Laynce Nix
Laynce Michael Nix
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 30, 1980 in Houston, TX
High School: Midland (Midland, TX)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 4th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 21, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 10, 2003
Relatives: Brother of Jayson Nix
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Standard Batting

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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
2003 22 TEX AL 53 195 184 25 47 10 0 8 30 3 0 9 53 .255 .289 .440 .729 81 81 1 0 1 1 0 98/7D
2004 23 TEX AL 115 400 371 58 92 20 4 14 46 1 1 23 113 .248 .293 .437 .730 81 162 6 2 1 3 4 *8/9
2005 24 TEX AL 63 240 229 28 55 12 3 6 32 2 0 9 45 .240 .267 .397 .664 70 91 3 0 0 2 3 8
2006 25 TOT MLB 19 70 67 3 11 2 0 1 10 0 0 0 28 .164 .186 .239 .425 8 16 1 2 0 1 0 8
2006 25 TEX AL 9 34 32 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 17 .094 .118 .125 .243 -37 4 0 1 0 1 0 /8
2006 25 MIL NL 10 36 35 2 8 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 11 .229 .250 .343 .593 50 12 1 1 0 0 0 /8
2007 26 MIL NL 10 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /87
2008 27 MIL NL 10 13 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .083 .154 .083 .237 -35 1 0 0 0 0 0 /7
2009 28 CIN NL 116 337 309 42 74 26 1 15 46 0 1 22 81 .239 .291 .476 .767 98 147 5 2 0 4 3 79/8
7 Seasons 386 1267 1184 157 280 70 8 44 164 6 2 64 327 .236 .277 .421 .697 76 498 16 6 2 11 10
162 Game Avg. 162 532 497 66 118 29 3 18 69 3 1 27 137 .236 .277 .421 .697 76 209 7 3 1 5 4
TEX (4 yrs) 240 869 816 112 197 43 7 28 112 6 1 41 228 .241 .278 .414 .692 74 338 10 3 2 7 7
MIL (3 yrs) 30 61 59 3 9 1 0 1 6 0 0 1 18 .153 .180 .220 .401 3 13 1 1 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 116 337 309 42 74 26 1 15 46 0 1 22 81 .239 .291 .476 .767 98 147 5 2 0 4 3
NL (4 yrs) 146 398 368 45 83 27 1 16 52 0 1 23 99 .226 .274 .435 .709 82 160 6 3 0 4 3
AL (4 yrs) 240 869 816 112 197 43 7 28 112 6 1 41 228 .241 .278 .414 .692 74 338 10 3 2 7 7

Advanced Batting

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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
2003 22 TEX AL 195 140 24 4.6 116 .315 .255 .280 .289 .348 .440 .448 .729 .796 81 .457 -6.1 -0.6 .674 .250 .185 4.4
2004 23 TEX AL 400 290 47 4.4 116 .316 .248 .280 .293 .349 .437 .449 .730 .798 81 .419 -12.5 -1.2 .654 .251 .189 1.9
2005 24 TEX AL 240 179 24 3.6 110 .272 .240 .275 .267 .339 .397 .436 .664 .775 70 .360 -11.1 -1.1 .576 .205 .157 3.0
2006 25 TOT MLB 70 58 4 1.8 113 .256 .164 .275 .186 .343 .239 .442 .425 .785 8 .132 -9.5 -0.9 .316 .075 .075 .0
2006 25 TEX AL 34 30 1 0.9 112 .188 .094 .276 .118 .341 .125 .440 .243 .781 -37 .038 -6.6 -0.6 .172 .031 .031
2006 25 MIL NL 36 28 3 2.9 114 .304 .229 .273 .250 .344 .343 .444 .593 .788 50 .259 -2.8 -0.3 .464 .114 .114 .0
2007 26 MIL NL 12 12 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .273 .000 .342 .000 .436 .000 .778 -100 .000 -3.6 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
2008 27 MIL NL 13 11 0 0.0 106 .111 .083 .265 .154 .336 .083 .423 .237 .759 -35 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .182 .083 .000
2009 28 CIN NL 337 245 42 4.6 108 .272 .239 .267 .291 .340 .476 .424 .767 .764 98 .480 -2.0 -0.2 .705 .304 .236 .0
7 Seasons 1267 935 141 4.0 112 .286 .236 .275 .277 .344 .421 .439 .697 .783 76 .404 -47.2 -4.5 .620 .242 .184 10.6
162 Game Avg. 532 392 59 4.0 112 .286 .236 .275 .277 .344 .421 .439 .697 .783 76 .404 -47.2 -4.5 .620 .242 .184 4
TEX (4 yrs) 869 639 96 4.0 114 .298 .241 .278 .278 .346 .414 .445 .692 .791 74 .395 -36.3 -3.5 .614 .229 .173 9.9
MIL (3 yrs) 61 51 3 1.6 112 .200 .153 .272 .180 .342 .220 .438 .401 .780 3 .106 -8.9 -0.8 .294 .085 .068 .0
CIN (1 yr) 337 245 42 4.6 108 .272 .239 .267 .291 .340 .476 .424 .767 .764 98 .479 -2.0 -0.2 .705 .304 .236 .0
NL (4 yrs) 398 296 45 4.1 108 .261 .226 .268 .274 .341 .435 .426 .709 .767 82 .421 -10.9 -1.0 .634 .269 .209 .0
AL (4 yrs) 869 639 96 4.0 114 .298 .241 .278 .278 .346 .414 .445 .692 .791 74 .395 -36.3 -3.5 .614 .229 .173 9.9

