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Willard Nixon

Willard Lee Nixon

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 17, 1928 in Taylorsville, GA
High School: McHenry HS (Rome, GA)
School: Auburn University (Auburn, AL)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1950
Team: RedSox 1950-1958

Final Game: July 4, 1958
Died: December 10, 2000 in Rome, GA
Buried: East View Cemetery, Rome, GA
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Standard Batting

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
1950 22 BOS AL 22 44 36 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 7 .139 .244 .139 .383 -4 5 1 0 3 1
1951 23 BOS AL 34 49 45 7 13 3 0 1 8 0 0 3 9 .289 .333 .422 .756 95 19 3 0 1 1
1952 24 BOS AL 33 57 53 3 11 3 0 0 7 0 0 4 8 .208 .263 .264 .527 43 14 0 0 0 1
1953 25 BOS AL 23 48 42 4 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 9 .190 .277 .214 .491 32 9 0 0 1 1
1954 26 BOS AL 31 78 68 6 18 3 0 1 3 0 0 8 17 .265 .342 .353 .695 83 24 4 0 2 0 1
1955 27 BOS AL 31 81 69 7 18 4 1 0 7 0 0 8 20 .261 .338 .348 .685 79 24 2 0 4 0 0 1
1956 28 BOS AL 23 60 54 4 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 6 .204 .241 .222 .464 18 12 1 0 2 1 0 1
1957 29 BOS AL 32 81 75 7 22 1 0 0 4 0 0 6 16 .293 .346 .307 .652 76 23 1 0 0 0 0 1
1958 30 BOS AL 10 17 17 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .294 .294 .353 .647 74 6 1 0 0 0 0 1
9 Yrs 239 515 459 42 111 17 1 2 41 0 0 42 97 .242 .305 .296 .601 58 136 13 0 13 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 349 311 28 75 12 1 1 28 0 0 28 66 .242 .305 .296 .601 58 92 9 0 9

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1950 22 BOS AL 22 44 -6 -1 0 0 5 -2 -0.2 1 -0 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $ 1
1951 23 BOS AL 34 49 -1 -0 -0 0 5 4 0.4 1 5 0.4 .511 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $ 1
1952 24 BOS AL 33 57 -4 0 0 0 6 2 0.3 2 4 0.3 .508 .502 0.2 0.0 4 $ 1
1953 25 BOS AL 23 48 -3 0 0 0 5 3 0.3 1 4 0.3 .513 .502 0.3 0.0 4 $ 1
1954 26 BOS AL 31 78 -2 -1 -1 0 9 6 0.6 2 8 0.6 .519 .504 0.6 0.0 8 $ 1
1955 27 BOS AL 31 81 -2 0 -0 0 8 6 0.7 2 9 0.7 .521 .504 0.7 0.0 9 $ 1
1956 28 BOS AL 23 60 -5 -0 0 0 6 2 0.2 2 3 0.2 .507 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $ 1
1957 29 BOS AL 32 81 -3 -0 -0 0 9 5 0.6 2 8 0.6 .518 .504 0.6 -0.0 8 $ 1
1958 30 BOS AL 10 17 -1 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .513 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
9 Seasons 239 515 -27 -2 0 0 55 27 2.9 14 41 3.0 .512 .502 2.7 0.0 41 $

Advanced Batting

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
1950 22 BOS AL 44 35 1 0.8 122 .172 .139 .290 .244 .379 .139 .435 .383 .814 -4 .031 -6.0 -0.6 .313 .139 .000
1951 23 BOS AL 49 36 6 4.5 110 .343 .289 .279 .333 .362 .422 .409 .756 .771 95 .497 -0.4 -0.0 .629 .200 .133 .0
1952 24 BOS AL 57 42 4 2.6 102 .244 .208 .268 .263 .349 .264 .391 .527 .740 43 .294 -4.2 -0.4 .429 .132 .057
1953 25 BOS AL 48 35 2 1.5 106 .242 .190 .274 .277 .351 .214 .404 .491 .755 32 .124 -4.1 -0.4 .412 .143 .024
1954 26 BOS AL 78 56 8 3.8 108 .340 .265 .278 .342 .355 .353 .406 .695 .762 83 .452 -1.6 -0.2 .593 .206 .088 .0
1955 27 BOS AL 81 57 8 3.8 110 .367 .261 .277 .338 .358 .348 .412 .685 .770 79 .411 -2.2 -0.2 .604 .203 .087
1956 28 BOS AL 60 47 3 1.7 116 .224 .204 .281 .241 .365 .222 .429 .464 .794 18 .131 -6.8 -0.7 .341 .074 .019
1957 29 BOS AL 81 54 8 4.0 104 .373 .293 .270 .346 .343 .307 .408 .652 .751 76 .458 -2.6 -0.3 .537 .093 .013
1958 30 BOS AL 17 13 1 2.0 103 .417 .294 .268 .294 .338 .353 .408 .647 .746 74 .206 -0.7 -0.1 .462 .059 .059
9 Yrs 515 375 41 2.9 109 .302 .242 .276 .305 .356 .296 .411 .601 .766 58 .315 -28.7 -2.9 .493 .146 .054 .0
162 Game Avg. 349 254 28 2.9 109 .302 .242 .276 .305 .356 .296 .411 .601 .766 58 .315 -28.7 -2.9 .493 .146 .054

