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: 15-15 / in Starts: 15-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1954 Pitching Game Log

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1954 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	102	5	Apr 19(1)	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.1	5	1	0	5	10	0	0	0.00	1.80	36	6	10	0	0	5	76			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.39	0.287	3.58	0.44%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a1
2	103	11	Apr 29	BOS		CLE	L,3-6	GS-1	L(1-1)	9	0.1	2	3	3	4	0	0	0	3.12	3.21	6	0	0	0	0	2	31			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.285	2.43	-0.36%	-3.41	1t start tie	1t 12- 1 out d3
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	104	18	May 14	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-7	GS-8	L(1-2)	14	7.1	4	4	4	1	5	0	0	3.94	2.40	26	8	8	0	2	4	58			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.005	1.13	0.00%	0.61	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out tie
4	105	24	May 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(1-3)	4	8.0	7	5	2	6	1	1	0	3.38	3.61	34	13	7	1	1	7	49			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	3	1	1	1.37	-0.219	1.08	-0.10%	-1.18	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
5	106	28	May 25	BOS	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	W(2-3)	5	9.0	5	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.00	3.37	35	15	9	0	2	5	69			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.374	.78	0.11%	2.26	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
6	107	32	May 30	BOS		NYY	W,3-1	CG	W(3-3)	4	9.0	4	1	1	4	4	1	1	2.57	3.64	35	12	10	3	2	4	75			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.448	.34	0.09%	3.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
7	108	38	Jun 4	BOS		CHW	L,3-7	GS-2	L(3-4)	4	1.1	6	7	7	2	2	0	1	3.95	3.71	13	3	0	0	0	5	14			0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	.97	-0.370	.40	-0.09%	-4.89	1t start tie	2t 12- 1 out d5
8	109	41	Jun 6	BOS		DET	W,7-4	GS-8	W(4-4)	1	7.2	8	4	4	4	2	1	1	4.06	3.99	35	12	8	0	1	8	45			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.053	.27	-0.01%	-0.62	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out a3
9	110	48	Jun 11	BOS		CLE	L,2-6	GS-9	L(4-5)	4	8.1	10	6	5	5	4	3	0	4.25	4.54	38	13	6	0	3	10	40			0	0	0	30	0	1	1	1	0	1	.40	-0.266	.09	-0.03%	-2.28	1t start tie	9t --3 1 out d5
10	111	54	Jun 16	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	W(5-5)	4	9.0	4	2	2	1	6	1	0	3.95	4.32	31	11	9	5	1	4	76			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.514	.03	0.01%	2.18	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
11	112	59	Jun 20(2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-9	GS-4	L(5-6)	3	3.1	8	9	9	2	1	2	1	4.90	4.69	21	7	2	0	1	8	7			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.413	.01	0.00%	-7.34	1b start a 1	4b --- 1 out d8
12	113	62	Jun 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-6	GS-2	L(5-7)	4	1.0	5	4	4	2	0	0	1	5.33	4.78	11	3	1	1	0	4	25			0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.359	.01	0.00%	-3.99	1b start tie	2b -23 0 out d1
13	114	65	Jun 27(2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-9	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	5	4	4	3	3	0	1	5.67	4.80	14	2	0	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	.09	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-3.03	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 8
14	115	67	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	W,6-1	CG	W(6-7)	2	9.0	6	1	1	5	7	1	1	5.16	4.74	38	10	9	1	0	6	73			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	1	.95	0.299	.00	0.00%	3.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
15	116	72	Jul 5(1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,14-0	SHO	W(7-7)	4	9.0	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.66	4.51	34	15	9	0	1	5	76			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.51	0.243	.00	0.00%	4.01	1b start tie	9b 3 out a14
