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.

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 10	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	5 (1)	Apr 12	CLE		DET	W,6-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
3	6	Apr 13	CLE		DET	W,8-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
4	11 (4)	Apr 21	CLE		BAL	W,7-0	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	13 (1)	Apr 23	CLE		BAL	W,5-1	GS	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
6	15 (1)	Apr 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-10	GF	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
7	16	Apr 26	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
8	17	Apr 27	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-7	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
9	19 (1)	Apr 30	CLE	@	TEX	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	21 (1)	May 3	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-7	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
11	22	May 4	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS	38	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF
12	23	May 5	CLE		KCR	W,5-4	GF	21	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
13	24	May 6	CLE		KCR	W,6-1	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
14	25	May 7	CLE		KCR	W,7-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
15	26	May 9	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	GF	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
16	28 (1)	May 11	CLE		CHW	L,4-5	GS	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
17	30 (1)	May 13	CLE		TEX	W,3-2	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
18	31	May 14	CLE	@	KCR	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
19	33 (1)	May 16	CLE	@	TOR	L,6-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
20	35 (1)	May 18	CLE	@	TOR	L,2-10	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	36	May 19	CLE	@	TOR	W,6-4	GS	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
22	38 (1)	May 21	CLE	@	MIL	W,4-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
23	39	May 22	CLE	@	MIL	W,5-4	GF	13	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
24	40	May 23	CLE		TOR	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
25	41	May 24	CLE		TOR	L,6-9	GF	34	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	PR LF
26	42	May 25	CLE		TOR	L,1-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
27	43	May 26	CLE		BOS	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	44	May 27	CLE		BOS	L,0-2	CG	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
29	46 (1)	May 30	CLE		MIL	L,7-11		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	47	May 31	CLE		MIL	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	48	Jun 1	CLE		MIL	W,9-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
32	50 (1)	Jun 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	GF	20	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
33	53 (2)	Jun 7	CLE		CAL	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	LF
34	62 (8)	Jun 18	CLE		SEA	W,5-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
35	63	Jun 19	CLE		SEA	W,8-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	65 (1)	Jun 21	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
37	66	Jun 22	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
38	67	Jun 23	CLE	@	SEA	W,8-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
39	68	Jun 24	CLE	@	SEA	L,7-8	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
40	69	Jun 25	CLE	@	SEA	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
41	72 (2)	Jun 29	CLE	@	CAL	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
42	73	Jun 30	CLE	@	OAK	W,8-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	74	Jul 1	CLE	@	OAK	W,9-0	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
44	75	Jul 2	CLE	@	OAK	W,7-3	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	77 (1)	Jul 5	CLE		KCR	W,10-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
46	78	Jul 6	CLE		KCR	W,5-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
47	82 (3)	Jul 10	CLE		TEX	W,9-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
48	83	Jul 11	CLE		TEX	W,7-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
49	84	Jul 12	CLE		TEX	L,6-11	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
50	88 (3)	Jul 19	CLE	@	KCR	W,6-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
51	91 (2)	Jul 22	CLE		CHW	W,8-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
52	96 (4)	Jul 27	CLE	@	TEX	W,8-3	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
53	98 (1)	Jul 29	CLE		DET	L,3-6	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
54	99	Jul 30	CLE		DET	L,3-11	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
55	100	Jul 31	CLE		DET	W,8-7	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	101	Aug 1 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
57	102	Aug 1 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
58	105 (2)	Aug 5 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
59	106	Aug 5 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,9-11	GF	19	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
60	108 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	CF
61	109	Aug 8	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-0	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
62	110	Aug 9	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
63	111	Aug 10	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
64	112	Aug 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	GF	6	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
65	116 (3)	Aug 15	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
66	117	Aug 16	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
67	118	Aug 17	CLE		BAL	W,11-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
68	119	Aug 18	CLE		MIL	W,10-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
69	122 (2)	Aug 21	CLE		BOS	L,5-24	GF	18	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
70	124 (1)	Aug 23	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
71	125	Aug 24	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
72	126	Aug 26	CLE		TOR	T,6-6	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
73	128 (1)	Aug 27 (2)	CLE		TOR	L,3-6	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
74	130 (1)	Aug 29	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
75	132 (1)	Aug 31	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	GF	9	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	134 (1)	Sep 2	CLE	@	TOR	W,9-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
77	136 (1)	Sep 4	CLE	@	MIL	W,15-4		11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
78	137	Sep 5	CLE	@	MIL	W,13-5	GF	25	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR LF
79	138	Sep 6	CLE	@	MIL	W,17-9	GF	24	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH CF
80	139	Sep 7	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
81	141 (1)	Sep 10	CLE		CAL	L,6-7		13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
82	142	Sep 12	CLE		OAK	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
83	143	Sep 13	CLE		OAK	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
84	144	Sep 14	CLE		OAK	W,5-2	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
85	145	Sep 15	CLE		MIN	W,4-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
86	152 (6)	Sep 22 (2)	CLE	@	CAL	W,7-0	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
87	153	Sep 23	CLE	@	CAL	W,5-2	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
88	155 (1)	Sep 26	CLE	@	SEA	W,9-7	GF	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
89	156	Sep 27	CLE	@	SEA	W,12-4	GF	15	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH CF
90	157	Sep 28	CLE	@	SEA	W,5-4	GS	42	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
91	159 (1)	Sep 30	CLE	@	MIN	L,9-10	CG	51	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF
92	160	Oct 1	CLE	@	MIN	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
93	161	Oct 3	CLE		SEA	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
94	162	Oct 4	CLE		SEA	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
95	163	Oct 5	CLE		SEA	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							98gm		299.1	91	2	3	96	0