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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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1987 SEA AL 25 CF 32 31 22 252.0 76 75 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -3 2.71 2.38 .986 2.70 2.68
1987 SEA AL 25 OF 32 31 22 254.0 77 76 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -4 2.73 2.41 .980 2.31 2.29
1987 SEA AL 25 DH 6 5
1987 SEA AL 25 LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.10
1988 SFG NL 26 OF 46 17 10 199.0 60 59 0 1 0 .983 4 22 2.67 1.28 .982 2.28 2.29
1988 SFG NL 26 LF 32 11 7 129.0 29 28 0 1 0 .966 1 6 1.95 0.88 .980 2.13 2.13
1988 SFG NL 26 CF 15 6 3 70.0 30 30 0 0 0 1.000 3 51 3.86 2.00 .986 2.66 2.67
1989 SFG NL 27 OF 64 31 18 349.1 90 87 0 3 0 .967 1 4 2.24 1.36 .981 2.32 2.32
1989 SFG NL 27 CF 29 7 4 119.1 31 31 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -8 2.34 1.07 .985 2.69 2.70
1989 SFG NL 27 RF 26 15 9 148.2 36 34 0 2 0 .944 -1 -7 2.06 1.31 .978 2.12 2.12
1989 SFG NL 27 LF 15 9 5 81.1 21 20 0 1 0 .952 3 41 2.21 1.33 .981 2.15 2.15
1990 BAL AL 28 LF 4 4 0 29.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 46 1.55 1.25 .978 2.20 2.15
1990 BAL AL 28 OF 4 4 0 29.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 46 1.55 1.25 .980 2.39 2.35
1990 BAL AL 28 DH 3 2
4 Seasons OF 146 83 50 831.1 232 227 1 4 0 .983 5 7 2.47 1.56 .981 2.31 2.30
3 Seasons CF 76 44 29 441.1 137 136 1 0 0 1.000 2 4 2.79 1.80 .986 2.69 2.69
4 Seasons LF 52 24 12 241.1 55 53 0 2 0 .964 4 21 1.98 1.02 .980 2.14 2.14
1 Season RF 26 15 9 148.2 36 34 0 2 0 .944 -1 -7 2.06 1.31 .978 2.12 2.12
4 Seasons TOT 146 83 50 831.1 232 227 1 4 0 .983 5 7 2.47 1.56 .981 2.31 2.30
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1987 SEA AL 25 CF -1 -3 -2 -0 -2 1
1987 SEA AL 25 LF -0 -120 -0 0 -0 0
1988 SFG NL 26 LF 1 6 1 2 -2 0
1988 SFG NL 26 CF 3 51 4 2 2 -1
1989 SFG NL 27 CF -1 -8 -1 1 -2 0
1989 SFG NL 27 RF -1 -7 -1 -1 -0 0
1989 SFG NL 27 LF 3 41 3 2 1 0
1990 BAL AL 28 LF 1 46 1 1 -0 0
3 Seasons CF 2 4 1 3 -1 0
4 Seasons LF 4 21 4 6 -1 0
1 Season RF -1 -7 -1 -1 -0 0
4 Seasons TOT 5 7 5 8 -3 0

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1987 SEA AL 25 46 36 46 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 32 0 33 6 1 7
1988 SFG NL 26 59 17 59 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 15 0 47 0 6 25
1989 SFG NL 27 95 31 95 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 29 26 70 0 27 18
1990 BAL AL 28 8 6 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 3 0 2
4 Seasons 208 90 208 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 76 26 154 9 34 52
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1987 SEA AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 19 13 1 13 2 0 2 1 0 7 0 0 6 3 0 47 19 40.4% 27 1 2.1% 0 1074 59% 83% 32% 144 53%
1988 SFG NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 1 16.7% 5 0 0.0% 0 274 57% 84% 45% 42 71%
1989 SFG NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 5 38.5% 8 0 0.0% 0 490 50% 78% 40% 63 49%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 26 16 1 21 4 0 4 1 0 7 0 0 8 4 0 66 25 37.9% 40 1 1.5% 0 1838 56% 82% 36% 249 55%
MLB Averages 42.3% 1.8% 58% 80% 38% 55%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1987 SEA AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 10 80% 100% 60% 1 0%
1988 SFG NL 26 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 514 64% 81% 40% 49 57%
1989 SFG NL 27 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 5 5 0 14 11 78.6% 3 0 0.0% 0 347 55% 79% 42% 36 56%
1990 BAL AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 112 60% 81% 44% 12 42%
4 Seasons 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 2 1 0 4 3 0 5 1 0 6 6 0 22 16 72.7% 6 0 0.0% 0 983 61% 81% 41% 98 54%
MLB Averages 60.6% 2.6% 58% 80% 38% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1989 SFG NL 27 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 12 5 41.7% 7 0 0.0% 0 578 51% 87% 47% 65 52%
1 Season 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 12 5 41.7% 7 0 0.0% 0 578 51% 87% 47% 65 52%
MLB Averages 42.5% 2.6% 58% 80% 38% 52%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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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