Willard Nixon

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: June 17, 1928 in Taylorsville, GA us

Died: December 10, 2000 in Rome, GA

Buried: East View Cemetery, Rome, GA

High School: McHenry HS (Rome, GA)

School: Auburn University (Auburn, AL)

Debut: July 7, 1950 (Age 22-020d, 10,721st in major league history)
vs. NYY 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 4, 1958 (Age 30-017d)
vs. BAL 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1950 season

Full Name: Willard Lee Nixon

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.2

ERA

4.39

225

177

1234.0

616

WHIP

1.464

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	10-23 / in Starts: 8-5
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 57 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	34 (17-11-6)
Avg. MLBer w/ 57 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	35 (18-11-5)

Most Driven In
H Evers	2
D Gernert	2
S White	1
D DiMaggio	1
G Kell	1

Most Driven In By
J Piersall	1
C Vollmer	1
S White	1

1952 Batting Game Log

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1952 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	57	18 (17)	May 6	BOS		CHW	W,11-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.15	-0.015	.57	-0.04%	-0.83	P
2	58	24 (5)	May 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-5	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
3	59	31 (6)	May 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-5	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	60	41 (9)	Jun 2	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	GS-10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	1.28	-0.072	5.44	-0.18%	-0.34	P
5	61	46 (4)	Jun 7	BOS		DET	W,11-9	GS-5	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.444	.778	9	1.56	0.235	4.96	0.45%	2.25	P
6	62	51 (4)	Jun 11	BOS		SLB	W,11-9	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700	9	1.05	-0.030	3.88	-0.07%	-0.32	P
7	63	54 (2)	Jun 15 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-7	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.417	.750	9	1.17	0.068	5.42	0.19%	0.51	P
8	64	61 (6)	Jun 22 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.333	.600	9	.20	-0.015	.89	-0.04%	-0.43	P
9	65	64 (2)	Jun 24	BOS	@	DET	L,1-7	6-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.267	.333	.600	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	66	73 (8)	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.278	.500	9	1.36	-0.107	4.28	-0.20%	-0.76	P
11	67	81 (7)	Jul 14	BOS		SLB	L,5-7	1-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.286	.300	.586	9	.30	0.011	.72	0.02%	0.28	P
12	68	86 (4)	Jul 19	BOS		CLE	L,0-4	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.304	.286	.590	9	.97	0.043	4.25	0.11%	0.38	PH P
13	69	87	Jul 20	BOS		CLE	W,8-7	9-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.364	.697	9	2.58	0.182	9.28	0.39%	0.88	PH
14	70	89 (1)	Jul 23	BOS	@	CHW	W,10-4	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.360	.391	.751	7	4.63	0.165	18.81	0.40%	0.60	PH
15	71	90	Jul 24	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.346	.375	.721	9	.93	-0.023	4.06	-0.06%	-0.15	PH
16	72	92 (1)	Jul 26	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-7	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.333	.360	.693	7	1.48	-0.045	5.82	-0.11%	-0.68	PH
17	73	94 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-3	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.323	.345	.667	6	.57	0.011	1.94	0.02%	0.50	P
18	74	95	Jul 29	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.313	.333	.646	9	.97	-0.023	5.09	-0.07%	-0.56	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	75	100 (4)	Aug 3	BOS	@	DET	L,0-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.303	.323	.626	9	.05	-0.001	.23	0.00%	-0.22	PH
20	76	102 (1)	Aug 7 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.294	.313	.607	9	2.00	-0.055	6.67	-0.11%	-0.36	PH
21	77	103	Aug 7 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-4	GS-5	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.297	.314	.612	6	.56	-0.011	1.68	-0.02%	-0.01	P
22	78	105 (1)	Aug 11	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-7	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.289	.306	.595	6	.33	-0.009	1.95	-0.03%	-0.40	PH
23	79	109 (3)	Aug 14 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.268	.282	.550	9	.87	-0.065	3.27	-0.15%	-0.66	P
24	80	111 (1)	Aug 16	BOS		NYY	L,4-5	6-GF(6)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.262	.275	.537	9	1.15	-0.029	7.75	-0.12%	-0.16	P
25	81	115 (3)	Aug 20	BOS		CLE	L,8-18	3-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.256	.268	.524	9	.97	-0.025	2.96	-0.05%	-0.77	P
26	82	123 (7)	Aug 28	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.250	.262	.512	9	.43	-0.011	1.84	-0.03%	-0.10	P
27	83	127 (3)	Aug 31 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.255	.267	.522	9	1.21	0.005	3.93	0.01%	-0.01	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	84	131 (3)	Sep 3	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-9	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.250	.261	.511	9	.17	-0.004	.06	0.00%	-0.21	PH
29	85	135 (3)	Sep 6 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,10-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.231	.240	.471	9	.12	-0.012	.01	0.00%	-0.89	P
30	86	142 (6)	Sep 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.231	.240	.471	8						P
31	87	147 (4)	Sep 20	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-10	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.196	.226	.235	.462	9	.02	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.21	P
32	88	150 (2)	Sep 24 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,6-8	4-GF	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.250	.264	.514	9	.51	0.014	.00	0.00%	1.92	P
33	89	153 (2)	Sep 27	BOS		WSH	L,2-3	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.263	.264	.527	9	1.41	0.052	.00	0.00%	0.39	PH
							10-23		57	53	3	11	3	0	0	7	4	0	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.263	.264	.527		.84	0.233	2.95	0.33%	-0.36

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