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

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.2

ERA

4.39

225

177

1234.0

616

WHIP

1.464

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 22 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,7-4	GS	14	1.2	0	0	1	1	0	P
2	8 (1)	Apr 26	BOS		NYY	W,13-7		11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	16 (7)	May 5	BOS	@	DET	L,7-8		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	19 (2)	May 7	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
5	23 (3)	May 15	BOS		CHW	L,7-9	GS	35	7.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
6	28 (4)	May 21	BOS		DET	W,9-7	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	32 (3)	May 26	BOS		WSH	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	37 (4)	May 30 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,9-4	GS	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	39 (1)	Jun 2	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-4	GF	13	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
10	44 (4)	Jun 5	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-10	GS	23	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
11	47 (2)	Jun 8	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-7	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	51 (3)	Jun 12	BOS		DET	L,3-7		31	7.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
13	56 (4)	Jun 18	BOS		CLE	L,7-9		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	58 (1)	Jun 20	BOS		CLE	L,8-14		13	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	59	Jun 21	BOS		CLE	L,4-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	61 (1)	Jun 23	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	65 (3)	Jun 27	BOS		PHA	W,6-5		18	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	72 (6)	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-5	GS	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
19	81 (8)	Jul 15 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-3	GS	15	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	84 (2)	Jul 17	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-8	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	89 (4)	Jul 22	BOS	@	DET	W,10-9	GS	21	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	92 (2)	Jul 26	BOS		CHW	W,13-10	GS	12	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	97 (4)	Aug 1	BOS		SLB	W,5-1	GS	23	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
24	113 (15)	Aug 16	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-10	GF	10	1.2	0	1	0	1	1	P
25	117 (3)	Aug 21	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-6	GS	25	4.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
26	121 (3)	Aug 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-6	GS	26	4.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	131 (9)	Sep 7 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-11		8	2.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
28	138 (6)	Sep 14	BOS		SLB	W,9-6		18	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
29	142 (3)	Sep 18	BOS		CLE	L,4-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	143	Sep 19	BOS		CLE	L,2-15		9	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	148 (4)	Sep 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-7		5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	149	Sep 27	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-8	GF	14	3.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
33	151 (1)	Sep 28 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-11	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							33gm		125.0	2	23	1	26	1