Willard Nixon
Willard Lee Nixon
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 17, 1928 in Taylorsville, GA
High School: McHenry (Rome, GA)
School: Auburn University
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1950
Final Game: July 4, 1958
Died: December 10, 2000 in Rome, GA
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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
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 96 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 42 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 31 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 78 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 17 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 Seasons 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

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
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 4.5 109 .343 .289 .278 .333 .361 .422 .407 .756 .768 96 .497 -0.4 -0.0 .629 .200 .133 .0
1952 24 BOS AL 57 42 4 2.6 103 .244 .208 .269 .263 .350 .264 .393 .527 .743 42 .294 -4.3 -0.4 .429 .132 .057
1953 25 BOS AL 48 35 2 1.5 107 .242 .190 .276 .277 .352 .214 .405 .491 .758 31 .124 -4.1 -0.4 .412 .143 .024
1954 26 BOS AL 78 56 8 3.8 108 .340 .265 .279 .342 .356 .353 .408 .695 .764 83 .452 -1.7 -0.2 .593 .206 .088 .0
1955 27 BOS AL 81 57 8 3.8 111 .367 .261 .278 .338 .359 .348 .414 .685 .773 78 .411 -2.3 -0.2 .604 .203 .087
1956 28 BOS AL 60 47 3 1.7 117 .224 .204 .282 .241 .366 .222 .430 .464 .797 17 .131 -6.9 -0.7 .341 .074 .019
1957 29 BOS AL 81 54 8 4.0 104 .373 .293 .270 .346 .343 .307 .407 .652 .750 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 Seasons 515 375 41 2.9 109 .302 .242 .277 .305 .356 .296 .411 .601 .768 58 .314 -28.9 -2.9 .493 .146 .054 .0
162 Game Avg. 349 254 28 2.9 109 .302 .242 .277 .305 .356 .296 .411 .601 .768 58 .314 -28.9 -2.9 .493 .146 .054

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
1950 22 BOS AL 44 0.0% 15.9% 11.4% 0.0% 0% 1.40 5.1 18.0 66%
1951 23 BOS AL 49 2.0% 18.4% 6.1% 8.2% 31% 3.00 5.0 45.0 5.6 71%
1952 24 BOS AL 57 0.0% 14.0% 7.0% 5.3% 27% 2.00 6.6 7.6 79%
1953 25 BOS AL 48 0.0% 18.8% 10.4% 2.1% 13% 1.80 4.7 14.0 69%
1954 26 BOS AL 78 1.3% 21.8% 10.3% 5.1% 22% 2.13 4.0 68.0 22.7 2.00 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 Seasons 515 0.4% 18.8% 8.2% 3.9% 18% 2.31 4.7 229.5 11.2 1.79 70%
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
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 Seasons 4 0 27% 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 25% 16 12 4 5 3 2 3 3 0
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
1954 26 BOS AL 73 88% 18 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 14 4 29% 15 1 7% 52 2 4% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 5
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% 4 1 25% 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% 7 4 57% 0
1957 29 BOS AL 69 78% 22 3 1 0 0 1.80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 8% 11 0 0% 39 3 8% 3 1 33% 4 2 50% 12
1958 30 BOS AL 12 100% 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% 5
9 Seasons 295 80% 111 3 1 0 0 1.80 2 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 10 13 130% 56 13 23% 60 8 13% 197 17 9% 15 4 27% 19 8 42% 22
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
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 50 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 53 107 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

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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 42 37 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 5 7 .135 .238 .135 .373 1 22
1951 23 36 50 47 7 13 3 0 1 8 0 3 9 .277 .320 .404 .724 6 34
1952 24 34 60 56 3 12 3 0 0 8 0 4 8 .214 .267 .268 .535 4 33
1953 25 24 47 43 3 7 1 0 0 3 0 4 9 .163 .234 .186 .420 2 23
1954 26 32 79 71 6 19 3 0 1 3 0 8 18 .268 .342 .352 .694 8 31
1955 27 32 80 72 7 19 4 1 0 7 0 8 21 .264 .338 .347 .685 8 31
1956 28 24 61 57 4 12 1 0 0 5 0 3 6 .211 .246 .228 .474 3 23
1957 29 34 85 79 7 23 1 0 0 4 0 6 17 .291 .341 .304 .645 8 32
1958 30 10 18 18 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 10
9 Seasons 249 522 480 41 110 16 1 2 41 0 41 100 .229 .289 .279 .568 41 239
162 Game Avg. 162 340 312 27 72 10 1 1 27 0 27 65 .229 .289 .279 .568 27 239

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