Donell Nixon

Robert Donell Nixon

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 31, 1961 in Evergreen, NC
High School: Columbus HS (Evergreen, NC)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 10th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1987
Teams (by GP): Giants/Mariners/Orioles 1987-1990

Final Game: July 1, 1990
Relatives: Brother of Otis Nixon
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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	Awards
1981	19	SEA-min	A	59	234	204	35	58	7	2	5	26	20	9	28	31	.284	.373	.412	.785		84		1	1	0	0		WAU · MIDW
1982	20	SEA-min	A,AA	122	536	485	107	163	20	8	11	57	88	13	43	79	.336	.395	.478	.873		232		5	2	1	1		WAU,LYN · MIDW,EL
1983	21	SEA-min	A	135	620	542	116	174	27	4	4	51	144	24	63	82	.321	.391	.408	.799		221		1	12	2	2		BAK · CALL
1984	22	SEA-min	AA	140	619	536	99	144	25	5	4	57	102	14	70	71	.269	.353	.356	.709		191		2	7	4	4		CNG · SOUL
1986	24	SEA-min	AAA,AA	12	56	53	5	18	2	1	0	1	2	1	3	6	.340	.375	.415	.790		22		0	0	0	0		CGY,CNG · PCL,SOUL
1987	25	SEA-min	AAA	82	384	328	72	106	18	1	5	52	46	16	51	51	.323	.412	.430	.842		141		0	3	2	5		CGY · PCL
1987	25	SEA	AL	46	151	132	17	33	4	0	3	12	21	7	13	28	.250	.327	.348	.675	76	46	3	2	4	0	0	8/D7
1988	26	SEA-min	AAA	40	176	160	28	45	7	0	3	10	12	1	14	20	.281	.337	.381	.718		61		0	1	1	2		CGY · PCL
1988	26	SFG	NL	59	89	78	15	27	3	0	0	6	11	8	10	12	.346	.420	.385	.805	138	30	1	0	1	0	0	78
1989	27	SFG	NL	95	177	166	23	44	2	0	1	15	10	3	11	30	.265	.311	.295	.606	77	49	4	0	0	0	1	897
1990	28	BAL-min	AAA	85	338	291	54	72	3	4	2	26	21	5	42	55	.247	.343	.306	.649		89		1	3	1	0		ROC · IL
1990	28	BAL	AL	8	21	20	1	5	2	0	0	2	5	0	1	7	.250	.286	.350	.636	80	7	0	0	0	0	0	/7D
1991	29	CLE-min	AAA	11	27	23	4	7	1	0	0	1	3	2	1	3	.304	.346	.348	.694		8	0	1	1	1	0		CSP · PCL
1992	30	CLE-min	AAA,AA	61	130	119	32	29	7	2	2	14	12	1	8	22	.244	.287	.387	.673		46	3	0	1	2	0		CSP,CAK · PCL,EL
1993	31	CLE-min	AAA	20	27	24	8	8	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	3	.333	.385	.333	.718		8	0	0	1	0	0		CHR · IL
4 Yrs				208	438	396	56	109	11	0	4	35	47	18	35	77	.275	.337	.333	.671	89	132	8	2	5	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	341	308	44	85	9	0	3	27	37	14	27	60	.275	.337	.333	.671	89	103	6	2	4	0	1

SFG (2 yrs)				154	266	244	38	71	5	0	1	21	21	11	21	42	.291	.347	.324	.671	97	79	5	0	1	0	1
SEA (1 yr)				46	151	132	17	33	4	0	3	12	21	7	13	28	.250	.327	.348	.675	76	46	3	2	4	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				8	21	20	1	5	2	0	0	2	5	0	1	7	.250	.286	.350	.636	80	7	0	0	0	0	0

NL (2 yrs)				154	266	244	38	71	5	0	1	21	21	11	21	42	.291	.347	.324	.671	97	79	5	0	1	0	1
AL (2 yrs)				54	172	152	18	38	6	0	3	14	26	7	14	35	.250	.321	.349	.670	77	53	3	2	4	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1987	25	SEA	AL	46	151	-3	1	0	-1	-0	-4	-0.3	5	1	0.1	.492	.498	0.2	-0.1	2	$	8/D7
1988	26	SFG	NL	59	89	4	-1	0	4	-1	6	0.7	3	9	1.0	.512	.504	0.6	0.3	5	$72,500	78
1989	27	SFG	NL	95	177	-4	0	-0	1	-2	-4	-0.5	6	1	0.0	.495	.497	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$102,500	897
1990	28	BAL	AL	8	21	-1	1	0	1	-0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.513	.501	0.1	0.1	1	$	/7D
4 Seasons				208	438	-4	1	0	5	-4	-1	-0.0	14	12	1.3	.500	.500	0.8	0.2	7	$175,000

