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	2-8 / in Starts: 2-6
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	7 games
Most Games w/o RBI	3 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 17 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	9 (5-3-1) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 17 PAs	2
Avg. Runners on Base	10 (5-3-1)

1958 Batting Game Log

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1958 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	230	2 (1)	Apr 15	BOS		NYY	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	1.16	0.026	2.70	0.04%	0.15	P
2	231	7 (4)	Apr 21	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	1.90	-0.065	3.37	-0.07%	-0.58	P
3	232	12 (4)	Apr 26	BOS		WSH	L,5-7	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9						P
May		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	233	24 (11)	May 11 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-4	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9	.81	-0.020	1.46	-0.02%	-0.21	P
5	234	34 (9)	May 23	BOS	@	KCA	W,9-1	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	.400	.400	.500	.900	9						P
6	235	39 (4)	May 28	BOS	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.357	.429	.786	9	1.38	-0.064	2.47	-0.07%	-0.41	P
7	236	42 (2)	May 31	BOS		NYY	L,4-5	6-10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.313	.375	.688	9	.24	-0.013	.60	-0.02%	-0.46	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
8	237	47 (4)	Jun 6	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.313	.375	.688	9						P
9	238	57 (9)	Jun 15 (1)	BOS		KCA	L,6-17	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.313	.375	.688	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	239	74 (16)	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		BAL	L,3-5	6-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.294	.353	.647	9	3.75	-0.109	4.51	-0.08%	-0.58	P
							2-8		17	17	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.294	.294	.353	.647		1.39	-0.245	2.43	-0.22%	-2.08

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