Russ Nixon

Position: Manager

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: February 19, 1935 in Cleves, OH us

Died: November 9, 2016 in Las Vegas, NV

High School: Western Hills HS (Cincinnati, OH)

School: University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH)

Full Name: Russell Eugene Nixon

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SUMMARY

Career

G

579

W

231

L

347

T

W-L%

.400

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Managerial Stats

Last Played in 1968

Managerial Stats Table
Rk	Year	Age	Tm	Lg		W	L	W-L%	T	G	Finish	Wpost	Lpost	Ejections
1	1982	47	Cincinnati Reds	NL	2nd of 2	27	43	.386	0	70	6	0	0	0
2	1983	48	Cincinnati Reds	NL		74	88	.457	0	162	6	0	0	1

3	1988	53	Atlanta Braves	NL	2nd of 2	42	79	.347	0	121	6	0	0	1
4	1989	54	Atlanta Braves	NL		63	97	.394	1	161	6	0	0	0
5	1990	55	Atlanta Braves	NL	1st of 2	25	40	.385	0	65	6	0	0	1
			Cincinnati Reds		2 years	101	131	.435	0	232	6.0	0	0	1
			Atlanta Braves		3 years	130	216	.376	1	347	6.0	0	0	2
					5 years	231	347	.400	1	579	6.0	0	0	3

Managerial Tendencies

Managerial Tendencies Table
						Stealing 2nd				Stealing 3rd				Sac Bunts				Intentional Walks				Substitutions
Rk	Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	PA	IBB	Rate	Rate+	PH/G	PH/G+	PR/G	PR/G+	P/G	P/G+
1	1982	47	CIN	NL	70	553	72	13.0%	92	434	8	1.8%	120	561	10	1.8%	58	2662	37	1.4%	129	1.3	93	0.1	54	2.6	92
2	1983	48	CIN	NL	162	1337	204	15.3%	106	1007	11	1.1%	85	1295	29	2.2%	91	6166	60	1.0%	88	1.3	88	0.2	69	2.7	96

3	1988	53	ATL	NL	121	1052	136	12.9%	102	704	15	2.1%	95	981	26	2.7%	102	4671	45	1.0%	92	1.5	101	0.3	138	2.9	103
4	1989	54	ATL	NL	161	1405	138	9.8%	84	866	12	1.4%	57	1247	32	2.6%	106	6088	57	0.9%	81	1.7	104	0.2	91	3.1	105
5	1990	55	ATL	NL	65	556	61	11.0%	88	422	9	2.1%	81	534	12	2.2%	100	2525	26	1.0%	95	1.6	101	0.2	95	3.2	104
	CIN (2 years)				232	1890	276	14.6%	102	1441	19	1.3%	97	1856	39	2.1%	80	8828	97	1.1%	100	1.3	90	0.1	64	2.6	94
	ATL (3 years)				347	3013	335	11.1%	91	1992	36	1.8%	75	2762	70	2.5%	103	13284	128	1.0%	87	1.6	102	0.2	107	3.1	104
	5 years				579	4903	611	12.5%	96	3433	55	1.6%	81	4618	109	2.4%	93	22112	225	1.0%	92	1.5	97	0.2	90	2.9	100

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