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Russ
Nixon		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: February 19, 1935 in Usa, OH, CLEVES
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1957 22 BRK NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 2 3 3 7 8 8
1958 23 BRK NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 6 3 3 3 8 9 9
1959 24 BRK NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 3 3 3 8 9 9
1960 25 BRK NL $ 350,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 3 3 3 8 9 9
1961 26 BRK NL $ 350,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 7 8 7 2 3 3 8 9 9
1962 27 COL NL $ 350,000   7 7 7 2 3 3 7 8 7 2 3 3 8 9 9
1963 28 COL NL $ 2,082,857   7 7 6 2 3 3 6 7 7 2 3 3 8 9 9
1964 29 TOR AL $ 5,000,000   6 6 6 2 3 3 7 8 8 2 3 3 7 8 8
1965 30 TOR AL $ 5,000,000   6 6 6 2 3 3 7 8 8 2 3 3 7 8 7
1966 31 TOR AL $ 5,000,000   6 6 6 2 3 3 7 8 8 2 3 3 7 7 7
1967 32 TOR AL $ 480,000   6 6 6 2 3 3 7 8 8 2 3 3 7 7 7
1968 33 BOS AL $ 500,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 8 8 2 3 3 6 7 7
1969 34 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 7 8 7 2 3 3 6 7 7
1970 35 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 3 3 7 8 8 2 3 3 6 7 7
1971 36 NYG NL $ 400,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 8 8 3 3 3 6 7 6
1972 37 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 3 3 6 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 2 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 8 8 3 3 3 8 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1957 22 BRK NL 49 132 7 32 7 0 0 16 0 0 15 23 .242 .318 .295 .613 12.5 1.3
1958 23 BRK NL 69 165 14 36 4 1 1 18 0 0 10 13 .218 .260 .273 .533 11.1 0.0
1959 24 BRK NL 36 77 9 21 3 0 1 9 0 1 1 8 .273 .282 .351 .633 5.9 0.3
1960 25 BRK NL 75 152 17 37 7 2 4 22 0 0 11 13 .243 .293 .395 .687 17.2 2.3
1961 26 BRK NL 85 155 13 41 5 3 1 17 0 0 8 18 .265 .297 .355 .652 14.7 1.2
1962 27 CLN NL 61 176 20 56 9 2 5 19 0 0 7 13 .318 .342 .477 .820 26.0 5.9
  COL NL 50 171 12 57 8 0 1 15 0 0 7 8 .333 .360 .398 .757 22.1 5.7
  TOT   111 347 32 113 17 2 6 34 0 0 14 21 .326 .351 .438 .789 48.2 11.6
    AAA   25 89 11 30 9 0 1 11 0 2 5 8 .337 .372 .472 .844 13.3  
1963 28 COL NL 135 533 49 139 19 4 5 44 1 0 12 44 .261 .279 .340 .618 43.3 4.5
1964 29 TOR AL 142 479 33 123 29 1 3 46 1 1 16 31 .257 .279 .340 .619 40.6 6.3
1965 30 TOR AL 135 460 40 120 36 4 4 41 1 1 24 61 .261 .295 .383 .678 49.4 8.3
1966 31 TOR AL 144 463 52 122 22 1 5 53 1 1 21 51 .263 .297 .348 .644 46.1 6.0
1967 32 TOR AL 103 248 24 60 21 2 1 24 1 0 14 35 .242 .281 .355 .636 21.2 1.9
1968 33 BOS AL 10 18 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .167 .211 .222 .433 0.7 0.0
1969 34 DET AL 147 514 43 111 33 2 3 26 1 1 19 99 .216 .244 .305 .549 34.7 1.6
1970 35 DET AL 72 219 16 53 15 0 0 16 0 1 6 35 .242 .269 .311 .579 14.8 0.7
    AAA   26 113 9 31 5 1 3 15 0 1 6 9 .274 .311 .416 .727 13.8  
1971 36 NYG NL 42 133 9 38 7 0 1 14 0 0 5 22 .286 .309 .361 .670 13.0 2.1
1972 37 NYG NL 60 133 15 26 7 0 2 12 0 0 9 13 .195 .248 .293 .542 9.0 0.0
16 Years Sim 1415 4228 375 1075 233 22 37 394 6 6 186 491 .254 .285 .346 .631 382.4 48.4
2 Years AAA 51 202 20 61 14 1 4 26 0 3 11 17 .302 .338 .441 .779 27.1  
162 Game Average 484 42 123 26 2 4 45 0 0 21 56 .254 .285 .346 .631 43.8  
Career Highs 147 533 52 139 36 4 6 53 1 1 24 99 .326 .351 .438 .789 49.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3132 294 844 183 15 27 318 5 5 154 317 .269 .303 .363 .667 327.8
vs LH   1096 81 231 50 7 10 76 1 1 32 174 .211 .232 .297 .529 67.4
Home 687 2020 175 509 121 8 15 172 1 3 82 232 .252 .281 .342 .623 181.6
Away 728 2208 200 566 112 14 22 222 5 3 104 259 .256 .289 .350 .639 213.5
RISP   903 0 218 48 2 9 330 0 0 57 88 .241 .280 .329 .609 82.7
Pinch Hitting   335 28 93 19 3 3 49 0 0 24 38 .278 .324 .379 .703 40.0
Close/Late   628 53 157 33 1 7 74 0 0 39 81 .250 .293 .339 .632 60.9
