Jayson Nix

Jayson Truitt Edward Nix

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 26, 1982 in Dallas, TX
High School: Midland (Midland, TX)
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round (44th pick) of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed July 14, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 1, 2008
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Indians/BlueJays/Rockies 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$438k (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.145, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
Relatives: Brother of Laynce Nix
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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
2001	18	COL-min	Rk	42	179	153	28	45	10	1	5	24	1	5	21	43	.294	.385	.471	.856		72	1	3	0	2	1	CAS · PION
2002	19	COL-min	A	132	565	487	73	120	29	2	14	79	14	5	62	105	.246	.340	.400	.740		195	10	9	3	4	2	AVL · SALL
2003	20	COL-min	A+	137	635	562	107	158	46	0	21	86	24	8	54	131	.281	.351	.475	.826		267	3	10	3	6	2	VIS · CALL
2004	21	COL-min	AA	123	511	456	58	97	17	1	14	58	14	3	40	101	.213	.292	.346	.639		158	9	12	1	2	1	TUL · TL
2005	22	COL-min	AA	131	551	501	68	118	27	0	11	47	10	6	29	92	.236	.289	.355	.644		178	8	11	4	6	1	TUL · TL
2006	23	COL-min	AAA	103	397	358	39	90	14	1	2	26	15	3	32	61	.251	.317	.313	.630		112	4	3	3	1	0	CSP · PCL
2007	24	COL-min	AAA	124	483	439	80	128	33	2	11	58	24	8	31	79	.292	.342	.451	.793		198	5	4	7	2	1	CSP · PCL
2008	25	COL-min	AAA	67	303	264	63	80	21	2	17	51	11	5	27	64	.303	.373	.591	.964		156	6	5	3	4	1	CSP · PCL
2008	25	COL	NL	22	65	56	2	7	2	0	0	2	1	0	7	17	.125	.234	.161	.395	3	9	1	1	1	0	2	4
2009	26	CHW-min	AAA,AA	8	36	30	5	12	1	0	0	8	1	0	6	0	.400	.500	.433	.933		13	0	0	0	0	0	CHR,BIR · IL,SOUL
2009	26	CHW	AL	94	290	255	36	57	11	0	12	32	10	2	28	64	.224	.308	.408	.716	83	104	5	4	1	2	1	465/
2010	27	TOT	AL	102	363	331	32	74	15	0	14	34	1	2	20	87	.224	.281	.396	.676	87	131	6	7	3	2	2	54/D769
2010	27	CHW	AL	24	57	49	3	8	1	0	1	5	0	0	7	12	.163	.268	.245	.513	40	12	1	0	1	0	2	5/469
2010	27	CLE	AL	78	306	282	29	66	14	0	13	29	1	2	13	75	.234	.283	.422	.705	95	119	5	7	2	2	0	54/D7
2011	28	TOR-min	AAA,A+	44	195	175	30	45	12	2	8	31	3	0	15	41	.257	.328	.486	.814		85	6	4	0	1	0	LVG,DUN · PCL,FLOR
2011	28	TOR	AL	46	151	136	15	23	5	1	4	16	4	1	12	42	.169	.245	.309	.554	48	42	2	2	0	1	1	5/4D7
4 Seasons				264	869	778	85	161	33	1	30	84	16	5	67	210	.207	.280	.368	.648	72	286	14	14	5	5	6
162 Game Avg.				162	533	477	52	99	20	1	18	52	10	3	41	129	.207	.280	.368	.648	72	176	9	9	3	3	4

CHW (2 yrs)				118	347	304	39	65	12	0	13	37	10	2	35	76	.214	.301	.382	.683	77	116	6	4	2	2	3
COL (1 yr)				22	65	56	2	7	2	0	0	2	1	0	7	17	.125	.234	.161	.395	3	9	1	1	1	0	2
CLE (1 yr)				78	306	282	29	66	14	0	13	29	1	2	13	75	.234	.283	.422	.705	95	119	5	7	2	2	0
TOR (1 yr)				46	151	136	15	23	5	1	4	16	4	1	12	42	.169	.245	.309	.554	48	42	2	2	0	1	1

