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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 (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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
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 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

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
1987	25	SEA	AL	151	-4	0	0	0	-1	-1	5	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	8/D7
1988	26	SFG	NL	89	5	-1	0	0	4	-1	3	10	1.0	6	0.6	0.4	$72,500	78
1989	27	SFG	NL	177	-5	0	0	0	1	-1	6	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$102,500	897
1990	28	BAL	AL	21	-1	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	0.2	1	0.1	0.1	$	/7D
4 Seasons				438	-5	0	0	0	5	-3	15	12	1.1	7	0.7	0.4	$175,000

SFG (2 yrs)				266	0	-1	0	0	5	-2	9	11	1.0	6	0.6	0.4	$175,000
SEA (1 yr)				151	-4	0	0	0	-1	-1	5	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$
BAL (1 yr)				21	-1	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	0.2	1	0.1	0.1	$

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 Season (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

Standard Fielding

More Stats

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
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	5	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	2	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-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.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

June 3, 1980: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 10th round of the 1980 amateur draft.
June 23, 1988: the Seattle Mariners sent Donell Nixon to the San Francisco Giants to complete an earlier deal made on March 19, 1988. March 19, 1988: The Seattle Mariners sent a player to be named later to the San Francisco Giants for Rod Scurry.
April 8, 1990: Released by the San Francisco Giants.
April 16, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
September 20, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

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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
1988	26	San Francisco Giants	$72,500	12/13/88 NYT
1989	27	San Francisco Giants	$102,500	1989 USA Today survey
1990	28	San Francisco Giants	$225,000	USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$400,000

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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