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Donell
Nixon		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: December 31, 1961 in Usa, NC, EVERGREEN
 
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1987 25 PIT NL 96 212 42 58 6 9 4 21 38 13 26 36 .274 .365 .443 .808 37.7 8.6
1988 26 PIT NL 117 224 38 47 1 3 5 27 39 12 21 55 .210 .278 .308 .586 23.4 2.1
1989 27 PIT NL 121 293 39 68 9 0 5 20 29 11 17 73 .232 .276 .314 .590 27.3 2.6
1990 28 PIT NL 109 161 36 41 6 2 5 20 27 15 15 39 .255 .320 .410 .730 21.2 3.0
1991 29 PIT NL 130 379 61 92 7 3 15 34 49 23 25 94 .243 .295 .396 .691 45.1 4.9
1992 30 PIT NL 154 561 73 135 23 8 12 55 57 30 47 124 .241 .310 .374 .684 67.9 8.4
1993 31 PIT NL 119 265 36 68 8 2 6 21 34 11 27 58 .257 .329 .370 .699 36.1 6.1
1994 32 BOS AL 146 496 77 118 22 6 10 53 43 19 39 118 .238 .300 .367 .667 56.1 6.1
1995 33 BOS AL 18 53 8 10 0 0 0 4 5 2 12 15 .189 .338 .189 .527 4.8 0.0
1996 34 CHW AL 131 419 56 80 10 2 9 36 40 15 31 118 .191 .255 .289 .544 33.7 0.0
1997 35 CHW AL 77 199 27 40 7 1 3 24 17 8 7 53 .201 .231 .291 .522 12.7 0.0
11 Years Sim 1218 3262 493 757 99 36 74 315 378 159 267 783 .232 .296 .353 .649 366.0 41.9
162 Game Average 433 65 100 13 4 9 41 50 21 35 104 .232 .296 .353 .649 48.7  
Career Highs 154 561 77 135 23 9 15 55 57 30 47 124 .274 .365 .443 .808 67.9  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1987 25 PIT NL LF 59 46 422.3 102 1 0 1 1.000 2.19   1.3
    CF 12 12 93.0 35 0 0 0 1.000 3.39    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1988 26 PIT NL LF 57 44 378.3 68 2 1 0 .986 1.67   0.8
    CF 21 18 142.0 38 0 0 0 1.000 2.41    
    2B 3 0 6.0 3 3 0 3 1.000 9.00   0.1
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42    
1989 27 PIT NL LF 70 57 463.3 91 4 0 0 1.000 1.85   1.1
    CF 14 11 102.0 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.82    
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1990 28 PIT NL LF 35 30 231.0 46 0 0 0 1.000 1.79   1.0
    CF 10 6 57.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.68    
    RF 4 0 10.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.74    
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1991 29 PIT NL CF 95 91 788.7 181 2 0 0 1.000 2.09   2.0
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1992 30 PIT NL CF 153 151 1296.7 314 4 0 1 1.000 2.21   3.0
1993 31 PIT NL CF 50 48 417.3 115 2 0 0 1.000 2.52   1.7
    LF 14 9 89.3 23 1 0 0 1.000 2.42    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1994 32 BOS AL LF 135 121 1059.3 211 3 1 0 .995 1.82   3.9
    RF 1 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1995 33 BOS AL CF 8 8 72.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.4
    LF 9 6 58.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.40    
1996 34 CHW AL CF 107 106 866.3 222 5 0 2 1.000 2.36   1.1
    LF 7 5 52.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.03    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1997 35 CHW AL CF 41 39 316.0 75 1 0 0 1.000 2.16   1.3
    LF 19 15 142.0 26 2 0 1 1.000 1.77    
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  CF 513 490 4157.0 1042 14 0 3 1.000 2.29   9.6
  LF 406 333 2898.3 582 13 2 2 .997 1.85   8.1
  RF 9 0 25.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.44    
  SS 6 0 11.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.0
  3B 6 0 11.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
  2B 3 0 6.0 3 3 0 3 1.000 9.00   0.1
  1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   944 823 7109.3 1633 33 2 8 .999 2.11   17.8
Career Highs   153 151 1296.7 314 7 1 3 1.000 2.50    
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
1987 25 PIT NL 2 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 .429 .500 .429 .929
1990 28 PIT NL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Career Post-Season Batting 6 11 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 .273 .429 .273 .701
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.
Triples
1992-8-8
 Stolen Bases
1992-5-57
1994-10-43
1996-9-40
 Caught Stealing
1991-7-23
1992-4-30
1994-8-19
1996-7-15
CAR-39-159
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 24th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1987
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/9/1987, off Floyd Bannister (NYM)
1/31/1992: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration
1/31/1993: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration
1/31/1994: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Pittsburgh to Boston on 3/2/1994 (Going to PIT: SS Alex Gonzalez. Going to BOS: CF Donell Nixon)
10/24/1994: Signed a contract extension with Boston, $2,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Released by Boston on 5/1/1995
Signed as a free agent by Carolina on 7/16/1995 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/10/1996 to a 2-year deal worth $350,000 per year
 
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