Donell Nixon
Robert Donell Nixon
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 31, 1961 in Evergreen, NC
High School: Columbus (Evergreen, NC)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 10th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1987
Final Game: July 1, 1990
Relatives: Brother of Otis Nixon
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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
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 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 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
4 Seasons 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

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
1987 25 SEA AL 151 113 16 3.8 110 .297 .250 .271 .327 .340 .348 .435 .675 .775 76 .376 -4.8 -0.5 .688 .303 .098 5.3
1988 26 SFG NL 89 61 12 5.3 86 .409 .346 .252 .420 .315 .385 .369 .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 Seasons 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 -0.5 .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

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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
1989 27 SFG NL NLCS CHC W 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 27 SFG NL WS OAK L 2 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 5 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 1 0 0 0 0 0

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
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 Seasons 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

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
1987 25 SEA AL 3 0 31% 50 21 7 75% 20 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 36% 5 5 0 1 1 0 5 1 4
1988 26 SFG NL 1 0 41% 57 11 8 58% 9 7 2 0 0 1 2 0 3 8 43% 7 4 2 1 1 0 6 2 4
1989 27 SFG NL 2 0 41% 82 10 3 77% 9 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 52% 11 5 6 1 1 0 9 3 5
1990 28 BAL AL 0 0 17% 7 5 0 100% 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 6 0 37% 196 47 18 72% 41 15 6 2 0 1 4 0 9 16 47% 24 14 9 3 3 0 20 6 13
MLB Averages

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
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% 8 5 63% 0
1988 26 SFG NL 89 38% 27 8 2 5 1 0 0 0.76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 13 1 8% 6 4 67% 47 6 13% 2 2 100% 3 1 33% 0
1989 27 SFG NL 177 51% 44 15 6 25 5 0 1 0.86 1 0 9 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0% 26 4 15% 11 4 36% 104 17 16% 7 5 71% 10 5 50% 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 Seasons 438 42% 109 24 8 30 6 0 1 0.84 4 0 10 3 1 2 2 0 11 5 45% 62 8 13% 29 12 41% 230 34 15% 16 10 63% 23 12 52% 0
MLB Averages

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
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 Seasons 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

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
1987 25 46 151 132 17 33 4 0 3 12 21 7 13 28 .250 .327 .348 .675 76 46 3 2 4 0 0
1988 26 105 240 210 32 60 7 0 3 18 32 15 23 40 .286 .362 .362 .724 98 76 4 2 5 0 0
1989 27 200 417 376 55 104 9 0 4 33 42 18 34 70 .277 .340 .332 .672 89 125 8 2 5 0 1
1990 28 208 438 396 56 109 11 0 4 35 47 18 35 77 .275 .337 .333 .671 89 132 8 2 5 0 1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1987 25 46 148 133 16 34 4 0 3 11 22 13 28 .256 .331 .353 .684 15 46
1988 26 59 91 80 17 29 3 0 0 7 12 11 12 .363 .440 .400 .840 14 59
1989 27 95 183 171 27 49 2 0 1 18 11 12 30 .287 .333 .316 .649 18 95
1990 28 8 22 21 1 6 2 0 0 2 6 1 7 .286 .318 .381 .699 3 8
4 Seasons 208 444 405 61 118 11 0 4 38 51 37 77 .291 .354 .348 .702 50 208
162 Game Avg. 162 346 315 48 92 9 0 3 30 40 29 60 .291 .354 .348 .702 39 208

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