Ratio Batting*

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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
2003 22 TEX AL 195 4.1% 27.2% 4.6% 9.2% 38% 5.89 3.5 23.0 6.1 0.71 1.02 64% 24% 12.1% 14%
2004 23 TEX AL 400 3.5% 28.3% 5.8% 9.5% 41% 4.91 3.3 26.5 8.1 0.79 1.18 62% 23% 11.0% 12%
2005 24 TEX AL 240 2.5% 18.8% 3.8% 8.8% 38% 5.00 5.1 38.2 7.2 0.94 1.29 75% 18% 7.1% 12%
2006 25 TOT MLB 70 1.4% 40.0% 0.0% 4.3% 27% 2.4 67.0 6.7 0.82 0.88 56% 15% 5.0% 9%
2006 25 TEX AL 34 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 2.9% 33% 1.9 8.0 0.60 0.63 47% 13% 0.0% 10%
2006 25 MIL NL 36 2.8% 30.6% 0.0% 5.6% 25% 3.2 35.0 5.8 1.00 1.13 64% 17% 9.1% 8%
2007 26 MIL NL 12 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 3.00 2.50 67% 13% 0.0% 0%
2008 27 MIL NL 13 0.0% 23.1% 7.7% 0.0% 0% 3.00 4.0 0.29 0.13 69% 22% 0.0% 0%
2009 28 CIN NL 337 4.5% 24.0% 6.5% 12.5% 57% 3.68 3.8 20.6 6.7 0.65 0.85 64% 19% 12.9% 18%
7 Seasons 1267 3.5% 25.8% 5.1% 9.6% 44% 5.11 3.6 26.9 7.2 0.77 1.04 65% 20% 10.4% 14%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2003 22 TEX AL 1 0 35% 66 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 73% 3 0 3 3 1 2 5 2 3
2004 23 TEX AL 4 0 43% 134 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 64% 20 9 11 8 3 5 14 2 11
2005 24 TEX AL 3 0 38% 85 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 64% 11 6 5 4 0 4 7 2 5
2006 25 TOT MLB 0 0 17% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
2006 25 TEX AL 0 0 25% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 25 MIL NL 0 0 13% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
2007 26 MIL NL 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 27 MIL NL 0 0 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 28 CIN NL 2 0 33% 120 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 46% 12 9 3 3 1 2 7 2 5
7 Seasons 11 0 37% 422 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 31 62% 47 24 23 18 5 13 34 8 25
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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
2003 22 TEX AL 195 88% 47 3 0 3 0 0 0 0.97 8 0 10 7 1 7 1 0 1 1 100% 42 1 2% 18 6 33% 142 22 15% 12 6 50% 16 9 56% 0
2004 23 TEX AL 400 80% 92 9 0 6 0 0 0 1.33 14 0 7 13 1 9 5 0 2 1 50% 75 6 8% 37 10 27% 250 34 14% 20 10 50% 23 9 39% 0
2005 24 TEX AL 240 93% 55 3 1 1 0 0 0 1.26 6 0 3 6 0 3 3 0 0 0 42 3 7% 24 10 42% 145 26 18% 12 9 75% 18 13 72% 0
2006 25 TOT MLB 70 89% 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.13 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 1 8% 7 3 43% 48 9 19% 5 3 60% 6 2 33% 0
2006 25 TEX AL 34 88% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 4 1 25% 23 4 17% 4 2 50% 3 0 0% 0
2006 25 MIL NL 36 89% 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.13 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 3 2 67% 25 5 20% 1 1 100% 3 2 67% 0
2007 26 MIL NL 12 75% 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 1.62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 6 1 17% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
2008 27 MIL NL 13 92% 1 0 0 7 1 0 0 0.75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 8 0 0% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
2009 28 CIN NL 337 90% 74 5 0 34 8 1 4 1.33 15 1 10 15 0 5 10 0 0 0 75 5 7% 39 13 33% 209 33 16% 24 12 50% 10 4 40% 0
