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: 14-19 / in Starts: 9-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 8

1951 Pitching Game Log

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1951 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	23	6	Apr 22(2)	BOS		PHA	W,7-4	GS-2		99	1.2	3	4	3	5	1	0	1	16.20	12.08	14	3	1	0	0	3	31			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.65	-0.326	3.63	-0.43%	-3.68	1t start tie	2t 123 2 out a1
2	24	8	Apr 26	BOS		NYY	W,13-7	3-5		3	2.0	2	1	1	3	0	0	0	9.82	9.30	11	4	2	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.117	1.76	-0.16%	-1.26	3t 1-3 1 out d2	5t 123 1 out d2
May				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
3	25	16	May 5	BOS	@	DET	L,7-8	6-6		8	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.00	8.73	3	1	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.161	2.49	-0.23%	-1.55	6b 12- 2 out d1	6b 3 out d3
4	26	19	May 7	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-0	SHO	W(1-0)	1	9.0	2	0	0	4	6	0	0	2.77	4.40	29	9	8	0	0	2	85			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.20	0.646	2.29	0.74%	4.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
5	27	23	May 15	BOS		CHW	L,7-9	GS-8		7	7.1	7	6	6	6	4	1	2	4.43	5.13	35	11	6	0	0	6	38			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.43	-0.073	4.14	-0.13%	-1.18	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a1
6	28	28	May 21	BOS		DET	W,9-7	GS-7	W(2-0)	5	7.0	7	5	5	1	6	2	0	4.94	5.08	30	7	10	0	0	6	48			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	.77	0.025	1.85	0.04%	-1.02	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
7	29	32	May 26	BOS		WSH	W,11-1	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	8	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.96	4.24	34	10	11	0	0	7	71			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.49	0.198	1.24	0.30%	4.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
8	30	37	May 30(2)	BOS		NYY	W,9-4	GS-6		3	5.0	6	4	4	0	4	2	2	4.35	4.61	22	4	6	0	0	6	43			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.246	4.72	-0.65%	-1.15	1t start tie	6t --- 0 out d2
Jun				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
9	31	39	Jun 2	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-4	6-GF	S(1)	2	4.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.97	4.33	13	5	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.72	0.393	5.43	0.74%	2.13	6b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 2
10	32	44	Jun 5	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-10	GS-6	L(3-1)	2	5.0	6	4	4	3	0	0	0	4.29	4.33	23	7	9	1	2	4	36			1	1	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.097	5.78	-0.26%	-0.31	1b start tie	6b 123 0 out tie
11	33	47	Jun 8	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-7	6-GF(8)		2	3.0	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4.22	4.49	12	3	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	.04	-0.007	.10	-0.01%	0.46	6b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
12	34	51	Jun 12	BOS		DET	L,3-7	1-8		3	7.2	6	2	2	4	6	0	0	3.98	4.23	31	11	4	1	0	6		1	1	0	0	0	26	1	0	1	2	0	0	.27	-0.028	.77	-0.05%	1.72	1t -2- 1 out d4	8t 3 out d5
13	35	56	Jun 18	BOS		CLE	L,7-9	5-5		5	1.0	4	4	4	0	1	1	0	4.50	4.38	7	2	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.097	1.27	-0.18%	-3.43	5t --- 0 out d4	5t 3 out d8
14	36	58	Jun 20	BOS		CLE	L,8-14	1-3		1	2.2	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	4.59	4.61	13	3	4	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	.47	-0.133	1.48	-0.25%	-2.38	1t -23 1 out d3	3t 3 out d5
15	37	59	Jun 21	BOS		CLE	L,4-8	9-GF		0	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.52	4.63	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	.16	0.005	.50	0.01%	0.57	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
16	38	61	Jun 23	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	9-GF(11)	W(4-1)	1	3.0	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.33	4.59	13	3	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.87	0.453	11.69	1.11%	1.71	9t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
17	39	65	Jun 27	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	4-7	W(5-1)	3	4.0	7	3	3	1	1	1	0	4.46	4.67	18	6	3	0	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.163	3.74	-0.30%	-0.72	4t --- 0 out tie	7t 3 out d1
