#71 Willard Nixon, Starting Pitcher, 27 yrs, Cincinnati Red Legs Monday, 10/2/1955 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Willard Nixon
6/17/1928 27 USA,GA,TAYLORSVILLE 6"2 195
Starting Pitcher L R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Good GREAT Normal 2.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 3,000,000 1958 5 Year(s), 18 Days (878 total Days) 172 Day(s) 7 Year(s), 97 Days (1301 total Days) 8 Year(s) Out of Option Years
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 4 | 8 | 7 | 89-92 Mph |
Versus LHB | 4 | 8 | 7 | |
Versus RHB | 4 | 9 | 8 | |
Talent | 4 | 8 | 8 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 9 58 4
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Versus LHP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Versus RHP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 3 4 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 5 (Range), 1.000 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 1
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 41 | 39 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 4.76 | 319.1 | 336 | 176 | 169 | 105 | 146 | 23 | 59.0 | 1 | 19 | 48.7 |
Projected | 43 | 41 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 4.76 | 335.0 | 353 | 185 | 178 | 110 | 154 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 2 | 1 | 12.9 | 9.5 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 4.34 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 484 | 140 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 67 | 71 | 58 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .289 | .366 | .411 | .778 |
vs. RHB | 755 | 196 | 35 | 4 | 25 | 101 | 105 | 47 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .260 | .307 | .416 | .723 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 18 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5.07 | 151.0 | 154 | 90 | 85 | 50 | 70 |
Road | 23 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 4.49 | 168.1 | 182 | 86 | 84 | 55 | 76 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5.91 | 45.2 | 59 | 31 | 30 | 14 | 19 |
May | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3.47 | 62.1 | 62 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 33 |
June | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.34 | 62.0 | 55 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 22 |
July | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4.11 | 57.0 | 56 | 30 | 26 | 19 | 32 |
August | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5.37 | 57.0 | 58 | 34 | 34 | 20 | 21 |
Sept./Oct. | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8.15 | 35.1 | 46 | 33 | 32 | 18 | 19 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1950 | 50 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 4.77 | 54.2 | 66 | 31 | 29 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.63 | .317 | BOS PIT,NL |
1952 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33.75 | 1.1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.25 | .667 | BRO |
1953 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 5.12 | 146.0 | 147 | 90 | 83 | 18 | 62 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 1.43 | .263 | BRO |
1954 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4.46 | 72.2 | 73 | 39 | 36 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1.31 | .281 | BRO,NL |
1955 | 41 | 39 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 4.76 | 319.1 | 336 | 176 | 169 | 38 | 105 | 146 | 23 | 1 | 1.38 | .282 | CIN,NL |
Total | 154 | 63 | 43 | 33 | 25 | 4.88 | 594.0 | 629 | 342 | 322 | 65 | 212 | 242 | 32 | 2 | 1.42 | .283 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1951, AAA | 31 | 31 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3.85 | 222.1 | 231 | 108 | 95 | 22 | 86 | 176 | 9 | 1 | 1.43 | .313 |
1952, AAA | 24 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3.29 | 178.0 | 171 | 74 | 65 | 19 | 64 | 126 | 8 | 3 | 1.32 | .280 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1950 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | BOS PIT,NL |
1952 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | BRO |
1953 | 25 | 55 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .286 | .309 | .595 | BRO |
1954 | 37 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .227 | .455 | BRO,NL |
1955 | 41 | 120 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .236 | .208 | .445 | CIN,NL |
Total | 154 | 198 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 45 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .248 | .237 | .485 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 41 | 39 | 17 | 55 | 7 | 74 | 2 | .973 | 319.1 | 2.09 | | | | |
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Transactions Traded from Boston (A) to Pittsburgh on 5/30/1950 (Going to PIT: CF Jim Piersall, P Dick Littlefield, P Willard Nixon, LF Charlie Maxwell. Going to BOS: LF Ralph Kiner)... Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/8/1951 to a 4-year deal worth $4,255,500 per year... All Star Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game... Milestones Earned first career win on 4/10/1950... Injuries Injured on 9/6/1951 with a Blister On Finger, out for one week... Injured on 5/26/1952 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks... Had first career hit on 4/28/1953, off Vern Law (PIT)... Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game... Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/6/1955 to a 4-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year... Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game...
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Saves 1950 - 16 - 9th 1954 - 9 - 7th
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