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.

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	CLE		DET	L,2-4	GS	40	11.0	11	3	0	14	2	C
2	2	Apr 20	CLE		DET	L,4-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
3	3	Apr 22	CLE	@	KCA	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
4	4	Apr 23	CLE	@	KCA	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
5	5	Apr 24	CLE	@	KCA	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
6	6	Apr 26	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	GS	47	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
7	7	Apr 28	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
8	8	Apr 29	CLE		KCA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
9	9	Apr 30	CLE		KCA	W,2-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 1 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
11	12 (1)	May 2	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
12	13	May 3	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	GF	30	6.1	6	0	0	6	0	PH C
13	15 (1)	May 5	CLE	@	BAL	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
14	16	May 6	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
15	17	May 7	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
16	19 (1)	May 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
17	22 (2)	May 15 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
18	23	May 15 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-3	GF	9	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
19	24	May 17	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
20	25	May 18	CLE		NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
21	28 (2)	May 22	CLE		BAL	L,6-7	CG	27	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	31 (2)	May 28	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	GS	25	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	33 (1)	May 29 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
24	34	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	40 (5)	Jun 5 (1)	CLE		DET	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
				Player went from Cleveland Indians to Boston Red Sox
26	50	Jun 14	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
27	51	Jun 15	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
28	52	Jun 16	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	GS	29	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	53	Jun 17	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
30	55 (1)	Jun 19 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
31	56	Jun 19 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
32	57	Jun 20	BOS	@	KCA	L,6-9	GS	31	6.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
33	58	Jun 21	BOS	@	KCA	L,7-11	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
34	59	Jun 22	BOS	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
35	60	Jun 23	BOS	@	KCA	W,13-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
36	61	Jun 24	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
37	62	Jun 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	54	11.2	3	2	0	5	1	C
38	64 (1)	Jun 26 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,7-21	CG	53	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
39	66 (1)	Jun 29	BOS		DET	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
40	67	Jun 30	BOS		DET	W,11-7	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	69 (1)	Jul 3	BOS		KCA	W,13-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
42	70	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,10-7	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
43	71	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		BAL	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
44	72	Jul 5	BOS		BAL	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
45	73	Jul 6	BOS		WSH	L,0-4	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
46	80 (6)	Jul 16	BOS	@	KCA	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
47	81	Jul 17	BOS	@	KCA	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
48	84 (2)	Jul 20	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
49	85	Jul 22	BOS		CLE	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
50	86	Jul 23	BOS		CLE	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
51	87	Jul 24 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
52	89 (1)	Jul 26	BOS		CHW	L,3-16	CG	54	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
53	92 (2)	Jul 29	BOS		DET	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
54	93	Jul 31 (1)	BOS		DET	L,6-9	CG	48	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
55	94	Jul 31 (2)	BOS		DET	W,8-4	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	95	Aug 1	BOS		KCA	L,8-10	CG	53	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
57	96	Aug 2	BOS		KCA	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
58	97	Aug 4 (1)	BOS		KCA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
59	99 (1)	Aug 5	BOS	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
60	101 (1)	Aug 7 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	43	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
61	102	Aug 7 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
62	103	Aug 9	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
63	104	Aug 10	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
64	107 (2)	Aug 13	BOS	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	38	8.2	9	0	0	9	0	C
65	109 (1)	Aug 15	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-3	CG	41	9.0	5	2	1	8	0	C
66	110	Aug 16	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-8	GS	32	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
67	113 (2)	Aug 20 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
68	114	Aug 20 (2)	BOS		BAL	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
69	116 (1)	Aug 23	BOS		CLE	L,2-3	CG	48	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
70	117	Aug 24	BOS		CLE	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
71	118	Aug 25	BOS		CLE	W,10-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
72	120 (1)	Aug 27	BOS		CHW	L,6-9	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
73	121	Aug 28 (1)	BOS		KCA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	122	Aug 28 (2)	BOS		KCA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
75	123	Aug 29	BOS		KCA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
76	124	Aug 30 (1)	BOS		DET	W,5-4	GS	44	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
77	125	Aug 30 (2)	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
78	126	Aug 31	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	127	Sep 2 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
80	128	Sep 2 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
81	129	Sep 3	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
82	131 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
83	132	Sep 5 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	8	1	0	9	0	C
84	133	Sep 6	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-1	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
85	134	Sep 7	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	GF	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
86	135	Sep 8	BOS	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
87	137 (1)	Sep 10	BOS	@	KCA	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
88	138	Sep 11 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-5	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
89	139	Sep 11 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
90	140	Sep 13	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-5	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
91	141	Sep 14	BOS	@	CLE	L,7-11	CG	42	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
92	143 (1)	Sep 17	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
93	144	Sep 18	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
94	145	Sep 20	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
95	147 (1)	Sep 23	BOS		NYY	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
96	148	Sep 24	BOS		NYY	L,5-6	CG	46	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
97	149	Sep 25	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
98	150	Sep 27	BOS		BAL	L,3-17	CG	53	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
99	152 (1)	Sep 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	40	8.1	8	0	0	8	0	C
							99gm		800.1	488	34	6	528	5