Ratio Batting*

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
1950 22 BOS AL 44 0.0% 15.9% 11.4% 0.0% 0% 1.40 5.1 18.0 1.50 66%
1951 23 BOS AL 49 2.0% 18.4% 6.1% 8.2% 31% 3.00 5.0 45.0 5.6 1.27 71%
1952 24 BOS AL 57 0.0% 14.0% 7.0% 5.3% 27% 2.00 6.6 7.6 0.94 79%
1953 25 BOS AL 48 0.0% 18.8% 10.4% 2.1% 13% 1.80 4.7 14.0 2.43 69%
1954 26 BOS AL 78 1.3% 21.8% 10.3% 5.1% 22% 2.13 4.0 68.0 22.7 1.79 64%
1955 27 BOS AL 81 0.0% 24.7% 9.9% 6.2% 28% 2.50 3.5 9.9 2.89 60%
1956 28 BOS AL 60 0.0% 10.0% 5.0% 1.7% 9% 2.00 9.0 10.8 1.38 82%
1957 29 BOS AL 81 0.0% 19.8% 7.4% 1.2% 5% 2.67 4.7 18.8 1.38 73%
1958 30 BOS AL 17 0.0% 29.4% 0.0% 5.9% 20% 3.4 8.5 1.50 71%
9 Yrs 515 0.4% 18.8% 8.2% 3.9% 18% 2.31 4.7 229.5 11.2 1.58 70%
MLB Averages 2.2% 11.2% 9.3% 6.6% 29% 1.20 7.9 40.8 8.2 0.98 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1950 22 BOS AL -6.1 -0.6 45 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 .96 -0.3 -0.1 -5.6 -0.5 0.98 -4.6 0
1951 23 BOS AL -0.4 -0.0 50 0.0 0.8 -0.8 .82 -0.1 0.1 2.5 0.2 1.02 -0.4 0
1952 24 BOS AL -4.3 -0.4 56 0.3 1.0 -0.7 .83 -0.3 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.92 -2.5 1.44 8
1953 25 BOS AL -4.1 -0.4 49 -0.4 0.5 -0.9 1.10 -0.2 -0.2 -2.0 -0.2 0.96 -2.4 0
1954 26 BOS AL -1.6 -0.2 79 -0.4 1.2 -1.7 1.05 -0.3 -0.1 -7.7 -0.8 1.01 -2.7 0
1955 27 BOS AL -2.3 -0.2 83 -0.2 1.2 -1.4 .99 -0.3 0.1 -2.4 -0.2 0.91 -3.7 0
1956 28 BOS AL -6.9 -0.7 61 -0.3 0.7 -1.0 .97 -0.4 0.1 -5.3 -0.5 1.00 -4.7 0
1957 29 BOS AL -2.6 -0.3 70 -0.2 1.0 -1.2 .97 -0.4 0.2 -2.5 -0.2 0.90 -2.6 1.84 3
1958 30 BOS AL -0.7 -0.1 12 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 1.39 -0.1 -0.0 -2.1 -0.2 1.00 -1.5 0
9 Yrs -28.9 -2.9 505 -2.0 6.9 -8.9 .98 -2.4 0.4 -24.8 -2.4 0.96 -25.1 1.55 11

