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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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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

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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1950 BOS AL 22 P 22 22 7 14 1 3 .955 0.95 .950 0.96
1951 BOS AL 23 P 33 26 2 23 1 1 .962 0.76 .954 0.99
1952 BOS AL 24 P 23 25 7 18 0 4 1.000 1.09 .964 1.03
1953 BOS AL 25 P 23 27 7 18 2 1 .926 1.09 .959 0.88
1954 BOS AL 26 P 31 30 199.2 52 17 34 1 6 .981 2.30 1.65 .958 2.01 0.93
1955 BOS AL 27 P 31 31 208.0 62 18 43 1 3 .984 2.64 1.97 .955 1.99 0.83
1956 BOS AL 28 P 23 22 145.1 39 7 31 1 4 .974 2.35 1.65 .949 1.92 0.82
1957 BOS AL 29 P 29 29 191.0 36 8 28 0 4 1.000 1.70 1.24 .961 1.99 0.86
1958 BOS AL 30 P 10 8 43.1 9 1 8 0 1 1.000 1.87 0.90 .967 1.95 0.82
9 Seasons P 225 120 787.1 298 74 217 7 27 .977 3.33 1.29 .956 1.98 0.91
9 Seasons TOT 225 120 787.1 298 74 217 7 27 .977 3.33 1.29 .933 1.98 0.91

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 - 4 (1673), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 7, 1948: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

April 10, 1959: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

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