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Russ Nixon
Russell Eugene Nixon

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 200 lb.

MLB Debut April 20, 1957
Final Game September 16, 1968
Born February 19, 1935 in Cleves, OH
Died November 9, 2016 (age 81)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1957 22 PIN NL   67  204   21   60   7   0   3   22   0   1   10   17  .294  .323  .373  .695    91    76   1   3   3   0   5  
 1958 23 PIN NL  120  396   36  119  22   6   7   41   0   0   18   46  .301  .333  .439  .773   107   174   1   1   4   2   8  
 1959 24 PIN NL   87  269   23   72  12   4   1   24   0   1   20   31  .268  .314  .353  .667    92    95   2   4   7   0  10  
 1960 25 DEA AL   96  313   34   80  15   1   9   40   0   0   17   26  .256  .296  .396  .692    94   124   5   0   1   1  12  
 1961 26 DEA AL   47  153   15   41   7   0   1   25   0   0   11   12  .268  .320  .333  .653    85    51   0   5   2   3   3  
 1962 27 DEA AL   41  144   15   40   7   2   1   14   0   0    5   17  .278  .302  .375  .677    88    54   0   0   2   0   1  
 1963 28 CHN NL    7   23    3   12   0   0   1    6   0   0    2    2  .522  .577  .652 1.229   178    15   0   0   1   1   1  
 1964 29 CHN NL   19   46    6   11   2   0   0    3   0   1    2    9  .239  .265  .283  .548    74    13   0   1   0   0   1  
 1965 30 CHN NL   22   58    4   12   0   1   0    4   0   0    4    9  .207  .258  .241  .499    69    14   0   0   2   0   2  
 1966 31 MNA AL    1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000  .000     0     0   0   0   0   0   1  
 1967 32 MNA AL   62  152   17   41   3   0   0   16   0   0    7   40  .270  .302  .289  .591    84    44   0   0   0   0   0  
 1968 33 BOA AL    4    5    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .400  .571  .400  .971   150     2   0   0   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons      573 1764  176  490  75  14  23  195   0   3   98  209  .278  .316  .375  .691         662   9  14  22   7  44
 Per 600 PA           559   56  155  24   4   7   62   0   1   31   66                                 210   3   4   7   2  14
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With PIN      274  869   80  251  41  10  11   87   0   2   48   94  .289  .325  .397  .722         345   4   8  14   2  23
   With DEA      184  610   64  161  29   3  11   79   0   0   33   55  .264  .304  .375  .679         229   5   5   5   4  16
   With MNA       63  153   17   41   3   0   0   16   0   0    7   40  .268  .300  .288  .588          44   0   0   0   0   1
   With CHN       48  127   13   35   2   1   1   13   0   1    8   20  .276  .321  .331  .652          42   0   1   3   1   4
   With BOA        4    5    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .400  .571  .400  .971           2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      906 2504  215  670 115  19  27  266   0   7  154  279  .268  .310  .361  .671         904  19  26  38  11  83
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1957 22 PIN NL   4   23   4.1   4   2   0  .500   2   29   27  .931   33   12  .733  C    4(+1)e6    10   
 1958 23 PIN NL  22   56   5.3   4   0   0  .000   7   43   32  .744   63   19  .768  C    4(+1)e3    12   
 1959 24 PIN NL  14   27   3.5   9   2   0  .222   5   36   23  .639   32   12  .727  C    4(+1)e7    76   
 1960 25 DEA AL  10   33   3.6   5   1   0  .200   4   41   35  .854   19   11  .633  C    4(+1)e4   -47   
 1961 26 DEA AL  10   17   3.9   2   0   0  .000   5   13    9  .692   12   11  .522  C    4(+2)e8   -42   
 1962 27 DEA AL   3   16   4.2   0   0   0  .000   1   14    7  .500   20   10  .667  C    4(+2)e5    -6   
 1963 28 CHN NL   0    8  18.8   0   0   0  .000   0    1    0  .000    4    2  .667  C    4(0)e4    512   
 1964 29 CHN NL   2    3   2.2   6   2   0  .333   0    1    0  .000    7    3  .700  C    4(+1)e4   -43   
 1965 30 CHN NL   0    3   1.8   1   0   0  .000   2    7    5  .714   11    6  .647  C    4(+3)e9  -116   
 1966 31 MNA AL   0    0   -.0   1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH            -616   
 1967 32 MNA AL   5   13   3.4  19   4   0  .211   1   19   14  .737   21   11  .656  C    4(+1)e3   -12   
 1968 33 BOA AL   0    1  13.0   0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    1    0 1.000  C    4(+2)e2   578   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 12 Seasons          204   4.1  51  11   0  .216  27  204  152  .745  223   97  .697                   5   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 5.2 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 10.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1957 22 PIN NL  C     62   368    20    2    1   .995    56   489.1   7.14
 1958 23 PIN NL  C    115   621    39    7    0   .990   103   899.2   6.60
 1959 24 PIN NL  C     80   353    26    5    2   .987    69   630.2   5.41
 1960 25 DEA AL  C     91   518    19    4    1   .993    89   700.2   6.90
 1961 26 DEA AL  C     45   219    16    5    2   .979    43   341.0   6.20
 1962 27 DEA AL  C     40   197    14    1    1   .995    38   312.2   6.07
 1963 28 CHN NL  C      7    31     2    0    0  1.000     6    50.0   5.94
 1964 29 CHN NL  C     14    51     4    0    0  1.000    10    85.0   5.82
 1965 30 CHN NL  C     21    94    11    2    0   .981    19   157.0   6.02
 1966           [Did not play]
 1967 32 MNA AL  C     46   273    19    1    0   .997    38   337.1   7.79
 1968 33 BOA AL  C      4     8     0    0    0  1.000     2    18.0   4.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 C    525  2733   170   27    7   .991   473  4021.1   6.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1960 WS    DEA SFN   L    6  19  0  6  0  0  0   2  2  2  .316  .381  .316  0
 1961 WS    DEA SFN   W    3   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .333  .333  .333  0
 1962 WS    DEA SFN   L    2   6  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  .167  .143  .167  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1957  PIN   75-79   Dennis Van Langen
 1958  PIN   79-75   Dennis Van Langen
 1959  PIN   64-90   Dennis Van Langen
 1960  DEA   96-58   Tom Austad
 1961  DEA  101-53   Tom Austad
 1962  DEA   95-67   Alan Boodman
 1963  CHN   96-66   Alan Boodman
 1964  CHN   97-66   Alan Boodman
 1965  CHN   87-75   Alan Boodman
 1966  MNA   88-74   Jason Hartnell
 1967  MNA   78-84   Rick Ramacier
 1968  BOA   93-69   Mike Tomeo

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