SFG (2 yrs)				154	266	0	-1	0	5	-3	1	0.2	8	10	1.0	.501	.500	0.5	0.3	5	$175,000
SEA (1 yr)				46	151	-3	1	0	-1	-0	-4	-0.3	5	1	0.1	.492	.498	0.2	-0.1	2	$
BAL (1 yr)				8	21	-1	1	0	1	-0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.513	.501	0.1	0.1	1	$

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
1987	25	SEA	AL	151	113	16	3.8	110	.297	.250	.271	.327	.340	.348	.435	.675	.775	76	.376	-4.8	-0.4	.688	.303	.098	5.3
1988	26	SFG	NL	89	61	12	5.3	86	.409	.346	.252	.420	.315	.385	.370	.805	.684	138	.628	4.3	0.5	.717	.205	.038	.0
1989	27	SFG	NL	177	129	15	3.1	88	.319	.265	.250	.311	.317	.295	.373	.606	.690	77	.385	-5.2	-0.6	.519	.139	.030	1.8
1990	28	BAL	AL	21	15	3	5.3	92	.385	.250	.256	.286	.324	.350	.382	.636	.706	80	.590	-0.5	-0.1	.867	.400	.100	.0
4 Yrs				438	318	46	3.9	95	.333	.275	.258	.337	.325	.333	.393	.671	.718	89	.446	-6.2	-0.6	.633	.220	.058	7.4
162 Game Avg.				341	248	36	3.9	95	.333	.275	.258	.337	.325	.333	.393	.671	.718	89	.446	-6.2	-0.6	.633	.220	.058	6

SFG (2 yrs)				266	190	27	3.8	87	.348	.291	.251	.347	.316	.324	.372	.671	.688	97	.477	-0.9	-0.1	.582	.160	.033	1.9
SEA (1 yr)				151	113	16	3.8	110	.297	.250	.271	.327	.340	.348	.435	.675	.775	76	.377	-4.8	-0.4	.688	.303	.098	5.3
BAL (1 yr)				21	15	3	5.3	92	.385	.250	.256	.286	.324	.350	.382	.636	.706	80	.590	-0.5	-0.1	.867	.400	.100	.0

NL (2 yrs)				266	190	27	3.8	87	.348	.291	.251	.347	.316	.324	.372	.671	.688	97	.477	-0.9	-0.1	.582	.160	.033	1.9
AL (2 yrs)				172	128	19	4.0	108	.307	.250	.269	.321	.338	.349	.428	.670	.766	77	.404	-5.3	-0.5	.710	.316	.099	5.4

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1989	27	SFG	NL	NLCS	CHC	W	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1989	27	SFG	NL	WS	OAK	L	2	6	5	1	1	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	1
1 Yr (2 Series)							5	9	8	1	1	1	1	2	.125	.222	.125	.347	1
1 NLCS							3	3	3	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 WS							2	6	5	1	1	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	1

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
1987	25	SEA	AL	151	2.0%	18.5%	8.6%	4.6%	21%	2.15	4.7	44.0	11.0		1.26	67%
1988	26	SFG	NL	89	0.0%	13.5%	11.2%	3.4%	11%	1.20	6.5		13.0	1.14	0.90	74%	13%	0.0%	52%
1989	27	SFG	NL	177	0.6%	17.0%	6.2%	1.7%	7%	2.73	5.5	166.0	11.1	1.07	1.29	76%	12%	2.2%	23%
1990	28	BAL	AL	21	0.0%	33.3%	4.8%	9.5%	40%	7.00	2.9		10.0	0.38	0.33	62%	31%	0.0%	13%
4 Yrs				438	0.9%	17.6%	8.0%	3.4%	14%	2.20	5.1	99.0	11.3	1.03	1.15	72%	13%	1.5%	31%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.0%	8.5%	6.8%	30%	1.75	6.0	40.8	8.4	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.6%	26%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1987	25	SEA	AL	-4.8	-0.4	183	0.0	2.5	-2.4	.88	-0.3	0.3	-2.3	-0.2	0.97	-5.1		0
1988	26	SFG	NL	4.3	0.5	115	0.3	1.7	-1.4	.98	0.3	0.1	5.7	0.6	1.00	4.3	0.69	5
1989	27	SFG	NL	-5.2	-0.6	194	-0.3	2.6	-2.9	.92	-0.3	0.0	1.4	0.1	0.97	-3.1	0.78	25
1990	28	BAL	AL	-0.5	-0.1	26	0.1	0.5	-0.4	1.23	0.1	0.0	2.0	0.2	0.94	1.0		0
4 Yrs				-6.2	-0.6	518	0.2	7.4	-7.2	.94	-0.2	0.5	6.8	0.8	0.98	-2.8	0.77	30

