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: 8-15 / in Starts: 8-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 6

1952 Pitching Game Log

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1952 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	56	18	May 6	BOS		CHW	W,11-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	2	2	4	6	1	2	2.00	4.50	36	6	14	0	0	4	73			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	1	.26	0.165	1.00	0.38%	2.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
2	57	24	May 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-5	GS-1		6	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.86	4.67	3	0	2	0	0	0	51			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.025	2.91	0.05%	0.25	1b start tie	1b 1-- 2 out tie
3	58	31	May 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-5	7-7		7	0.1	3	3	3	0	0	0	1	4.50	4.89	5	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.083	2.05	-0.18%	-2.69	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 1-3 1 out d4
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	59	41	Jun 2	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	CG(10)	W(2-0)	11	10.0	8	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.15	3.74	38	17	9	0	0	8	68			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.35	0.176	5.71	0.45%	2.97	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
5	60	46	Jun 7	BOS		DET	W,11-9	GS-5		4	4.1	10	7	4	2	2	1	0	4.07	4.12	26	4	9	3	2	9	21			0	0	0	24	3	1	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.410	3.21	-0.78%	-3.43	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d1
6	61	51	Jun 11	BOS		SLB	W,11-9	GS-4		3	3.1	7	6	6	1	2	2	0	5.53	4.81	17	5	2	1	0	7	23			0	0	0	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.416	2.94	-0.92%	-3.95	1t start tie	4t --3 1 out d3
7	62	54	Jun 15(1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-7	GS-5	L(2-1)	3	4.0	7	5	4	2	2	0	0	5.97	4.57	20	3	6	0	0	7	30			0	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.286	5.12	-0.79%	-2.47	1b start a 1	5b 1-3 0 out d1
8	63	61	Jun 22(1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG(8)	L(2-2)	6	8.0	9	7	4	3	4	1	0	5.67	4.48	36	12	8	0	0	9	43			1	0	0	32	4	0	0	1	0	2	.49	-0.269	2.14	-0.71%	-3.55	1b start tie	8b 3 out d7
9	64	64	Jun 24	BOS	@	DET	L,1-7	6-GF(8)		1	3.0	4	3	3	1	2	2	0	5.91	4.92	13	2	4	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.10	-0.032	.35	-0.07%	-1.61	6b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 6
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
10	65	73	Jul 4(2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS-6	L(2-3)	9	5.0	5	4	3	4	1	1	1	5.85	5.20	23	7	5	1	0	5	40			0	1	0	16	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.13	-0.103	3.54	-0.20%	-0.88	1b start a 1	6b 1-3 0 out d1
11	66	81	Jul 14	BOS		SLB	L,5-7	1-GF		9	8.2	9	2	2	2	4	1	0	5.27	4.96	36	10	11	1	0	9		1	1	0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	.09	-0.036	.23	-0.05%	1.49	1t 1-- 1 out d4	9t end d 7
12	67	86	Jul 19	BOS		CLE	L,0-4	7-GF		4	3.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.01	4.85	12	5	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	.15	0.023	.64	0.06%	1.49	7t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
13	68	94	Jul 27(2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-3	GS-7	W(3-3)	7	7.0	5	2	2	3	5	0	0	4.75	4.58	27	10	4	0	0	5	61			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	2	0	0	.85	0.222	2.92	0.46%	1.31	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a3
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	69	103	Aug 7(2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-4	GS-5		10	4.1	9	4	4	2	0	0	0	4.97	4.53	24	7	6	1	0	9	27			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.087	2.68	0.16%	-1.06	1b start a 1	5b 1-- 1 out a4
15	70	109	Aug 14(2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-2	GS-8	W(4-3)	6	7.1	7	1	1	7	4	0	0	4.62	4.49	33	10	5	0	0	7	57			0	0	1	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.55	0.115	5.83	0.26%	1.40	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a1
16	71	111	Aug 16	BOS		NYY	L,4-5	6-GF(6)		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.58	4.48	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.07	0.094	13.94	0.38%	0.91	6t 12- 1 out d1	6t end d 1
17	72	115	Aug 20	BOS		CLE	L,8-18	3-5		3	1.1	7	7	7	2	2	1	0	5.29	4.63	12	0	1	0	0	7		2	2	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.245	1.63	-0.45%	-6.90	3t -23 2 out d2	5t 12- 0 out d9
18	73	123	Aug 28	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-6	8-GF(8)	BS(1)	7	0.2	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	5.47	4.66	5	0	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.25	-0.567	18.22	-1.46%	-3.10	8b 12- 1 out a1	8b end d 3
19	74	127	Aug 31(2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(4-4)	2	8.0	6	2	2	7	5	1	0	5.18	4.73	30	9	3	0	0	6	60			0	2	1	23	1	0	0	4	0	0	.72	0.080	2.34	0.16%	1.94	1b start tie	8b 3 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	75	135	Sep 6(2)	BOS		PHA	W,10-2	CG	W(5-4)	5	9.0	6	2	2	7	3	0	0	4.88	4.66	40	13	11	1	0	6	63			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	.44	0.149	.03	0.01%	2.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
21	76	142	Sep 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	7-7		7	0.1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.87	4.72	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.073	.00	0.00%	-1.07	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 123 1 out d1
22	77	147	Sep 20	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-10	4-4		5	0.1	2	2	2	2	0	1	0	5.03	4.90	5	1	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-3.59	4b 12- 2 out d6	4b 3 out d10
23	78	150	Sep 24(2)	BOS		NYY	L,6-8	4-GF		3	5.1	3	1	1	4	4	0	0	4.86	4.81	22	8	3	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	18	0	1	0	1	0	0	.14	-0.001	.00	0.00%	1.92	4t 12- 2 out d7	9t end d 4
							8-15		W-L:5-4,BSv:1	4.9	103.2	115	64	56	61	50	12	4	4.86	4.81	468	1.23		4%	1%	114	47	11	64%	2	5	2	396	26	4	1	18	0	7	.75	-1.408	2.61	-3.25%	-15.65

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