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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Team Record in Appearances: 13-9 / in Starts: 8-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 3

1950 Pitching Game Log

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1950 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	75	Jul 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		99	2.0	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	4.50	7.08	11	3	2	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.020	.41	-0.03%	0.11	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 3
2	2	78	Jul 13	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	GS-7	W(1-0)	5	6.0	7	5	4	5	6	0	1	5.63	4.46	31	4	9	3	0	6	41			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.111	1.72	-0.10%	-1.59	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out a3
3	3	81	Jul 16(1)	BOS		CLE	W,13-10	2-7	W(2-0)	2	5.0	9	3	3	0	4	1	0	5.54	4.12	24	5	6	0	0	9		2	0	0	0	0	24	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.107	1.84	0.10%	0.13	2t 12- 2 out d2	7t 12- 2 out a3
4	4	86	Jul 19	BOS		DET	L,5-9	GS-8	L(2-1)	2	7.2	11	6	5	4	4	1	0	5.66	4.37	37	12	7	0	1	10	35			1	0	0	31	3	0	0	2	0	1	.94	-0.073	1.66	-0.08%	-1.37	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out d5
5	5	88	Jul 21	BOS		SLB	W,7-4	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	5.48	4.51	4	1	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.04	0.041	1.93	0.02%	0.03	9t 12- 1 out a4	9t end a 3
6	6	91	Jul 25	BOS	@	DET	W,7-6	GS-7		3	6.1	8	6	6	5	3	1	0	6.18	4.86	31	6	9	1	0	8	31			1	1	0	26	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.14	-0.190	2.35	-0.24%	-0.90	1b start a 2	7b 12- 1 out tie
7	7	97	Jul 30(2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-3	GS-9	W(3-1)	4	8.0	6	3	3	1	4	1	0	5.55	4.57	31	9	11	1	0	6	61			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.385	.85	0.26%	2.36	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	8	100	Aug 4	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-9		4	8.1	6	2	2	6	5	1	0	4.91	4.67	34	12	6	2	1	5	62			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	3	0	0	1.50	0.228	1.72	0.16%	2.40	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out tie
9	9	106	Aug 10(1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-11	GS-2	L(3-2)	5	1.2	5	6	6	1	2	0	0	5.91	4.58	11	1	2	1	0	5	22			1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.315	2.04	-0.29%	-3.38	1b start tie	2b 12- 2 out d3
10	10	110	Aug 13	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-6	7-7		2	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	5.79	4.62	5	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.22	0.008	.25	0.01%	0.54	7b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
11	11	112	Aug 15(2)	BOS		PHA	W,9-4	CG	W(4-2)	1	9.0	7	4	4	4	6	1	1	5.50	4.58	38	10	10	1	0	7	59			0	0	0	33	1	2	0	0	0	0	.93	0.208	1.08	0.15%	1.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
12	12	118	Aug 22	BOS		SLB	W,9-5	GS-6	W(5-2)	6	6.0	8	4	4	4	1	1	0	5.55	4.76	27	7	7	1	0	8	37			0	0	0	23	3	1	0	2	0	0	1.05	-0.077	1.74	-0.08%	-0.25	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
13	13	123	Aug 27	BOS		CLE	W,11-9	GS-3		4	2.1	4	6	6	4	2	0	0	6.19	4.80	14	2	2	0	0	4	23			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	-0.217	2.91	-0.32%	-2.83	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out d3
14	14	124	Aug 28	BOS		CLE	W,15-14	5-9	W(6-2)	0	4.1	4	2	1	1	2	0	0	5.93	4.65	20	4	9	2	0	4		0	0	1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.13	-0.042	3.43	-0.08%	0.83	5t --- 0 out d3	9t 1-3 1 out a2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	15	131	Sep 4(2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS-7	L(6-3)	6	6.1	9	5	4	4	5	0	0	5.91	4.50	30	4	8	1	0	9	38			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.246	7.13	-0.76%	-1.44	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 1 out d1
16	16	133	Sep 7	BOS		NYY	W,10-8	5-5		2	0.2	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	6.21	4.52	6	0	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	-0.212	13.48	-0.89%	-1.88	5t --- 0 out a2	5t 12- 2 out tie
17	17	134	Sep 9(1)	BOS		PHA	W,8-3	CG	W(7-3)	1	9.0	10	3	3	1	3	0	0	5.87	4.28	36	9	13	0	3	10	57			0	0	0	35	2	1	0	2	0	0	.72	0.161	4.20	0.56%	2.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
18	18	138	Sep 14	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-6	GS-6	L(7-4)	4	6.0	9	5	3	2	5	0	0	5.78	4.12	28	7	5	1	0	9	41			1	0	0	25	3	1	1	1	0	1	1.04	-0.194	7.15	-0.80%	-1.45	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
19	19	142	Sep 18	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-9	W(8-4)	3	8.0	6	2	1	4	3	0	0	5.40	4.06	35	15	8	2	1	5	63			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.50	0.030	19.99	0.24%	2.28	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a1
20	20	146	Sep 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-9	GS-3	L(8-5)	5	2.0	6	5	5	4	0	0	0	5.74	4.15	15	4	2	0	1	5	20			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.301	9.97	-1.55%	-3.75	1b start a 1	3b 123 0 out d2
21	21	150	Sep 27(2)	BOS		WSH	L,3-6	GS-1	L(8-6)	2	0.2	5	4	4	0	1	0	0	6.06	4.12	7	0	1	0	0	5	27			0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.232	1.01	-0.13%	-2.88	1t start tie	1t 12- 2 out d3
22	22	151	Sep 28	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	9-GF	S(2)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.04	4.11	2	2	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.93	0.126	.00	0.00%	-0.32	9t -23 2 out a2	9t end a 1
							13-9		W-L:8-6,Sv:2	3.0	101.1	126	75	68	58	58	7	2	6.04	4.11	477	1.00		7%	3%	121	41	6	33%	7	2	0	407	24	7	2	14	0	9	1.12	-0.936	4.35	-3.83%	-9.07

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