Russ Nixon

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: February 19, 1935 in Cleves, OH us

Died: November 9, 2016 in Las Vegas, NV

High School: Western Hills HS (Cincinnati, OH)

School: University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH)

Debut: April 20, 1957 (Age 22-060d, 11,423rd in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 16, 1968 (Age 33-210d)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1957 season

Full Name: Russell Eugene Nixon

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.7

2504

670

.268

215

RBI

266

OBP

.310

SLG

.361

OPS

.671

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-40 / in Starts: 19-26
Longest Hitting Streak	11 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	37 games
Most Games w/o RBI	22 games
Grand Slams	0 in 9 bases loaded PA and 8 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 199 PAs	19
Actual Runners on Base	157 (76-53-28)
Avg. MLBer w/ 199 PAs	21
Avg. Runners on Base	122 (64-38-19)

Most Driven In
V Wertz	6
R Maris	4
B Ãvila	2
R Colavito	2
Self	2
J Altobelli	1
P Ward	1
G Woodling	1

Most Driven In By
A Smith	2
Self	2
L Raines	1
G Woodling	1
E Robinson	1
S Pitula	1
J Altobelli	1
J Caffie	1

1957 Batting Game Log

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1957 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	3 (2)	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	L,0-7	7-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	7	.01	0.000	.03	0.00%	0.25	C
2	2	4	Apr 21	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	11-GF(12)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	7						C
3	3	6 (1)	Apr 24	CLE	@	KCA	L,6-17	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	.27	-0.029	.70	-0.05%	-1.09	C
4	4	8 (1)	Apr 26	CLE		DET	L,0-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	6	.06	-0.002	.14	0.00%	-0.22	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	5	13 (4)	May 1	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	7	.55	-0.052	1.33	-0.08%	-0.94	C
6	6	15 (1)	May 5 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,1-5	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	7	.72	-0.015	2.12	-0.03%	-0.31	C
7	7	16	May 5 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	7	1.55	-0.158	4.32	-0.26%	-0.68	C
8	8	17	May 7	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	8						C
9	9	22 (4)	May 12 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.227	.227	.318	.545	6	.29	-0.002	.88	-0.01%	-0.34	C
10	10	23	May 15	CLE	@	BAL	W,11-8	GS-16	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.241	.233	.310	.544	6	1.87	-0.191	5.97	-0.37%	-0.30	C
11	11	25 (1)	May 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	GS-9	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.257	.303	.560	6	1.01	0.075	3.23	0.14%	0.26	C
12	12	29 (3)	May 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-11	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.263	.306	.569	7	.46	-0.011	1.78	-0.03%	-0.40	C
13	13	31 (1)	May 25	CLE		CHW	L,0-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.263	.306	.569	8						C
14	14	33 (1)	May 26 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.268	.308	.576	8	.77	-0.007	3.07	-0.02%	0.06	C
15	15	34	May 27	CLE	@	DET	L,5-11	GS-7	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.267	.302	.569	7	1.07	-0.061	3.68	-0.13%	-0.62	C
16	16	37 (2)	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-6	5-GF	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.277	.333	.610	6	2.66	-0.063	14.31	-0.20%	0.14	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	17	42 (4)	Jun 4	CLE		NYY	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.265	.275	.327	.601	6	1.45	-0.100	4.59	-0.19%	-0.90	C
18	18	44 (1)	Jun 6	CLE		NYY	L,5-14	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.291	.327	.618	7	.17	0.014	.43	0.02%	0.86	C
19	19	51 (6)	Jun 13	CLE		BOS	L,3-9	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.281	.315	.596	8	.54	-0.029	1.40	-0.05%	-0.90	C
20	20	57 (5)	Jun 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.283	.316	.599	8	.80	0.020	1.99	0.03%	0.22	C
21	21	58	Jun 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-9	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.297	.328	.625	7	1.15	-0.014	2.47	-0.02%	-0.01	C
22	22	59	Jun 21	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.292	.323	.615	9	.69	-0.017	1.31	-0.02%	-0.22	PH
23	23	62 (2)	Jun 23 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.304	.313	.617	8	1.52	-0.058	3.06	-0.07%	-0.47	C
24	24	63	Jun 25	CLE	@	NYY	W,11-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.315	.368	.683	8	.53	0.158	1.76	0.32%	1.45	C
25	25	64	Jun 26	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.278	.312	.361	.673	8	1.58	-0.190	5.91	-0.43%	-1.28	C
26	26	66 (1)	Jun 28	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.300	.347	.647	8	.60	-0.046	1.75	-0.08%	-0.48	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	27	70 (3)	Jul 1	CLE		KCA	L,3-10	4-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.289	.333	.622	8	.76	-0.056	1.29	-0.06%	-0.79	PH C
28	28	71	Jul 3	CLE		DET	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.287	.329	.617	7	.39	-0.013	.51	-0.01%	1.22	C