16	117	77	Jul 10	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-3	GS-9		4	9.0	7	2	2	4	1	0	0	4.43	4.42	36	11	13	1	3	7	62			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.55	0.355	.00	0.00%	2.26	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
17	118	80	Jul 15(1)	BOS		DET	W,3-1	GS-8	W(8-7)	4	7.0	4	1	1	5	1	0	0	4.22	4.41	28	8	10	0	2	4	61			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.21	0.226	.00	0.00%	2.64	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a3
18	119	88	Jul 20	BOS		CLE	T,5-5	GS-9		4	9.0	10	5	5	3	8	4	0	4.28	4.64	39	11	7	0	4	10	52			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.087	.00	0.00%	-0.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
19	120	94	Jul 25(1)	BOS		CHW	L,2-5	CG	L(8-8)	4	9.0	9	5	5	4	5	0	0	4.33	4.50	39	11	11	2	3	8	50			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.225	.00	0.00%	-0.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
20	121	99	Jul 30	BOS	@	DET	L,0-5	GS-7	L(8-9)	4	7.0	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.17	4.40	27	11	6	0	1	6	61			0	0	0	24	1	0	1	2	0	1	1.22	0.179	.00	0.00%	2.25	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
21	122	105	Aug 6	BOS	@	BAL	W,3-1	GS-8		6	8.0	4	1	1	6	5	0	0	4.00	4.35	31	10	6	0	0	4	69			0	0	0	23	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.78	0.320	.00	0.00%	2.45	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
22	123	112	Aug 12(1)	BOS		WSH	L,5-9	GS-6	L(8-10)	5	5.1	7	8	6	3	1	0	0	4.22	4.32	27	8	8	1	1	7	24			2	0	0	22	3	0	0	0	1	1	.80	-0.233	.00	0.00%	-3.48	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out d4
23	124	120	Aug 20	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	GS-8	W(9-10)	7	8.0	4	3	1	1	5	1	0	4.06	4.26	29	10	9	2	0	4	70			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.083	.00	0.00%	1.16	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
24	125	124	Aug 25	BOS		DET	W,5-3	GS-7	W(10-10)	4	7.0	8	3	3	0	3	0	0	4.06	4.14	27	8	8	2	3	8	52			0	1	0	26	2	0	0	1	1	0	.80	0.056	.00	0.00%	0.64	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
25	126	130	Aug 30	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.1	6	4	4	1	2	0	0	4.12	4.07	25	8	9	2	1	5	46			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.025	.00	0.00%	0.21	1t start tie	7t -23 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
26	127	134	Sep 4	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS-6	L(10-11)	4	5.1	7	4	3	0	7	0	1	4.15	3.96	22	5	2	0	0	7	47			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.158	.00	0.00%	-0.82	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out tie
27	128	140	Sep 9	BOS	@	DET	W,8-0	SHO	W(11-11)	4	9.0	4	0	0	4	5	0	0	3.94	3.89	34	15	6	0	2	4	80			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.56	0.207	.00	0.00%	4.18	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
28	129	145	Sep 14	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS-7	L(11-12)	4	7.0	8	3	2	1	3	0	0	3.89	3.82	30	12	6	0	3	8	53			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.007	.00	0.00%	0.02	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
29	130	148	Sep 18	BOS	@	WSH	L,7-8	GS-1		3	0.0	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.03	3.84	4	0	0	0	0	3	31			1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.295	.00	0.00%	-3.46	1b start tie	1b -23 0 out d2
30	131	151	Sep 21(1)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	GS-7		2	6.2	6	3	2	1	2	1	1	3.99	3.86	29	13	6	0	1	6	53			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	1	2	1.37	-0.082	.00	0.00%	0.19	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d1
31	132	155	Sep 25	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	GS-4		3	3.1	4	3	3	2	1	0	0	4.06	3.86	16	5	4	0	0	4	39			0	0	0	14	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.20	-0.209	.00	0.00%	-2.52	1t start tie	4t 123 1 out d3
							15-15		W-L:11-12	4.0	199.2	182	102	90	87	102	16	9	4.06	3.86	850	1.39		4%	8%	177	52	0	---%	5	6	0	735	17	5	5	24	4	9	1.06	0.329	.31	0.04%	-2.49

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