Sonny Dixon
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Born on November 5, 1924 in Charlotte, North Carolina, Sonny Dixon (John Craig Dixon) played for the Washington Senators, Philadelphia Athletics, Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees over the course of his 4 year career. Dixon broke into the bigs on April 20, 1953 with the Washington Senators, and put up a 3.75 ERA in 120 innings pitched in 1953, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Sonny Dixon's best season was 1954, when he posted a 4.47 ERA.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1953
| WAS
| A
| 43
| 6
| 5
| 8
| 3.75
| 40
| 57
| 50
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 120
| 123
| 13
| 31
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1954
| WAS
| A
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 3.03
| 7
| 15
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 29.2
| 26
| 3
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1954
| PHI
| A
| 38
| 6
| 5
| 7
| 4.86
| 42
| 63
| 58
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 107.1
| 136
| 8
| 27
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1954
| TOT
| A
| 54
| 6
| 6
| 9
| 4.47
| 49
| 78
| 68
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 137
| 162
| 11
| 39
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1955
| KC
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16.20
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.2
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| NY
| A
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2.08
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4.1
| 5
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 102
| 12
| 11
| 18
| 4.17
| 90
| 141
| 122
| 4
| 0
| 9
| 263
| 296
| 25
| 75
| 1
| 2
| 5
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1953
| WAS
| A
| P
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1954
| WAS
| A
| P
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1954
| PHI
| A
| P
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 30
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1954
| TOT
| A
| P
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 39
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1955
| KC
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1956
| NY
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 102
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 72
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1953
| WAS
| A
| 43
| 26
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .154
| .267
| .192
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1954
| WAS
| A
| 16
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1954
| PHI
| A
| 38
| 28
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 2
| .250
| .300
| .321
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1954
| TOT
| A
| 54
| 34
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 2
| .206
| .250
| .265
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1955
| KC
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| NY
| A
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 102
| 61
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 2
| .180
| .254
| .230
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 21
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Washington Senators (1941).
- Traded by Washington Senators to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Gus Keriazakos (June 11, 1954).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox with Al Sima, Bill Wilson and $20000 to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Ed McGhee and Morrie Martin (June 11, 1954).
- Traded by Kansas City Athletics with cash to New York Yankees in exchange for Johnny Sain and Enos Slaughter (May 11, 1955).
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