Russ Nixon
Russell Eugene Nixon
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 19, 1935 in Cleves, OH
High School: Western Hills (Cincinnati, OH)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1957
Final Game: September 16, 1968
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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
1957 22 CLE AL 62 199 185 15 52 7 1 2 18 0 1 12 12 .281 .323 .362 .685 88 67 6 0 1 1 7 2
1958 23 CLE AL 113 395 376 42 113 17 4 9 46 0 3 13 38 .301 .322 .439 .761 109 165 15 0 4 2 4 2
1959 24 CLE AL 82 280 258 23 62 10 3 1 29 0 0 15 28 .240 .277 .314 .591 65 81 9 0 2 5 1 2
1960 25 TOT AL 105 382 354 30 101 22 3 6 39 0 2 19 29 .285 .324 .415 .739 98 147 13 2 5 2 5 2
1960 25 CLE AL 25 92 82 6 20 5 0 1 6 0 1 6 6 .244 .308 .341 .649 78 28 3 2 1 1 2 2
1960 25 BOS AL 80 290 272 24 81 17 3 5 33 0 1 13 23 .298 .329 .438 .766 104 119 10 0 4 1 3 2
1961 26 BOS AL 87 262 242 24 70 12 2 1 19 0 1 13 19 .289 .327 .368 .695 84 89 5 2 2 3 1 2
1962 27 BOS AL 65 160 151 11 42 7 2 1 19 0 0 8 14 .278 .313 .371 .683 81 56 4 0 0 1 3 2
1963 28 BOS AL 98 316 287 27 77 18 1 5 30 0 0 22 32 .268 .327 .390 .717 98 112 8 4 1 2 5 2
1964 29 BOS AL 81 182 163 10 38 7 0 1 20 0 0 14 29 .233 .297 .294 .591 62 48 7 2 0 3 3 2
1965 30 BOS AL 59 147 137 11 37 5 1 0 11 0 0 6 23 .270 .295 .321 .616 71 44 8 0 1 3 2 2
1966 31 MIN AL 51 106 96 5 25 2 1 0 7 0 0 7 13 .260 .314 .302 .616 74 29 2 1 1 1 3 2
1967 32 MIN AL 74 193 170 16 40 6 1 1 22 0 0 18 29 .235 .304 .300 .604 74 51 4 0 2 3 3 2
1968 33 BOS AL 29 92 85 1 13 2 0 0 6 0 0 7 13 .153 .217 .176 .394 17 15 2 0 0 0 1 2
12 Seasons 906 2714 2504 215 670 115 19 27 266 0 7 154 279 .268 .310 .361 .671 84 904 83 11 19 26 38
162 Game Avg. 162 485 448 38 120 21 3 5 48 0 1 28 50 .268 .310 .361 .671 84 162 15 2 3 5 7
BOS (7 yrs) 499 1449 1337 108 358 68 9 13 138 0 2 83 153 .268 .312 .361 .673 83 483 44 8 8 13 18
CLE (4 yrs) 282 966 901 86 247 39 8 13 99 0 5 46 84 .274 .308 .378 .686 89 341 33 2 8 9 14
MIN (2 yrs) 125 299 266 21 65 8 2 1 29 0 0 25 42 .244 .307 .301 .608 74 80 6 1 3 4 6

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
1957 22 CLE AL 199 142 20 3.8 99 .291 .281 .263 .323 .335 .362 .397 .685 .732 88 .435 -3.5 -0.4 .557 .141 .081 .0
1958 23 CLE AL 395 287 47 4.4 97 .314 .301 .260 .322 .329 .439 .396 .761 .725 109 .508 2.7 0.3 .623 .165 .138 .0
1959 24 CLE AL 280 212 21 2.7 96 .261 .240 .257 .277 .328 .314 .392 .591 .720 65 .286 -12.6 -1.3 .468 .132 .074 .0
1960 25 TOT AL 382 275 44 4.3 103 .296 .285 .265 .324 .339 .415 .406 .739 .745 98 .481 -2.0 -0.2 .619 .178 .130 .0
1960 25 CLE AL 92 68 8 3.2 99 .250 .244 .260 .308 .333 .341 .398 .649 .730 78 .346 -2.3 -0.2 .530 .159 .098 .0
1960 25 BOS AL 290 207 36 4.7 104 .310 .298 .267 .329 .341 .438 .408 .766 .749 104 .520 0.3 0.0 .649 .184 .140 .0
1961 26 BOS AL 262 183 29 4.2 106 .307 .289 .266 .327 .342 .368 .414 .695 .756 84 .457 -5.5 -0.5 .579 .128 .079 .0