Mar/Apr 205 647 56 170 34 4 7 61 2 1 26 58 .263 .292 .360 .652 64.3
May 251 728 72 187 44 4 9 76 2 1 31 86 .257 .286 .365 .651 72.4
June 234 679 59 162 36 1 5 60 0 1 24 80 .239 .263 .317 .580 52.4
July 204 603 56 146 34 5 3 54 2 2 36 80 .242 .285 .330 .615 54.1
August 268 818 71 222 46 3 8 80 0 0 29 91 .271 .298 .364 .662 82.9
Sep/Oct 253 753 61 188 39 5 5 63 0 1 40 96 .250 .285 .335 .620 69.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1957 22 BRK NL C 39 34 314.7 135 6 0 1 1.000 4.03 4 1 .250 1 1.7
1958 23 BRK NL C 39 36 325.0 193 9 2 0 .990 5.59 8 1 .125 0 1.2
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1959 24 BRK NL C 17 14 129.0 110 5 0 0 1.000 8.02 1 0 .000 0 0.3
1960 25 BRK NL C 30 30 263.0 146 11 2 0 .987 5.37 14 4 .286 1 0.8
1961 26 BRK NL C 29 24 225.0 134 8 0 0 1.000 5.68 4 0 .000 0 1.9
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 27 CLN NL C 54 48 401.5 228 15 1 0 .996 5.45 11 5 .455 2 2.0
  COL NL C 45 40 388.5 220 15 0 0 1.000 5.44 10 4 .400 1 2.2
  TOT   C 99 88 790.0 448 30 1 0 .998 5.45 21 9 .429 3 4.2
1963 28 COL NL C 128 124 1098.3 760 58 6 1 .993 6.70 66 24 .364 3 7.5
1964 29 TOR AL C 134 123 1083.7 684 69 4 2 .995 6.25 135 38 .281 2 5.4
1965 30 TOR AL C 126 107 1021.7 789 48 7 0 .992 7.37 96 30 .313 1 6.0
1966 31 TOR AL C 128 115 1044.7 795 64 10 0 .988 7.40 120 39 .325 0 5.0
1967 32 TOR AL C 69 63 544.7 465 28 5 0 .990 8.15 61 20 .328 1 2.8
1968 33 BOS AL C 2 2 16.0 7 2 0 0 1.000 5.06 2 1 .500 0 0.1
1969 34 DET AL C 142 137 1185.7 700 71 5 4 .994 5.85 144 44 .306 6 7.0
1970 35 DET AL C 59 51 462.7 251 31 5 0 .983 5.49 68 25 .368 1 2.3
    SS 1 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 36 NYG NL C 35 35 303.3 167 12 1 0 .994 5.31 15 8 .533 0 1.8
1972 37 NYG NL C 32 30 266.0 150 12 1 0 .994 5.48 17 6 .353 0 1.7
  C 1108 1013 9073.3 5934 464 49 8 .992 6.35 776 250 .322 19 49.5
  RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1114 1013 9083.6 5934 466 49 8 .992 6.34 776 250 .322 19 49.5
Career Highs   142 137 1185.7 795 71 10 4 1.000 8.15 144 44 .533 6  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1968 33 BOS AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Doubles
1965-8-36
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Dave Roberts (946)
  2. Sammy Taylor (921)
  3. John Ellis (921)
  4. Jay Johnstone (920)
  5. Mike Scioscia (919)
  6. Matt Batts (919)
  7. Ellie Rodriguez (917)
  8. Thurman Munson (911)
  9. Alan Ashby (910)
  10. Andy Etchebarren (904)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 43rd overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1957
Had first career hit on 4/8/1957, off Roger Craig (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 8/23/1958, off Bob Blaylock (STL)
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 6/3/1961
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Colorado on 7/1/1962 (Going to CLN: C Danny Kravitz, P Earl Francis. Going to COL: 1B Billy Klaus, C Russ Nixon, CF Richie Ashburn)
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,082,857 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Pittsburgh on 8/9/1963
Injured on 9/26/1963 with a Torn Thigh Muscle, out for 9 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Toronto on 2/5/1964 to a 3-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year
6/1/1966: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $480,000 per year, for 1 years
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/12/1968 to a 1-year deal worth $500,000 per year
Injured on 4/1/1968 with a Fractured Hand, out for 6 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 3/2/1969 to a minor league contract
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 4/2/1970 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/22/1971 to a 1-year deal worth $400,000 per year
4/2/1971: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
 
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