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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	BOS		KCA	L,2-5	GS	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
2	3 (1)	Apr 17	BOS		LAA	W,3-2	GS	21	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
3	4	Apr 18	BOS		MIN	L,2-3		20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
4	5	Apr 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
5	6	Apr 22	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-6	GF	9	2.0	4	1	0	5	1	PH C
6	8 (1)	Apr 23 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
7	10 (1)	Apr 26	BOS		WSA	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
8	11	Apr 27	BOS	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
9	12	Apr 29	BOS	@	DET	L,5-9	GS	33	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
10	13	Apr 30 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	16 (2)	May 3	BOS	@	KCA	L,8-9	CG	48	9.1	8	0	0	8	0	C
12	18 (1)	May 7	BOS	@	MIN	W,11-9	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
13	19	May 8	BOS	@	LAA	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
14	23 (3)	May 13	BOS	@	WSA	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
15	25 (1)	May 14 (2)	BOS	@	WSA	L,1-2	CG	38	8.1	7	1	0	8	0	C
16	26	May 15	BOS		CLE	L,2-13	CG	50	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
17	29 (2)	May 18	BOS		DET	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
18	32 (2)	May 21 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
19	34 (1)	May 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
20	35	May 25	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
21	36	May 27	BOS	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
22	37	May 28	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	43 (5)	Jun 3	BOS		BAL	L,1-3	GS	26	5.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
24	54 (10)	Jun 11 (1)	BOS		MIN	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
25	55	Jun 11 (2)	BOS		MIN	L,5-10	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
26	58 (2)	Jun 14	BOS	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
27	59	Jun 15	BOS	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
28	60	Jun 16	BOS		WSA	W,14-9	CG	50	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	61	Jun 17	BOS		WSA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
30	65 (3)	Jun 21	BOS	@	LAA	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
31	66	Jun 22	BOS	@	LAA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	67	Jun 23	BOS	@	KCA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
33	70 (2)	Jun 25 (2)	BOS	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
34	72 (1)	Jun 27 (2)	BOS	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	76 (3)	Jul 1	BOS		CLE	L,3-7	GS	19	3.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
36	80 (3)	Jul 5 (1)	BOS		DET	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
37	84 (3)	Jul 8	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-8	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
38	85	Jul 9 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
39	91 (5)	Jul 16 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	49	12.0	7	2	1	10	0	C
40	93 (1)	Jul 18	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
41	94	Jul 19 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
42	95	Jul 19 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,8-9	GF	21	3.0	4	0	2	6	0	C
43	102 (6)	Jul 26 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
44	103	Jul 27	BOS	@	BAL	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
45	104	Jul 28	BOS		CHW	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
46	106 (1)	Jul 30 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,9-8	GF	19	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	107	Aug 2 (1)	BOS		LAA	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
48	109 (1)	Aug 3	BOS		LAA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	110	Aug 4	BOS		KCA	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
50	111	Aug 5	BOS		KCA	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
51	112	Aug 6 (1)	BOS		KCA	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
52	114 (1)	Aug 7 (1)	BOS		MIN	W,5-4	GS	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
53	120 (5)	Aug 12	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
54	121	Aug 13	BOS	@	BAL	L,5-6	GF	8	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
55	122	Aug 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
56	123	Aug 16	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	12	0	1	13	0	C
57	124	Aug 17	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	55	13.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
58	125	Aug 18	BOS	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	6	1	2	9	0	C
59	127 (1)	Aug 20 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
60	131 (3)	Aug 24	BOS		WSA	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
61	133 (1)	Aug 26	BOS	@	LAA	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
62	134	Aug 27	BOS	@	LAA	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	142 (7)	Sep 5	BOS		CLE	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
64	155 (12)	Sep 20	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
65	158 (2)	Sep 26 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,5-7	GS	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
66	163 (4)	Oct 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
							66gm		513.2	330	24	9	363	2