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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1957 CLE AL 22 C 57 45 418.2 304 268 31 5 5 .984 -4.0 -11.5 -4 6.43 5.25 .991 5.92 5.11 11 10 23 14 38%
1958 CLE AL 23 C 101 93 813.2 535 499 31 5 4 .991 -2.0 -2.9 -2 5.86 5.25 .990 6.01 5.34 10 14 25 17 40%
1959 CLE AL 24 C 74 68 597.2 411 374 31 6 8 .985 -6.0 -12.0 -6 6.10 5.47 .989 6.08 5.31 4 19 32 10 24%
1960 TOT AL 25 C 99 88 800.4 528 488 34 6 5 .989 -4.0 -6.0 -4 5.87 5.27 .987 5.93 5.12 9 23 31 16 34%
1960 CLE AL 25 C 25 21 196.2 143 134 8 1 2 .993 1.0 6.1 1 6.50 5.68 .987 5.93 5.12 2 3 6 6 50%
1960 BOS AL 25 C 74 67 603.2 385 354 26 5 3 .987 -5.0 -9.9 -5 5.67 5.14 .987 5.93 5.12 7 20 25 10 29%
1961 BOS AL 26 C 66 59 513.2 363 330 24 9 2 .975 -6.0 -14.0 -6 6.20 5.36 .989 6.21 5.44 11 11 28 7 20%
1962 BOS AL 27 C 38 33 286.0 208 201 7 0 1 1.000 -3.0 -12.6 -3 6.55 5.47 .989 6.30 5.57 1 8 15 0 0%
1963 BOS AL 28 C 76 72 645.0 509 483 22 4 1 .992 -1.0 -1.9 -1 7.05 6.64 .989 6.64 5.78 5 21 19 9 32%
1964 BOS AL 29 C 45 41 338.0 287 273 11 3 3 .990 -2.0 -7.1 -2 7.56 6.31 .990 7.07 6.07 3 13 13 5 28%
1965 BOS AL 30 C 38 30 272.2 214 200 10 4 0 .981 -4.0 -17.6 -4 6.93 5.53 .988 6.96 5.67 3 10 30 6 17%
1966 MIN AL 31 C 32 18 195.2 144 137 5 2 0 .986 -1.0 -6.1 -1 6.53 4.44 .988 6.86 5.86 0 6 13 5 28%
1967 MIN AL 32 C 69 41 417.0 336 308 26 2 1 .994 -3.0 -8.6 -3 7.21 4.84 .989 7.22 6.15 7 19 19 11 37%
1968 BOS AL 33 C 27 23 208.0 154 147 6 1 1 .994 0.0 0.0 0 6.62 5.67 .990 6.97 6.01 2 6 14 7 33%
12 Seasons C 722 611 5506.1 3993 3708 238 47 31 .988 -36.0 -7.8 -36 6.45 5.47 .989 6.38 5.54 66 160 262 107 29%
12 Seasons TOT 722 611 5506.1 3993 3708 238 47 31 .988 -36.0 -7.8 -36 6.45 5.47 .977 6.38 5.54 66 160 262 107 29%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1957 CLE AL 22 62 45 62 62 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1958 CLE AL 23 113 93 113 113 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1959 CLE AL 24 82 68 82 82 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1960 BOS AL 25 80 67 80 80 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1960 CLE AL 25 25 21 25 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1961 BOS AL 26 87 59 87 87 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
1962 BOS AL 27 65 33 65 65 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0
1963 BOS AL 28 98 72 98 98 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
1964 BOS AL 29 81 41 81 81 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0
1965 BOS AL 30 59 30 59 59 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
1966 MIN AL 31 51 18 51 51 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
1967 MIN AL 32 74 41 74 74 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1968 BOS AL 33 29 23 29 29 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
12 Seasons 906 611 906 906 0 722 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 234 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1957 CLE AL 22 1939 4.49 5.25 28 89% 0 0 270 21 5 7 237 28 8 0 0 3 5 1 3 1 1 5 0 4 4 3 100%
1958 CLE AL 23 3463 3.32 3.67 64 98% 0 0 498 52 2 13 431 29 7 1 0 1 5 2 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 5 100%
1959 CLE AL 24 2569 3.57 4.07 31 94% 0 0 379 21 1 13 344 31 5 0 0 8 6 0 2 4 0 8 0 0 1 4 100%
1960 BOS AL 25 2692 4.50 4.89 46 96% 0 0 352 36 2 9 305 26 8 0 1 5 5 0 1 4 1 3 0 1 1 3 67%
1960 CLE AL 25 862 3.52 3.89 14 86% 0 0 135 11 0 3 121 8 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 50%
1961 BOS AL 26 2339 4.14 4.74 41 98% 0 0 329 30 0 6 292 23 9 1 0 2 9 1 1 7 0 2 0 0 0 6 100%
1962 BOS AL 27 1286 4.73 5.17 18 100% 0 0 193 15 0 3 175 7 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1963 BOS AL 28 2845 4.17 4.65 54 100% 0 0 481 46 2 4 429 20 7 0 0 5 4 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1964 BOS AL 29 1503 4.23 4.58 24 92% 0 0 274 17 2 6 249 10 4 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 100%
1965 BOS AL 30 1206 4.08 4.64 16 100% 0 0 197 13 1 6 177 10 0 0 0 3 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 MIN AL 31 833 3.13 3.59 11 100% 0 0 141 11 0 2 128 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 MIN AL 32 1811 3.69 4.14 20 100% 0 0 312 13 1 3 295 26 6 1 0 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 100%
1968 BOS AL 33 899 3.59 3.85 13 92% 0 0 148 9 0 3 136 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
12 Seasons 24247 3.95 4.41 380 96% 0 0 3709 295 16 78 3319 229 59 3 1 38 47 5 16 26 3 32 0 6 8 30 93%
MLB Averages 3.63 4.11 95% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1957 CLE AL 22 11 10 763 23 14 14 38% 20 14 2 0 1 0 1 0 59 17 1.72 1.04
1958 CLE AL 23 9 14 1260 25 17 16 40% 22 16 3 1 0 0 1 0 67 18 1.35 1.29
1959 CLE AL 24 4 19 874 32 10 9 24% 28 6 4 3 0 1 2 0 76 16 1.20 1.27
1960 BOS AL 25 7 20 1060 25 10 9 29% 23 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 68 12 1.54 1.21
1960 CLE AL 25 2 3 330 6 6 6 50% 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 11 1.28 1.75
1961 BOS AL 26 11 11 876 28 7 7 20% 26 5 2 2 0 0 1 0 66 13 1.06 2.03
1962 BOS AL 27 1 8 487 15 0 0 0% 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 1.01
1963 BOS AL 28 5 21 1045 19 9 7 32% 17 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 64 12 1.04 1.03
1964 BOS AL 29 3 13 561 13 5 3 28% 12 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 39 7 1.16 1.28
1965 BOS AL 30 3 10 437 30 6 5 17% 25 3 5 2 0 1 1 0 45 9 1.02 1.75
1966 MIN AL 31 0 6 291 13 5 5 28% 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 5 1.27 1.07
1967 MIN AL 32 7 19 603 19 11 11 37% 16 10 2 1 1 0 0 0 58 13 1.06 0.88
1968 BOS AL 33 2 6 313 14 7 5 33% 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 7 1.65 1.41
12 Seasons 65 160 8900 262 107 97 29% 235 92 25 12 2 3 6 0 631 140 1.25 1.28
MLB Averages 39% 1.24 1.21

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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