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Willard Nixon
Willard Lee Nixon

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.
School Auburn University

Debut July 7, 1950
Final Game July 4, 1958
Born June 17, 1928 in Taylorsville, GA
Died December 10, 2000 in Rome, GA

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / /

 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1950 22 BOS AL   8   6  22  15   2   0   3  2  101.3  126   75   68   8   58   57   2   2   476       0  6.04  4.90   81 1.816
 1951 23 BOS AL   7   4  33  14   2   1   9  1  125.0  136   79   68  12   56   70   7   4   551       0  4.90  4.45   91 1.536
 1952 24 BOS AL   5   4  23  13   5   0   6  0  103.7  115   64   56  12   61   50   4   4   468       1  4.86  3.93   81 1.698
 1953 25 BOS AL   4   8  23  15   5   1   2  0  116.7  114   57   51   6   59   57   1   1   516       0  3.93  4.20  107 1.483
 1954 26 BOS AL  11  12  31  30   8   2   1  0  199.7  182  102   90  16   87  102   9   2   850       0  4.06  4.10  101 1.347
 1955 27 BOS AL  12  10  31  31   7   3   0  0  208.0  207  102   94  10   85   95   3   4   903   2   0  4.07  4.28  105 1.404
 1956 28 BOS AL   9   8  23  22   9   1   0  0  145.3  142   79   68   9   57   74   8   6   631   2   0  4.21  4.62  110 1.369
 1957 29 BOS AL  12  13  29  29  11   1   0  0  191.0  207   86   78  10   56   96   7   5   809   3   0  3.68  3.98  108 1.377
 1958 30 BOS AL   1   7  10   8   2   0   0  0   43.3   48   30   29   7   11   15   0   1   187   0   0  6.02  4.00   66 1.362
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .489  69  72 225 177  51   9  21  3 1234.0 1277  674  602  90  530  616  41  29  5391   7   1  4.39  4.26   97 1.464
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  12  38  29   8   1   3  0  208.7  216  114  101  15   89  104   6   4   911   1   0  4.39  4.26   97 1.464
 Career High     12  13  33  31  11   3   9  2  208.0  207  102   94  16   87  102   9   6   903   3   1  3.68  4.90  110 1.347

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1950 22 BOS AL  22   36    3    5   0  0   0    2   0  0   5   7  .139  .244  .139   -4    5   3           0   1
 1951 23 BOS AL  34   45    7   13   3  0   1    8   0  0   3   9  .289  .333  .422   96   19   1           0   3
 1952 24 BOS AL  33   53    3   11   3  0   0    7   0  0   4   8  .208  .263  .264   42   14   0           0   0
 1953 25 BOS AL  23   42    4    8   1  0   0    3   0  0   5   9  .190  .277  .214   31    9   1           0   0
 1954 26 BOS AL  31   68    6   18   3  0   1    3   0  0   8  17  .265  .342  .353   83   24   2   0       0   4
 1955 27 BOS AL  31   69    7   18   4  1   0    7   0  0   8  20  .261  .338  .348   79   24   4   0   0   0   2
 1956 28 BOS AL  23   54    4   11   1  0   0    5   0  0   3   6  .204  .241  .222   18   12   2   1   0   0   1
 1957 29 BOS AL  32   75    7   22   1  0   0    4   0  0   6  16  .293  .346  .307   76   23   0   0   0   0   1
 1958 30 BOS AL  10   17    1    5   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   5  .294  .294  .353   74    6   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      239  459   42  111  17  1   2   41   0  0  42  97  .242  .305  .296   58  136  13   1   0   0  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        311   28   75  12  1   1   28   0  0  28  66  .242  .305  .296   58   92   9   1   0   0   9
 Career High     34   75    7   22   4  1   1    8   0  0   8  20                          24   4   1   0   0   4