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1987	25	SEA	AL	3	31%	50	21	7	75%	20	6	1	1	0	1	1	4	36%	5	5	0	1	1	5	1	4
1988	26	SFG	NL	1	41%	57	11	8	58%	9	7	2	0	1	2	3	8	43%	7	4	2	1	1	6	2	4
1989	27	SFG	NL	2	41%	82	10	3	77%	9	2	1	1	0	1	4	4	52%	11	5	6	1	1	9	3	5
1990	28	BAL	AL	0	17%	7	5	0	100%	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				6	37%	196	47	18	72%	41	15	6	2	1	4	9	16	47%	24	14	9	3	3	20	6	13

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	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1987	25	SEA	AL	151	31%	33			0	0	0	0		3	0	1	2	1	2	1	0	4	4	100%	22	3	14%	11	4	36%	73	9	12%	6	2	33%	7	3	43%	0
1988	26	SFG	NL	89	38%	27	8	2	5	1	0	0	0.69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	13	1	8%	6	4	67%	47	6	13%	2	2	100%	2	2	100%	0
1989	27	SFG	NL	177	51%	44	15	6	25	5	0	1	0.78	1	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0%	26	4	15%	11	4	36%	104	17	16%	7	5	71%	3	0	0%	0
1990	28	BAL	AL	21	67%	5	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	6	2	33%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	0
4 Yrs				438	42%	109	24	8	30	6	0	1	0.77	4	0	10	3	1	2	2	0	11	5	45%	62	8	13%	29	12	41%	230	34	15%	16	10	63%	14	6	43%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			72%			11%			35%			15%			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
1988	26	SFG	NL	89	315	3.54	191	61%	23%	13%	30%	35%	77%	0%	47%	84%	40%	8%	7	0	16%	14	4	9%	8	5	25%	0	0	0
1989	27	SFG	NL	156	552	3.54	356	65%	21%	16%	29%	33%	78%	2%	50%	79%	40%	2%	3	0	13%	21	9	4%	6	1	31%	21	1	3
1990	28	BAL	AL	16	55	3.44	37	67%	24%	32%	16%	27%	76%	0%	51%	57%	31%	0%	0	0	6%	1	1	13%	2	1	0%	5	0	0
3 Yrs				261	922	3.53	584	63%	22%	16%	28%	34%	78%	1%	49%	79%	40%	4%	10	0	14%	36	14	6%	16	7	25%	26	1	3
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	IBB
1987	25	46	151	132	17	33	4	3	12	21	7	13	28	.250	.327	.348	.675	76	46	3	2	4	0
1988	26	105	240	210	32	60	7	3	18	32	15	23	40	.286	.362	.362	.724	98	76	4	2	5	0
1989	27	200	417	376	55	104	9	4	33	42	18	34	70	.277	.340	.332	.672	89	125	8	2	5	1
1990	28	208	438	396	56	109	11	4	35	47	18	35	77	.275	.337	.333	.671	89	132	8	2	5	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1987	25	46	148	130	15	31	4	3	11	20	12	28	.238	.313	.338	.651	13	46
1988	26	59	93	81	18	30	3	0	7	12	11	12	.370	.446	.407	.853	15	59
1989	27	95	183	171	27	49	2	1	18	11	12	30	.287	.333	.316	.649	18	95
1990	28	8	21	20	1	5	2	0	2	5	1	7	.250	.286	.350	.636	2	8
4 Yrs		208	445	402	61	115	11	4	38	48	36	77	.286	.348	.343	.691	48	208
162 Game Avg.		162	347	313	48	90	9	3	30	37	28	60	.286	.348	.343	.691	37	208

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