Sonny Dixon

John Craig Dixon

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: November 5, 1924 in Charlotte, NC
High School: Charlotte HS (Charlotte, NC)
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1953
Teams (by GP): Senators/Athletics/Yankees 1953-1956

Final Game: September 29, 1956
Died: November 19, 2011 in Charlotte, NC
Buried: Steele Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Charlotte, NC
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1941	16	MIN-min	B	3	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0							CHR · PIED
1942	17	MIN-min	B	30	44	44		8	0	0	0						.182	.182	.182	.364		8							CHR · PIED
1946	21	MIN-min	B	33	94	94		18	2	2	1						.191	.191	.287	.479		27							CHR · TRIS
1947	22	MIN-min	B,AA	30	61	61		10	0	1	1						.164	.164	.246	.410		15							CHR,CNG · TRIS,SOUA
1948	23	NYY-MIN-min	A,AA	54	73	73		11	2	1	0						.151	.151	.205	.356		15							AUG,CNG · SALL,SOUA
1949	24	NYY-min	A	43	80	80		15	1	1	1						.188	.188	.263	.450		21							AUG · SALL
1950	25	MIN-min	A	57	85	85		17	1	0	0						.200	.200	.212	.412		18							AUG · SALL
1951	26	MIN-min	AA	50	78	78		13	2	1	1						.167	.167	.256	.423		20							CNG · SOUA
1952	27	MIN-min	AA	48	101	101		26	4	0	1						.257	.257	.327	.584		33							CNG · SOUA
1953	28	WSH	AL	43	32	26	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	.154	.267	.192	.459	27	5	0	0	2			1
1954	29	TOT	AL	54	36	34	2	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	13	.206	.250	.265	.515	42	9	0	0	0	0		1
1954	29	WSH	AL	16	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0		1
1954	29	PHA	AL	38	30	28	2	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	9	.250	.300	.321	.621	70	9	0	0	0	0		1
1955	30	NYY-min	AAA	18	16	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.071	.133	.071	.205		1	0	0	1	0			DEN · AA
1955	30	KCA	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1956	31	NYY-min	AAA	46	19	17	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		1	7	.118	.167	.118	.284		2		0	1	0			RMD · IL
1956	31	NYY	AL	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1957	32	NYY-min	AAA	44	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	3	.333	.429	.333	.762		2		0	0	0			RMD · IL
1958	33	CHW-NYY-min	A,AAA	35	24	23	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.130	.167	.130	.297		3		0	0	0	0		CSP,TTO,RMD · WL,IL
1959	34	MIN-min	A	37	64	58	5	11	0	0	1	3	0		3	17	.190	.230	.241	.471		14		0	3	0	0		CHR · SALL
1960	35	MIN-min	A	16	19	17	2	3	1	0	0	3	0		2	7	.176	.263	.235	.498		4							CHR · SALL
1961	36	MIN-min	AA	4	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0							NVL · SOUA
4 Yrs				102	69	61	3	11	3	0	0	2	0	0	6	21	.180	.254	.230	.483	33	14	0	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	110	97	5	17	5	0	0	3	0	0	10	33	.180	.254	.230	.483	33	22	0	0	3

WSH (2 yrs)				59	38	32	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	.125	.222	.156	.378	5	5	0	0	2	0
KCA (2 yrs)				40	30	28	2	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	9	.250	.300	.321	.621	70	9	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1953	28	WSH	AL	43	32	-2	-0	0	0	4	1	0.2	1	2	0.2	.503	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	1
1954	29	WSH	AL	16	6	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.494	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
1954	29	PHA	AL	38	30	-1	0	0	0	3	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.506	.501	0.2	0.0	3	$	1
1955	30	KCA	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1956	31	NYY	AL	3	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.493	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
4 Seasons				102	69	-6	-0	1	0	8	3	0.3	2	4	0.3	.503	.500	0.3	0.0	4	$

WSH (2 yrs)				59	38	-4	-0	0	0	4	0	0.1	1	2	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	2	$
KCA (2 yrs)				40	30	-1	0	0	0	3	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.506	.501	0.2	0.0	3	$
NYY (1 yr)				3	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.493	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1953	28	WSH	AL	32	24	1	1.1	100	.211	.154	.266	.267	.342	.192	.392	.459	.733	27	.074	-2.5	-0.3	.409	.192	.038
1954	29	TOT	AL	36	27	3	3.0	99	.333	.206	.265	.250	.341	.265	.388	.515	.729	42	.342	-2.8	-0.3	.407	.118	.059
1954	29	WSH	AL	6	6	0	0.0	95	.000	.000	.259	.000	.334	.000	.379	.000	.713	-100	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1954	29	PHA	AL	30	21	3	3.8	100	.368	.250	.266	.300	.342	.321	.390	.621	.732	70	.452	-1.2	-0.1	.524	.143	.071

