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: 9-14 / 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: 20, Entered with runners on base: 5

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 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	79	9	Apr 24	BOS		PHA	L,2-7	5-7		99	2.1	5	3	3	3	1	1	0	11.57	11.16	14	3	2	0	0	5		1	1	1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.195	1.40	-0.25%	-2.50	5t -2- 1 out d1	7t 1-- 2 out d5
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
2	80	24	May 14	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	5-10		19	5.2	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.38	5.34	21	6	7	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.39	0.429	3.50	0.65%	3.14	5t 1-- 1 out d2	10t 3 out tie
3	81	32	May 22(2)	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	GS-8		7	7.1	5	2	2	2	4	1	0	2.93	4.75	29	8	10	1	1	5	62			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.31	0.198	3.98	0.36%	1.95	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out tie
4	82	36	May 27	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.81	4.66	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.052	3.06	0.09%	0.93	8b 12- 1 out d1	8b end d 1
5	83	40	May 30(2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	GS-9	L(0-1)	2	8.1	5	2	1	9	4	0	0	2.22	4.73	37	7	12	2	4	5	62			0	1	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	0.214	3.83	0.30%	1.81	1b start tie	9b 123 1 out tie
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
6	84	46	Jun 6(1)	BOS	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	W(1-1)	6	9.0	7	2	1	5	6	0	0	1.89	4.24	39	14	7	0	0	7	68			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	.84	0.235	.89	0.15%	2.40	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
7	85	53	Jun 11	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-0	SHO	W(2-1)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	1.49	3.61	31	13	8	1	0	4	85			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.286	.43	0.19%	4.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
8	86	59	Jun 17	BOS		DET	W,17-1	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	5	1	0	6	4	0	0	1.23	3.63	38	10	13	0	0	5	73			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.29	0.173	.17	0.06%	3.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a16
9	87	65	Jun 23(1)	BOS		CLE	W,6-4	CG	W(4-1)	5	9.0	7	4	4	5	5	0	0	1.64	3.55	37	13	7	1	1	7	57			0	0	0	32	0	2	0	2	0	1	1.25	0.073	.96	0.03%	0.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
10	88	71	Jun 28	BOS		CHW	L,4-13	GS-6	L(4-2)	4	5.1	10	7	7	3	4	2	0	2.47	3.89	29	7	5	2	0	10	21			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.493	.78	-0.24%	-5.09	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out d3
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
11	89	75	Jul 3	BOS		WSH	L,4-9	GS-7	L(4-3)	4	6.1	10	8	6	2	4	0	0	3.00	3.75	32	11	6	3	1	9	27			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	3	1.49	-0.396	1.18	-0.19%	-2.96	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out d1
12	90	83	Jul 10	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	GS-9		6	8.0	9	2	2	0	5	0	0	2.93	3.51	32	6	12	0	3	9	61			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.094	.82	0.03%	1.80	1t start tie	9t 1-3 0 out tie
13	91	89	Jul 18	BOS	@	DET	W,5-3	GS-2		7	1.0	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	3.22	3.61	9	2	1	0	0	3	32			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.198	.70	-0.07%	-2.35	1b start tie	2b 123 0 out d1
14	92	96	Jul 25	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-6	GS-4		6	3.0	4	5	5	4	0	0	0	3.64	3.71	17	4	5	1	1	4	27			0	0	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.13	-0.359	2.06	-0.39%	-3.47	1b start a 1	4b 12- 0 out d2
15	93	99	Jul 28	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	6-8		2	2.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.66	3.67	9	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.011	.81	0.01%	-0.31	6t --- 0 out d3	8t 1-3 0 out d3
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
16	94	104	Aug 2(1)	BOS		DET	L,1-2	CG	L(4-4)	4	9.0	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.51	3.58	36	11	14	0	0	9	61			1	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.187	.53	0.06%	2.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
17	95	108	Aug 6	BOS		SLB	L,7-8	5-10	L(4-5)	3	5.1	6	4	3	1	2	2	0	3.59	3.78	24	10	5	0	0	6		2	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.85	-0.427	.29	-0.04%	-0.71	5t 12- 1 out d2	10t 1-- 2 out d1
18	96	111	Aug 9	BOS		CLE	L,3-9	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.55	3.77	3	0	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
19	97	118	Aug 15(2)	BOS		WSH	L,2-4	9-9		5	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.54	3.79	4	0	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.030	.01	0.00%	-1.08	9t --- 0 out d2	9t 123 1 out d2
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
20	98	133	Sep 1	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-13	GS-2	L(4-6)	16	1.2	4	5	5	3	0	0	0	3.92	3.86	13	3	3	0	1	4	24			0	1	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.63	-0.428	.00	0.00%	-4.13	1b start a 2	2b --- 2 out d3
21	99	135	Sep 3	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	1-7		1	6.1	2	1	1	4	4	0	0	3.78	3.82	25	12	3	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	20	0	0	1	1	0	1	.27	0.008	.00	0.00%	1.64	1b --3 1 out d3	7b 1-- 2 out d3
22	100	142	Sep 11	BOS		SLB	L,0-2	GS-6	L(4-7)	7	5.1	6	2	2	4	3	0	0	3.76	3.82	25	6	6	0	0	6	47			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.48	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out d2
23	101	147	Sep 16	BOS		DET	L,3-8	GS-2	L(4-8)	4	1.2	5	3	3	1	0	1	0	3.93	3.94	11	2	3	0	0	5	32			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.162	.00	0.00%	-1.75	1t start tie	2t 123 2 out d2
							9-14		W-L:4-8	4.4	116.2	114	57	51	59	57	7	1	3.93	3.94	516	1.13		4%	5%	113	49	7	29%	4	2	0	448	14	2	2	13	0	12	1.06	-0.789	1.18	0.75%	0.94

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