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: 17-14 / in Starts: 17-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 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	133	2	Apr 14	BOS		NYY	W,8-4	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.1	9	4	4	5	4	0	1	4.91	3.73	34	8	7	0	0	9	43			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.017	3.59	0.03%	-0.62	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a2
2	134	7	Apr 20	BOS	@	WSH	W,1-0	SHO	W(2-0)	5	9.0	5	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.20	2.49	33	14	5	2	0	5	82			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	0.811	5.62	1.68%	4.30	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
3	135	11	Apr 24	BOS	@	NYY	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-0)	3	9.0	2	0	0	3	4	0	0	1.42	2.49	32	14	9	2	0	2	84			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.744	3.83	1.39%	4.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
4	136	15	Apr 29	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-7	GS-4	L(3-1)	4	3.2	8	4	4	1	0	2	0	2.48	3.47	19	9	1	0	0	8	28			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.199	2.38	-0.38%	-2.41	1b start tie	4b 12- 2 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
5	137	21	May 4	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-11	W(4-1)	4	10.1	8	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.29	3.21	41	16	10	0	0	8	70			0	0	0	38	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.46	0.383	2.71	0.43%	2.47	1b start tie	11b 12- 1 out a1
6	138	25	May 8	BOS		NYY	L,0-5	GS-6	L(4-2)	3	6.0	7	5	5	1	2	2	0	2.98	3.65	25	10	5	0	0	7	39			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	1	.62	-0.190	.86	-0.16%	-1.74	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
7	139	29	May 13	BOS		KCA	W,4-3	GS-8		4	8.0	10	3	3	1	6	0	0	3.04	3.29	33	9	7	1	0	10	55			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.190	1.33	0.12%	1.34	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
8	140	34	May 18	BOS		CLE	L,0-19	GS-5	L(4-3)	4	4.1	8	9	8	2	4	0	1	4.06	3.23	25	3	7	0	0	8	15			0	0	0	21	0	1	1	0	1	1	.88	-0.265	1.49	-0.27%	-5.85	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d8
9	141	37	May 24	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-6	GS-6	L(4-4)	5	5.1	6	4	3	4	1	0	0	4.14	3.32	25	13	1	1	0	6	39			3	1	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	1	.99	-0.110	.74	-0.05%	-2.12	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d4
10	142	43	May 29	BOS		WSH	W,12-7	GS-2		4	1.1	4	3	3	1	0	1	0	4.48	3.55	9	2	2	0	0	4	33			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.214	.41	-0.06%	-2.54	1t start tie	2t 123 1 out d2
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
11	143	50	Jun 5(1)	BOS	@	KCA	L,4-5	GS-6		6	5.2	6	4	4	4	3	0	0	4.63	3.54	29	10	6	0	1	6	40			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	2	1.45	-0.140	.31	-0.02%	-0.45	1b start a 1	6b 12- 2 out tie
12	144	55	Jun 10	BOS	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	6	2	2	5	4	0	0	4.33	3.49	37	9	13	3	0	6	66			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.255	.47	0.07%	2.39	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
13	145	59	Jun 16	BOS		KCA	W,7-6	GS-7		5	7.0	9	6	3	2	2	1	0	4.29	3.58	32	11	8	2	2	9	41			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.05	-0.295	.55	-0.09%	-2.20	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
14	146	64	Jun 21	BOS		DET	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.0	6	4	4	5	4	0	0	4.35	3.56	32	10	7	1	0	6	48			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	-0.285	1.02	-0.14%	-0.21	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out d1
15	147	69	Jun 26(1)	BOS		CHW	W,5-2	CG	W(6-4)	4	9.0	7	2	2	4	3	0	0	4.15	3.51	37	11	13	1	0	6	64			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.06	0.315	.53	0.10%	2.88	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
16	148	74	Jun 30	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS-6	L(6-5)	3	6.0	5	3	3	0	5	0	0	4.17	3.36	22	5	9	0	1	3	55			1	0	0	20	1	2	0	2	1	0	.55	-0.109	.50	-0.06%	-0.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
