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: 12-42 / in Starts: 2-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 16

1954 Pitching Game Log

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1954 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	44	1	Apr 13	WSH		NYY	W,5-3	9-GF(10)	W(1-0)	99	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.90	4	1	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	0.234	6.03	0.36%	0.85	9t 12- 2 out tie	10t end tie
2	45	4	Apr 18	WSH	@	NYY	W,9-3	9-GF	S(1)	4	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1.97	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.002	.19	0.00%	0.45	9b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 6
3	46	6	Apr 20	WSH		PHA	L,0-7	3-8		1	6.0	5	3	2	0	3	0	0	2.16	1.56	23	13	2	0	1	5		0	0	0	1	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	1	.15	-0.014	.43	-0.02%	-0.33	3t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d7
4	47	9	Apr 24	WSH		BOS	L,1-6	8-8		3	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.08	1.59	3	0	1	0	1	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	-0.028	.59	-0.05%	-0.70	8t -2- 2 out d3	8t 3 out d4
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	48	13	May 1	WSH		DET	L,1-6	9-GF		6	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.79	1.67	6	0	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.006	.14	-0.01%	-0.56	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
6	49	14	May 2(1)	WSH		CLE	L,4-6	6-GF		0	4.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.98	2.11	15	7	6	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	.64	0.020	1.41	0.03%	0.78	6t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
7	50	19	May 7	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-7	6-7		4	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.72	2.21	8	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.063	.65	0.05%	1.04	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d1
8	51	21	May 12	WSH	@	DET	L,2-4	6-7		4	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.53	2.57	9	5	0	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.35	0.026	.57	0.03%	0.93	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
9	52	22	May 13	WSH	@	CLE	L,7-8	9-9	H(1)	0	0.2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.45	2.89	4	1	1	0	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	0.006	2.37	0.00%	0.20	9b -23 0 out a4	9b 123 2 out a3
10	53	25	May 16(1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-10	7-7	BL(1-1)	2	0.0	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	2.95	3.05	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	-0.452	2.45	-0.25%	-2.48	7b --- 0 out a1	7b -23 0 out tie
11	54	28	May 19	WSH	@	BAL	L,3-5	8-8		2	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.89	3.20	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.004	.74	0.00%	-0.09	8b 12- 0 out d1	8b 123 1 out d1
12	55	30	May 22	WSH		PHA	L,3-10	2-4		2	2.2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.53	3.24	9	4	2	0	1	2		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	2	0	0	.12	0.025	.09	0.01%	2.23	2t -23 1 out d7	4t 3 out d7
13	56	32	May 25	WSH		NYY	L,3-9	7-8		2	1.1	5	3	2	0	1	1	0	3.18	3.68	9	3	0	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.057	.15	-0.03%	-2.74	7t --- 0 out d3	8t -2- 1 out d6
14	57	36	May 29	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-7	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.04	3.75	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.013	.12	0.01%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
15	58	40	May 31(2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-7	5-8		1	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.60	3.66	13	2	9	2	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.212	.79	0.11%	1.82	5b --- 0 out d2	8b 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
16	59	46	Jun 6(1)	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	8-GF	BL(1-2)	5	2.0	2	3	2	0	0	2	0	3.03	4.45	9	3	4	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.99	-0.552	.51	-0.17%	-2.11	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end d 2
				Player went from Washington Nationals to Philadelphia Athletics
17	60	54	Jun 12	PHA		DET	W,4-2	9-GF	S(2)	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	4.43	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.68	0.142	.15	0.00%	0.75	9t 123 2 out a2	9t end a 2
