Otis Nixon

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: January 9, 1959 in Evergreen, NC us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 21st round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Louisburg College (Louisburg, NC), the California Angels in the 1st round (4th) of the 1979 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Louisburg College (Louisburg, NC) and the New York Yankees in the 1st round (3rd) of the 1979 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Louisburg College (Louisburg, NC).

School: Louisburg College (Louisburg, NC)

Debut: September 9, 1983 (Age 24-243d, 14,830th in major league history)
vs. BAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1999 (Age 40-267d)
vs. FLA 6 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1985 season

Agents: Joe Sroba

Full Name: Otis Junior Nixon

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Relatives: Brother of Donell Nixon

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.6

5115

1379

.270

878

RBI

318

620

OBP

.344

SLG

.314

OPS

.658

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 11	CLE	@	DET	L,10-11	GF	18	3.2	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
2	7 (3)	Apr 17	CLE		BAL	L,3-6	GF	28	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
3	9 (1)	Apr 19	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
4	10	Apr 20	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
5	11	Apr 21	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
6	12	Apr 22	CLE		DET	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
7	13	Apr 23	CLE		DET	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
8	15 (1)	Apr 25	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	21 (5)	May 1	CLE	@	KCR	W,6-5	GF	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	26 (4)	May 8	CLE		CHW	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	27	May 10	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
12	28	May 11	CLE	@	TEX	W,4-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	29	May 12	CLE	@	TEX	W,6-0	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
14	30	May 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-8	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
15	32 (1)	May 15	CLE		KCR	L,1-5	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR LF
16	35 (2)	May 18	CLE		BOS	W,4-1		9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
17	37 (1)	May 21	CLE		MIL	W,6-4	GF	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
18	38	May 22	CLE		MIL	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
19	39	May 23	CLE		TOR	L,5-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
20	42 (2)	May 26	CLE		TOR	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	48 (5)	Jun 2 (1)	CLE	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
22	49	Jun 2 (2)	CLE	@	TOR	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
23	50	Jun 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS	28	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
24	51	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-5	GF	10	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
25	52	Jun 6	CLE		SEA	W,9-1	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
26	54 (1)	Jun 8	CLE		SEA	W,12-8	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
27	59 (4)	Jun 16 (1)	CLE		OAK	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
28	60	Jun 16 (2)	CLE		OAK	L,6-11	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
29	64 (3)	Jun 21	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-9	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
30	65	Jun 22	CLE	@	OAK	L,4-6	GF	13	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
31	67 (1)	Jun 24	CLE	@	CAL	W,2-1	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
32	68	Jun 25	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-7	GF	27	4.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
33	71 (2)	Jun 29	CLE	@	SEA	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	73 (1)	Jul 1	CLE	@	MIN	W,5-2	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	74	Jul 2	CLE	@	MIN	L,7-8	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	75	Jul 3	CLE	@	MIN	L,0-7	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
37	82 (6)	Jul 10	CLE		TEX	L,1-4	GS	32	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
38	87 (4)	Jul 18	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-10	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
39	88	Jul 19	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
40	89	Jul 20	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-8	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
41	90	Jul 21	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
42	91	Jul 22	CLE	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
43	95 (3)	Jul 27	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
44	98 (2)	Jul 30 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,5-8	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
45	99	Jul 30 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	GS	25	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	101 (1)	Aug 1	CLE		NYY	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
47	103 (1)	Aug 3	CLE		BAL	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
48	105 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-8	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
49	106	Aug 8 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
50	107	Aug 9	CLE		DET	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
51	108	Aug 10	CLE		DET	L,4-5	GS	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
52	109	Aug 11	CLE		DET	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
53	111 (1)	Aug 13	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
54	113 (1)	Aug 15	CLE	@	DET	W,7-6	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
55	114	Aug 16	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	GS	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	116 (1)	Aug 18	CLE	@	DET	L,0-4	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
57	120 (3)	Aug 23	CLE		MIL	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
58	121	Aug 25 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
59	122	Aug 25 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
60	123	Aug 26 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
61	124	Aug 26 (2)	CLE		MIL	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
62	125	Aug 27	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
63	126	Aug 28	CLE		BOS	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
64	127	Aug 29	CLE		BOS	L,2-17	CG	50	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	CF
65	128	Aug 30	CLE	@	MIL	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
66	129	Aug 31	CLE	@	MIL	L,8-10		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	132 (2)	Sep 4	CLE	@	TOR	W,5-4	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
68	133	Sep 5 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-13	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
69	134	Sep 5 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-5	GF	16	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
70	135	Sep 7 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,9-11	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
71	136	Sep 7 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
72	137	Sep 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
73	138	Sep 9	CLE	@	SEA	L,7-8	GF	21	4.2	4	0	0	4	0	CF
74	146 (7)	Sep 16	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-5	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
75	150 (3)	Sep 21	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-12	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
76	151	Sep 22	CLE	@	CAL	L,9-10		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
77	155 (3)	Sep 27	CLE		CAL	W,7-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
78	158 (2)	Oct 1	CLE		SEA	W,9-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
79	159	Oct 2	CLE		SEA	W,12-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
80	160	Oct 4	CLE	@	MIN	W,8-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
							80gm		388.1	129	4	4	137	1