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1950 22 BOS AL 2 0 30% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20% 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
1951 23 BOS AL 1 0 40% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14% 4 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
1952 24 BOS AL 0 0 20% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 25 BOS AL 2 0 31% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29% 1 1 0 2 2 0 4 2 2
1954 26 BOS AL 0 0 20% 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0% 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1955 27 BOS AL 1 0 27% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 44% 6 4 2 2 0 2 1 1 0
1956 28 BOS AL 3 0 29% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 29 BOS AL 0 0 25% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13% 5 4 1 2 2 0 1 1 0
1958 30 BOS AL 0 0 20% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 9 0 27% 210 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 8 21% 27 22 4 9 7 2 11 7 4

Situational Hitting*

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
1950 22 BOS AL 44 57% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 11 1 9% 10 5 50% 34 3 9% 5 2 40% 2 2 100% 0
1951 23 BOS AL 49 86% 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 13 3 23% 9 0 0% 36 7 19% 4 1 25% 2 1 50% 0
1952 24 BOS AL 57 95% 11 8 2 0 0 1.44 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0% 6 1 17% 32 7 22% 3 2 67% 0 0 0
1953 25 BOS AL 48 90% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 0 0% 6 2 33% 31 3 10% 2 2 100% 1 1 100% 0
1954 26 BOS AL 78 88% 18 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 16 4 25% 18 1 6% 55 2 4% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1955 27 BOS AL 81 75% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 16 2 13% 16 3 19% 51 7 14% 5 1 20% 1 1 100% 0
1956 28 BOS AL 60 77% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 10 1 10% 14 4 29% 46 5 11% 4 2 50% 6 4 67% 0
1957 29 BOS AL 81 79% 22 3 1 0 0 1.84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 8% 11 0 0% 40 3 8% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
1958 30 BOS AL 17 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 4 0 0% 9 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
9 Yrs 515 82% 111 11 3 0 0 1.55 2 0 11 2 0 0 2 0 15 13 87% 96 13 14% 94 16 17% 334 37 11% 30 11 37% 16 10 63% 0
MLB Averages 49% 84% 11% 32% 14% 50% 54%

Cumulative Batting

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
1950 22 22 44 36 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 7 .139 .244 .139 .383 -4 5 1 0 3
1951 23 56 93 81 10 18 3 0 1 10 0 0 8 16 .222 .292 .296 .588 49 24 4 0 4
1952 24 89 150 134 13 29 6 0 1 17 0 0 12 24 .216 .281 .284 .564 47 38 4 0 4
1953 25 112 198 176 17 37 7 0 1 20 0 0 17 33 .210 .280 .267 .547 43 47 4 0 5
1954 26 143 276 244 23 55 10 0 2 23 0 0 25 50 .225 .297 .291 .588 54 71 8 0 7 0
1955 27 174 357 313 30 73 14 1 2 30 0 0 33 70 .233 .306 .304 .610 60 95 10 0 11 0 0
1956 28 197 417 367 34 84 15 1 2 35 0 0 36 76 .229 .297 .292 .589 54 107 11 0 13 1 0
1957 29 229 498 442 41 106 16 1 2 39 0 0 42 92 .240 .305 .294 .599 57 130 12 0 13 1 0
1958 30 239 515 459 42 111 17 1 2 41 0 0 42 97 .242 .305 .296 .601 58 136 13 0 13 1 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1950 22 23 45 37 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 5 7 .135 .238 .135 .373 1 22
1951 23 36 50 46 6 12 3 0 1 7 0 3 9 .261 .306 .391 .697 5 34
1952 24 34 60 56 3 12 3 0 0 8 0 4 8 .214 .267 .268 .535 4 33
1953 25 24 48 43 3 7 1 0 0 3 0 4 9 .163 .234 .186 .420 2 23
1954 26 32 81 71 6 19 3 0 1 3 0 8 18 .268 .342 .352 .694 8 31
1955 27 32 82 70 6 17 4 1 0 6 0 8 21 .243 .321 .329 .649 7 31
1956 28 24 59 54 3 9 1 0 0 4 0 2 6 .167 .193 .185 .378 2 23
1957 29 34 85 79 7 23 1 0 0 4 0 6 17 .291 .341 .304 .645 8 32
1958 30 10 19 19 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 .316 .316 .368 .684 2 10
9 Yrs 249 529 475 38 110 17 1 2 39 0 40 100 .232 .291 .284 .575 39 239
162 Game Avg. 162 344 309 25 72 11 1 1 25 0 26 65 .232 .291 .284 .575 25 239

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