18	61	56	Jun 13(2)	PHA		DET	W,6-3	8-GF	S(3)	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.81	4.24	6	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.61	0.070	.02	0.00%	0.95	8t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
19	62	58	Jun 16	PHA	@	CHW	L,6-11	7-GF(8)	BL(1-3)	2	1.2	3	5	4	1	0	1	0	3.74	4.63	10	4	2	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.57	-0.697	.09	-0.02%	-5.61	7b 12- 1 out a2	8b end d 5
20	63	62	Jun 22	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-1	8-GF	S(4)	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3.60	4.57	5	1	2	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.085	.04	0.00%	0.90	8b 12- 2 out a3	9b end a 3
21	64	66	Jun 26	PHA	@	BAL	L,4-5	6-9		3	3.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.29	4.33	12	5	5	2	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.06	0.365	.04	0.00%	1.69	6b 12- 2 out tie	9b 3 out tie
22	65	67	Jun 27(1)	PHA	@	BAL	L,3-4	10-GF(11)	L(1-4)	0	1.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.38	4.32	8	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.55	-0.254	.06	0.00%	-0.54	10b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
23	66	70	Jun 30	PHA		WSH	W,8-7	7-GF	BW(2-4)	2	3.0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.35	4.19	13	4	5	1	1	4		2	2	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.57	-0.298	.01	0.00%	-1.24	7t 1-3 0 out a2	9t end tie
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
24	67	73	Jul 4	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-8	3-6		3	3.2	5	2	1	1	1	0	0	3.28	4.07	17	7	3	0	3	5		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.16	3b --- 1 out d5	6b 3 out d7
25	68	75	Jul 5(2)	PHA		NYY	L,2-11	8-GF		0	2.0	6	4	4	0	1	1	0	3.88	4.23	12	2	3	0	1	6		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-3.05	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 9
26	69	78	Jul 10	PHA		BOS	L,3-5	10-11	L(2-5)	4	1.0	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.35	4.19	7	2	0	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.12	-0.624	.00	0.00%	-1.87	10t --- 0 out tie	11t 1-3 0 out tie
27	70	79	Jul 11(1)	PHA		BOS	L,0-18	6-GF		0	4.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	0	4.19	3.96	19	4	5	1	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	18	3	0	0	1	0	2	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.89	6t --- 0 out d17	9t end d18
28	71	82	Jul 16	PHA		CLE	L,3-9	6-7		4	2.0	6	3	3	0	1	0	1	4.53	3.92	12	2	2	0	1	6		0	0	0	0	0	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	.22	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-2.05	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d6
29	72	85	Jul 18(2)	PHA		CHW	L,3-4	7-GF(7)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.45	3.90	4	1	2	1	1	1		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.74	-0.003	.00	0.00%	0.45	7t 12- 0 out tie	7t end d 1
30	73	88	Jul 21	PHA		DET	W,4-1	CG	W(3-5)	2	9.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.97	3.65	34	15	9	1	3	6	73			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.11	0.365	.00	0.00%	3.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
31	74	93	Jul 25(2)	PHA		BAL	W,6-4	GS-9	W(4-5)	3	8.0	12	4	4	1	1	1	0	4.03	3.70	36	10	12	0	0	12	42			0	0	0	35	2	1	0	1	0	0	.69	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.13	1t start tie	9t --3 0 out a3
32	75	98	Jul 29(2)	PHA	@	DET	L,3-7	GS-3	L(4-6)	3	2.0	6	5	5	1	0	1	0	4.52	3.88	13	2	4	1	0	6	23			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.392	.00	0.00%	-3.45	1b start tie	3b 1-- 0 out d1
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
33	76	102	Aug 1(2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-12	GS-2	L(4-7)	2	1.1	5	5	5	1	0	0	0	5.03	3.89	10	1	3	0	3	5	23			1	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.265	.00	0.00%	-3.20	1b start tie	2b 1-3 1 out d3
34	77	103	Aug 2	PHA	@	BAL	L,2-10	5-GF(8)		0	3.2	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	5.02	3.81	16	2	6	1	0	5		3	1	0	1	0	14	1	1	1	0	1	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.22	5b 123 1 out d7	8b end d 9
35	78	106	Aug 6	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-7	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.90	3.78	7	2	3	1	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.09	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.96	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
