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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1950 22 BOS AL 8 6 .571 6.04 22 15 3 2 0 2 101.1 126 75 68 8 58 57 2 0 2 476 81 1.816 11.2 0.7 5.2 5.1 0.98
1951 23 BOS AL 7 4 .636 4.90 33 14 9 2 1 1 125.0 136 79 68 12 56 70 7 0 4 551 91 1.536 9.8 0.9 4.0 5.0 1.25
1952 24 BOS AL 5 4 .556 4.86 23 13 6 5 0 0 103.2 115 64 56 12 61 50 4 1 4 468 81 1.698 10.0 1.0 5.3 4.3 0.82
1953 25 BOS AL 4 8 .333 3.93 23 15 2 5 1 0 116.2 114 57 51 6 59 57 1 0 1 516 107 1.483 8.8 0.5 4.6 4.4 0.97
1954 26 BOS AL 11 12 .478 4.06 31 30 1 8 2 0 199.2 182 102 90 16 87 102 9 0 2 850 102 1.347 8.2 0.7 3.9 4.6 1.17
1955 27 BOS AL 12 10 .545 4.07 31 31 0 7 3 0 208.0 207 102 94 10 85 2 95 3 0 4 903 106 1.404 9.0 0.4 3.7 4.1 1.12
1956 28 BOS AL 9 8 .529 4.21 23 22 0 9 1 0 145.1 142 79 68 9 57 2 74 8 0 6 631 110 1.369 8.8 0.6 3.5 4.6 1.30
1957 29 BOS AL 12 13 .480 3.68 29 29 0 11 1 0 191.0 207 86 78 10 56 3 96 7 0 5 809 108 1.377 9.8 0.5 2.6 4.5 1.71
1958 30 BOS AL 1 7 .125 6.02 10 8 0 2 0 0 43.1 48 30 29 7 11 0 15 0 0 1 187 66 1.362 10.0 1.5 2.3 3.1 1.36
9 Seasons 69 72 .489 4.39 225 177 21 51 9 3 1234.0 1277 674 602 90 530 7 616 41 1 29 5391 97 1.464 9.3 0.7 3.9 4.5 1.16
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .489 4.39 38 30 4 9 2 1 209 216 114 102 15 90 104 7 0 5 912 97 1.464 9.3 0.7 3.9 4.5 1.16

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 26 BOS AL 31 850 735 102 182 15 5 16 5 5 87 102 .248 .333 .347 .680 .267 255 24 9 15 4
1955 27 BOS AL 31 903 799 102 207 34 6 10 10 5 85 95 .259 .330 .354 .685 .281 283 16 3 10 6 2
1956 28 BOS AL 23 630 556 79 142 21 4 9 7 4 57 74 .255 .331 .356 .687 .279 198 18 8 5 4 2
1957 29 BOS AL 29 812 741 86 207 43 5 10 5 7 56 96 .279 .334 .391 .726 .308 290 20 7 4 4 3
1958 30 BOS AL 10 187 171 30 48 11 1 7 0 0 11 15 .281 .322 .480 .802 .273 82 3 0 4 1 0
5 Seasons 124 3382 3002 399 786 124 21 52 27 21 296 382 .262 .332 .369 .701 .284 1108 81 27 38 19 7
162 Game Avg. 35 943 837 111 219 35 6 14 8 6 82 106 .262 .332 .369 .701 .284 309 23 8 11 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 26 BOS AL 31 30 11 12 7 1 3 15 14 .517 1 3 8 2 16 53% 52 80 7 27 13 6 7 4.0 4.3 6.6
1955 27 BOS AL 31 31 12 10 9 2 3 17 14 .548 2 4 7 3 15 48% 50 84 15 27 7 5 10 4.1 3.5 6.7
1956 28 BOS AL 23 22 9 8 5 0 1 11 10 .524 3 1 9 1 11 50% 50 85 20 24 18 4 8 5.4 5.8 6.5
1957 29 BOS AL 29 29 12 13 4 1 4 13 16 .448 0 3 11 1 15 52% 51 79 22 22 7 5 12 5.0 4.5 6.6
1958 30 BOS AL 10 8 1 6 1 0 1 2 6 .250 0 0 2 0 2 25% 46 81 24 4 3 0 6 3.3 0.7 4.6
5 Seasons 124 120 45 49 26 4 12 58 60 .492 6 11 37 7 59 49% 50 85 7 104 48 20 43 4.5 4.3 6.5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 26 BOS AL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.049 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1956 28 BOS AL 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.107 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1958 30 BOS AL 10 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 0 0% 6 1.078 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 10.0
3 Seasons 64 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 0 0% 1.075 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 2 4 0 4 0 8.8

