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Laynce Nix

Laynce Michael Nix

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 220 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
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Reds/Nationals/Brewers 2003-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 1 yr/$700k (11), 2 yrs/$2.5M (12-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.070, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Don Mitchell [*]
Relatives: Brother of Jayson Nix
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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
2000	19	TEX-min	Rk	51	230	199	34	45	7	1	2	25	4	2	23	37	.226	.307	.302	.609		60	3	2	2	4	1	RGS · GULF
2001	20	TEX-min	A,A+	113	490	444	54	124	29	9	8	61	9	6	38	107	.279	.335	.439	.775		195	9	2	1	5	2	SAV,CHT · SALL,FLOR
2002	21	TEX-min	A+	137	599	512	86	146	27	3	21	110	17	1	72	105	.285	.374	.473	.847		242	9	6	0	9	8	CHT · FLOR
2003	22	TEX-min	AA	87	375	335	52	95	23	0	15	63	9	2	34	68	.284	.344	.487	.831		163	4	0	0	6	6	FRI · TL
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
2004	23	TEX-min	AA	7	27	26	2	7	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	10	.269	.296	.308	.604		8	1	0	0	0	0	FRI · TL
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	*
2005	24	TEX-min	AAA	10	45	36	8	12	1	1	3	6	0	1	9	6	.333	.467	.667	1.133		24	0	0	0	0	2	OKC · PCL
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
2006	25	TEX-MIL-min	AAA	95	387	354	55	105	19	2	17	68	4	1	22	95	.297	.347	.506	.853		179	2	7	1	3	2	OKC,NVL · PCL
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	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	/
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	/
2007	26	MIL-min	AAA,AA	99	398	358	62	97	21	1	25	80	5	0	32	106	.271	.332	.545	.876		195	5	3	0	5	3	NVL,HVL · PCL,SOUL
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	/
2008	27	MIL-min	AAA	103	420	380	63	108	22	3	23	60	5	3	36	88	.284	.348	.539	.887		205	8	2	0	2	3	NVL · PCL
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	/
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
2010	29	CIN	NL	97	182	165	16	48	11	2	4	18	0	1	15	39	.291	.350	.455	.805	114	75	5	0	2	0	4
2011	30	WSN	NL	124	351	324	38	81	15	1	16	44	2	2	23	82	.250	.299	.451	.750	103	146	1	1	0	3	2	79/38D
9 Seasons				607	1800	1673	211	409	96	11	64	226	8	5	102	448	.244	.288	.430	.718	85	719	22	7	4	14	16
162 Game Avg.				162	480	447	56	109	26	3	17	60	2	1	27	120	.244	.288	.430	.718	85	192	6	2	1	4	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 (2 yrs)				213	519	474	58	122	37	3	19	64	0	2	37	120	.257	.311	.468	.780	104	222	10	2	2	4	7
WSN (1 yr)				124	351	324	38	81	15	1	16	44	2	2	23	82	.250	.299	.451	.750	103	146	1	1	0	3	2

NL (6 yrs)				367	931	857	99	212	53	4	36	114	2	4	61	220	.247	.298	.445	.743	96	381	12	4	2	7	9
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

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
2003	22	TEX	AL	195	-6	0	0	2	-0	-1	7	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$
2004	23	TEX	AL	400	-11	1	1	0	-1	2	14	5	0.5	7	0.7	-0.2	$300,000	*
2005	24	TEX	AL	240	-12	1	0	1	1	1	8	0	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$
2006	25	TEX	AL	34	-7	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-7	-0.7	-6	-0.6	-0.1	$345,260	/
2006	25	MIL	NL	36	-3	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	0.2	-2	-0.2	0.4	$	/
2007	26	MIL	NL	12	-3	0	1	0	-1	0	0	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$390,000	/
2008	27	MIL	NL	13	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	/
2009	28	CIN	NL	337	-2	-0	-0	0	16	-3	10	21	2.1	5	0.5	1.6	$
2010	29	CIN	NL	182	4	-1	0	-1	10	-2	5	16	1.6	6	0.6	1.0	$
2011	30	WSN	NL	351	0	-1	2	1	-0	-4	10	8	0.8	8	0.8	0.0	$700,000	79/38D
9 Seasons				1800	-42	-0	4	4	28	-6	56	42	4.2	14	1.5	2.7	$1,735,260