36	79	107	Aug 7	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-5	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.78	3.72	6	3	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.07	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.96	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
37	80	109	Aug 8(2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-5	1-7		0	6.2	5	2	2	4	0	0	0	4.63	3.76	28	9	10	0	2	5		2	0	0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	.51	0.090	.00	0.00%	2.03	1b 1-3 1 out d2	7b 3 out d4
38	81	113	Aug 12(2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-7			3	5.1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.38	3.64	19												19					0
39	82	118	Aug 18	PHA		NYY	L,1-6	7-GF		5	2.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.27	3.67	9	1	6	0	2	0		2	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.009	.00	0.00%	1.37	7t 12- 2 out d5	9t end d 5
40	83	119	Aug 19	PHA		NYY	L,5-8	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.23	3.66	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
41	84	123	Aug 23(2)	PHA		WSH	L,3-10	8-GF		3	2.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.24	3.69	10	2	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.05	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 7
42	85	125	Aug 25	PHA		CLE	L,3-4	GS-8		1	8.0	8	3	2	4	6	1	0	4.09	3.72	35	8	9	2	4	8	58			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.63	0.053	.00	0.00%	0.79	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
43	86	129	Aug 28	PHA		CHW	L,2-5	6-7		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.02	3.67	8	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.067	.00	0.00%	0.95	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
44	87	131	Aug 29(2)	PHA		DET	L,1-2	9-GF		0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.98	3.66	5	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.035	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
45	88	132	Aug 31(1)	PHA		BAL	W,8-6			1	2.1	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.98	3.63	10												8					1
46	89	133	Aug 31(2)	PHA		BAL	W,6-3	8-GF	W(5-7)	-1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.91	3.59	7	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.134	.00	0.00%	0.95	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 3
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
47	90	137	Sep 5(2)	PHA		BOS	L,3-7	GS-7	L(5-8)	4	6.2	11	6	5	1	2	1	0	4.06	3.62	32	8	10	0	2	11	31			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	1	0	1	.98	-0.172	.00	0.00%	-1.11	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d3
48	91	138	Sep 6(1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-8	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	4.18	3.74	6	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-1.56	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 7
49	92	142	Sep 9	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-5	10-10		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.14	3.72	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	0.133	.00	0.00%	0.48	10b --- 0 out tie	10b 3 out tie
50	93	143	Sep 10	PHA	@	DET	W,6-5	7-GF	W(6-8)	0	2.1	4	1	1	0	2	0	1	4.14	3.68	12	2	3	0	1	4		1	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.43	0.226	.00	0.00%	0.14	7b 1-- 2 out tie	9b end a 1
51	94	145	Sep 12(1)	PHA	@	BAL	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.07	3.62	9	1	3	0	3	2		2	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.019	.00	0.00%	0.82	7b 12- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
52	95	146	Sep 12(2)	PHA	@	BAL	W,5-4	9-GF	S(5)	-1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.04	3.63	6	2	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	6.84	0.176	.00	0.00%	0.43	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
53	96	148	Sep 17	PHA		NYY	L,3-10	6-9		4	3.2	8	7	7	0	3	1	0	4.40	3.65	19	4	4	0	3	8		0	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-5.21	6t --- 0 out d3	9t --- 2 out d10
54	97	152	Sep 21(1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-4	7-GF(10)	BL(6-9)	3	3.0	5	2	2	2	3	0	0	4.43	3.62	16	3	3	0	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.53	-0.297	.00	0.00%	-1.44	7b --- 0 out a1	10b end d 1
							12-42		W-L:6-9,Sv:5,BSv:5,Hld:1	2.0	138.0	163	79	68	39	50	11	3	4.43	3.62	611	0.97		4%	12%	155	42	32	28%	4	2	0	556	25	5	2	14	3	11	.96	-1.729	.18	0.05%	-11.44

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