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.

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 21	MIN	@	DET	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	9 (1)	Apr 23	MIN	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
3	10	Apr 25	MIN	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
4	12 (1)	Apr 28	MIN	@	WSA	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
5	13	Apr 29	MIN	@	WSA	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	17 (3)	May 3	MIN		NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
7	21 (3)	May 8	MIN		WSA	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
8	24 (2)	May 12	MIN		KCA	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
9	39 (14)	May 28 (2)	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-7	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
10	42 (2)	May 31	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-3	GF	18	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	43	Jun 1	MIN	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
12	44	Jun 2	MIN		CAL	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
13	53 (8)	Jun 11 (1)	MIN		BAL	L,2-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
14	54	Jun 11 (2)	MIN		BAL	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
15	56 (1)	Jun 13	MIN		DET	L,10-15	GS	34	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
16	59 (2)	Jun 16	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-2	GF	4	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
17	61 (1)	Jun 18	MIN	@	CLE	W,4-2	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
18	62	Jun 19 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
19	63	Jun 19 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	L,5-9	GF	27	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	PH C
20	64	Jun 21	MIN	@	DET	T,5-5	GS	20	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	65	Jun 22	MIN	@	DET	L,2-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
22	68 (2)	Jun 25	MIN		CHW	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
23	69	Jun 26	MIN		BOS	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
24	70	Jun 27	MIN		BOS	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	71	Jun 28	MIN		BOS	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	72	Jul 1	MIN		WSA	W,4-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
27	73	Jul 2 (1)	MIN		WSA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
28	74	Jul 2 (2)	MIN		WSA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
29	76 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	MIN		NYY	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
30	77	Jul 4 (2)	MIN		NYY	W,7-6	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
31	78	Jul 5	MIN		NYY	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	81 (2)	Jul 9 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,7-4	GS	27	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
33	83 (1)	Jul 13	MIN		KCA	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
34	84	Jul 14	MIN		KCA	L,2-3	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
35	89 (4)	Jul 18	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
36	90	Jul 19	MIN	@	KCA	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
37	92 (1)	Jul 22	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
38	93	Jul 23	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
39	94	Jul 25	MIN	@	NYY	T,1-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
40	95	Jul 26 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-6	GF	15	3.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
41	96	Jul 26 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS	49	14.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
42	97	Jul 27	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	104 (6)	Aug 2	MIN	@	WSA	L,4-5		10	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
44	106 (1)	Aug 5	MIN		BOS	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
45	108 (1)	Aug 7	MIN		WSA	L,0-5	GF	9	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH C
46	110 (1)	Aug 9	MIN		WSA	L,7-9	GS	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
47	112 (1)	Aug 11	MIN		CHW	W,3-2	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
48	113	Aug 12	MIN		CHW	W,6-2	GF	10	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH C
49	114	Aug 13	MIN		CHW	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
50	119 (4)	Aug 18 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
51	120	Aug 19	MIN	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
52	121	Aug 20	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
53	122	Aug 22 (1)	MIN	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
54	124 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	MIN	@	DET	L,0-10	GF	18	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
55	129 (4)	Aug 26	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS	30	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
56	132 (2)	Aug 29	MIN		BAL	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
57	134 (1)	Aug 31	MIN		BAL	W,10-9	GS	37	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	137 (2)	Sep 3	MIN		DET	L,0-5	GF	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
59	141 (3)	Sep 6	MIN		CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
60	144 (2)	Sep 8 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-5		14	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
61	146 (1)	Sep 10	MIN	@	BAL	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
62	147	Sep 11	MIN	@	WSA	W,13-5	GF	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
63	148	Sep 12	MIN	@	WSA	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
64	150 (1)	Sep 15	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-7	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
65	158 (7)	Sep 23	MIN		NYY	L,2-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
66	160 (1)	Sep 25	MIN		CAL	L,2-9	GF	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
67	162 (1)	Sep 27	MIN		CAL	L,1-5		2	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
68	163	Sep 30	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-6	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
69	164	Oct 1	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-5	GF	9	2.0	2	1	0	3	1	PH C
							69gm		417.0	308	26	2	336	1