Sonny Dixon
John Craig Dixon
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Weight: 205 lb.

Born: November 5, 1924 in Charlotte, NC
High School: Charlotte (Charlotte, NC)
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1953
Final Game: September 29, 1956
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1953 28 WSH AL 5 8 .385 3.75 43 6 20 3 0 3 120.0 123 57 50 13 31 40 2 0 1 504 104 1.283 9.2 1.0 2.3 3.0 1.29
1954 29 TOT AL 6 9 .400 4.47 54 6 29 1 0 5 137.0 162 78 68 11 39 49 3 1 1 608 86 1.467 10.6 0.7 2.6 3.2 1.26
1954 29 WSH AL 1 2 .333 3.03 16 0 6 0 0 1 29.2 26 15 10 3 12 7 0 0 0 125 118 1.281 7.9 0.9 3.6 2.1 0.58
1954 29 PHA AL 5 7 .417 4.86 38 6 23 1 0 4 107.1 136 63 58 8 27 42 3 1 1 483 80 1.519 11.4 0.7 2.3 3.5 1.56
1955 30 KCA AL 0 0 16.20 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 6 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 26 3.600 32.4 5.4 0.0 0.0
1956 31 NYY AL 0 1 .000 2.08 3 0 2 0 0 1 4.1 5 3 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 23 186 2.308 10.4 0.0 10.4 2.1 0.20
4 Seasons 11 18 .379 4.17 102 12 52 4 0 9 263.0 296 141 122 25 75 1 90 5 1 2 1146 93 1.411 10.1 0.9 2.6 3.1 1.20
162 Game Avg. 7 11 .379 4.17 61 7 31 2 0 5 157 177 84 73 15 45 54 3 1 1 684 93 1.411 10.1 0.9 2.6 3.1 1.20
WSH (2 yrs) 6 10 .375 3.61 59 6 26 3 0 4 149.2 149 72 60 16 43 47 2 0 1 629 107 1.283 9.0 1.0 2.6 2.8 1.09
KCA (2 yrs) 5 7 .417 5.04 40 6 24 1 0 4 109.0 142 66 61 9 27 0 42 3 1 1 494 78 1.550 11.7 0.7 2.2 3.5 1.56
NYY (1 yr) 0 1 .000 2.08 3 0 2 0 0 1 4.1 5 3 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 23 186 2.308 10.4 0.0 10.4 2.1 0.20

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 29 PHA AL 38 485 446 63 136 23 4 8 3 1 27 42 .305 .347 .428 .776 .322 191 10 3 7 2
1954 29 TOT AL 54 610 556 78 162 24 5 11 4 2 39 49 .291 .339 .412 .751 .303 229 14 3 9 3
1954 29 WSH AL 16 125 110 15 26 1 1 3 1 1 12 7 .236 .309 .345 .654 .228 38 4 0 2 1
1955 30 KCA AL 2 11 11 3 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .545 .545 1.000 1.545 .500 11 0 0 0 0 0
1956 31 NYY AL 3 23 17 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 .294 .455 .353 .807 .313 6 0 0 1 0 1
3 Seasons 59 644 584 84 173 25 6 12 4 2 44 50 .296 .347 .421 .768 .307 246 14 3 10 3 1
162 Game Avg. 62 674 611 88 181 26 6 13 4 2 46 52 .296 .347 .421 .768 .307 257 15 3 10 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 29 TOT AL 54 6 2 3 1 1 0 2 4 .333 0 0 1 0 2 33% 73 23 14 11 5 0 3.4 4.5 5.8
1954 29 PHA AL 38 6 2 3 1 1 0 2 4 .333 0 0 1 0 2 33% 42 73 23 8 8 5 0 3.4 4.5 5.8
1 Season 38 6 2 3 1 1 0 2 4 .333 0 0 1 0 2 33% 42 73 23 8 8 5 0 3.4 4.5 5.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 29 TOT AL 54 48 29 4 6 10 5 5 50% 11 1 32 9 28% 1.009 16 7 21 11 8 25 16 28 33 5 30 15 6.4
1954 29 WSH AL 16 16 6 1 2 3 1 2 33% 4 1 9 2 22% 8 0.644 4 2 10 4 1 11 5 11 9 4 9 2 5.6
1954 29 PHA AL 38 32 23 3 4 7 4 3 57% 7 0 23 7 30% 7 1.115 12 5 11 7 7 14 11 17 24 1 21 13 6.9
1955 30 KCA AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 8 0.028 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 2.5
1956 31 NYY AL 3 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 2.058 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 4.3
3 Seasons 59 53 32 4 7 10 6 5 60% 11 1 35 11 31% 1.032 17 8 24 12 9 28 18 31 35 7 32 15 6.2