AL (3 yrs)				242	804	722	83	154	31	1	30	82	15	5	60	193	.213	.284	.384	.667	78	277	13	13	4	5	4
NL (1 yr)				22	65	56	2	7	2	0	0	2	1	0	7	17	.125	.234	.161	.395	3	9	1	1	1	0	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2008	25	COL	NL	65	-8	0	1	0	4	0	2	-1	-0.1	-5	-0.5	0.4	$390,000	4
2009	26	CHW	AL	290	-6	1	1	0	2	1	10	9	0.8	7	0.6	0.2	$400,000	465/
2010	27	CHW	AL	57	-4	0	-0	-0	-4	0	2	-6	-0.6	-2	-0.2	-0.4	$420,000	5/469
2010	27	CLE	AL	306	-3	-1	1	-1	-3	0	10	4	0.5	8	0.8	-0.3	$	54/D7
2011	28	TOR	AL	151	-10	1	0	0	4	0	5	-0	0.0	-4	-0.4	0.4	$438,100	5/4D7
4 Seasons				869	-31	2	3	-1	3	2	29	6	0.6	3	0.3	0.3	$1,648,100

CHW (2 yrs)				347	-10	2	0	-0	-2	1	12	3	0.2	5	0.4	-0.2	$820,000
COL (1 yr)				65	-8	0	1	0	4	0	2	-1	-0.1	-5	-0.5	0.4	$390,000
CLE (1 yr)				306	-3	-1	1	-1	-3	0	10	4	0.5	8	0.8	-0.3	$
TOR (1 yr)				151	-10	1	0	0	4	0	5	-0	0.0	-4	-0.4	0.4	$438,100

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	PwrSpd
2008	25	COL	NL	65	51	2	1.0	115	.179	.125	.278	.234	.351	.161	.443	.395	.794	3	.056	-8.4	-0.8	.360	.179	.036	.0
2009	26	CHW	AL	290	208	34	4.4	112	.249	.224	.273	.308	.342	.408	.437	.716	.780	83	.432	-7.0	-0.7	.702	.325	.184	10.9
2010	27	TOT	AL	363	270	36	3.6	96	.259	.224	.255	.281	.321	.396	.398	.676	.720	87	.379	-6.8	-0.7	.592	.230	.172	1.9
2010	27	CHW	AL	57	43	3	1.9	102	.194	.163	.264	.268	.332	.245	.412	.513	.744	40	.157	-4.2	-0.4	.452	.224	.082	.0
2010	27	CLE	AL	306	227	33	3.9	94	.270	.234	.253	.283	.320	.422	.396	.705	.716	95	.416	-2.6	-0.2	.619	.230	.188	1.9
2011	28	TOR	AL	151	117	11	2.5	103	.209	.169	.264	.245	.330	.309	.418	.554	.747	48	.248	-10.4	-1.0	.509	.250	.140	4.0
4 Seasons				869	646	83	3.4	104	.241	.207	.264	.280	.332	.368	.418	.648	.750	72	.350	-32.6	-3.2	.594	.261	.161	20.9
162 Game Avg.				533	396	51	3.4	104	.241	.207	.264	.280	.332	.368	.418	.648	.750	72	.350	-32.6	-3.2	.594	.261	.161	13

CHW (2 yrs)				347	251	37	3.9	110	.240	.214	.272	.301	.341	.382	.433	.683	.774	77	.392	-11.2	-1.1	.660	.309	.168	11.3
COL (1 yr)				65	51	2	1.1	115	.179	.125	.278	.234	.351	.161	.443	.395	.794	3	.056	-8.4	-0.8	.360	.179	.036	.0
CLE (1 yr)				306	227	33	3.9	94	.270	.234	.253	.283	.320	.422	.396	.705	.716	95	.416	-2.6	-0.2	.619	.230	.188	1.9
TOR (1 yr)				151	117	11	2.5	103	.209	.169	.264	.245	.330	.309	.418	.554	.747	48	.248	-10.4	-1.0	.509	.250	.140	4.0

