Otis Nixon

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: January 9, 1959 in Evergreen, NC us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 21st round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Louisburg College (Louisburg, NC), the California Angels in the 1st round (4th) of the 1979 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Louisburg College (Louisburg, NC) and the New York Yankees in the 1st round (3rd) of the 1979 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Louisburg College (Louisburg, NC).

School: Louisburg College (Louisburg, NC)

Debut: September 9, 1983 (Age 24-243d, 14,830th in major league history)
vs. BAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1999 (Age 40-267d)
vs. FLA 6 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1985 season

Agents: Joe Sroba

Full Name: Otis Junior Nixon

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Relatives: Brother of Donell Nixon

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.6

5115

1379

.270

878

RBI

318

620

OBP

.344

SLG

.314

OPS

.658

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1996 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1996 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	TOR	@	OAK	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
2	2	Apr 3	TOR	@	OAK	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
3	3	Apr 5	TOR	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
4	4	Apr 6	TOR	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
5	5	Apr 7	TOR	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
6	6	Apr 9	TOR		CAL	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
7	7	Apr 10	TOR		CAL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
8	8	Apr 11	TOR		CAL	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
9	9	Apr 12	TOR		SEA	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
10	10	Apr 13	TOR		SEA	L,3-14	GS	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
11	11	Apr 14	TOR		SEA	L,4-9	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
12	12	Apr 15	TOR		DET	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
13	13	Apr 16	TOR		DET	L,8-13	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
14	14	Apr 17	TOR	@	CAL	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
15	15	Apr 18	TOR	@	CAL	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
16	16	Apr 19	TOR	@	SEA	W,10-4	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
17	17	Apr 20	TOR	@	SEA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
18	18	Apr 21	TOR	@	SEA	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
19	19	Apr 22	TOR	@	SEA	W,16-7	GS	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
20	20	Apr 24	TOR		OAK	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
21	21	Apr 25	TOR		OAK	L,3-4	CG	43	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
22	22	Apr 26	TOR		CLE	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
23	23	Apr 27	TOR		CLE	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
24	24	Apr 28	TOR		CLE	L,3-17	GS	25	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
25	25	Apr 30	TOR		MIL	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	26	May 1	TOR		MIL	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
27	27	May 2	TOR		MIL	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
28	28	May 3 susp	TOR	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
29	29	May 4	TOR	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
30	30	May 5	TOR	@	BOS	W,11-4	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
31	31	May 7	TOR	@	TEX	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
32	32	May 8	TOR	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
33	33	May 9	TOR	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
34	34	May 10	TOR		BOS	L,5-6	CG	46	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
35	35	May 11	TOR		BOS	W,9-8	CG	54	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
36	37 (1)	May 14	TOR	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
37	38	May 15	TOR	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
38	39	May 16	TOR	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
39	40	May 17	TOR	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
40	41	May 18	TOR	@	KCR	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
41	42	May 19	TOR	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
42	43	May 20	TOR	@	KCR	L,4-5	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
43	49 (5)	May 26	TOR		MIN	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
44	50	May 27	TOR		CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
45	51	May 28	TOR		CHW	L,5-8	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
46	52	May 29	TOR		CHW	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
47	53	May 31	TOR		KCR	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	54	Jun 1	TOR		KCR	W,5-3	CG	44	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
49	55	Jun 2	TOR		KCR	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
50	56	Jun 4	TOR	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
51	58 (1)	Jun 6	TOR	@	NYY	L,1-8	GS	21	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
52	62 (3)	Jun 10	TOR		NYY	L,3-5	GS	30	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
53	76 (13)	Jun 26	TOR		SEA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
54	77	Jun 27	TOR		SEA	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
55	78	Jun 28	TOR		MIL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
56	79	Jun 29	TOR		MIL	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