1962 27 BOS AL 160 114 17 4.0 105 .299 .278 .267 .313 .339 .371 .415 .683 .754 81 .441 -4.4 -0.4 .566 .146 .093 .0
1963 28 BOS AL 316 221 36 4.4 97 .286 .268 .259 .327 .325 .390 .399 .717 .725 98 .521 -0.3 0.0 .633 .199 .122 .0
1964 29 BOS AL 182 135 14 2.8 100 .272 .233 .261 .297 .330 .294 .406 .591 .736 62 .317 -8.0 -0.8 .485 .147 .061 .0
1965 30 BOS AL 147 112 11 2.6 97 .316 .270 .257 .295 .328 .321 .394 .616 .723 71 .316 -5.3 -0.6 .463 .095 .051
1966 31 MIN AL 106 75 9 3.2 95 .298 .260 .256 .314 .324 .302 .394 .616 .718 74 .415 -3.3 -0.4 .507 .115 .042
1967 32 MIN AL 193 139 16 3.1 91 .273 .235 .252 .304 .322 .300 .377 .604 .699 74 .416 -5.3 -0.6 .515 .171 .065 .0
1968 33 BOS AL 92 74 3 1.1 86 .181 .153 .246 .217 .317 .176 .364 .394 .681 17 .105 -8.8 -1.0 .297 .106 .024
12 Seasons 2714 1969 267 3.6 98 .289 .268 .260 .310 .331 .361 .399 .671 .730 84 .428 -56.2 -5.9 .552 .152 .093 .0
162 Game Avg. 485 352 48 3.6 98 .289 .268 .260 .310 .331 .361 .399 .671 .730 84 .428 -56.2 -5.9 .552 .152 .093
BOS (7 yrs) 1449 1046 146 3.8 100 .291 .268 .262 .312 .333 .361 .404 .673 .737 83 .436 -32.0 -3.3 .558 .154 .093 .0
CLE (4 yrs) 966 709 96 3.6 97 .288 .274 .260 .308 .330 .378 .395 .686 .725 89 .417 -15.6 -1.6 .555 .150 .104 .0
MIN (2 yrs) 299 214 25 3.2 92 .282 .244 .253 .307 .323 .301 .383 .608 .706 74 .416 -8.6 -1.0 .512 .150 .056 .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
1957 22 CLE AL 199 1.0% 6.0% 6.0% 5.0% 19% 1.00 15.4 92.5 10.3 1.30 86%
1958 23 CLE AL 395 2.3% 9.6% 3.3% 7.6% 27% 2.92 9.9 41.8 8.2 1.32 84%
1959 24 CLE AL 280 0.4% 10.0% 5.4% 5.0% 23% 1.87 9.2 258.0 8.9 1.13 84%
1960 25 TOT AL 382 1.6% 7.6% 5.0% 8.1% 31% 1.53 12.2 59.0 9.1 1.33 84%
1960 25 CLE AL 92 1.1% 6.5% 6.5% 6.5% 30% 1.00 13.7 82.0 13.7 1.42 83%
1960 25 BOS AL 290 1.7% 7.9% 4.5% 8.6% 31% 1.77 11.8 54.4 8.2 1.29 84%
1961 26 BOS AL 262 0.4% 7.3% 5.0% 5.7% 21% 1.46 12.7 242.0 12.7 1.04 86%
1962 27 BOS AL 160 0.6% 8.8% 5.0% 6.3% 24% 1.75 10.8 151.0 7.9 1.04 86%
1963 28 BOS AL 316 1.6% 10.1% 7.0% 7.6% 31% 1.45 9.0 57.4 9.6 1.15 80%
1964 29 BOS AL 182 0.6% 15.9% 7.7% 4.4% 21% 2.07 5.6 163.0 8.2 1.39 75%
1965 30 BOS AL 147 0.0% 15.7% 4.1% 4.1% 16% 3.83 6.0 12.5 1.77 80%
1966 31 MIN AL 106 0.0% 12.3% 6.6% 2.8% 12% 1.86 7.4 13.7 1.50 79%
1967 32 MIN AL 193 0.5% 15.0% 9.3% 4.2% 20% 1.61 5.9 170.0 7.7 1.12 74%
1968 33 BOS AL 92 0.0% 14.1% 7.6% 2.2% 15% 1.86 6.5 14.2 1.07 78%
12 Seasons 2714 1.0% 10.3% 5.7% 5.9% 24% 1.81 9.0 92.7 9.4 1.23 82%
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
1957 22 CLE AL 1 0 21% 64 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 32% 8 8 0 2 1 1 9 3 5
1958 23 CLE AL 5 0 28% 159 0 3 0% 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 5 9 30% 26 21 5 4 4 0 10 3 7
1959 24 CLE AL 7 0 29% 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 37% 12 11 1 1 0 1 6 1 5