TEX (4 yrs)				869	-36	2	1	3	-1	2	30	0	0.0	2	0.2	-0.2	$645,260
MIL (3 yrs)				61	-8	0	1	0	3	0	1	-3	-0.3	-6	-0.6	0.3	$390,000
CIN (2 yrs)				519	2	-1	0	-0	27	-5	15	37	3.7	10	1.1	2.6	$
WSN (1 yr)				351	0	-1	2	1	-0	-4	10	8	0.8	8	0.8	0.0	$700,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2010	29	CIN	NL	NLDS	PHI	L	1	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							1	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
2003	TEX	AL	22	OF	52				136	130	1	5	0	.963	-0	1				2.52	.985		2.33
2003	TEX	AL	22	RF	37	25	23	251.2	65	61	1	3	0	.954	-3	-1	-15	-5	2.22	1.68	.980	2.11	2.09
2003	TEX	AL	22	CF	21	18	10	145.0	55	55	0	0	0	1.000	4	3	31	25	3.41	2.62	.990	2.78	2.75
2003	TEX	AL	22	LF	5	4	3	28.0	16	14	0	2	0	.875	-1	-1	-30	-43	4.50	2.80	.985	2.19	2.14
2004	TEX	AL	23	OF	114				230	225	4	1	1	.996	-1	-4				2.01	.985		2.28
2004	TEX	AL	23	CF	111	99	94	875.1	227	222	4	1	1	.996	-2	-5	-2	-7	2.32	2.04	.988	2.64	2.62
2004	TEX	AL	23	RF	3	1	1	13.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0	1	28	92	2.08	1.00	.983	2.22	2.20
2005	TEX	AL	24	OF	61				165	160	3	2	1	.988	1	5				2.67	.986		2.28
2005	TEX	AL	24	CF	61	60	58	526.0	165	160	3	2	1	.988	1	5	2	11	2.79	2.67	.989	2.69	2.66
2006	TOT	MLB	25	CF	18	18	16	155.0	43	41	2	0	2	1.000	3	3	20	23	2.50	2.39	.989	2.62	2.59
2006	TOT	MLB	25	OF	18				43	41	2	0	2	1.000	3	3				2.39	.985		2.23
2006	TEX	AL	25	OF	9				23	21	2	0	2	1.000	-1	4				2.56	.986		2.27
2006	MIL	NL	25	OF	9				20	20	0	0	0	1.000	4	-1				2.22	.984		2.20
2006	TEX	AL	25	CF	9	9	9	78.1	23	21	2	0	2	1.000	-1	4	-14	61	2.64	2.56	.989	2.65	2.61
2006	MIL	NL	25	CF	9	9	7	76.2	20	20	0	0	0	1.000	4	-1	55	-16	2.35	2.22	.988	2.59	2.57
2007	MIL	NL	26	OF	5				1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-1	1				0.20	.980		2.28
2007	MIL	NL	26	CF	4	0	0	10.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-1	1	-116	117	0.87	0.25	.990	2.70	2.70
2007	MIL	NL	26	LF	1	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0						0.00	0.00		2.02	2.00
2008	MIL	NL	27	OF	2				4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0	0				2.00	.985		2.20
2008	MIL	NL	27	LF	2	1	1	10.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	48	0	3.60	2.00	.982	1.89	1.90
2009	CIN	NL	28	OF	85				145	141	2	2	2	.986	16	11				1.68	.986		2.18
2009	CIN	NL	28	LF	72	60	53	558.0	121	118	2	1	2	.992	13	8	29	17	1.94	1.67	.982	1.93	1.91
2009	CIN	NL	28	RF	10	7	3	63.0	14	14	0	0	0	1.000	4	2	86	38	2.00	1.40	.986	2.09	2.06
2009	CIN	NL	28	CF	5	3	3	34.0	10	9	0	1	0	.900	-2	1	-56	35	2.38	1.80	.989	2.59	2.56
2010	CIN	NL	29	OF	55				64	61	3	0	2	1.000	10	12				1.16	.987		2.15
2010	CIN	NL	29	LF	50	28	20	269.0	54	52	2	0	1	1.000	8	10	37	45	1.81	1.08	.985	1.82	1.80
2010	CIN	NL	29	CF	5	1	1	17.0	5	4	1	0	1	1.000	2	1	113	71	2.65	1.00	.988	2.59	2.56
2010	CIN	NL	29	RF	4	2	0	20.1	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0	1	30	59	2.21	1.25	.986	2.08	2.08
2011	WSN	NL	30	OF	85	71	39	602.2	131	122	7	2	3	.985	-0	5	-0	9	1.93	1.52	.986	2.16	2.15