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1950 22 BOS AL   44   35    1   0.8   122| .139  .290| .244  .379| .139  .435| .383  .814|  -4  .031  -6.0  -0.6   0%
 1951 23 BOS AL   49   36    6   4.5   109| .289  .278| .333  .361| .422  .407| .755  .768|  96  .497  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1952 24 BOS AL   57   42    4   2.6   103| .208  .269| .263  .350| .264  .393| .527  .743|  42  .294  -4.3  -0.4   0%
 1953 25 BOS AL   48   35    2   1.5   107| .190  .275| .277  .352| .214  .405| .491  .758|  31  .124  -4.1  -0.4   0%
 1954 26 BOS AL   78   56    8   3.8   108| .265  .278| .342  .355| .353  .406| .695  .762|  83  .451  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1955 27 BOS AL   81   57    8   3.8   110| .261  .277| .338  .358| .348  .412| .686  .770|  79  .411  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1956 28 BOS AL   60   47    3   1.7   116| .204  .281| .241  .365| .222  .429| .463  .794|  18  .131  -6.9  -0.7   0%
 1957 29 BOS AL   81   54    8   4.0   104| .293  .270| .346  .343| .307  .407| .653  .750|  76  .458  -2.6  -0.3   0%
 1958 30 BOS AL   17   13    1   2.0   103| .294  .268| .294  .338| .353  .408| .647  .746|  74  .206  -0.7  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       515  375   41   2.9   109| .242  .276| .305  .356| .296  .411| .601  .767|  58  .314 -28.7  -2.9   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1950 22 BOS AL   P   22      7   14    1    3  .955  .950  0.95  0.96  1.87  2.03   15  101.3
 1951 23 BOS AL   P   33      2   23    1    1  .962  .954  0.76  0.99  1.80  2.07   14  125.0
 1952 24 BOS AL   P   23      7   18    0    4 1.000  .965  1.09  1.03  2.17  2.10   13  103.7
 1953 25 BOS AL   P   23      7   18    2    1  .926  .958  1.09  0.88  1.93  1.95   15  116.7
 1954 26 BOS AL   P   31     17   34    1    6  .981  .959  1.65  0.93  2.30  2.01   30  199.7
 1955 27 BOS AL   P   31     18   43    1    3  .984  .956  1.97  0.83  2.64  1.99   31  208.0
 1956 28 BOS AL   P   23      7   31    1    4  .974  .950  1.65  0.82  2.35  1.92   22  145.3
 1957 29 BOS AL   P   29      8   28    0    4 1.000  .963  1.24  0.86  1.70  1.99   29  191.0
 1958 30 BOS AL   P   10      1    8    0    1 1.000  .968  0.90  0.82  1.87  1.95    8   43.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1950 22 BOS AL   P   22      7   14    1    3  .955  .950  0.95  0.96  1.87  2.03   15  101.3
 1951 23 BOS AL   P   33      2   23    1    1  .962  .954  0.76  0.99  1.80  2.07   14  125.0
 1952 24 BOS AL   P   23      7   18    0    4 1.000  .965  1.09  1.03  2.17  2.10   13  103.7
 1953 25 BOS AL   P   23      7   18    2    1  .926  .958  1.09  0.88  1.93  1.95   15  116.7
 1954 26 BOS AL   P   31     17   34    1    6  .981  .959  1.65  0.93  2.30  2.01   30  199.7
 1955 27 BOS AL   P   31     18   43    1    3  .984  .956  1.97  0.83  2.64  1.99   31  208.0
 1956 28 BOS AL   P   23      7   31    1    4  .974  .950  1.65  0.82  2.35  1.92   22  145.3
 1957 29 BOS AL   P   29      8   28    0    4 1.000  .963  1.24  0.86  1.70  1.99   29  191.0
 1958 30 BOS AL   P   10      1    8    0    1 1.000  .968  0.90  0.82  1.87  1.95    8   43.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 225     74  217    7   27  .977  .957  1.29  0.91  2.12  2.00  177 1234.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       225     74  217    7   27  .977  .957  1.29  0.91  2.12  2.00  177   1234

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.

Bases on Balls/9IP
1957 AL-2.64-8

Games Started
1955 AL-31-6

Comp. Games
1957 AL-11-10

Shutouts
1955 AL-3-8

Home Runs Allow.
1954 AL-16-10

Hits Allowed
1955 AL-207-6

Losses
1957 AL-13-7

Earned Runs Allow.
1954 AL-90-5
1955 AL-94-3

Wild Pitches
1951 AL-4-10
1956 AL-6-7
1957 AL-5-8

Hit Batsmen
1951 AL-7-5
1954 AL-9-2
1956 AL-8-4
1957 AL-7-7

Gray Ink: Pitching - 6 (1728) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 2.0 (1774) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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.

Transactions
June 7, 1948: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.
April 10, 1959: Released by the Boston Red Sox.
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Uniforms
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Bases on Balls/9IP 1957 AL-2.64-8	Games Started 1955 AL-31-6	Comp. Games 1957 AL-11-10	Shutouts 1955 AL-3-8	Home Runs Allow. 1954 AL-16-10	Hits Allowed 1955 AL-207-6
Losses 1957 AL-13-7	Earned Runs Allow. 1954 AL-90-5 1955 AL-94-3	Wild Pitches 1951 AL-4-10 1956 AL-6-7 1957 AL-5-8	Hit Batsmen 1951 AL-7-5 1954 AL-9-2 1956 AL-8-4 1957 AL-7-7