AL (3 yrs)				804	595	81	3.6	103	.246	.213	.263	.284	.331	.384	.416	.667	.746	78	.375	-24.2	-2.3	.614	.267	.170	20.0
NL (1 yr)				65	51	2	1.1	115	.179	.125	.278	.234	.351	.161	.443	.395	.794	3	.056	-8.4	-0.8	.360	.179	.036	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2008	25	COL	NL	65	0.0%	26.2%	10.8%	3.1%	29%	2.43	3.3		28.0	1.05	1.06	60%	13%	0.0%	21%
2009	26	CHW	AL	290	4.1%	22.1%	9.7%	7.9%	40%	2.29	4.0	21.3	8.0	0.65	0.70	62%	12%	12.8%	20%
2010	27	TOT	AL	363	3.9%	24.0%	5.5%	8.0%	39%	4.35	3.8	23.6	9.7	0.59	0.65	64%	14%	11.8%	23%
2010	27	CHW	AL	57	1.8%	21.1%	12.3%	3.5%	25%	1.71	4.1	49.0	9.8	0.48	0.55	63%	11%	5.3%	24%
2010	27	CLE	AL	306	4.3%	24.5%	4.3%	8.8%	41%	5.77	3.8	21.7	9.7	0.61	0.67	64%	15%	13.0%	22%
2011	28	TOR	AL	151	2.7%	27.8%	8.0%	6.6%	44%	3.50	3.2	34.0	8.5	0.53	0.55	60%	13%	9.5%	32%
4 Seasons				869	3.5%	24.2%	7.7%	7.4%	40%	3.13	3.7	25.9	9.3	0.63	0.67	62%	13%	11.1%	23%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.2%	8.6%	7.7%	33%	2.12	4.9	34.8	8.0	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2008	25	COL	NL	-8.4	-0.8	66	-1.3	0.6	-1.9	1.22	-0.9	-0.2	-8.5	-0.8	0.96	-8.2	0.16	2
2009	26	CHW	AL	-7.1	-0.7	306	-1.2	4.3	-5.4	.97	-0.4	-0.8	-9.9	-0.9	0.95	-7.8	1.51	11
2010	27	TOT	AL	-6.9	-0.7	372	-1.7	4.9	-6.6	.95	-0.9	-1.0	-12.0	-1.2	0.96	-7.5	1.23	7
2010	27	CHW	AL	-4.3	-0.4	60	-0.3	0.6	-0.9	.96	-0.5	0.2	-2.7	-0.3	0.95	-5.1	0.28	4
2010	27	CLE	AL	-2.6	-0.2	312	-1.5	4.2	-5.7	.95	-0.4	-1.1	-9.3	-0.9	0.96	-2.4	2.50	3
2011	28	TOR	AL	-10.4	-1.0	158	-0.9	1.9	-2.8	.91	-0.9	-0.1	-11.8	-1.2	0.97	-11.1		0
4 Seasons				-32.8	-3.2	902	-5.1	11.6	-16.7	.97	-3.0	-2.2	-42.2	-4.0	0.96	-34.6	1.28	20

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	SBH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2008	25	COL	NL	2	13%	19	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
2009	26	CHW	AL	3	31%	88	10	2	83%	7	2	2	1	1	1	4	5	40%	18	13	4	5	1	4	7	3	4
2010	27	TOT	AL	4	21%	122	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	6	40%	9	8	1	1	1	0	5	0	5
2010	27	CHW	AL	0	14%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	27	CLE	AL	4	22%	101	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	4	46%	7	6	1	1	1	0	5	0	5
2011	28	TOR	AL	1	33%	33	4	1	80%	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	3	100%	3	0	3	2	0	2	1	0	1
4 Seasons				10	26%	262	16	5	76%	12	5	3	1	3	2	7	14	48%	30	21	8	9	2	7	13	3	10