1960 25 TOT AL 2 0 21% 162 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 8 38% 21 16 4 5 4 1 11 1 9
1960 25 CLE AL 0 0 19% 42 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 29% 4 4 0 1 0 1 2 1 1
1960 25 BOS AL 2 0 21% 120 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 40% 17 12 4 4 4 0 9 0 8
1961 26 BOS AL 3 0 27% 117 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 20% 21 19 2 3 3 0 6 2 4
1962 27 BOS AL 1 0 20% 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 29% 9 6 3 3 2 0 2 1 1
1963 28 BOS AL 1 0 22% 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 59% 11 8 3 3 0 3 8 1 7
1964 29 BOS AL 1 0 17% 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 42% 4 3 1 3 2 1 5 1 3
1965 30 BOS AL 3 0 26% 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 24% 8 7 1 3 3 0 6 3 3
1966 31 MIN AL 2 0 15% 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 25% 6 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1967 32 MIN AL 2 0 26% 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 24% 11 11 0 3 2 1 7 2 4
1968 33 BOS AL 0 0 5% 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20% 6 5 1 2 1 0 2 1 1
12 Seasons 28 0 23% 1079 0 7 0% 0 2 0 2 0 2 4 0 27 47 32% 143 120 22 32 22 8 74 20 50
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
1957 22 CLE AL 199 90% 52 8 1 0 0 2.26 2 0 9 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 100% 42 6 14% 20 6 30% 157 19 12% 12 5 42% 14 5 36% 0
1958 23 CLE AL 389 92% 113 17 4 0 2 1.59 9 0 13 8 0 7 1 0 4 4 100% 88 15 17% 41 15 37% 261 42 16% 27 13 48% 20 11 55% 6
1959 24 CLE AL 280 93% 62 10 2 0 0 1.48 1 0 14 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 66 9 14% 31 12 39% 193 31 16% 24 16 67% 14 8 57% 0
1960 25 TOT AL 381 92% 101 11 2 0 0 2.06 6 0 14 6 0 1 5 0 5 5 100% 83 13 16% 39 17 44% 249 34 14% 25 15 60% 25 12 48% 1
1960 25 CLE AL 92 88% 20 2 0 0 0 1.65 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 17 3 18% 9 2 22% 62 6 10% 6 2 33% 7 1 14% 0
1960 25 BOS AL 289 94% 81 9 2 0 0 2.15 5 0 9 5 0 1 4 0 4 4 100% 66 10 15% 30 15 50% 187 28 15% 19 13 68% 18 11 61% 1
1961 26 BOS AL 261 89% 70 19 8 0 1 1.80 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 56 5 9% 25 7 28% 173 19 11% 11 5 45% 11 6 55% 2
1962 27 BOS AL 160 94% 42 27 9 0 4 1.30 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 33 4 12% 17 9 53% 115 18 16% 12 8 67% 13 4 31% 0
1963 28 BOS AL 315 95% 77 25 6 0 1 2.01 5 0 9 5 0 3 2 0 2 1 50% 68 8 12% 27 11 41% 209 27 13% 10 4 40% 14 9 64% 1
1964 29 BOS AL 182 94% 38 34 9 1 2 2.10 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 40 7 18% 12 4 33% 128 20 16% 10 5 50% 7 3 43% 0
1965 30 BOS AL 146 92% 37 24 7 0 1 1.34 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 31 8 26% 20 7 35% 112 12 11% 9 5 56% 12 3 25% 1
1966 31 MIN AL 106 88% 25 23 5 0 1 2.06 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 18 2 11% 8 3 38% 74 10 14% 6 3 50% 6 1 17% 0
