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: 11-11 / in Starts: 11-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 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	164	4	Apr 20	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-7	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	6	4	4	2	4	0	0	7.20	1.97	22	6	5	1	2	5	41			0	0	0	20	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.144	3.28	-0.28%	-1.47	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
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	165	22	May 15	BOS	@	DET	L,3-6	GS-4	L(0-2)	24	3.2	8	5	5	2	3	1	0	9.35	3.64	21	4	4	0	2	8	26			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.259	2.34	-0.38%	-2.68	1b start tie	4b 123 2 out d3
3	166	36	May 29	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	W(1-2)	13	9.0	3	3	0	1	6	1	0	4.58	3.22	33	12	11	0	3	3	80			0	0	0	32	0	2	0	0	0	2	.35	0.268	.99	0.46%	1.56	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
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
4	167	42	Jun 3	BOS		KCA	L,6-7	GS-8		4	7.0	7	3	3	4	2	0	0	4.38	3.30	30	9	8	1	0	7	49			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.229	2.02	0.29%	2.07	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a5
5	168	46	Jun 8	BOS		CHW	W,5-3	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	6	3	3	4	4	0	3	4.01	3.44	38	13	8	1	0	6	63			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	3	0	1	1.35	0.290	3.27	0.42%	2.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
6	169	52	Jun 13	BOS		CLE	T,8-8	GS-4		4	3.1	7	7	4	2	1	1	0	4.62	3.80	20	5	5	0	0	7	23			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.18	-0.385	2.76	-0.54%	-3.66	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out tie
7	170	59	Jun 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-5	5-7		7	3.0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	4.28	3.90	12	5	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.13	0.018	.19	0.02%	1.60	5b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d5
8	171	66	Jun 30(1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	W(3-2)	8	9.0	6	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.86	3.72	36	13	12	2	0	6	66			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.51	0.394	1.86	0.29%	2.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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
9	172	71	Jul 4(1)	BOS		NYY	W,7-6	GS-9		3	8.0	6	5	5	4	3	0	0	4.11	3.63	34	15	7	0	0	5	49			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.078	1.76	0.08%	0.83	1t start tie	9t 123 0 out a3
10	173	76	Jul 8(2)	BOS		BAL	W,8-4	GS-3		3	2.0	5	3	3	1	0	1	0	4.42	3.86	10	4	0	0	0	5	33			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	.92	-0.076	.78	-0.04%	-0.86	1t start tie	3t 12- 0 out d1
11	174	80	Jul 15(1)	BOS		CLE	L,7-10	GS-5	L(3-3)	6	4.1	5	8	8	6	5	0	0	5.26	3.89	24	5	3	0	0	5	20			1	0	0	18	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.12	-0.392	1.49	-0.31%	-3.74	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out tie
12	175	87	Jul 20	BOS		DET	L,6-9	GS-6	L(3-4)	4	5.0	10	7	6	1	1	0	0	5.66	3.79	25	6	7	0	3	10	21			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.11	-0.249	1.15	-0.15%	-3.10	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out d4
13	176	94	Jul 28	BOS	@	CHW	W,13-1	CG	W(4-4)	7	9.0	8	1	1	0	7	0	1	5.12	3.48	34	7	11	1	0	8	74			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.26	0.121	.23	0.07%	3.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a12
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
14	177	100	Aug 2	BOS	@	DET	W,18-3	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	12	3	3	3	7	1	1	4.90	3.49	42	4	15	4	3	12	55			1	0	0	38	2	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.189	.25	0.06%	1.75	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a15
15	178	105	Aug 7	BOS		NYY	W,1-0	SHO(11)	W(6-4)	4	11.0	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.35	3.34	40	15	15	1	0	6	85			0	0	0	38	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.67	1.052	3.64	1.37%	6.43	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
16	179	110	Aug 12	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-8	GS-1	L(6-5)	4	0.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.53	3.37	4	0	0	0	0	3	35			0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.273	1.58	-0.25%	-3.35	1b start tie	1b 1-3 0 out d2
17	180	113	Aug 16	BOS	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	W(7-5)	3	9.0	2	1	0	1	4	0	0	4.15	3.24	30	8	15	2	0	2	84			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.92	0.621	1.36	0.27%	3.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
18	181	118	Aug 22(1)	BOS		CHW	L,3-6	GS-8	L(7-6)	5	8.0	10	6	5	3	3	1	0	4.25	3.31	39	13	11	0	0	9	40			2	0	0	34	4	0	0	0	1	2	1.28	-0.284	.16	-0.02%	-1.32	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
19	182	123	Aug 26(1)	BOS		KCA	W,2-1	CG	W(8-6)	3	9.0	9	1	1	2	5	0	1	4.01	3.24	35	10	8	1	0	9	68			2	0	0	32	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.42	0.597	.25	0.06%	4.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
20	183	127	Aug 31	BOS		BAL	L,6-13	GS-7	L(8-7)	4	6.1	8	6	6	3	3	2	0	4.23	3.42	28	8	6	0	0	8	33			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.22	-0.099	.07	0.00%	-0.90	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a1
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
21	184	133	Sep 5	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	CG	L(8-8)	4	9.0	9	5	3	5	7	1	1	4.15	3.47	43	8	13	1	0	9	55			0	1	0	37	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.26	-0.056	.08	0.00%	0.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
22	185	138	Sep 11	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-3	GS-7	W(9-8)	5	6.0	4	3	3	5	2	0	0	4.17	3.50	27	12	4	1	0	4	49			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.28	-0.125	.01	0.00%	-0.84	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a2
23	186	145	Sep 16(2)	BOS	@	DET	L,4-8	GS-1		4	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.21	3.50	3	2	0	0	0	1	46			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.028	.00	0.00%	0.29	1b start a 1	1b 1-- 2 out a1
							11-11		W-L:9-8	4.5	145.1	142	79	68	57	74	9	8	4.21	3.50	630	1.09		5%	4%	138	50	0	---%	7	4	0	556	21	4	2	18	4	11	1.10	1.543	1.30	1.40%	8.98

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