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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2008	25	COL	NL	65	31%	7	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.16	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	1	20%	9	3	33%	43	3	7%	3	1	33%	7	3	43%	0
2009	26	CHW	AL	290	47%	57	6	0	11	0	0	0	1.51	12	0	9	4	8	4	8	0	1	1	100%	46	5	11%	26	5	19%	184	20	11%	18	4	22%	10	9	90%	0
2010	27	TOT	AL	363	27%	74	11	0	7	2	0	1	1.23	14	1	13	10	4	7	7	0	4	3	75%	62	6	10%	32	4	13%	228	22	10%	19	8	42%	15	6	40%	0
2010	27	CHW	AL	57	58%	8	1	0	4	1	0	0	0.28	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	9	1	11%	4	1	25%	33	4	12%	2	2	100%	4	2	50%	0
2010	27	CLE	AL	306	22%	66	10	0	3	1	0	1	2.50	13	0	11	9	4	7	6	0	3	2	67%	53	5	9%	28	3	11%	195	18	9%	17	6	35%	11	4	36%	0
2011	28	TOR	AL	151	18%	23	2	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0		25	2	8%	18	4	22%	92	13	14%	14	6	43%	5	3	60%	0
4 Seasons				869	32%	161	19	0	20	3	0	1	1.28	30	1	25	16	14	13	17	0	6	5	83%	138	14	10%	85	16	19%	547	58	11%	54	19	35%	37	21	57%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2008	25	COL	NL	65	244	3.75	152	62%	29%	17%	28%	26%	71%	9%	44%	76%	26%	3%	2	0	17%	11	8	9%	6	3	35%	0	0	0
2009	26	CHW	AL	290	1160	4.00	708	61%	30%	16%	26%	27%	70%	0%	43%	76%	23%	4%	11	0	15%	43	22	8%	22	15	30%	0	0	0
2010	27	TOT	AL	363	1273	3.51	851	67%	31%	16%	23%	29%	69%	2%	46%	76%	30%	2%	8	1	10%	35	14	6%	20	8	36%	0	0	0
2010	27	CHW	AL	57	239	4.19	149	62%	30%	16%	29%	26%	70%	9%	44%	77%	26%	7%	4	1	12%	7	1	11%	6	3	42%	0	0	0
2010	27	CLE	AL	306	1034	3.38	702	68%	32%	17%	22%	30%	68%	0%	46%	76%	31%	1%	4	0	9%	28	13	5%	14	5	35%	0	0	0
2011	28	TOR	AL	153	564	3.69	357	63%	32%	18%	24%	27%	68%	2%	43%	74%	25%	2%	3	0	14%	22	12	5%	8	5	38%	-2	0	0
4 Seasons				871	3241	3.72	2068	64%	31%	17%	24%	28%	69%	2%	44%	76%	27%	3%	24	1	13%	111	56	6%	56	31	34%	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2008	25	22	65	56	2	7	2	0	0	2	1	0	7	17	.125	.234	.161	.395	3	9	1	1	1	0	2
2009	26	116	355	311	38	64	13	0	12	34	11	2	35	81	.206	.295	.363	.658	69	113	6	5	2	2	3
2010	27	218	718	642	70	138	28	0	26	68	12	4	55	168	.215	.288	.380	.668	77	244	12	12	5	4	5
2011	28	264	869	778	85	161	33	1	30	84	16	5	67	210	.207	.280	.368	.648	72	286	14	14	5	5	6

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
2008	25	22	64	56	2	7	2	0	0	2	1	7	17	.125	.234	.161	.395	2	22
2009	26	94	286	253	33	55	11	0	12	30	10	27	64	.217	.301	.403	.704	29	94
2010	27	102	366	336	36	79	16	0	15	38	1	21	87	.235	.292	.417	.709	39	102
2011	28	46	151	136	15	23	5	1	4	16	4	12	42	.169	.245	.309	.554	10	46
4 Seasons		264	867	781	86	164	34	1	31	86	16	67	210	.210	.283	.375	.658	80	264
162 Game Avg.		162	532	479	53	101	21	1	19	53	10	41	129	.210	.283	.375	.658	49	264

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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