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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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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[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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