Sonny Dixon

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: November 5, 1924 in Charlotte, NC us

Died: November 19, 2011 in Charlotte, NC

Buried: Steele Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Charlotte, NC

High School: Charlotte HS (Charlotte, NC)

Debut: April 20, 1953 (Age 28-166d, 11,004th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 29, 1956 (Age 31-329d)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 4 BB, 0 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1953 season

Full Name: John Craig Dixon

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.7

ERA

4.17

102

263.0

WHIP

1.411

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Team Record in Appearances: 12-31 / in Starts: 3-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 16

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	4	Apr 20(1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.59	4	1	2	0	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.015	.57	0.02%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
2	2	7	Apr 22	WSH		PHA	L,4-7	GS-5	L(0-1)	1	5.0	7	6	5	4	3	1	0	7.50	5.76	27	7	6	0	0	7	30			0	0	0	22	1	1	1	0	0	1	.91	-0.284	1.89	-0.36%	-3.58	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
3	3	12	Apr 28	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-5	2-7		5	5.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.97	4.09	17	6	8	1	0	2		2	0	0	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	.30	0.095	.48	0.09%	3.07	2b 1-3 2 out d5	7b 3 out d2
4	4	14	Apr 30	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.65	3.81	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.015	.25	0.01%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	5	15	May 1	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-5	9-GF	S(1)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.38	3.49	4	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.45	0.663	8.76	0.47%	1.86	9b 1-3 0 out a1	9b end a 1
6	6	18	May 3(2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.93	3.25	7	2	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.052	.68	0.05%	0.97	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 1
7	7	20	May 6	WSH	@	DET	L,4-8	5-GF(8)		2	3.2	5	3	2	0	0	1	0	3.32	3.80	16	6	5	1	0	5		3	2	0	1	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	.86	-0.182	1.12	-0.14%	-1.97	5b 123 1 out a1	8b end d 4
8	8	21	May 8	WSH	@	PHA	W,10-7	6-6		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.20	3.76	1	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.009	.50	0.01%	0.93	6b 12- 1 out d5	6b 3 out d5
9	9	29	May 17	WSH		CHW	L,3-7	3-7		8	4.1	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.38	3.68	19	9	4	1	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.004	.65	-0.01%	0.04	3t --- 2 out d4	7t 3 out d6
10	10	32	May 21	WSH		NYY	L,5-6	7-GF		3	2.2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.04	3.46	11	2	2	0	1	3		2	1	0	0	0	10	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.54	0.001	4.47	0.00%	0.86	7t 12- 1 out tie	9t end d 1
11	11	34	May 23	WSH		PHA	L,6-8	2-5		1	3.2	4	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.26	3.45	17	4	4	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	14	1	0	1	1	0	0	.47	-0.167	1.04	-0.22%	-1.65	2t 12- 1 out d2	5t 3 out d6
12	12	38	May 28	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-7	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.16	3.52	4	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.05	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
13	13	41	May 30(2)	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	CG	W(1-1)	1	9.0	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	2.68	3.16	34	15	10	0	3	6	72			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.49	0.545	2.53	0.56%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	14	46	Jun 4	WSH	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	7	1	1	4	3	0	0	2.37	3.18	36	9	13	2	6	7	68			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	2	0	0	.54	0.196	1.04	0.23%	3.58	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a9
15	15	51	Jun 10	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-6	L(2-2)	5	5.1	7	2	2	1	1	1	0	2.47	3.38	22	7	6	0	2	7	46			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.066	1.17	-0.06%	-0.65	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out d2
16	16	53	Jun 12	WSH	@	DET	L,1-2	8-GF	L(2-3)	1	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.59	3.60	5	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.335	.82	-0.21%	-0.51	8b --- 0 out d1	9b end d 1
17	17	56	Jun 16	WSH		CHW	L,3-7	7-9		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.50	3.53	7	2	3	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	0.045	1.25	0.02%	0.97	7t --3 1 out d1	9t --3 1 out tie
18	18	58	Jun 18	WSH		CHW	L,4-8	9-9	BL(2-4)	1	0.1	3	4	2	0	1	0	0	2.79	3.49	5	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.89	-0.786	2.01	-0.33%	-3.18	9t --- 0 out a2	9t -2- 1 out d1
19	19	62	Jun 22(1)	WSH		CLE	L,2-5	6-9		3	3.0	6	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.95	3.61	13	2	2	0	0	5		2	0	1	0	1	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.071	.43	0.02%	0.33	6t -23 1 out d1	9t 1-- 1 out d3
20	20	66	Jun 25	WSH		SLB	L,1-3	GS-7	L(2-5)	2	7.0	8	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.04	3.52	28	8	10	1	2	8	49			0	1	0	27	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.12	-0.073	.27	-0.01%	0.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