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
17	149	78	Jul 4(1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS-5	W(7-5)	3	5.0	5	2	2	0	3	0	0	4.14	3.26	20	7	5	0	0	5	52			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.080	2.42	0.10%	0.47	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a2
18	150	84	Jul 10	BOS		BAL	W,10-7	GS-7		5	7.0	5	4	4	3	5	1	0	4.20	3.31	30	11	6	0	0	5	53			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	0.072	2.69	0.09%	-0.20	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
19	151	90	Jul 19	BOS	@	KCA	W,6-3	GS-8	W(8-5)	8	7.1	9	2	2	3	3	0	0	4.10	3.28	34	5	14	2	3	9	52			2	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.11	0.085	2.52	0.12%	0.80	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out a4
20	152	96	Jul 24(2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	GS-9	W(9-5)	4	8.1	9	1	1	5	3	0	0	3.91	3.29	35	13	5	1	0	9	59			1	0	0	28	0	1	0	3	0	0	1.83	0.473	8.03	1.24%	3.04	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 1 out a1
21	153	100	Jul 29	BOS		DET	W,5-0	SHO	W(10-5)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.67	3.22	30	13	12	1	0	4	80			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.67	0.398	2.64	0.94%	4.88	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
22	154	106	Aug 4	BOS		CHW	W,7-3	GS-8	W(11-5)	5	7.1	9	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.67	3.21	33	15	4	2	0	9	47			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.073	4.90	0.23%	0.39	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a4
23	155	110	Aug 9	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	W(12-5)	4	9.0	6	1	1	4	5	0	0	3.52	3.17	36	12	9	1	0	6	72			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.466	8.89	1.76%	3.44	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
24	156	113	Aug 13	BOS		WSH	L,9-18	GS-4	L(12-6)	3	3.1	8	6	6	2	2	0	0	3.78	3.17	20	6	3	0	0	7	20			0	0	0	17	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.28	-0.239	3.88	-0.44%	-3.28	1t start tie	4t -23 1 out d4
25	157	120	Aug 20	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-6	GS-5	L(12-7)	6	4.2	9	5	5	1	0	0	0	3.94	3.17	24	10	4	0	0	9	25			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.288	3.48	-0.56%	-2.96	1b start tie	5b --3 2 out d4
26	158	124	Aug 25(1)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-6	GS-5	L(12-8)	4	4.0	5	4	4	4	0	1	0	4.06	3.29	18	8	1	0	0	5	32			0	1	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	.73	-0.224	1.68	-0.31%	-2.43	1b start tie	5b 1-- 0 out d3
27	159	129	Aug 30	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-7	GS-5		4	5.0	4	4	2	4	3	0	0	4.04	3.30	25	10	4	0	0	4	46			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.53	-0.198	7.97	-0.62%	-1.46	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
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
28	160	137	Sep 8	BOS		DET	L,4-5	GS-9		8	8.0	4	4	4	4	4	1	0	4.06	3.35	34	15	7	1	0	4	58			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	2	.99	-0.003	5.49	-0.01%	0.84	1t start tie	9t -23 0 out a2
29	161	142	Sep 13(1)	BOS		KCA	L,5-6	GS-7		4	7.0	7	5	5	3	4	0	0	4.15	3.32	31	9	8	3	0	7	44			0	0	0	27	4	0	1	0	1	0	1.29	-0.211	.64	-0.06%	-1.20	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
30	162	147	Sep 18	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(12-9)	4	8.0	7	3	2	2	4	0	0	4.07	3.27	32	11	8	1	0	7	60			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.95	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
31	163	152	Sep 23(2)	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	GS-7	L(12-10)	4	7.0	10	3	3	4	3	1	1	4.07	3.35	36	8	10	1	0	10	44			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.021	.00	0.00%	0.80	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
							17-14		W-L:12-10	4.4	208.0	207	102	94	85	95	10	3	4.07	3.35	903	1.46		5%	1%	203	50		---%	10	5	0	799	34	6	2	16	6	12	1.14	1.385	2.73	5.06%	3.61

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