57	80	Jun 30	TOR		MIL	W,15-2	GS	20	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	81	Jul 1	TOR		BAL	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
59	82	Jul 2	TOR		BAL	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
60	84 (1)	Jul 4	TOR	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
61	85	Jul 5	TOR	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
62	86	Jul 6	TOR	@	DET	W,15-0	GS	22	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
63	87	Jul 7	TOR	@	DET	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
64	88	Jul 11	TOR	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
65	89	Jul 12	TOR	@	MIL	L,5-12	GS	31	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
66	90	Jul 13	TOR	@	MIL	W,15-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
67	91	Jul 14	TOR	@	MIL	W,7-5	CG	43	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
68	92	Jul 15	TOR	@	BAL	L,6-8	CG	35	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	CF
69	93	Jul 16	TOR	@	BAL	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
70	94	Jul 17	TOR	@	BAL	L,10-11	CG	41	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
71	95	Jul 18	TOR		DET	W,8-4	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
72	96	Jul 19	TOR		DET	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
73	98 (1)	Jul 21	TOR		DET	W,5-4	CG	45	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
74	99	Jul 22	TOR		CLE	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
75	100	Jul 23	TOR		CLE	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
76	101	Jul 24	TOR		CLE	L,0-10	GS	33	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
77	102	Jul 25	TOR		OAK	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
78	103	Jul 26	TOR		OAK	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
79	104	Jul 27	TOR		OAK	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
80	105	Jul 28	TOR		OAK	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
81	106	Jul 30	TOR	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
82	107	Jul 31	TOR	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	40	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	108	Aug 1	TOR	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
84	109	Aug 2	TOR		CAL	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
85	110	Aug 3	TOR		CAL	L,6-11	CG	51	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
86	111	Aug 4	TOR		CAL	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
87	112	Aug 5	TOR	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
88	113	Aug 6	TOR	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
89	114	Aug 7	TOR	@	BOS	L,0-8	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
90	115	Aug 8	TOR	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
91	116	Aug 9	TOR		TEX	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
92	117	Aug 10	TOR		TEX	L,1-12	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
93	118	Aug 11	TOR		TEX	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
94	119	Aug 12	TOR		BOS	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
95	120	Aug 13	TOR		BOS	L,5-7	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
96	121	Aug 14	TOR		BOS	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
97	122	Aug 16	TOR	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	42	9.1	5	0	0	5	0	CF
98	123	Aug 17	TOR	@	MIN	L,1-11	CG	45	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
99	124	Aug 18	TOR	@	MIN	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
100	125	Aug 19	TOR	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
101	126	Aug 20	TOR	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	61	14.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
102	128 (1)	Aug 22	TOR	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	21	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
103	129	Aug 23	TOR	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
104	130	Aug 24	TOR	@	CHW	W,9-2	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
105	131	Aug 25	TOR	@	CHW	L,9-10	CG	47	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF
106	132	Aug 26	TOR		MIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
107	133	Aug 27	TOR		MIN	L,4-6	CG	47	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
108	134	Aug 28	TOR		MIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
109	135	Aug 30	TOR		CHW	L,2-11	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
110	136	Aug 31	TOR		CHW	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	137	Sep 1	TOR		CHW	L,2-4	CG	44	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
112	138	Sep 2	TOR		KCR	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
113	139	Sep 3	TOR		KCR	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
114	141 (1)	Sep 6	TOR	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
115	142	Sep 7	TOR	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
116	143	Sep 8	TOR	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
117	144	Sep 9	TOR		TEX	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
118	145	Sep 10	TOR		TEX	L,8-11	GS	32	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
119	146	Sep 11	TOR		TEX	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
120	147	Sep 13	TOR		NYY	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
121	148	Sep 14	TOR		NYY	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	CF
122	149	Sep 15	TOR		NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
123	150	Sep 16	TOR		NYY	L,0-10	GS	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
124	151	Sep 17	TOR	@	MIL	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	CF
125	153 (1)	Sep 20	TOR	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
							125gm		1079.1	342	5	2	349	2