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Willard
Nixon		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: June 17, 1928 in Usa, GA, TAYLORSVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1953    1955    1956   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 22 CIN NL $ 300,000 8 4 5 5 6 6 6 8 9 9
1951 23 CIN NL $ 300,000 8 4 5 5 5 6 6 9 9 9
1952 24 CIN NL $ 300,000 8 4 5 4 6 7 6 9 9 9
1953 25 CIN NL $ 300,000 8 3 4 4 5 6 6 8 8 8
1954 26 CIN NL $ 2,821,429 8 3 3 3 5 6 6 7 8 7
1955 27 CIN NL $ 2,821,429 8 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 7 7
1956 28 CIN NL $ 600,000 8 2 3 3 5 6 6 6 6 6
1957 29 CIN NL $ 600,000 8 2 3 3 5 6 5 6 6 6
1958 30 BSN NL $ 350,000 8 3 3 3 5 6 5 6 6 6
1960 32 BSN NL   8 2 3 3 5 6 5 5 6 6
1961 33 BSN NL $ 300,000 7 2 3 3 5 6 5 5 5 5
1962 34 BSN NL $ 500,000 7 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,821,429 8 4 5 5 6 7 6 9 9 9
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 22 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1951 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1952 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1953 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1954 26 CIN NL $ 2,821,429   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1955 27 CIN NL $ 2,821,429   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1956 28 CIN NL $ 600,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1957 29 CIN NL $ 600,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1958 30 BSN NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1960 32 BSN NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1961 33 BSN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1962 34 BSN NL $ 500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,821,429   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1950 22 CIN NL 8 17 .320 30 30 2 2 0 204.7 216 105 12 87 80 4.62 .278 .352 .388 .740 13.0
    AAA   4 1 .800 6 6 0 0 0 41.3 32 10 1 21 30 2.18 .211 .306 .296 .602  
1951 23 CIN NL 16 14 .533 37 36 6 0 0 249.3 267 123 14 111 106 4.44 .274 .348 .372 .720 18.6
1952 24 CIN NL 12 18 .400 37 37 6 3 0 259.0 304 139 27 123 112 4.83 .297 .375 .421 .795 12.0
1953 25 CIN NL 13 13 .500 31 31 10 1 0 234.3 212 92 13 111 93 3.53 .245 .328 .332 .660 17.1
1954 26 CIN NL 12 9 .571 25 25 6 0 0 189.7 178 86 20 81 61 4.08 .250 .326 .369 .696 13.6
1955 27 CIN NL 2 6 .250 46 4 2 0 21 65.7 88 51 8 31 23 6.99 .328 .399 .463 .862 0.0
1956 28 CIN NL 4 9 .308 47 0 0 0 17 62.3 69 37 11 32 19 5.34 .288 .370 .471 .840 2.9
1957 29 CIN NL 2 1 .667 25 0 0 0 1 37.3 39 22 8 16 9 5.30 .271 .352 .479 .831 1.4
1958 30 AAA   1 1 .500 12 0 0 0 0 27.0 23 11 2 16 10 3.67 .232 .339 .364 .703  
    AA   1 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 7.3 5 1 0 3 5 1.23 .208 .296 .292 .588  
1960 32 AA   0 1 .000 9 0 0 0 0 15.0 9 4 2 5 9 2.40 .173 .246 .346 .592  
1961 33 BSN NL 0 1 .000 13 1 0 0 0 18.0 14 9 2 7 5 4.50 .206 .276 .382 .659 1.0
    AAA   0 1 .000 9 0 0 0 0 9.7 13 10 1 9 10 9.32 .333 .458 .410 .869  
1962 34 AAA   0 2 .000 15 0 0 0 1 15.0 22 8 2 4 9 4.80 .314 .351 .486 .837  
9 Years Sim 69 88 .439 291 164 32 6 39 1320.3 1387 664 115 599 508 4.53 .273 .350 .390 .740 79.6
4 Years AAA 5 5 .500 42 6 0 0 1 93.0 90 39 6 50 59 3.77 .250 .341 .364 .705  
2 Years AA 1 1 .500 12 0 0 0 0 22.3 14 5 2 8 14 2.02 .184 .262 .329 .591  
6 Years Minors 6 6 .500 54 6 0 0 1 115.3 104 44 8 58 73 3.43 .239 .328 .358 .686  
Season Average 7 9 .438 32 18 3 0 4 146.7 154 73 12 66 56 4.53 .273 .350 .390 .740  
Career Highs 16 18 .667 47 37 10 3 21 259.0 304 139 27 123 112 6.99 .328 .399 .479 .862  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   714 336 59 281 310   .266 .335 .373 .708
vs LH   673 328 56 318 198   .282 .367 .408 .775
Home 37 44 .457 150 82 17 4 18 655.3 693 338 64 308 249 4.64 .275 .354 .390 .744
Away 32 44 .421 141 82 15 2 21 665.0 694 326 51 291 259 4.41 .272 .347 .389 .736
Mar/Apr 12 15 .444 45 29 6 1 4 218.6 240 112 14 110 84 4.61 .283 .365 .379 .744
May 12 12 .500 57 24 3 1 12 211.6 226 97 14 86 96 4.13 .279 .349 .384 .733
June 12 19 .387 51 29 9 2 5 240.0 235 121 27 112 86 4.54 .258 .339 .382 .720
July 11 15 .423 47 29 4 0 7 220.3 230 100 25 95 95 4.09 .273 .347 .414 .761
August 10 17 .370 48 30 6 1 6 232.6 249 142 22 115 77 5.49 .277 .359 .406 .765
Sep/Oct 12 10 .545 43 23 4 1 5 197.0 207 92 13 81 70 4.20 .272 .342 .370 .712
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
1950 22 CIN NL 30 70 3 14 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 16 .200 .200 .214 .414 2.5 0.0
1951 23 CIN NL 37 85 9 23 1 1 0 7 0 0 3 17 .271 .292 .306 .598 8.1 0.1
1952 24 CIN NL 37 83 6 24 1 0 0 11 0 0 2 16 .289 .306 .301 .607 7.6 0.3
1953 25 CIN NL 31 81 8 16 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 .198 .198 .210 .407 2.2 0.0