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1953 28 WSH AL
1954 29 TOT AL 610 40% 1.8% 8.0% 6.4% 6.6% 25% 0.99 82% 129 14 11%
1954 29 WSH AL 125 34% 2.4% 5.6% 9.6% 4.0% 19% 1.31 81% 26 4 15%
1954 29 PHA AL 485 41% 1.7% 8.7% 5.6% 7.2% 26% 0.91 82% 103 10 10%
1955 30 KCA AL 11 9% 9.1% 0.0% 0.0% 18.2% 33% 1.50 91% 5 0 0%
1956 31 NYY AL 23 35% 0.0% 4.4% 21.7% 4.4% 20% 0.71 70% 5 0 0%
4 Seasons 644 39% 3.9% 14.0% 11.7% 6.7% 15% 0.99 82% 139 14 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1953 28 WSH AL 123 13 1
1954 29 TOT AL 555 162 11 2 21 5 5 7 3 43 21 3 49% 11 1 0 237 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 55
1954 29 WSH AL 125 26 3 0 2 1 2 3 0 7 3 0 43% 3 0 0 50 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1954 29 PHA AL 430 136 8 2 19 4 3 4 3 36 18 3 50% 8 1 0 187 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 55
1955 30 KCA AL 11 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 31 NYY AL 23 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
4 Seasons 589 296 25 2 22 6 5 8 3 44 22 3 50% 11 2 0 261 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 55
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1953 28 5 8 .385 3.75 43 6 20 3 0 3 120.0 123 57 50 13 31 40 2 0 1 504 104 1.283 9.2 1.0 2.3 3.0 1.29 104
1954 29 11 17 .393 4.13 97 12 49 4 0 8 257.0 285 135 118 24 70 89 5 1 2 1112 94 1.381 10.0 0.8 2.5 3.1 1.27 94
1955 30 11 17 .393 4.21 99 12 50 4 0 8 258.2 291 138 121 25 70 0 89 5 1 2 1123 92 1.396 10.1 0.9 2.4 3.1 1.27 92
1956 31 11 18 .379 4.17 102 12 52 4 0 9 263.0 296 141 122 25 75 1 90 5 1 2 1146 93 1.411 10.1 0.9 2.6 3.1 1.20 93

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1953 28 7 6 .538 3.87 121.0 129 58 52 14 33 40 2 1.339 9.6 2.5 3.0 1.21 1.0 43
1954 29 6 9 .400 4.69 140.0 172 81 73 12 41 50 3 1.521 11.1 2.6 3.2 1.22 0.8 54
1955 30 0 0 6.75 4.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2
1956 31 0 0 1.80 5.0 5 1 1 0 5 1 0 2.000 9.0 9.0 1.8 0.20 0.0 3
4 Seasons 13 15 .464 4.30 270.0 306 143 129 26 79 91 5 1.426 10.2 3.0 1.15 0.9 102

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1953 AL--43--6th
1954 AL--54--1st

Saves s c a p y
1954 AL--5--9th

Games Finished s c a p y
1953 AL--20--9th
1954 AL--29--4th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 5 (1584), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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