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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 Pitching

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 7 58 57 2 0 2 476 82 1.816 11.2 0.6 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 1 516 106 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 67 1.362 10.0 1.5 2.3 3.1 1.36
9 Yrs 69 72 .489 4.39 225 177 21 51 9 3 1234.0 1277 674 602 89 530 7 616 41 1 29 5391 98 1.464 9.3 0.6 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 98 1.464 9.3 0.6 3.9 4.5 1.16

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1950 22 BOS AL 101.1 22 15 75 6.66 4.90 -0.06 0.00 107.6 5.34 -15 -1.4 1.2 -0.1 -0.7 -4 .437 .491 $
1951 23 BOS AL 125.0 33 14 79 5.69 4.50 0.01 0.00 110.1 4.94 -11 -1.1 .6 -0.1 -0.3 1 .466 .493 $
1952 24 BOS AL 103.2 23 13 64 5.56 4.14 0.08 0.00 109.7 4.45 -13 -1.4 1.1 -0.1 -0.7 -4 .440 .491 $
1953 25 BOS AL 116.1 23 15 57 4.41 4.33 0.28 0.00 105.8 4.29 -2 -0.2 .8 -0.1 0.6 9 .492 .499 $
1954 26 BOS AL 199.2 31 30 102 4.60 4.27 0.04 0.00 111.8 4.72 3 0.3 .1 -0.1 1.7 19 .510 .502 $
1955 27 BOS AL 208.0 31 31 102 4.41 4.67 0.27 0.00 107.1 4.71 5 0.5 -0.1 1.9 26 .517 .503 $
1956 28 BOS AL 145.1 23 22 79 4.89 5.07 0.25 0.00 109.7 5.29 5 0.6 .2 -0.1 1.5 20 .524 .503 $
1957 29 BOS AL 191.0 29 29 86 4.05 4.17 0.16 0.00 103.6 4.16 3 0.3 -0.1 1.7 18 .512 .502 $
1958 30 BOS AL 43.1 10 8 30 6.23 4.48 0.04 0.00 106.9 4.74 -7 -0.7 1.9 -0.1 -0.5 -4 .427 .495 $
9 Seasons 1233.2 225 177 674 4.92 4.49 0.14 0.00 108.1 4.71 -33 -3.1 .9 -0.8 5.2 81 .486 .498 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1950 22 BOS AL 22 465 407 75 126 22 7 7 7 3 58 57 .310 .398 .450 .848 .347 183 14 2 10 0 9
1951 23 BOS AL 33 555 484 79 136 25 1 12 1 4 56 70 .281 .364 .411 .775 .308 199 15 7 9 0 9
1952 24 BOS AL 23 468 396 64 115 26 4 12 2 5 61 50 .290 .390 .467 .858 .308 185 18 4 7 0 7
1953 25 BOS AL 23 516 448 57 114 14 2 6 4 1 59 57 .254 .343 .335 .677 .281 150 13 1 8 0 11
1954 26 BOS AL 31 850 735 102 182 17 5 16 5 6 87 102 .248 .333 .350 .683 .267 257 24 9 15 4 9
1955 27 BOS AL 31 902 799 102 207 34 6 10 10 5 85 95 .259 .330 .354 .685 .281 283 16 3 10 6 2 12
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 11
1957 29 BOS AL 29 732 741 86 207 42 5 10 5 7 56 96 .279 .334 .390 .724 .308 289 20 7 4 4 3 9
1958 30 BOS AL 10 156 171 30 48 11 1 7 0 0 11 15 .281 .322 .480 .802 .273 82 3 0 4 1 0 2
9 Yrs 225 5274 4737 674 1277 212 35 89 41 35 530 616 .270 .347 .385 .732 .293 1826 141 41 72 19 7 79
162 Game Avg. 38 892 801 114 216 36 6 15 7 6 90 104 .270 .347 .385 .732 .293 309 24 7 12 3 13
MLB Averages .260 .332 .386 .719 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1950 22 BOS AL -10.8 -1.0 484 -0.7 8.9 -9.6 1.12 -0.9 0.3 -5.7 -0.5 1.12 -9.3 1 3 3
1951 23 BOS AL -5.9 -0.6 568 -0.5 8.1 -8.6 .89 -0.3 -0.2 -15.2 -1.4 0.89 -4.6 3 3 13
1952 24 BOS AL -10.0 -1.0 482 -1.4 5.8 -7.2 .75 -1.5 -0.4 -15.3 -1.5 0.75 -18.2 3 1 6
1953 25 BOS AL 3.5 0.4 525 -0.8 8.8 -9.6 1.06 0.5 -1.2 0.9 0.1 1.06 4.1 0 5 3
1954 26 BOS AL 0.9 0.1 864 0.3 15.0 -14.6 1.06 0.2 0.1 -2.6 -0.3 1.06 4.4 0 0 1
1955 27 BOS AL 7.2 0.7 927 1.5 17.8 -16.3 1.14 1.3 -0.1 4.3 0.4 1.14 14.3 0 0 0
1956 28 BOS AL 5.2 0.5 648 1.6 12.6 -11.1 1.11 1.2 0.2 9.5 0.9 1.10 9.4 0 0 1
1957 29 BOS AL 6.6 0.7 753 -1.6 12.1 -13.6 .97 -0.3 -1.3 -8.5 -0.8 0.97 -5.8 0 0 0
1958 30 BOS AL -8.0 -0.8 157 -1.4 2.6 -4.0 1.06 -0.9 -0.4 -10.6 -1.0 1.06 -7.9 1 1 0
9 Yrs -11.2 -1.0 5408 -2.9 91.8 -94.7 1.02 -0.6 -2.2 -43.4 -4.1 1.03 -13.6 8 13 27

