Russ Nixon
Full Name: Russell Eugene Nixon
Bats: Left Throws: Right
Height: 6-1 Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: Feb 19, 1935 in Cleaves, OH
College: ?
Major League Debut: April 20, 1957
Died:

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CAREER BATTING STATISTICS
 BATTING
YEAR TEAM LG AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG
1957
1958
1959
1960
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
 Cle
Cle
Cle
Cle
Bos
Bos
Bos
Bos
Bos
Bos
Min
Min
Bos
 AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
 .281
.301
.240
.244
.298
.289
.278
.268
.233
.270
.260
.235
.153
 62
113
82
25
80
87
65
98
81
59
51
74
29
 185
376
258
82
272
242
151
287
163
137
96
170
85
 15
42
23
6
24
24
11
27
10
11
5
16
1
 52
113
62
20
81
70
42
77
38
37
25
40
13
 7
17
10
5
17
12
7
18
7
5
2
6
2
 1
4
3
0
3
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
0
 2
9
1
1
5
1
1
5
1
0
0
1
0
 18
46
29
6
33
19
19
30
20
11
7
22
6
 12
13
15
6
13
13
8
22
14
6
7
18
7
 12
38
28
6
23
19
14
32
29
23
13
29
13
 .323
.322
.277
.308
.329
.327
.313
.327
.297
.295
.314
.304
.217
 .362
.439
.314
.341
.438
.368
.371
.390
.294
.321
.302
.300
.176
Totals AVG
.268		 G
906		 AB
2504		 R
215		 H
670		 2B
115		 3B
19		 HR
27		 RBI
266		 BB
154		 K
279		 OBP
.310		 SLG
.361


 BATTINGBASERUNNINGMISC
YEAR TEAM LG HBP GDP TB IBB SH SF SB CS SB% AB/HR AB/K
1957
1958
1959
1960
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
 Cle
Cle
Cle
Cle
Bos
Bos
Bos
Bos
Bos
Bos
Min
Min
Bos
 AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
 0
0
0
2
0
2
0
4
2
0
1
0
0
 6
15
9
3
10
5
4
8
7
8
2
4
2
 67
165
81
28
119
89
56
112
48
44
29
51
15
 7
4
1
2
3
1
3
5
3
2
3
3
1
 1
4
2
1
4
2
0
1
0
1
1
2
0
 1
2
5
1
1
3
1
2
3
3
1
3
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
 1
3
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
 .000
.000
-.---
.000
.000
.000
-.---
-.---
-.---
-.---
-.---
-.---
-.---
 92.5
41.8
258.0
82.0
54.4
242.0
151.0
57.4
163.0
--.-
--.-
170.0
--.-
 15.4
9.9
9.2
13.7
11.8
12.7
10.8
9.0
5.6
6.0
7.4
5.9
6.5
Totals HBP
11		 GDP
83		 TB
904		 IBB
38		 SH
19		 SF
26		 SB
0		 CS
7		 SB%
.000		 AB/HR
92.7		 AB/K
9.0


CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS
YEAR TEAM LG POS G Ch PO A E DP FPCT
1957
1958
1959
1960
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
 Cle
Cle
Cle
Cle
Bos
Bos
Bos
Bos
Bos
Bos
Min
Min
Bos
 AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
 C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
 57
101
74
25
74
66
38
76
45
38
32
69
27
 304
535
411
143
385
363
208
509
287
214
144
336
154
 268
499
374
134
354
330
201
483
273
200
137
308
147
 31
31
31
8
26
24
7
22
11
10
5
26
6
 5
5
6
1
5
9
0
4
3
4
2
2
1
 5
4
8
2
3
2
1
1
3
0
0
1
1
 0.984
0.991
0.985
0.993
0.987
0.975
1.000
0.992
0.990
0.981
0.986
0.994
0.994
Totals G
722		 Ch
3993		 PO
3708		 A
238		 E
47		 DP
31		 FPCT
0.988



Twin brothers Russ and Roy Nixon were both signed by the Indians, but only Russ made it to the majors. He batted a career-high .301 as the Indians' regular catcher in 1958. In 1960, he was twice traded from Cleveland to Boston; the original March deal was called off when Sammy White refused to report, but a second trade was completed in June. Often felled by injuries, Nixon appeared in nearly a quarter of his ML games as a pinch hitter. A longtime resident of the Cincinnati area, he managed in the Reds' farm system from 1970 to 1975, joined their ML coaching staff in 1976, and replaced John McNamara as ML manager in July of 1982. Dismissed after a last-place 1983 finish, he coached for the Expos and Braves and then was named Braves manager in 1989.

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