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+

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

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	L,0-7	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
2	4	Apr 21	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	GF	10	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
3	6 (1)	Apr 24	CLE	@	KCA	L,6-17	CG	44	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
4	8 (1)	Apr 26	CLE		DET	L,0-5	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	13 (4)	May 1	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	GS	39	8.0	12	2	0	14	0	C
6	15 (1)	May 5 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
7	16	May 5 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
8	17	May 7	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
9	22 (4)	May 12 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	23	May 15	CLE	@	BAL	W,11-8	GS	65	15.0	14	0	2	16	0	C
11	25 (1)	May 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	GS	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
12	29 (3)	May 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-11	CG	47	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
13	31 (1)	May 25	CLE		CHW	L,0-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
14	33 (1)	May 26 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	GS	28	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
15	34	May 27	CLE	@	DET	L,5-11	GS	28	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
16	37 (2)	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-6	GF	16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	42 (4)	Jun 4	CLE		NYY	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
18	44 (1)	Jun 6	CLE		NYY	L,5-14	CG	53	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
19	51 (6)	Jun 13	CLE		BOS	L,3-9	GF	18	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
20	57 (5)	Jun 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	58	Jun 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	43	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
22	62 (3)	Jun 23 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	63	Jun 25	CLE	@	NYY	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
24	64	Jun 26	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
25	66 (1)	Jun 28	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	6	2	1	9	1	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	70 (3)	Jul 1	CLE		KCA	L,3-10	GF	24	5.0	4	0	1	5	0	PH C
27	71	Jul 3	CLE		DET	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	72	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,3-1	GF	17	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	74 (1)	Jul 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-14	CG	45	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
30	76 (1)	Jul 7 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,8-9	GS	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
31	78 (1)	Jul 11 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,4-5	CG	44	11.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
32	79	Jul 11 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,4-5	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH C
33	83 (3)	Jul 14 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,17-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
34	84	Jul 16	CLE		WSH	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	C
35	86 (1)	Jul 18	CLE		WSH	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
36	90 (3)	Jul 21 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
37	91	Jul 24 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS	29	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
38	95 (3)	Jul 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
39	96	Jul 28	CLE	@	BOS	L,8-9	GS	35	7.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
40	98 (1)	Jul 30	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	100 (1)	Aug 2	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
42	101	Aug 3	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
43	102	Aug 4 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
44	108 (5)	Aug 9	CLE		KCA	L,2-3	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
45	110 (1)	Aug 11 (1)	CLE		KCA	L,0-7	GS	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
46	117 (6)	Aug 18	CLE	@	KCA	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
47	118	Aug 19	CLE	@	KCA	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
48	119	Aug 20	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	120	Aug 21	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
50	121	Aug 22	CLE		BOS	L,3-11	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
51	123 (1)	Aug 24	CLE		NYY	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	132 (8)	Sep 2 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
53	134 (1)	Sep 6	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
54	135	Sep 7	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
55	137 (1)	Sep 11 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
56	141 (3)	Sep 15 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-5	GF	29	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
57	143 (1)	Sep 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							57gm		419.2	268	31	5	304	5