1956	31	NYY	AL	1	1	0	0.0	103		.000	.264	.000	.345	.000	.402	.000	.747	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				69	52	4	2.1	99	.275	.180	.266	.254	.341	.230	.390	.483	.731	33	.202	-5.6	-0.6	.400	.148	.049
162 Game Avg.				110	83	6	2.1	99	.275	.180	.266	.254	.341	.230	.390	.483	.731	33	.202	-5.6	-0.6	.400	.148	.049

WSH (2 yrs)				38	30	1	0.9	99	.190	.125	.265	.222	.340	.156	.389	.378	.730	5	.051	-4.2	-0.4	.321	.156	.031
PHA (2 yrs)				30	21	3	3.8	100	.368	.250	.266	.300	.342	.321	.390	.621	.732	70	.452	-1.2	-0.1	.524	.143	.071
NYY (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	103		.000	.264	.000	.345	.000	.402	.000	.747	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1953	28	WSH	AL	32	0.0%	21.9%	12.5%	3.1%	25%	1.75	3.7			1.00	59%
1954	29	TOT	AL	36	0.0%	36.1%	5.6%	5.6%	29%	6.50	2.6		17.0	0.86	58%
1954	29	WSH	AL	6	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5			0.00	33%
1954	29	PHA	AL	30	0.0%	30.0%	6.7%	6.7%	29%	4.50	3.1		14.0	1.20	63%

1956	31	NYY	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
4 Yrs				69	0.0%	30.4%	8.7%	4.4%	27%	3.50	2.9		30.5	0.93	58%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.2%	9.4%	6.6%	29%	1.20	7.9	39.4	8.1	0.97	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1953	28	WSH	AL	-2.6	-0.3	32	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	1.07	-0.2	-0.1	-2.1	-0.2	0.93	-2.2	0
1954	29	TOT	AL	-2.8	-0.3	33	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	.94	-0.1	-0.0	-1.7	-0.2	0.85	-1.9	0
1954	29	WSH	AL	-1.6	-0.2	6	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.30	-0.1	-0.0	-1.3	-0.1	0.82	-1.5	0
1954	29	PHA	AL	-1.1	-0.1	27	0.0	0.4	-0.4	.86	0.0	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.86	-0.4	0
1955	30	KCA	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1956	31	NYY	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.02	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.3	0
4 Yrs				-5.6	-0.6	66	-0.5	0.8	-1.2	.99	-0.4	-0.1	-4.0	-0.4	0.89	-4.3	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1953	28	WSH	AL	1	0	13%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1954	29	TOT	AL	0	0	22%	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1954	29	WSH	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	29	PHA	AL	0	0	22%	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2

1956	31	NYY	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1	0	18%	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29%	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1953	28	WSH	AL	32	100%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	7	0	0%	4	1	25%	15	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1954	29	TOT	AL	36	100%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	2	0	0%	15	2	13%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1954	29	WSH	AL	6	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1954	29	PHA	AL	30	100%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	2	0	0%	12	2	17%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

1956	31	NYY	AL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				69	100%	11			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	40%	11	0	0%	6	1	17%	30	2	7%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			83%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	SF	IBB
1953	28	43	32	26	1	4	1	0	4	7	.154	.267	.192	.459	27	5	2
1954	29	97	68	60	3	11	3	2	6	20	.183	.258	.233	.491	35	14	2	0
1955	30	99	68	60	3	11	3	2	6	20	.183	.258	.233	.491	35	14	2	0	0
1956	31	102	69	61	3	11	3	2	6	21	.180	.254	.230	.483	33	14	2	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1953	28	45	33	27	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	7	.148	.258	.185	.443	1	43
1954	29	56	40	37	2	9	3	0	0	2	0	3	14	.243	.300	.324	.624	3	54

1956	31	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
3 Yrs		104	74	65	3	13	4	0	0	2	0	7	22	.200	.278	.262	.539	4	100
162 Game Avg.		162	115	101	5	20	6	0	0	3	0	11	34	.200	.278	.262	.539	6	100

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