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Russ Nixon

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

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)

Debut: April 20, 1957 (Age 22-060d, 11,437th in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 16, 1968 (Age 33-210d)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1957 season

Full Name: Russell Eugene Nixon

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.7

2504

670

.268

215

RBI

266

OBP

.310

SLG

.361

OPS

.671

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
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
1953	18	CLE-min	D	43	137	137		46	6	5	0						.336	.336	.453	.788		62							GBY · WISL
1954	19	CLE-min	D	125	545	465	114	180	36	12	6	96	8		67	27	.387	.461	.555	1.016		258		4	1	8			JKB · FLOR
1955	20	CLE-min	B	94	420	358	66	138	29	2	5	77	2		53	44	.385	.462	.520	.981		186		2	2	5			KEK · IIIL
1956	21	CLE-min	AAA	105	348	320	38	102	19	5	4	44	3		23	25	.319	.367	.447	.814		143	7	2	2	1			INA · AA
1957	22	CLE	AL	62	199	185	15	52	7	1	2	18	0	1	12	12	.281	.323	.362	.685	88	67	6	0	1	1	7	2/H
1958	23	CLE	AL	113	395	376	42	113	17	4	9	46	0	3	13	38	.301	.322	.439	.761	109	165	15	0	4	2	4	2H
1959	24	CLE	AL	82	280	258	23	62	10	3	1	29	0	0	15	28	.240	.277	.314	.591	65	81	9	0	2	5	1	2H
1960	25	TOT	AL	105	382	354	30	101	22	3	6	39	0	2	19	29	.285	.324	.415	.739	98	147	13	2	5	2	5	2H
1960	25	CLE	AL	25	92	82	6	20	5	0	1	6	0	1	6	6	.244	.308	.341	.649	78	28	3	2	1	1	2	2/H
1960	25	BOS	AL	80	290	272	24	81	17	3	5	33	0	1	13	23	.298	.329	.438	.766	104	119	10	0	4	1	3	2H
1961	26	BOS	AL	87	263	242	24	70	12	2	1	19	0	1	13	19	.289	.327	.368	.695	85	89	5	2	2	3	1	2H
1962	27	BOS	AL	65	160	151	11	42	7	2	1	19	0	0	8	14	.278	.313	.371	.683	81	56	4	0	0	1	3	2H
1963	28	BOS	AL	98	316	287	27	77	18	1	5	30	0	0	22	32	.268	.327	.390	.717	98	112	8	4	1	2	5	2H
1964	29	BOS	AL	81	182	163	10	38	7	0	1	20	0	0	14	29	.233	.297	.294	.591	62	48	7	2	0	3	3	2H
1965	30	BOS-min	AAA	31	109	93	10	30	3	2	0	14	2	2	12	12	.323	.407	.398	.805		37		2	1	1			TTO · IL
1965	30	BOS	AL	59	147	137	11	37	5	1	0	11	0	0	6	23	.270	.295	.321	.616	71	44	8	0	1	3	2	2H
1966	31	MIN	AL	51	106	96	5	25	2	1	0	7	0	0	7	13	.260	.314	.302	.616	74	29	2	1	1	1	3	2H
1967	32	MIN	AL	74	193	170	16	40	6	1	1	22	0	0	18	29	.235	.304	.300	.604	73	51	4	0	2	3	3	2H
1968	33	BOS-min	AA	41	151	137	15	29	3	2	0	13	0	0	13	15	.212	.278	.263	.541		36		0	0	1			PFD · EL
1968	33	BOS	AL	29	92	85	1	13	2	0	0	6	0	0	7	13	.153	.217	.176	.394	17	15	2	0	0	0	1	2/H
12 Yrs				906	2715	2504	215	670	115	19	27	266	0	7	154	279	.268	.310	.361	.671	84	904	83	11	19	26	38
162 Game Avg.				162	485	448	38	120	21	3	5	48	0	1	28	50	.268	.310	.361	.671	84	162	15	2	3	5	7

BOS (7 yrs)				499	1450	1337	108	358	68	9	13	138	0	2	83	153	.268	.312	.361	.673	83	483	44	8	8	13	18
CLE (4 yrs)				282	966	901	86	247	39	8	13	99	0	5	46	84	.274	.308	.378	.686	89	341	33	2	8	9	14
MIN (2 yrs)				125	299	266	21	65	8	2	1	29	0	0	25	42	.244	.307	.301	.608	73	80	6	1	3	4	6