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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-14 / in Starts: 17-14
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	27 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 81 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	51 (28-14-9)
Avg. MLBer w/ 81 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	51 (27-16-7)

Most Driven In
S White	3
G Hatton	3
J Piersall	1

Most Driven In By
J Jensen	2
T Williams	2
F Throneberry	1
B Goodman	1
B Klaus	1

1955 Batting Game Log

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1955 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	144	2 (1)	Apr 14	BOS		NYY	W,8-4	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	9	.55	-0.032	1.61	-0.06%	0.22	P
2	145	7 (4)	Apr 20	BOS	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.500	.667	9	.98	-0.077	3.37	-0.16%	-0.85	P
3	146	11 (3)	Apr 24	BOS	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.333	.444	9	1.07	-0.083	3.33	-0.16%	-0.54	P
4	147	15 (3)	Apr 29	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-7	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.333	.533	9	.73	0.029	2.34	0.06%	0.26	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	148	21 (5)	May 4	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-11	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.308	.522	9	1.20	-0.066	2.23	-0.07%	-0.56	P
6	149	25 (3)	May 8	BOS		NYY	L,0-5	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.200	.286	.486	9	1.38	-0.061	1.91	-0.05%	-0.56	P
7	150	29 (3)	May 13	BOS		KCA	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.167	.235	.402	9	.95	-0.077	1.02	-0.05%	-0.77	P
8	151	34 (4)	May 18	BOS		CLE	L,0-19	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.211	.235	.446	9	.50	0.015	.84	0.02%	0.13	P
9	152	37 (2)	May 24	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-6	GS-6	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.238	.316	.554	9	.78	0.007	.59	0.00%	-0.01	P
10	153	43 (5)	May 29	BOS		WSH	W,12-7	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.158	.238	.316	.554	9						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	154	50 (6)	Jun 5 (1)	BOS	@	KCA	L,4-5	GS-6	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.292	.364	.655	9	.43	0.037	.09	0.01%	0.64	P
12	155	55 (4)	Jun 10	BOS	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.259	.320	.579	9	.55	-0.053	.25	-0.02%	-0.94	P
13	156	59 (3)	Jun 16	BOS		KCA	W,7-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.241	.296	.538	9	1.62	-0.085	.85	-0.03%	-0.71	P
14	157	64 (4)	Jun 21	BOS		DET	W,5-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.226	.276	.502	9	1.51	-0.083	1.26	-0.04%	-0.63	P
15	158	69 (4)	Jun 26 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.313	.548	9	1.96	0.280	.98	0.08%	2.18	P
16	159	74 (4)	Jun 30	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS-7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.278	.313	.590	9	.96	0.013	.87	0.01%	0.09	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	160	78 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.289	.324	.613	9	1.24	0.157	2.68	0.20%	1.57	P
18	161	84 (5)	Jul 10	BOS		BAL	W,10-7	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.275	.306	.581	9	.81	-0.044	1.67	-0.05%	-0.57	P
19	162	90 (5)	Jul 19	BOS	@	KCA	W,6-3	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.300	.573	9	1.22	-0.173	2.77	-0.24%	-1.40	P
20	163	96 (5)	Jul 24 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	GS-9	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.313	.310	.622	9	1.03	0.005	4.50	0.01%	0.29	P
21	164	100 (3)	Jul 29	BOS		DET	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.308	.304	.612	9	.57	0.015	2.24	0.04%	-0.53	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	165	106 (5)	Aug 4	BOS		CHW	W,7-3	GS-8	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.220	.304	.320	.624	9	.72	0.008	3.75	0.03%	-0.42	P
23	166	110 (3)	Aug 9	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.333	.633	9	.55	0.001	3.43	0.00%	0.95	P
24	167	113 (2)	Aug 13	BOS		WSH	L,9-18	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.295	.327	.622	9	1.07	-0.028	3.25	-0.05%	-0.25	P
25	168	120 (6)	Aug 20	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-6	GS-5	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.317	.351	.668	9	1.50	0.133	4.80	0.26%	1.04	P
26	169	124 (3)	Aug 25 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-6	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.308	.339	.647	9	.72	-0.039	1.67	-0.05%	-0.38	P
27	170	129 (4)	Aug 30	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-7	GS-6	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.328	.350	.678	9	1.61	0.038	8.38	0.12%	0.34	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	171	137 (7)	Sep 8	BOS		DET	L,4-5	GS-9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.329	.339	.667	9	.50	-0.025	2.75	-0.08%	-0.45	P
29	172	142 (4)	Sep 13 (1)	BOS		KCA	L,5-6	GS-7	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.344	.677	9	1.28	-0.025	.64	-0.01%	-0.39	P
30	173	147 (4)	Sep 18	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.333	.343	.677	9	1.11	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.01	P
31	174	152 (4)	Sep 23 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.338	.348	.685	9	1.43	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.19	P
							17-14		81	69	7	18	4	1	0	7	8	0	20	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	.261	.338	.348	.685		.99	-0.249	2.27	-0.29%	-2.45

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