Willard Nixon
[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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 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
| 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
| 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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