0  14  29  .233  .297  .294   62   48   0   3   3   2   7
 1965 30 BOS AL  59  137   11   37   5  1   0   11   0  0   6  23  .270  .295  .321   71   44   1   3   2   0   8
 1966 31 MIN AL  51   96    5   25   2  1   0    7   0  0   7  13  .260  .314  .302   74   29   1   1   3   1   2
 1967 32 MIN AL  74  170   16   40   6  1   1   22   0  0  18  29  .235  .304  .300   74   51   2   3   3   0   4
 1968 33 BOS AL  29   85    1   13   2  0   0    6   0  0   7  13  .153  .217  .176   17   15   0   0   1   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     906 2504  215  670 115 19  27  266   0  7 154 279  .268  .310  .361   84  904  19  26  38  11  83
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        448   38  120  21  3   5   48   0  1  28  50  .268  .310  .361   84  162   3   5   7   2  15
 Career High    113  376   42  113  22  4   9   46   0  3  22  38  .301  .327  .439  109  165   5   5   7   4  15
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1957 22 CLE AL  199  142   20   3.8    99| .281  .263| .323  .335| .362  .397| .685  .732|  88  .435  -3.5  -0.4   0%
 1958 23 CLE AL  395  287   47   4.4    97| .301  .260| .322  .329| .439  .396| .761  .725| 109  .508   2.7   0.3   0%
 1959 24 CLE AL  280  212   21   2.7    96| .240  .257| .277  .328| .314  .392| .591  .720|  65  .286 -12.6  -1.3   0%
 1960 25 TOT AL  382  275   44   4.3   103| .285  .265| .324  .339| .415  .406| .739  .745|  98  .481  -2.0  -0.2   0%
         CLE AL   92   68    8   3.2    99| .244  .260| .308  .333| .341  .398| .649  .730|  78  .346  -2.3  -0.2   0%
         BOS AL  290  207   36   4.7   104| .298  .267| .329  .341| .438  .408| .767  .749| 104  .520   0.3   0.0   0%
 1961 26 BOS AL  262  183   29   4.2   106| .289  .266| .327  .342| .368  .414| .695  .756|  84  .457  -5.5  -0.5   0%
 1962 27 BOS AL  160  114   17   4.0   105| .278  .267| .313  .339| .371  .415| .684  .754|  81  .441  -4.4  -0.4   0%
 1963 28 BOS AL  316  221   36   4.4    97| .268  .259| .327  .325| .390  .399| .717  .725|  98  .521  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1964 29 BOS AL  182  135   14   2.8   100| .233  .261| .297  .330| .294  .406| .591  .736|  62  .317  -8.0  -0.8   0%
 1965 30 BOS AL  147  112   11   2.6    97| .270  .257| .295  .328| .321  .394| .616  .723|  71  .316  -5.3  -0.6   0%
 1966 31 MIN AL  106   75    9   3.2    95| .260  .256| .314  .324| .302  .394| .616  .718|  74  .415  -3.3  -0.4   0%
 1967 32 MIN AL  193  139   16   3.1    91| .235  .252| .304  .322| .300  .377| .604  .699|  74  .416  -5.3  -0.6   0%
 1968 33 BOS AL   92   74    3   1.1    86| .153  .246| .217  .317| .176  .364| .393  .681|  17  .105  -8.8  -1.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     2714 1969  267   3.6    98| .268  .260| .310  .331| .361  .399| .671  .730|  84  .428 -56.2  -5.9   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    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1957 22 CLE AL C 57 268 31 5 5 .984 .991 5.25 5.11 6.43 5.92 45 418.7 11 10 23 14 1958 23 CLE AL C 101 499 31 5 4 .991 .990 5.25 5.34 5.86 6.01 93 813.7 10 14 25 17 1959 24 CLE AL C 74 374 31 6 8 .985 .989 5.47 5.31 6.10 6.08 68 597.7 4 19 32 10 1960 25 TOT AL C 99 488 34 6 5 .989 .987 5.27 5.12 5.87 5.93 88 800.4 9 23 31 16 CLE AL C 25 134 8 1 2 .993 .987 5.68 5.12 6.50 5.93 21 196.7 2 3 6 6 BOS AL C 74 354 26 5 3 .987 .987 5.14 5.12 5.67 5.93 67 603.7 7 20 25 10 1961 26 BOS AL C 66 330 24 9 2 .975 .989 5.36 5.44 6.20 6.21 59 513.7 11 11 28 7 1962 27 BOS AL C 38 201 7 0 1 1.000 .989 5.47 5.57 6.55 6.30 33 