2011	WSN	NL	30	LF	73	59	32	504.1	110	102	6	2	2	.982	0	5	1	12	1.93	1.48	.985	1.87	1.87
2011	WSN	NL	30	RF	12	12	7	90.0	21	20	1	0	1	1.000	-0	1	-5	13	2.10	1.75	.983	2.05	2.04
2011	WSN	NL	30	1B	9	6	0	47.1	48	44	4	0	5	1.000	-0	0	-4	0	9.13	5.33	.994	9.32	9.31
2011	WSN	NL	30	CF	4	0	0	8.1	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-1	-13	-145	0.00	0.00		2.59	2.55
2011	WSN	NL	30	DH	2	2
	9 Seasons			OF	477	71	39	602.2	919	885	22	12	11	.987	28	34	56	11	1.93	1.90	.986	2.16	2.23
	8 Seasons			CF	229	199	182	1771.0	506	492	10	4	5	.992	4	8	3	5	2.55	2.19	.989	2.66	2.64
	6 Seasons			LF	203	152	109	1370.2	305	290	10	5	5	.984	22	22	19	19	1.97	1.48	.984	1.89	1.87
	5 Seasons			RF	66	47	34	438.0	108	103	2	3	1	.972	2	4	5	10	2.16	1.59	.982	2.10	2.08
	1 Season			1B	9	6	0	47.1	48	44	4	0	5	1.000	-0	0	-4	0	9.13	5.33	.994	9.32	9.31
	9 Seasons			TOT	486	77	39	650.0	967	929	26	12	16	.988	28	68	51	125	2.45	1.97	.986	2.68	2.36
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 2009 NL 1.5 (10th)	Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y Active 22 (10th) Career 22 (47th)	Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 2004 AL .996 (2nd)	Fielding % as OF s c a p y 2004 AL .996 (3rd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2009 NL 1.5 (10th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active 22 (10th)
Career 22 (47th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2004 AL .996 (2nd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2004 AL .996 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 6 (2058), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 5, 2000: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 4th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 2000.
July 28, 2006: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Julian Cordero (minors), Francisco Cordero and Kevin Mench to the Milwaukee Brewers for Nelson Cruz and Carlos Lee.
October 9, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
December 16, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
November 20, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
December 11, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
November 9, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
February 3, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.
October 30, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
December 8, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2004	23	Texas Rangers	$300,000	4/7/04 AP

2006	25	Texas Rangers	$345,260
2007	26	Milwaukee Brewers	$390,000

2011	30	Washington Nationals	$700,000

2012	31	Philadelphia Phillies	$1,150,000
2013	32	Philadelphia Phillies	$1,350,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,735,260	Does not include future salaries

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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