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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: 13-16 / in Starts: 13-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1957 Pitching Game Log

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1957 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	187	3	Apr 20	BOS		NYY	L,7-10	GS-2		99	1.2	5	3	3	1	1	2	0	16.20	18.66	9	1	1	0	0	5	33			1	1	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.224	2.18	-0.35%	-2.33	1t start tie	2t -2- 2 out d3
2	188	8	Apr 25	BOS	@	WSH	W,12-7	GS-4		4	3.1	5	5	5	3	1	1	2	14.40	13.06	18	3	4	1	0	5	28			0	1	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.284	2.97	-0.45%	-3.65	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out a2
3	189	12	Apr 30	BOS	@	KCA	W,3-1	CG	W(1-0)	4	9.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	5.79	5.96	29						79						28	0	1	0		1
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
4	190	17	May 5(1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	12	1	1	0	6	0	0	3.91	4.06	38	10	10	1	1	12	65			0	0	0	38	3	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.228	1.63	0.37%	3.21	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a4
5	191	24	May 13	BOS		WSH	L,3-5	GS-6	L(2-1)	7	5.0	6	4	3	3	3	0	0	4.18	3.88	25	7	6	3	0	6	41			0	0	1	21	2	0	0	0	0	2	.92	-0.214	2.66	-0.37%	-2.36	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out d2
6	192	29	May 18	BOS		KCA	L,5-7	GS-2		4	2.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.20	3.89	8	2	2	0	0	3	45			0	1	0	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.010	2.26	-0.02%	-0.01	1t start tie	2t 3 out d1
7	193	38	May 28	BOS		NYY	L,5-8	GS-5		9	5.0	7	5	5	3	2	0	1	4.89	3.91	27	7	7	1	0	7	32			0	0	0	22	3	0	1	0	1	1	.96	-0.264	2.39	-0.39%	-2.52	1t start tie	5t 3 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
8	194	43	Jun 1	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-1	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	8	1	1	0	3	0	0	4.09	3.48	35	10	14	0	3	8	70			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.143	.44	0.14%	3.13	1b start tie	9b 3 out a10
9	195	48	Jun 7	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-6	GS-2	L(3-2)	5	1.1	6	5	5	1	1	0	0	4.96	3.47	11	3	0	0	0	6	22			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.379	1.76	-0.32%	-4.21	1b start tie	2b 1-3 1 out d3
10	196	51	Jun 10	BOS	@	KCA	W,11-4	CG	W(4-2)	2	9.0	10	4	4	3	1	1	0	4.80	3.67	38	14	10	1	1	10	49			0	0	0	35	4	0	0	3	0	1	.39	-0.041	.69	-0.04%	0.25	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
11	197	56	Jun 15	BOS	@	DET	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(4-3)	4	8.0	7	3	3	2	2	0	0	4.62	3.55	33	14	13	3	0	2	56			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.108	2.05	-0.11%	0.86	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
12	198	61	Jun 21	BOS		KCA	W,4-3	GS-	W(5-3)	5	6.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.21	3.33	19						72						19	0	0	0		0
13	199	66	Jun 26	BOS		CHW	L,5-7	GS-3	L(5-4)	4	2.0	6	4	4	3	0	1	0	4.61	3.62	14	2	3	0	0	6	25			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	-0.205	2.28	-0.23%	-2.00	1t start tie	3t 12- 0 out d1
14	200	71	Jun 30	BOS		DET	W,10-3	GS-7	W(6-4)	3	7.0	9	3	3	3	5	0	0	4.54	3.50	32	11	5	0	1	8	49			1	0	0	29	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.31	0.090	2.24	0.09%	0.47	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
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
15	201	83	Jul 14(1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	L(6-5)	13	8.2	5	3	2	2	3	0	1	4.29	3.43	35	11	13	0	1	5	65			0	0	0	30	3	0	1	0	1	1	1.56	-0.354	1.47	-0.20%	0.79	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out d1
