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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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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

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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 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 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1953 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

March 16, 1960: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Boston Red Sox for Jim Marshall and Sammy White. Sammy White refused to report to his new team on March 25, 1960. Trade was voided and players returned on March 25, 1960.

June 13, 1960: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Carroll Hardy to the Boston Red Sox for Ted Bowsfield and Marty Keough.

April 6, 1966: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Chuck Schilling to the Minnesota Twins for a player to be named later and Dick Stigman. The Minnesota Twins sent Jose Calero (minors) (April 17, 1966) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

April 8, 1968: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

April 8, 1968: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

December 2, 1968: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox from the Boston Red Sox in the 1968 rule 5 draft.

April 5, 1969: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

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