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.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
2	2	Apr 11	CLE	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 14	CLE		DET	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
4	4	Apr 15	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
5	5	Apr 17	CLE		KCA	W,4-3	GS	27	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	8 (2)	Apr 21	CLE	@	DET	W,14-1	GS	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
7	11 (2)	Apr 24	CLE		CHW	W,6-4	GS	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
8	12	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	L,6-8	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
9	13	Apr 26 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	15 (1)	May 1	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	10.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
11	16	May 2	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
12	17	May 3 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
13	18	May 3 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
14	20 (1)	May 6	CLE		BAL	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
15	21	May 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
16	22	May 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
17	23	May 10 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	44	10.1	7	1	1	9	0	C
18	24	May 10 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
19	25	May 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
20	26	May 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	1	7	1	C
21	27	May 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,12-6	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
22	28	May 17 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	50	10.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	29	May 17 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
24	30	May 18	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
25	34 (3)	May 23	CLE		DET	L,4-6	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
26	36 (1)	May 24 (2)	CLE		DET	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
27	40 (3)	May 30 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	43 (2)	Jun 1	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	45 (1)	Jun 3	CLE		WSH	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
30	46	Jun 5	CLE		NYY	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
31	48 (1)	Jun 7 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
32	50 (1)	Jun 9	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
33	60 (9)	Jun 20	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	37	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
34	62 (1)	Jun 21 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
35	68 (5)	Jun 28 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	75 (6)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,12-9	GS	33	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
37	80 (4)	Jul 12 (1)	CLE		DET	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
38	91 (10)	Jul 23	CLE		NYY	W,8-5	GF	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
39	92	Jul 24	CLE		WSH	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
40	93	Jul 25	CLE		WSH	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
41	94	Jul 26 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,9-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
42	95	Jul 26 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	GS	44	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
43	96	Jul 27	CLE		BOS	L,0-4	GF	17	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH C
44	100 (3)	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
45	101	Jul 31	CLE		BAL	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	104 (2)	Aug 2 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
47	105	Aug 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-2	GS	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
48	106	Aug 5 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-3	GS	23	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	108 (1)	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
50	109	Aug 7	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
51	110	Aug 9	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
52	111	Aug 10	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
53	113 (1)	Aug 12	CLE	@	KCA	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
54	114	Aug 13	CLE	@	KCA	W,7-5	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
55	115	Aug 14	CLE	@	DET	L,1-11	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
56	116	Aug 15	CLE	@	DET	L,6-9	CG	44	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
57	117	Aug 17	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	137 (19)	Sep 9 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS	22	6.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
59	138	Sep 9 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
60	139	Sep 10	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
61	140	Sep 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS	28	6.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
62	141	Sep 12	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
63	142	Sep 13 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS	37	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
64	143	Sep 13 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
65	144	Sep 14	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
66	145	Sep 15	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-1	GS	29	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
67	146	Sep 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	38	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
68	148 (1)	Sep 19	CLE	@	KCA	W,13-7	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
69	149	Sep 20	CLE	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
70	150	Sep 22	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
71	151	Sep 25 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,8-2	CG	43	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
72	152	Sep 25 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,8-7	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
73	153	Sep 26	CLE		KCA	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
74	154	Sep 27	CLE		KCA	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
							74gm		597.2	374	31	6	411	8