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.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CLE		KCA	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
2	2	Apr 16	CLE		KCA	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 17	CLE		KCA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
4	4	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	W,7-5	GF	18	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	PH C
5	5	Apr 19	CLE	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
6	6	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	GS	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
7	8 (1)	Apr 22	CLE	@	KCA	L,6-9	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
8	10 (1)	Apr 24	CLE		CHW	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
9	11	Apr 25	CLE		DET	W,12-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	12	Apr 26	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
11	14 (1)	Apr 30	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	40	8.1	6	1	0	7	1	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	16 (1)	May 2	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
13	18 (1)	May 4 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
14	21 (2)	May 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
15	24 (2)	May 11 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
16	25	May 13	CLE	@	DET	L,1-11	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
17	30 (4)	May 18 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,7-4	CG	50	11.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
18	31	May 18 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,10-6	GF	25	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	PH C
19	33 (1)	May 21	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	46	12.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
20	34	May 22	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	35	May 23	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
22	38 (2)	May 25 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-6	GS	35	7.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
23	39	May 27	CLE		BAL	W,7-6	CG	45	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
24	41 (1)	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
25	43 (1)	May 31	CLE	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	44	Jun 1	CLE	@	KCA	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
27	45	Jun 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
28	46	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-5	GS	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
29	48 (1)	Jun 6	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS	32	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
30	50 (1)	Jun 8 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,14-1	GS	31	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	51	Jun 8 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	25	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	53 (1)	Jun 10	CLE	@	BAL	W,10-2	GS	25	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
33	54	Jun 11	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
34	55	Jun 12	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	57 (1)	Jun 14	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
36	58	Jun 15 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	GS	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
37	59	Jun 15 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
38	61 (1)	Jun 18	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
39	62	Jun 19	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	CG	49	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
40	65 (2)	Jun 22 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
41	66	Jun 24	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	GS	30	6.1	11	0	0	11	0	C
42	67	Jun 26	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
43	68	Jun 27	CLE		BAL	W,6-5	GS	25	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	73 (4)	Jul 1	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	GF	19	3.1	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
45	74	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,6-1	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
46	80 (5)	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	32	7.1	6	1	0	7	0	C
47	84 (3)	Jul 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	GF	13	2.1	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
48	85	Jul 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
49	86	Jul 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	39	8.2	7	1	0	8	0	C
50	87	Jul 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
51	88	Jul 18	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
52	89	Jul 19	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
53	93 (3)	Jul 23	CLE		WSH	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
54	94	Jul 24	CLE		WSH	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
55	95	Jul 25	CLE		NYY	L,0-6	GS	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
56	96	Jul 26	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	GS	30	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
57	97	Jul 27 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
58	98	Jul 27 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
59	99	Jul 29	CLE		BAL	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
60	100	Jul 30	CLE		BAL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	101	Aug 1 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
62	102	Aug 1 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
63	103	Aug 2	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
64	104	Aug 3 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
65	106 (1)	Aug 5	CLE	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
66	107	Aug 8	CLE		KCA	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
67	108	Aug 9	CLE		KCA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
68	109	Aug 10 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
69	110	Aug 10 (2)	CLE		KCA	L,2-4	GS	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	111	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
71	112	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
72	113	Aug 13 (1)	CLE		DET	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
73	114	Aug 13 (2)	CLE		DET	L,2-3	GS	28	6.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
74	115	Aug 14	CLE		DET	W,10-9	CG	46	10.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
75	116	Aug 15	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	33	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
76	117	Aug 16	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	55	13.2	8	1	0	9	0	C
77	120 (2)	Aug 20	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	121	Aug 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	48	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
79	123 (1)	Aug 23	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-1	GF	21	5.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
80	124	Aug 24	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
81	125	Aug 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
82	129 (3)	Aug 30	CLE	@	KCA	W,8-6	CG	60	14.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
83	130	Aug 31	CLE	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	132 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
85	134 (1)	Sep 4	CLE		KCA	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
86	135	Sep 5	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
87	137 (1)	Sep 7	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
88	138	Sep 9	CLE		NYY	W,9-2	CG	22	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
89	139	Sep 10	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
90	141 (1)	Sep 13	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
91	142	Sep 14 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
92	143	Sep 14 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
93	144	Sep 16	CLE		WSH	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
94	145	Sep 19	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
95	146	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
96	148 (1)	Sep 21	CLE	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
97	149	Sep 23	CLE	@	KCA	W,7-5	GF	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	150	Sep 24	CLE	@	KCA	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
99	151	Sep 26	CLE		DET	W,5-4	GF	10	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
100	152	Sep 27	CLE		DET	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
101	153	Sep 28	CLE		DET	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
							101gm		814.1	499	31	5	535	4