Willard Nixon
1950–1958 · bats L / throws R · Boston Red Sox
239G
.242AVG
.305OBP
.296SLG
More career statistics
111H
2HR
41RBI
0SB
69–72W–L
1,234.0IP
616K
4.39ERA
177GS
3SV
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 · Strikeouts | 97 | 100 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,391 | 5,398 |
| Pitching · p er | 602 | 604 |
| Pitching · p hr | 89 | 90 |
| Pitching · p k | 616 | 618 |
| Pitching · p r | 674 | 676 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 239 | 515 | 459 | 42 | 111 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 42 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 136 | .242 | .305 | .296 | .601 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,234.0 | 225 | 177 | 51 | 69 | 72 | 3 | 1,277 | 674 | 602 | 89 | 530 | 616 | 0 | 0 | 4.39 | 1.464 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1953-05-22 to 1953-06-17
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1956-08-07 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1956-06-08 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1953-05-30 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 123 | 254 | 53 | 0 | 19 | 28 | 46 | .242 | .319 | .301 |
| Away | 116 | 261 | 58 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 54 | .242 | .276 | .292 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 16 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .160 | .214 | .240 |
| May | 33 | 79 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 19 | .219 | .266 | .301 |
| June | 48 | 102 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 14 | .306 | .373 | .365 |
| July | 48 | 113 | 30 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 26 | .300 | .354 | .340 |
| August | 48 | 114 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15 | .212 | .263 | .240 |
| September | 46 | 79 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 18 | .181 | .228 | .250 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 38 | 95 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 19 | .318 | .368 | .388 |
| cleveland-guardians | 36 | 62 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12 | .173 | .274 | .192 |
| new-york-yankees | 35 | 80 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 20 | .173 | .212 | .240 |
| chicago-white-sox | 34 | 73 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 14 | .281 | .315 | .312 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 30 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | .250 | .347 | .275 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 22 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | .217 | .283 | .304 |
| st-louis-browns | 17 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | .188 | .212 | .281 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 15 | 43 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | .300 | .349 | .350 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 |  Boston Red Sox | 22 | 36 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .139 | 101 | 58 |
| 1951 | Boston Red Sox | 34 | 45 | 13 | 1 | 8 | – | .289 | 125 | 70 |
| 1952 | Boston Red Sox | 33 | 53 | 11 | – | 7 | – | .208 | 103 | 50 |
| 1953 | Boston Red Sox | 23 | 42 | 8 | – | 3 | – | .190 | 116 | 57 |
| 1954 | Boston Red Sox | 31 | 68 | 18 | 1 | 3 | – | .265 | 199 | 102 |
| 1955 | Boston Red Sox | 31 | 69 | 18 | – | 7 | – | .261 | 208 | 95 |
| 1956 | Boston Red Sox | 23 | 54 | 11 | – | 5 | – | .204 | 145 | 74 |
| 1957 | Boston Red Sox | 32 | 75 | 22 | – | 4 | – | .293 | 191 | 96 |
| 1958 | Boston Red Sox | 10 | 17 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .294 | 43 | 16 |