#71 Willard Nixon, Closer, 26 yrs, Brooklyn Dodgers Thursday, 10/5/1954 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Willard Nixon
6/17/1928 26 USA,GA,TAYLORSVILLE 6"2 195
Closer 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 3.5 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 $ 4,255,500 1954 (Automatic) 4 Year(s), 18 Days (706 total Days) 172 Day(s) 6 Year(s), 97 Days (1129 total Days) 7 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 | 7 | 7 | |
Versus RHB | 5 | 8 | 7 | |
Talent | 4 | 9 | 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 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4.46 | 72.2 | 73 | 39 | 36 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 |
Projected | 39 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4.46 | 76.0 | 77 | 41 | 38 | 23 | 24 | | | | | |
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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 |
| 15 | 2 | 81.8 | 33 | 24 | 12.3 | 9.0 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 8 | 6 | 75.0 | 20 | 7 | 35.0 | 3.72 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 137 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .299 | .354 | .460 | .814 |
vs. RHB | 133 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .241 | .289 | .293 | .582 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 18 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5.79 | 28.0 | 29 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 8 |
Road | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3.63 | 44.2 | 44 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 15 |
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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 10.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
May | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5.86 | 35.1 | 39 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 13 |
June | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 14.0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
July | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.38 | 5.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
August | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9.00 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Sept./Oct. | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7.50 | 6.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
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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 |
Total | 113 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 5.01 | 274.2 | 293 | 166 | 153 | 27 | 107 | 96 | 9 | 1 | 1.46 | .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 |
Total | 113 | 78 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .266 | .282 | .548 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 37 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 1.000 | 72.2 | 2.60 | | | | |
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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...
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