1967 32 MIN AL 193 96% 40 19 4 0 3 1.23 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 100% 38 4 11% 21 12 57% 118 22 19% 11 8 73% 6 2 33% 0
1968 33 BOS AL 92 90% 13 2 1 0 1 3.02 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2 12% 6 0 0% 51 6 12% 4 2 50% 2 1 50% 0
12 Seasons 2704 92% 670 219 58 1 16 1.75 27 0 89 24 2 12 14 0 21 19 90% 580 83 14% 267 103 39% 1840 260 14% 161 89 55% 144 65 45% 11
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
1957 22 62 199 185 15 52 7 1 2 18 0 1 12 12 .281 .323 .362 .685 88 67 6 0 1 1 7
1958 23 175 594 561 57 165 24 5 11 64 0 4 25 50 .294 .323 .414 .736 102 232 21 0 5 3 11
1959 24 257 874 819 80 227 34 8 12 93 0 4 40 78 .277 .308 .382 .690 90 313 30 0 7 8 12
1960 25 362 1256 1173 110 328 56 11 18 132 0 6 59 107 .280 .313 .392 .705 92 460 43 2 12 10 17
1961 26 449 1518 1415 134 398 68 13 19 151 0 7 72 126 .281 .315 .388 .703 91 549 48 4 14 13 18
1962 27 514 1678 1566 145 440 75 15 20 170 0 7 80 140 .281 .315 .386 .701 90 605 52 4 14 14 21
1963 28 612 1994 1853 172 517 93 16 25 200 0 7 102 172 .279 .317 .387 .704 91 717 60 8 15 16 26
1964 29 693 2176 2016 182 555 100 16 26 220 0 7 116 201 .275 .315 .379 .695 89 765 67 10 15 19 29
1965 30 752 2323 2153 193 592 105 17 26 231 0 7 122 224 .275 .314 .376 .690 88 809 75 10 16 22 31
1966 31 803 2429 2249 198 617 107 18 26 238 0 7 129 237 .274 .314 .373 .686 87 838 77 11 17 23 34
1967 32 877 2622 2419 214 657 113 19 27 260 0 7 147 266 .272 .313 .368 .681 86 889 81 11 19 26 37
1968 33 906 2714 2504 215 670 115 19 27 266 0 7 154 279 .268 .310 .361 .671 84 904 83 11 19 26 38

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1957 22 65 207 194 17 54 7 1 2 20 0 12 13 .278 .319 .356 .675 22 62
1958 23 118 404 389 47 114 17 4 9 52 0 13 40 .293 .314 .427 .741 52 113
1959 24 86 288 268 25 63 10 3 1 31 0 15 29 .235 .271 .306 .577 23 82
1960 25 110 389 366 31 100 22 3 6 41 0 19 31 .273 .311 .399 .710 45 105
1961 26 87 256 239 23 67 11 2 1 18 0 12 19 .280 .316 .356 .672 27 87
1962 27 65 158 149 11 40 7 2 1 18 0 8 14 .268 .304 .362 .666 16 65
1963 28 98 319 290 29 80 19 1 5 32 0 23 32 .276 .335 .400 .735 38 98
1964 29 81 181 162 10 38 7 0 1 20 0 14 29 .235 .298 .296 .595 14 81
1965 30 59 144 135 12 35 5 1 0 12 0 6 23 .259 .285 .311 .596 12 59
1966 31 51 108 98 5 27 2 1 0 8 0 8 13 .276 .333 .316 .650 10 51
1967 32 74 195 173 18 43 6 1 1 25 0 19 29 .249 .318 .312 .630 18 74
1968 33 29 95 87 1 15 2 0 0 7 0 8 13 .172 .242 .195 .438 4 29
12 Seasons 923 2744 2550 229 676 115 19 27 284 0 157 285 .265 .308 .357 .664 281 906
162 Game Avg. 162 482 448 40 119 20 3 5 50 0 28 50 .265 .308 .357 .664 49 906

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1957 AL--7--6th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1849), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3165), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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