Starting Pitching*

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
1950 22 BOS AL 22 15 6 6 3 3 1 8 7 .533 0 2 2 0 5 33% 41.1 63 20 25 15 6 5 5.8 4.9 5.8
1951 23 BOS AL 33 14 5 4 5 2 0 9 5 .643 1 1 2 1 3 21% 44.6 85 18 24 10 5 6 6.8 7.1 5.5
1952 24 BOS AL 23 13 5 4 4 0 1 8 5 .615 0 3 5 0 6 46% 47.5 73 21 19 11 3 9 6.0 5.1 6.2
1953 25 BOS AL 23 15 4 7 4 1 2 8 7 .533 0 2 5 1 7 47% 49.2 85 21 32 11 1 9 4.6 5.1 6.2
1954 26 BOS AL 31 30 11 12 7 1 3 15 14 .517 2 3 8 2 16 53% 52.1 80 7 29 13 6 7 4.0 4.0 6.6
1955 27 BOS AL 31 31 12 10 9 2 3 17 14 .548 3 4 7 3 15 48% 49.9 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% 49.8 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% 51.2 79 22 24 8 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% 45.5 81 24 4 3 0 6 3.3 0.7 4.6
9 Yrs 225 177 65 70 42 10 16 91 84 .520 9 19 51 9 80 45% 49 85 7 208 96 35 72 4.9 4.6 6.3
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 -6 4.5 4.4 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

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
1950 22 BOS AL 22 7 3 2 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 6 2 33% 5 1.115 1 3 3 3 0 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 6.0
1951 23 BOS AL 33 19 9 2 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 16 11 69% 6 .891 3 3 13 2 2 15 8 11 15 1 15 4 7.6
1952 24 BOS AL 23 10 6 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 11 7 64% 7 .750 3 1 6 1 0 9 6 4 5 5 5 0 7.1
1953 25 BOS AL 23 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 5 1.058 0 5 3 0 0 8 5 3 5 2 5 0 8.9
1954 26 BOS AL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.058 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 1.105 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 1.061 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 10.0
7 Yrs 165 48 21 4 2 5 3 2 60% 5 0 42 22 52% 1.008 8 13 27 7 2 39 24 24 32 11 32 6 7.6