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1950 22 BOS AL
1951 23 BOS AL
1952 24 BOS AL
1953 25 BOS AL
1954 26 BOS AL 850 36% 1.9% 12.0% 10.2% 4.2% 20% 1.44 73% 172 24 14%
1955 27 BOS AL 903 37% 1.1% 10.5% 9.4% 5.5% 24% 1.46 78% 178 16 9%
1956 28 BOS AL 630 41% 1.4% 11.8% 9.1% 5.4% 24% 1.11 76% 130 18 14%
1957 29 BOS AL 812 41% 1.2% 11.8% 6.9% 7.1% 28% 1.36 79% 132 20 15%
1958 30 BOS AL 187 34% 3.7% 8.0% 5.9% 10.2% 40% 1.09 80% 25 3 12%
9 Seasons 3382 38% 2.7% 18.2% 15.7% 5.8% 15% 1.34 76% 637 81 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1950 22 BOS AL 126 8 2
1951 23 BOS AL 136 12 4
1952 24 BOS AL 115 12 4
1953 25 BOS AL 114 6 1
1954 26 BOS AL 784 182 16 0 15 10 6 12 4 37 26 1 70% 8 2 1 285 5 5 50% 4 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 10 66
1955 27 BOS AL 902 207 10 0 20 4 6 7 3 46 25 6 54% 12 4 2 332 10 5 67% 9 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 1
1956 28 BOS AL 630 142 9 0 10 5 4 6 3 30 18 3 60% 11 6 3 245 7 4 64% 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1957 29 BOS AL 724 207 10 0 10 8 2 6 4 32 16 2 50% 9 5 1 281 5 7 42% 5 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 88
1958 30 BOS AL 156 48 7 0 1 3 4 2 5 6 5 1 83% 2 1 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 31
9 Seasons 3196 1277 90 0 56 30 22 33 19 151 90 13 60% 42 29 7 1209 27 21 56% 25 19 2 2 0 0 4 0 51 186
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1950 22 8 6 .571 6.04 22 15 3 2 0 2 101.1 126 75 68 8 58 57 2 0 2 476 81 1.816 11.2 0.7 5.2 5.1 0.98 81
1951 23 15 10 .600 5.41 55 29 12 4 1 3 226.1 262 154 136 20 114 127 9 0 6 1027 86 1.661 10.4 0.8 4.5 5.1 1.11 86
1952 24 20 14 .588 5.24 78 42 18 9 1 3 330.0 377 218 192 32 175 177 13 1 10 1495 85 1.673 10.3 0.9 4.8 4.8 1.01 85
1953 25 24 22 .522 4.90 101 57 20 14 2 3 446.2 491 275 243 38 234 234 14 1 11 2011 89 1.623 9.9 0.8 4.7 4.7 1.00 89
1954 26 35 34 .507 4.64 132 87 21 22 4 3 646.1 673 377 333 54 321 336 23 1 13 2861 93 1.538 9.4 0.8 4.5 4.7 1.05 93
1955 27 47 44 .516 4.50 163 118 21 29 7 3 854.1 880 479 427 64 406 2 431 26 1 17 3764 96 1.505 9.3 0.7 4.3 4.5 1.06 96
1956 28 56 52 .519 4.46 186 140 21 38 8 3 999.2 1022 558 495 73 463 4 505 34 1 23 4395 98 1.485 9.2 0.7 4.2 4.5 1.09 98
1957 29 68 65 .511 4.33 215 169 21 49 9 3 1190.2 1229 644 573 83 519 7 601 41 1 28 5204 99 1.468 9.3 0.6 3.9 4.5 1.16 99
1958 30 69 72 .489 4.39 225 177 21 51 9 3 1234.0 1277 674 602 90 530 7 616 41 1 29 5391 97 1.464 9.3 0.7 3.9 4.5 1.16 97

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1950 22 4 7 .364 4.88 107.0 119 64 58 8 55 60 2 1.626 10.0 4.6 5.0 1.09 0.7 22
1951 23 6 8 .429 4.43 128.0 134 70 63 12 55 72 7 1.477 9.4 3.9 5.1 1.31 0.8 33
1952 24 4 7 .364 5.17 101.0 119 64 58 12 63 49 4 1.802 10.6 5.6 4.4 0.78 1.1 23
1953 25 7 6 .538 3.72 121.0 116 56 50 6 60 59 1 1.455 8.6 4.5 4.4 0.98 0.4 23
1954 26 11 11 .500 3.97 202.0 185 99 89 16 88 103 9 1.351 8.2 3.9 4.6 1.17 0.7 31
1955 27 13 11 .542 3.69 217.0 206 99 89 10 85 99 3 1.341 8.5 3.5 4.1 1.16 0.4 31
1956 28 9 7 .563 3.59 153.0 138 68 61 9 55 78 8 1.261 8.1 3.2 4.6 1.42 0.5 23
1957 29 11 10 .524 3.88 190.0 215 91 82 10 58 95 7 1.437 10.2 2.7 4.5 1.64 0.5 29
1958 30 1 3 .250 6.14 44.0 51 33 30 7 12 15 0 1.432 10.4 2.5 3.1 1.25 1.4 10
9 Seasons 66 70 .485 4.13 1263.0 1283 644 580 90 531 630 41 1.436 9.1 4.5 1.19 0.6 225

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 AL--2.639--8th

Games Started s c a p y
1955 AL--31--6th

Complete Games s c a p y
1957 AL--11--10th

Shutouts s c a p y
1955 AL--3--8th

Home Runs s c a p y
1954 AL--16--10th

Hits s c a p y
1955 AL--207--6th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 AL--.433--2nd
1957 AL--.471--2nd

Losses s c a p y
1957 AL--13--7th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1954 AL--90--5th
1955 AL--94--3rd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1951 AL--4--10th
1956 AL--6--7th
1957 AL--5--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1951 AL--7--5th
1954 AL--9--2nd
1956 AL--8--4th
1957 AL--7--7th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 6 (1720), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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