7 Seasons 1267 87% 280 21 1 60 9 1 4 1.26 44 1 35 42 2 25 19 0 3 2 67% 251 16 6% 128 43 34% 808 125 15% 73 40 55% 76 38 50% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
2003 22 TEX AL 195 706 3.62 473 67% 28% 20% 23% 28% 72% 0% 48% 72% 27% 2% 4 0 15% 29 14 4% 7 4 30% 0 0 0
2004 23 TEX AL 400 1556 3.89 1013 65% 23% 23% 28% 26% 77% 3% 50% 70% 33% 3% 13 3 11% 42 17 7% 29 22 31% 0 0 0
2005 24 TEX AL 240 850 3.54 571 67% 22% 15% 31% 33% 78% 3% 53% 81% 35% 4% 10 1 18% 42 22 7% 17 15 31% 0 0 0
2006 25 TOT MLB 70 266 3.80 190 71% 23% 28% 28% 21% 77% 0% 55% 64% 30% 1% 1 0 10% 7 2 3% 2 2 25% 0 0 0
2006 25 TEX AL 34 132 3.88 96 73% 25% 29% 29% 17% 75% 0% 55% 61% 29% 3% 1 0 12% 4 1 6% 2 2 29% 0 0 0
2006 25 MIL NL 36 134 3.72 94 70% 21% 27% 27% 26% 79% 0% 55% 66% 31% 0% 0 0 8% 3 1 0% 0 0 18% 0 0 0
2007 26 MIL NL 12 43 3.58 32 74% 25% 28% 22% 25% 75% 0% 56% 63% 8% 0% 0 0 17% 2 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2008 27 MIL NL 13 39 3.00 25 64% 24% 16% 24% 36% 76% 0% 49% 79% 23% 8% 1 0 8% 1 0 0% 0 0 67% 0 0 0
2009 28 CIN NL 337 1231 3.65 809 66% 24% 17% 30% 29% 76% 2% 50% 77% 36% 5% 17 0 16% 53 19 7% 23 13 23% 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1267 4691 3.70 3113 66% 24% 20% 28% 28% 76% 2% 51% 74% 33% 4% 46 4 14% 176 74 6% 78 56 28% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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
2003 22 53 195 184 25 47 10 0 8 30 3 0 9 53 .255 .289 .440 .729 81 81 1 0 1 1 0
2004 23 168 595 555 83 139 30 4 22 76 4 1 32 166 .250 .292 .438 .730 81 243 7 2 2 4 4
2005 24 231 835 784 111 194 42 7 28 108 6 1 41 211 .247 .285 .426 .711 78 334 10 2 2 6 7
2006 25 250 905 851 114 205 44 7 29 118 6 1 41 239 .241 .277 .411 .688 73 350 11 4 2 7 7
2007 26 260 917 863 114 205 44 7 29 118 6 1 41 243 .238 .273 .406 .679 70 350 11 4 2 7 7
2008 27 270 930 875 115 206 44 7 29 118 6 1 42 246 .235 .272 .401 .673 69 351 11 4 2 7 7
2009 28 386 1267 1184 157 280 70 8 44 164 6 2 64 327 .236 .277 .421 .697 76 498 16 6 2 11 10

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2003 22 53 190 181 22 44 9 0 7 26 3 8 53 .243 .274 .409 .683 21 53
2004 23 115 390 364 51 85 18 4 13 40 1 21 113 .234 .277 .412 .689 41 115
2005 24 63 237 226 26 52 11 3 6 29 2 9 45 .230 .257 .385 .642 22 63
2006 25 19 70 67 3 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 28 .000 .029 .000 .029 3 19
2007 26 10 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 10
2008 27 10 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .077 .000 .077 0 10
2009 28 116 333 306 40 71 25 1 14 44 0 21 81 .232 .282 .458 .740 40 116
7 Seasons 386 1245 1168 142 252 63 8 40 148 6 60 327 .216 .255 .386 .642 127 386
162 Game Avg. 162 523 490 60 106 26 3 17 62 3 25 137 .216 .255 .386 .642 53 386

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Similarity Scores

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  6. Billy Cowan (961)
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  8. Andy Kosco (956)
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  10. Sam Bowens (951)
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  3. Elijah Dukes (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jim Hickman (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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