1954 26 CIN NL 25 71 9 16 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 11 .225 .225 .254 .479 3.2 0.0
1955 27 CIN NL 46 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .167 .214 .167 .381 0.8 0.0
1956 28 CIN NL 47 14 1 4 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .429 .714 1.6 0.3
1957 29 CIN NL 26 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.2
1958 30 AAA   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1961 33 BSN NL 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
9 Years Sim 292 424 36 101 8 1 0 36 0 0 6 86 .238 .248 .262 .509 26.3 0.8
1 Years AAA 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 235 19 56 4 0 0 19 0 0 3 47 .238 .248 .262 .509 14.6  
Career Highs 47 85 9 24 2 1 0 11 0 0 3 20 .333 .333 .429 .714 8.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   266 26 66 4 0 0 20 0 0 2 58 .248 .253 .263 .516 15.4
vs LH   158 10 35 4 1 0 16 0 0 4 28 .222 .239 .259 .499 8.5
Home 150 191 15 44 4 1 0 16 0 0 3 41 .230 .240 .262 .502 10.3
Away 134 233 21 57 4 0 0 20 0 0 3 45 .245 .254 .262 .516 13.5
RISP   123 0 27 3 1 0 34 0 0 3 28 .220 .234 .260 .495 6.5
Close/Late   37 2 9 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 10 .243 .243 .270 .514 2.0
Mar/Apr 37 67 3 12 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 13 .179 .197 .194 .391 1.6
May 39 66 4 19 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 13 .288 .288 .318 .606 5.4
June 47 77 7 15 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 14 .195 .215 .208 .423 2.4
July 29 70 7 15 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 21 .214 .236 .229 .465 3.1
August 42 79 11 22 3 0 0 10 0 0 0 16 .278 .278 .316 .595 6.2
Sep/Oct 30 65 4 18 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 9 .277 .277 .308 .585 5.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1950 22 CIN NL P 30 30 204.7 14 40 1 1 .982 2.37    
1951 23 CIN NL P 37 36 249.3 23 44 1 5 .985 2.42    
1952 24 CIN NL P 37 37 259.0 18 50 0 6 1.000 2.36    
1953 25 CIN NL P 31 31 234.3 17 44 1 3 .984 2.34    
1954 26 CIN NL P 25 25 189.7 17 41 2 5 .967 2.75    
1955 27 CIN NL P 46 4 65.7 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.78    
1956 28 CIN NL P 47 0 62.3 2 11 1 0 .929 1.88    
1957 29 CIN NL P 25 0 37.3 1 10 0 1 1.000 2.65    
1961 33 BSN NL P 13 1 18.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.00    
Career Totals   291 164 1320.3 97 254 6 21 .983 2.39    
Career Highs   47 37 259.0 23 50 2 6 1.000 3.00    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1953-10-3.53
 Losses
1950-9-17
1952-5-18
 Winning Pct
1954-10-.571
 Saves
1955-2-21
1956-4-17
 Shutouts
1950-7-2
1952-5-3
 Hits Allowed
1952-8-304
Hits per 9IP
1953-10-8.1
 OAVG
1953-10-.245
 OSLG
1951-9-.372
1953-6-.332
1954-10-.369
 OOPS
1953-6-.660
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 17    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Hank Wyse (975)
  2. Lee Stine (958)
  3. Harry Gumbert (958)
  4. Bill Lee (955)
  5. Sam Nahem (954)
  6. Rick Waits (949)
  7. Bill Henry (949)
  8. Storm Davis (949)
  9. Stan Williams (947)
  10. Mike Parrott (947)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Luis Arroyo (992)
  2. Ossie Orwoll (982)
  3. Sarge Connally (980)
  4. Murry Dickson (975)
  5. Sheriff Blake (968)
  6. Joe Page (965)
  7. Clay Bryant (965)
  8. Dave Keefe (964)
  9. Schoolboy Rowe (962)
  10. Lou Brissie (962)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by Seattle in 1950
Traded from Seattle to Cincinnati on 2/3/1950 (Going to SEM: 3B Vern Stephens. Going to CIN: P Willard Nixon)
Had first career hit (double) on 5/12/1950, off Howie Pollet (MON)
Earned first career win on 5/16/1950
Injured on 9/28/1950 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/6/1951 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 7/19/1951 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
Injured on 8/16/1953 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 6 weeks
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,821,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/21/1954 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 6 weeks
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,821,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/10/1955 with a Tight Elbow, out for one week
Injured on 6/22/1955 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
7/31/1955: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $600,000 per year, for 2 years
Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/15/1958 to a 1-year deal worth $350,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 4/2/1960 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 3/3/1962 to a 1-year deal worth $500,000 per year
5/1/1962: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
 
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