Ratio Pitching*

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 477 63% 1.5% 12.3% 12.5% 7.7% 29% 1.04 74% 99 14 14%
1951 23 BOS AL 555 56% 2.2% 12.6% 10.1% 6.9% 28% 1.02 72% 133 15 11%
1952 24 BOS AL 468 59% 2.6% 10.7% 13.0% 9.0% 37% 1.36 71% 90 18 20%
1953 25 BOS AL 516 61% 1.2% 11.1% 11.4% 4.3% 19% 1.13 75% 117 13 11%
1954 26 BOS AL 850 63% 1.9% 12.0% 10.2% 4.5% 21% 1.41 73% 182 24 13%
1955 27 BOS AL 903 63% 1.1% 10.5% 9.4% 5.5% 24% 1.46 78% 178 16 9%
1956 28 BOS AL 630 59% 1.4% 11.8% 9.1% 5.4% 24% 1.11 76% 130 18 14%
1957 29 BOS AL 812 59% 1.4% 13.1% 7.7% 7.8% 28% 1.36 87% 135 20 15%
1958 30 BOS AL 187 66% 4.5% 9.6% 7.1% 12.2% 40% 1.09 96% 25 3 12%
9 Yrs 5398 61% 1.7% 11.7% 10.1% 6.4% 26% 1.25 77% 1089 141 13%
MLB Averages 51% 2.4% 12.2% 10.2% 6.8% 27% 0.96 82% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 465 126 7 0 15 4 3 4 3 27 12 6 44% 9 2 1 194 7 3 70% 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 12
1951 23 BOS AL 555 136 12 0 19 6 6 9 3 42 26 4 62% 9 4 2 219 1 4 20% 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 0
1952 24 BOS AL 468 115 12 1 14 7 5 6 6 26 14 1 54% 7 4 0 190 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0
1953 25 BOS AL 516 114 6 0 14 4 3 7 0 24 17 2 71% 11 1 0 208 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1954 26 BOS AL 850 182 16 0 15 10 6 12 4 41 28 1 68% 9 2 1 311 5 6 45% 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 10 0
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 0 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 732 207 10 0 11 8 2 6 4 34 18 2 53% 9 5 1 285 5 7 42% 5 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 80
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 Yrs 5274 1277 89 1 119 51 39 59 31 276 163 26 59% 79 29 10 2050 41 35 54% 38 31 3 2 0 2 7 0 71 124
MLB Averages 52% 56%

Cumulative Pitching

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 7 58 57 2 0 2 476 82 1.816 11.2 0.6 5.2 5.1 0.98 82
1951 23 15 10 .600 5.41 55 29 12 4 1 3 226.1 262 154 136 19 114 127 9 0 6 1027 87 1.661 10.4 0.8 4.5 5.1 1.11 87
1952 24 20 14 .588 5.24 78 42 18 9 1 3 330.0 377 218 192 31 175 177 13 1 10 1495 85 1.673 10.3 0.8 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 37 234 234 14 1 11 2011 89 1.623 9.9 0.7 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 53 321 336 23 1 13 2861 93 1.538 9.4 0.7 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 63 406 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 72 463 4 505 34 1 23 4395 98 1.485 9.2 0.6 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 82 519 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 89 530 7 616 41 1 29 5391 98 1.464 9.3 0.6 3.9 4.5 1.16 98

Neutralized Pitching

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 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 7 55 60 2 1.626 10.0 4.6 5.0 1.09 0.6 22
1951 23 6 8 .429 4.46 127.0 135 70 63 12 56 71 7 1.504 9.6 4.0 5.0 1.27 0.9 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 3.79 121.0 116 57 51 6 60 59 1 1.455 8.6 4.5 4.4 0.98 0.4 23
1954 26 11 11 .500 4.03 201.0 186 100 90 16 89 103 9 1.368 8.3 4.0 4.6 1.16 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 8 .529 3.59 153.0 137 68 61 9 55 78 8 1.255 8.1 3.2 4.6 1.42 0.5 23
1957 29 11 10 .524 3.86 189.0 217 90 81 10 59 95 7 1.460 10.3 2.8 4.5 1.61 0.5 29
1958 30 1 3 .250 6.00 45.0 50 33 30 7 11 15 0 1.356 10.0 2.2 3.0 1.36 1.4 10
9 Yrs 66 71 .482 4.15 1261.0 1285 645 581 89 533 629 41 1.442 9.2 4.5 1.18 0.6 225

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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  0.433 (2nd)
1957 AL  0.471 (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

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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