29	29	72	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,3-1	5-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.284	.325	.609	8	.35	-0.009	.59	-0.01%	-0.15	C
30	30	74 (1)	Jul 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-14	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.283	.322	.604	7	.39	0.008	.73	0.01%	-0.16	C
31	31	76 (1)	Jul 7 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,8-9	GS-9	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.295	.333	.628	7	.64	0.055	.75	0.04%	0.73	C
32	32	78 (1)	Jul 11 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,4-5	GS-11	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.313	.351	.664	7	1.48	0.250	.74	0.08%	1.94	C
33	33	79	Jul 11 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,4-5	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.307	.344	.651	8	2.89	-0.145	1.11	-0.03%	-0.64	PH C
34	34	80	Jul 12	CLE		BAL	W,8-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.278	.304	.340	.644	9	2.36	-0.104	.56	-0.02%	-0.50	PH
35	35	83 (2)	Jul 14 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,17-4	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.287	.318	.347	.664	7	.99	0.101	.44	0.03%	2.29	C
36	36	84	Jul 16	CLE		WSH	W,9-3	CG	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.288	.330	.356	.686	7	.45	0.012	.23	0.00%	-0.05	C
37	37	86 (1)	Jul 18	CLE		WSH	L,0-4	GS-9	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299	.345	.364	.709	7	.96	-0.006	.30	0.00%	0.28	C
38	38	90 (3)	Jul 21 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.333	.351	.685	7	.70	-0.081	.13	-0.01%	-1.53	C
39	39	91	Jul 24 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS-9	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.339	.365	.704	7	2.21	0.348	.37	0.04%	1.48	C
40	40	95 (3)	Jul 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.336	.361	.697	8	.77	-0.008	.11	0.00%	-0.24	C
41	41	96	Jul 28	CLE	@	BOS	L,8-9	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.326	.350	.675	8	.53	-0.055	.09	-0.01%	-0.92	C
42	42	98 (1)	Jul 30	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.324	.341	.665	7	.79	-0.107	.04	0.00%	-0.85	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
43	43	100 (1)	Aug 2	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.329	.354	.682	7	1.61	0.008	.13	0.00%	0.39	C
44	44	101	Aug 3	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.291	.333	.358	.692	7	1.55	0.085	.08	0.00%	0.14	C
45	45	102	Aug 4 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.324	.348	.672	8	.84	-0.112	.03	0.00%	-1.32	C
46	46	106 (3)	Aug 7	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.322	.345	.667	8	3.02	-0.077	.04	0.00%	-0.76	PH
47	47	108 (1)	Aug 9	CLE		KCA	L,2-3	10-GF(13)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.320	.343	.663	9	3.37	-0.084	.03	0.00%	-0.29	PH C
48	48	110 (1)	Aug 11 (1)	CLE		KCA	L,0-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.318	.340	.658	7	.90	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.22	C
49	49	111	Aug 11 (2)	CLE		KCA	L,8-9	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.316	.338	.654	9	5.15	-0.139	.02	0.00%	-0.48	PH
50	50	117 (5)	Aug 18	CLE	@	KCA	W,9-2	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.306	.327	.632	8	.29	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.19	C
51	51	118	Aug 19	CLE	@	KCA	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.300	.320	.620	8	1.07	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-0.63	C
52	52	119	Aug 20	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.301	.320	.621	8	.53	-0.027	.00	0.00%	0.00	C
53	53	120	Aug 21	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.299	.318	.618	8	.99	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-0.56	C
54	54	121	Aug 22	CLE		BOS	L,3-11	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.304	.323	.627	7	.62	-0.062	.00	0.00%	0.28	C
55	55	123 (1)	Aug 24	CLE		NYY	L,4-10	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.309	.323	.632	8	.59	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.13	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
56	56	132 (8)	Sep 2 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,8-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.309	.319	.628	8	.22	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.22	C
57	57	134 (1)	Sep 6	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.313	.329	.643	7	1.21	-0.109	.00	0.00%	-0.90	C
58	58	135	Sep 7	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.317	.333	.651	7	.53	0.037	.00	0.00%	0.27	C
59	59	137 (1)	Sep 11 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.321	.343	.664	7	.86	-0.020	.00	0.00%	0.20	C
60	60	141 (3)	Sep 15 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-5	10-GF(16)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.278	.321	.339	.660	7	2.69	0.036	.00	0.00%	0.26	PH C
61	61	142	Sep 15 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	8-8	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.325	.348	.673	9	1.04	0.081	.00	0.00%	0.86	PH
62	62	143	Sep 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.323	.362	.685	7	.81	0.209	.00	0.00%	1.50	C
							22-40		199	185	15	52	7	1	2	19	12	7	12	0	1	1	1	6	0	1	.281	.323	.362	.685		1.01	-0.914	1.37	-1.45%	-5.21

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