286.0 1 8 15 0 1963 28 BOS AL C 76 483 22 4 1 .992 .989 6.64 5.78 7.05 6.64 72 645.0 5 21 19 9 1964 29 BOS AL C 45 273 11 3 3 .990 .990 6.31 6.07 7.56 7.07 41 338.0 3 13 13 5 1965 30 BOS AL C 38 200 10 4 0 .981 .988 5.53 5.67 6.93 6.96 30 272.7 3 10 30 6 1966 31 MIN AL C 32 137 5 2 0 .986 .988 4.44 5.86 6.53 6.86 18 195.7 0 6 13 5 1967 32 MIN AL C 69 308 26 2 1 .994 .989 4.84 6.15 7.21 7.22 41 417.0 7 19 19 11 1968 33 BOS AL C 27 147 6 1 1 .994 .990 5.67 6.01 6.62 6.97 23 208.0 2 6 14 7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1957 22 CLE AL C 57 268 31 5 5 .984 .991 5.25 5.11 6.43 5.92 45 418.7 11 10 23 14 1958 23 CLE AL C 101 499 31 5 4 .991 .990 5.25 5.34 5.86 6.01 93 813.7 10 14 25 17 1959 24 CLE AL C 74 374 31 6 8 .985 .989 5.47 5.31 6.10 6.08 68 597.7 4 19 32 10 1960 25 TOT AL C 99 488 34 6 5 .989 .987 5.27 5.12 5.87 5.93 88 800.4 9 23 31 16 CLE AL C 25 134 8 1 2 .993 .987 5.68 5.12 6.50 5.93 21 196.7 2 3 6 6 BOS AL C 74 354 26 5 3 .987 .987 5.14 5.12 5.67 5.93 67 603.7 7 20 25 10 1961 26 BOS AL C 66 330 24 9 2 .975 .989 5.36 5.44 6.20 6.21 59 513.7 11 11 28 7 1962 27 BOS AL C 38 201 7 0 1 1.000 .989 5.47 5.57 6.55 6.30 33 286.0 1 8 15 0 1963 28 BOS AL C 76 483 22 4 1 .992 .989 6.64 5.78 7.05 6.64 72 645.0 5 21 19 9 1964 29 BOS AL C 45 273 11 3 3 .990 .990 6.31 6.07 7.56 7.07 41 338.0 3 13 13 5 1965 30 BOS AL C 38 200 10 4 0 .981 .988 5.53 5.67 6.93 6.96 30 272.7 3 10 30 6 1966 31 MIN AL C 32 137 5 2 0 .986 .988 4.44 5.86 6.53 6.86 18 195.7 0 6 13 5 1967 32 MIN AL C 69 308 26 2 1 .994 .989 4.84 6.15 7.21 7.22 41 417.0 7 19 19 11 1968 33 BOS AL C 27 147 6 1 1 .994 .990 5.67 6.01 6.62 6.97 23 208.0 2 6 14 7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 722 3708 238 47 31 .988 .989 5.47 5.54 6.45 6.38 611 5506.3 66 160 262 107 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 722 3708 238 47 31 .988 .989 5.47 5.54 6.45 6.38 611 5506
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.

Intentional Walks
1957 AL-7-6

HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3094) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1815) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1953 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

March 16, 1960: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Boston Red Sox for Sammy White and Jim Marshall. Sammy White refused to report to his new team on March 25, 1960. Trade was voided and players returned on March 25, 1960.

March 25, 1960: Sent by the Boston Red Sox to the Cleveland Indians to complete an earlier deal made on March 16, 1960. The Boston Red Sox sent Sammy White and Jim Marshall to the Cleveland Indians for Russ Nixon. Sammy White refused to report to his new team on March 25, 1960. Trade was voided and players returned on March 25, 1960.

June 13, 1960: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Carroll Hardy to the Boston Red Sox for Marty Keough and Ted Bowsfield.

April 6, 1966: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Chuck Schilling to the Minnesota Twins for a player to be named later and Dick Stigman. The Minnesota Twins sent Jose Calero (minors) (April 17, 1966) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

April 8, 1968: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

April 8, 1968: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

December 2, 1968: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox from the Boston Red Sox in the 1968 rule 5 draft.

April 5, 1969: Released by the Chicago White Sox.


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