16	202	88	Jul 19	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-2	GS-8	W(7-5)	4	7.1	6	2	2	4	7	0	1	4.15	3.37	33	13	3	0	0	5	61			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.113	1.04	0.05%	0.90	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a3
17	203	94	Jul 26	BOS		CLE	W,10-1	CG	W(8-5)	6	9.0	8	1	0	1	4	0	0	3.78	3.24	34	16	5	0	1	8	72			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	3	0	1	.80	0.220	.54	0.09%	3.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
18	204	99	Jul 31	BOS		DET	L,3-5	GS-7	L(8-6)	4	6.1	10	5	4	0	5	1	0	3.89	3.22	29	11	4	0	0	9	40			0	1	0	29	4	0	0	0	0	1	.90	-0.390	.80	-0.21%	-2.93	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out d3
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
19	205	104	Aug 6	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(8-7)	5	8.0	10	2	2	0	3	0	0	3.78	3.12	31	10	8	5	0	10	57			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	.78	0.039	.23	0.01%	1.48	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
20	206	108	Aug 10	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	W(9-7)	3	9.0	5	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.58	3.06	31	12	8	1	2	3	75			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	4	1	0	1.15	0.422	.22	0.05%	3.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
21	207	113	Aug 15	BOS		NYY	L,3-6	GS-8	L(9-8)	4	7.0	8	4	4	4	8	2	0	3.66	3.19	33	9	4	0	0	8	49			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.015	.26	0.00%	-0.91	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out d4
22	208	118	Aug 21	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-1	GS-8	W(10-8)	5	7.0	7	1	0	4	3	0	0	3.48	3.20	30	8	8	1	1	7	60			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.21	0.222	.02	0.00%	2.30	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a2
23	209	123	Aug 26	BOS	@	KCA	W,16-0	SHO	W(11-8)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.27	3.14	29						79						28	1	0	0		0
24	210	128	Aug 31	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-4	GS-8	L(11-9)	4	7.0	9	4	3	0	3	1	0	3.30	3.15	30	11	7	2	0	9	48			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.055	.01	0.00%	-0.86	1b start tie	8b --3 0 out d3
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
25	211	133	Sep 5	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	L(11-10)	4	8.2	8	5	5	4	5	1	0	3.40	3.20	35	11	10	0	1	5	49			0	2	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	-0.302	.04	-0.01%	-0.93	1b start tie	9b --- 2 out d3
26	212	138	Sep 11	BOS		CHW	L,1-4	GS-11	L(11-11)	5	10.0	10	4	4	1	3	0	1	3.41	3.16	41	13	13	3	3	10	58			2	0	0	39	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.29	0.186	.02	0.00%	1.47	1t start tie	11t -23 0 out d1
27	213	142	Sep 15(1)	BOS		DET	L,1-7	GS-6	L(11-12)	3	5.0	11	6	6	1	4	0	0	3.61	3.11	25	8	1	0	0	11	24			0	0	0	24	4	1	0	1	0	0	.65	-0.251	.00	0.00%	-4.51	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out d6
28	214	147	Sep 21	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-3	GS-8	W(12-12)	5	7.2	7	2	1	7	5	0	1	3.51	3.16	38	16	7	0	3	2	57			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.088	.00	0.00%	0.96	1b start a 1	8b 123 2 out a6
29	215	152	Sep 27	BOS		NYY	L,2-10	GS-4	L(12-13)	5	4.0	9	6	5	1	4	0	0	3.68	3.12	22	4	4	0	0	9	25			0	0	0	21	2	1	0	1	0	1	.62	-0.352	.00	0.00%	-4.02	1t start tie	4t 3 out d5
							13-16		W-L:12-13	4.4	191.0	207	86	78	56	96	10	7	3.68	3.12	812	1.39		5%	4%	179	51		---%	5	7	1	741	42	5	3	20	4	9	.97	-1.587	.92	-1.89%	-8.53

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