Willard Nixon

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Full Name: Willard Lee Nixon	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/195	First Game: July 7, 1950
Birthdate: June 17, 1928	Final Game: July 4, 1958
Birthplace: Taylorsville, Georgia	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: December 10, 2000
Deathplace: Rome, Georgia
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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4 Trivia
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[edit] Biography

Born on June 17, 1928 in Taylorsville, Georgia, Willard Nixon (Willard Lee Nixon) played for the Boston Red Sox for his entire 9 year career. Nixon broke into the bigs on July 7, 1950 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 6.04 ERA in 101.1 innings pitched in 1950, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Willard Nixon's best season was 1957, when he posted a 3.68 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 96 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1950	BOS	A	22	15	8	6	6.04	57	75	68	2	0	2	101.1	126	8	58	0	2	2
1951	BOS	A	33	14	7	4	4.90	70	79	68	2	1	1	125	136	12	56	0	4	7
1952	BOS	A	23	13	5	4	4.86	50	64	56	5	0	0	103.2	115	12	61	0	4	4
1953	BOS	A	23	15	4	8	3.93	57	57	51	5	1	0	116.2	114	6	59	0	1	1
1954	BOS	A	31	30	11	12	4.06	102	102	90	8	2	0	199.2	182	16	87	0	2	9
1955	BOS	A	31	31	12	10	4.07	95	102	94	7	3	0	208	207	10	85	2	4	3
1956	BOS	A	23	22	9	8	4.21	74	79	68	9	1	0	145.1	142	9	57	2	6	8
1957	BOS	A	29	29	12	13	3.68	96	86	78	11	1	0	191	207	10	56	3	5	7
1958	BOS	A	10	8	1	7	6.02	15	30	29	2	0	0	43.1	48	7	11	0	1	0
Total			225	177	69	72	4.39	616	674	602	51	9	3	1234	1277	90	530	7	29	41

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1950	BOS	A	P	22	0	0	7	14	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1951	BOS	A	P	33	0	0	2	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1952	BOS	A	P	23	0	0	7	18	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1953	BOS	A	P	23	0	0	7	18	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.926
1954	BOS	A	P	31	0	0	17	34	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1955	BOS	A	P	31	0	0	18	43	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1956	BOS	A	P	23	0	0	7	31	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1957	BOS	A	P	29	29	191	8	28	0	4	0	1	5	7	0	1.000
1958	BOS	A	P	10	8	43.1	1	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	225	37	234.1	74	217	7	27	0	1	5	7	0	.977

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1950	BOS	A	22	36	3	5	0	2	.139	.244	.139	0	0	5	7	0	3	0	0	1
1951	BOS	A	34	45	7	13	1	8	.289	.333	.422	3	0	3	9	0	1	0	0	3
1952	BOS	A	33	53	3	11	0	7	.208	.263	.264	3	0	4	8	0	0	0	0	0
1953	BOS	A	23	42	4	8	0	3	.190	.277	.214	1	0	5	9	0	1	0	0	0
1954	BOS	A	31	68	6	18	1	3	.265	.342	.353	3	0	8	17	0	2	0	0	4
1955	BOS	A	31	69	7	18	0	7	.261	.338	.348	4	1	8	20	0	4	0	0	2
1956	BOS	A	23	54	4	11	0	5	.204	.241	.222	1	0	3	6	0	2	0	0	1
1957	BOS	A	32	75	7	22	0	4	.293	.346	.307	1	0	6	16	0	0	0	0	1
1958	BOS	A	10	17	1	5	0	2	.294	.294	.353	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1
Total			239	459	42	111	2	41	.242	.305	.296	17	1	42	97	0	13	0	0	13

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (June 7, 1948).
Released by Boston Red Sox (April 10, 1959).

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