21	21	70	Jun 28(2)	WSH		DET	L,1-5	6-7		2	2.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	2.96	3.58	9	7	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	.41	-0.011	.12	0.00%	-0.03	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	22	72	Jul 1	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-3	8-GF	S(2)	2	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.88	3.52	8	1	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	0.237	.61	0.05%	1.03	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 2
23	23	75	Jul 4(2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	W(3-5)	2	9.0	7	4	4	0	2	1	0	3.00	3.53	33	11	13	1	1	7	59			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	.64	0.094	.24	0.02%	0.67	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
24	24	80	Jul 8	WSH		PHA	W,7-4	4-7	W(4-5)	3	3.2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.98	3.64	13	5	6	0	1	2		1	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.068	.23	0.01%	0.96	4t 1-- 1 out tie	7t 3 out d1
25	25	84	Jul 12	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-6	7-GF	L(4-6)	3	2.1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.00	3.68	10	2	5	0	3	1		3	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	-0.293	.41	-0.04%	1.08	7b 123 1 out d2	9b end d 1
26	26	85	Jul 16(1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-6	9-9	BS(2)	3	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.08	3.71	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.77	-0.409	.63	-0.03%	-0.93	9b --- 0 out a1	9b 12- 2 out tie
27	27	88	Jul 18	WSH	@	CHW	L,6-10	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.35	3.70	7	2	2	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.118	.01	0.00%	-2.49	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 4
28	28	89	Jul 19(1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.31	3.66	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.032	.01	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
29	29	91	Jul 21	WSH	@	DET	L,7-8	6-8	BS(3)	1	3.0	4	4	2	2	0	1	0	3.40	3.83	16	5	5	2	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.87	-0.486	.01	0.00%	-2.53	6b --- 0 out a2	8b 3 out d2
30	30	92	Jul 23(1)	WSH	@	DET	L,6-9	8-9		1	0.2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.38	3.89	5	1	1	0	0	1		2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.62	0.035	.01	0.00%	0.08	8b 1-3 2 out tie	9b 12- 1 out tie
31	31	94	Jul 24	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-4	8-9	H(1)	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.34	3.88	5	1	2	1	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.08	0.165	.00	0.00%	0.69	8b 12- 2 out a1	9b 1-- 2 out a2
32	32	97	Jul 26(2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,6-7	6-GF(8)	BL(4-7)	1	2.1	2	2	2	0	1	2	0	3.44	4.09	9	1	5	0	1	2		3	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.65	-0.254	.00	0.00%	-0.27	6b 123 2 out a1	8b end d 1
33	33	98	Jul 28	WSH		DET	L,5-8	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.41	4.08	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
34	34	113	Aug 12	WSH		NYY	L,1-22	3-5		14	2.2	7	5	5	1	0	0	0	3.77	4.07	16	4	4	1	1	7		1	1	0	0	0	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	.07	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-4.10	3t --3 1 out d6	5t 3 out d12
35	35	115	Aug 15(1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-2	9-GF	S(3)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.75	4.06	1	0	1	0	1	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.82	0.099	.00	0.00%	0.79	9b 123 2 out a3	9b end a 3
36	36	119	Aug 18	WSH	@	NYY	W,10-8	4-6		2	3.0	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.82	4.13	13	4	4	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	.07	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.56	4b --- 0 out d5	6b 3 out d7
37	37	120	Aug 19	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.78	4.09	3	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
38	38	123	Aug 21(2)	WSH		BOS	L,3-7	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.75	4.09	4	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
39	39	125	Aug 23	WSH		BOS	L,4-5	7-GF	BL(4-8)	1	3.0	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.81	4.17	13	4	5	2	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	-0.314	.00	0.00%	-0.55	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end d 1
40	40	133	Aug 31	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-3	5-GF	W(5-8)	7	5.0	3	1	1	1	4	1	0	3.72	4.17	19	4	7	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.79	0.345	.00	0.00%	1.55	5b --- 0 out d1	9b end a 1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
41	41	139	Sep 9(2)	WSH		SLB	W,2-1	11-11		8	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.69	4.15	5	1	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.23	0.134	.00	0.00%	0.48	11t --- 0 out tie	11t 3 out tie
42	42	143	Sep 13(2)	WSH		DET	L,4-6	9-GF		3	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.73	4.17	5	3	1	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.60	-0.141	.00	0.00%	-1.04	9t -23 0 out tie	9t end d 3
43	43	151	Sep 26	WSH		PHA	L,2-11	4-7		12	4.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	3.76	4.16	20	8	5	0	2	4		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	.35	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.06	4t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d5
							12-31		W-L:5-8,Sv:3,BSv:5,Hld:1	2.3	119.2	123	57	50	31	40	13	2	3.76	4.16	505	0.96		5%	11%	116	54	33	24%	2	3	1	461	21	3	6	8	0	9	1.09	-1.027	.80	0.14%	3.03

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