Jul				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
18	40	72	Jul 4(2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-5	GS-9	W(6-1)	6	8.0	7	5	5	2	3	0	0	4.57	4.45	33	8	13	0	0	7	49			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.069	1.87	0.13%	-1.17	1b start tie	9b 1-3 0 out a5
19	41	81	Jul 15(1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-3	GS-4	L(6-2)	10	3.1	6	3	3	1	2	0	0	4.71	4.36	15	2	4	0	0	6	37			0	1	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	-0.248	6.71	-0.85%	-2.31	1b start tie	4b -23 1 out d2
20	42	84	Jul 17	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-8	6-GF(8)		1	3.0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	4.55	4.18	10	1	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.004	.18	0.02%	1.46	6b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
21	43	89	Jul 22	BOS	@	DET	W,10-9	GS-4		4	3.2	7	4	0	1	2	0	0	4.37	4.10	21	3	8	0	0	7	40			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.02	0.022	5.46	0.07%	-1.26	1b start tie	4b -2- 2 out a3
22	44	92	Jul 26	BOS		CHW	W,13-10	GS-2		3	1.2	6	6	6	1	0	0	0	4.87	4.10	12	2	3	0	1	6	18			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.297	7.69	-1.14%	-3.34	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out a1
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
23	45	97	Aug 1	BOS		SLB	W,5-1	GS-7	W(7-2)	5	7.0	2	1	1	0	5	0	0	4.62	3.89	23	6	10	0	0	2	74			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.379	4.19	0.99%	2.98	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
24	46	113	Aug 16	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-10	7-GF(8)		14	1.2	4	2	2	2	0	1	0	4.72	4.05	10	2	2	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	1	0	0	.06	-0.012	.13	-0.02%	-2.05	7b -23 1 out d4	8b end d 8
25	47	117	Aug 21	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-6	GS-5	L(7-3)	4	4.2	8	5	5	4	5	1	0	4.94	4.13	25	5	3	0	0	8	29			0	1	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.296	3.49	-0.54%	-2.67	1b start a 2	5b -2- 2 out d3
26	48	121	Aug 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-6	GS-5	L(7-4)	3	4.1	7	6	4	5	1	0	0	5.07	4.18	26	8	5	0	0	7	25			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	-0.310	3.11	-0.50%	-4.00	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d5
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
27	49	131	Sep 7(2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-11	4-6		12	2.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.97	4.15	8	3	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.029	.80	0.08%	1.56	4b 1-3 2 out d5	6b 3 out d4
28	50	138	Sep 14	BOS		SLB	W,9-6	4-7		6	3.2	4	2	1	2	2	0	0	4.89	4.12	18	7	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	.76	-0.022	3.28	-0.06%	-0.54	4t --- 0 out a5	7t 123 2 out a3
29	51	142	Sep 18	BOS		CLE	L,4-6	9-GF		3	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.92	4.21	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.017	.78	-0.09%	-0.43	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
30	52	143	Sep 19	BOS		CLE	L,2-15	6-7		0	1.1	2	5	3	2	1	0	0	5.10	4.23	9	2	2	0	0	2		3	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.01	0.000	.06	0.00%	-2.26	6t 123 0 out d9	7t 1-3 1 out d13
31	53	148	Sep 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-7	4-5		6	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.03	4.20	5	2	1	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	.21	-0.005	.10	0.00%	0.43	4b 12- 1 out d5	5b 3 out d6
32	54	149	Sep 27	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-8	6-GF(8)		0	3.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.05	4.19	14	4	5	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.057	.22	-0.02%	-0.48	6b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
33	55	151	Sep 28(2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-11	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	2	1	1	0	4	0	0	5.04	4.10	9	1	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.01	7b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 8
							14-19		W-L:7-4,Sv:1	3.1	125.0	136	81	70	56	70	12	6	5.04	4.10	555	1.04		1%	1%	131	45	16	69%	1	4	0	484	25	1	4	15	0	9	.89	-0.489	3.03	-1.63%	-15.29

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