Russ Nixon
1957–1968 · bats L / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins
906G
.268AVG
.310OBP
.361SLG
More career statistics
670H
27HR
266RBI
0SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 7 | 6 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 279 | 280 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,714 | 2,715 |
| Batting · Runs | 215 | 214 |
| Batting · Walks | 154 | 155 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 906 | 2,714 | 2,504 | 215 | 670 | 115 | 19 | 27 | 266 | 154 | 279 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 904 | .268 | .310 | .361 | .671 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1959-09-09 to 1959-09-25
13longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89 | Three Sacrifice Flies | 1965-08-31 | 1 in 13,977 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1963-06-11 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 10 total bases | 1958-09-09 | 1 in 1,002 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 431 | 1230 | 301 | 12 | 130 | 69 | 126 | .264 | .301 | .359 |
| Away | 475 | 1485 | 369 | 15 | 136 | 86 | 154 | .271 | .306 | .363 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 77 | 219 | 49 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 28 | .245 | .283 | .305 |
| May | 125 | 367 | 80 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 35 | .237 | .267 | .328 |
| June | 144 | 428 | 105 | 8 | 57 | 31 | 43 | .270 | .318 | .401 |
| July | 187 | 539 | 132 | 5 | 55 | 40 | 50 | .270 | .319 | .352 |
| August | 208 | 675 | 163 | 1 | 66 | 32 | 71 | .258 | .289 | .334 |
| September | 156 | 470 | 134 | 7 | 43 | 21 | 52 | .304 | .330 | .417 |
| October | 9 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .412 | .412 | .529 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 124 | 391 | 92 | 5 | 29 | 28 | 45 | .258 | .307 | .357 |
| new-york-yankees | 124 | 371 | 99 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 31 | .284 | .313 | .379 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 119 | 377 | 105 | 4 | 47 | 18 | 40 | .299 | .326 | .413 |
| baltimore-orioles | 104 | 302 | 88 | 2 | 37 | 15 | 31 | .311 | .341 | .399 |
| chicago-white-sox | 101 | 323 | 71 | 2 | 31 | 19 | 29 | .240 | .279 | .307 |
| cleveland-guardians | 76 | 221 | 49 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 25 | .240 | .276 | .328 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 65 | 182 | 37 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 20 | .237 | .308 | .321 |
| boston-red-sox | 48 | 149 | 39 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 13 | .277 | .289 | .362 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 |  Cleveland Guardians | 62 | 185 | 52 | 2 | 19 | – | .281 | – | – |
| 1958 | Cleveland Guardians | 113 | 376 | 113 | 9 | 46 | – | .301 | – | – |
| 1959 | Cleveland Guardians | 82 | 258 | 62 | 1 | 29 | – | .240 | – | – |
| 1960 | Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians | 105 | 354 | 101 | 6 | 38 | – | .285 | – | – |
| 1961 |  Boston Red Sox | 87 | 242 | 70 | 1 | 19 | – | .289 | – | – |
| 1962 | Boston Red Sox | 65 | 151 | 42 | 1 | 19 | – | .278 | – | – |
| 1963 | Boston Red Sox | 98 | 287 | 77 | 5 | 30 | – | .268 | – | – |
| 1964 | Boston Red Sox | 81 | 163 | 38 | 1 | 20 | – | .233 | – | – |
| 1965 | Boston Red Sox | 59 | 137 | 37 | – | 11 | – | .270 | – | – |
| 1966 |  Minnesota Twins | 51 | 96 | 25 | – | 7 | – | .260 | – | – |
| 1967 | Minnesota Twins | 74 | 170 | 40 | 1 | 22 | – | .235 | – | – |
| 1968 | Boston Red Sox | 29 | 85 | 13 | – | 6 | – | .153 | – | – |