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Al Nixon
Albert Richard Nixon (Humpty Dumpty)

Bats Right, Throws Left
Weight 164 lb.

Debut September 4, 1915
Final Game June 6, 1928
Born April 11, 1886 in Atlantic City, NJ
Died November 9, 1960 in Opelousas, LA

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1915 29 BRO NL  14   26    3    6   1  0   0    2   1  1   2   4  .231  .286  .269   67    7   2           0    
 1916 30 BRO NL   1    2    0    2   0  0   0    0   0      0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  507    2   0           0    
 1918 32 BRO NL   6   11    1    5   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .455  .455  .455  177    5   0           0    
 1921 35 BSN NL  55  138   25   33   6  3   1    9   3  2   7  11  .239  .281  .348   70   48   6           1    
 1922 36 BSN NL  86  318   35   84  14  4   2   22   6  6   9  19  .264  .284  .352   66  112   4           0    
 1923 37 BSN NL  88  321   53   88  12  4   0   19   2  3  24  14  .274  .334  .336   80  108   8           5    
 1926 40 PHI NL  93  311   38   91  18  2   4   41   5     13  20  .293  .323  .402   87  125   3           1    
 1927 41 PHI NL  54  154   18   48   7  0   0   18   1      5   5  .312  .333  .357   88   55   5           0    
 1928 42 PHI NL  25   64    7   15   2  0   0    7   1      6   4  .234  .300  .266   45   17   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      422 1345  180  372  60 13   7  118  19 12  66  77  .277  .314  .356   78  479  29   0   0   7   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        516   69  143  23  5   3   45   7  5  25  30  .277  .314  .356   78  184  11   0   0   3   0
 Career High     93  321   53   91  18  4   4   41   6  6  24  20  .293  .334  .402   87  125   8   0   0   5   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1915 29 BRO NL   30   23    2   2.3    82| .231  .258| .286  .321| .269  .345| .555  .667|  67  .348  -1.0  -0.1  50%
 1916 30 BRO NL    2    0    2          80|1.000  .258|1.000  .316|1.000  .344|2.000  .660| 507         0.9   0.1     
 1918 32 BRO NL   11    6    2   9.0    80| .455  .261| .455  .319| .455  .337| .910  .656| 177  .854   0.9   0.1     
 1921 35 BSN NL  152  113   13   3.1   101| .239  .290| .281  .340| .348  .400| .629  .740|  70  .324  -6.0  -0.6  60%
 1922 36 BSN NL  331  244   31   3.4   108| .264  .296| .284  .353| .352  .412| .636  .765|  66  .336 -16.7  -1.6  50%
 1923 37 BSN NL  358  244   34   3.8   104| .274  .288| .334  .347| .336  .401| .670  .748|  80  .394  -8.2  -0.8  40%
 1926 40 PHI NL  328  223   40   4.8   110| .293  .298| .323  .359| .402  .413| .725  .772|  87  .525  -6.6  -0.7     
 1927 41 PHI NL  164  111   18   4.3   101| .312  .285| .333  .343| .357  .393| .690  .736|  88  .475  -2.5  -0.2     
 1928 42 PHI NL   71   50    5   2.7   115| .234  .299| .300  .364| .266  .425| .566  .789|  45  .255  -5.3  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      1447 1014  147   3.9   106| .277  .292| .314  .350| .356  .405| .670  .755|  78  .416 -44.5  -4.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1915 29 BRO NL OF 14 11 1 0 1 1.000 .960 0.86 2.01 8 1 1 1916 30 BRO NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1 0 0 1918 32 BRO NL OF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.12 2 0 1 1921 35 BSN NL OF 43 92 4 2 1 .980 .965 2.23 2.24 22 10 13 1922 36 BSN NL OF 79 189 6 5 0 .975 .962 2.47 2.26 48 22 11 1923 37 BSN NL OF 80 214 14 3 4 .987 .964 2.85 2.28 14 62 4 1926 40 PHI NL OF 88 206 7 5 3 .977 .965 2.42 2.26 0 88 0 1927 41 PHI NL OF 44 121 3 4 0 .969 .970 2.82 2.35 0 43 1 1928 42 PHI NL OF 20 40 1 0 0 1.000 .972 2.05 2.31 10 0 10
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1915 29 BRO NL OF 14 11 1 0 1 1.000 .960 0.86 2.01 8 1 1 1916 30 BRO NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1 0 0 1918 32 BRO NL OF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.12 2 0 1 1921 35 BSN NL OF 43 92 4 2 1 .980 .965 2.23 2.24 22 10 13 1922 36 BSN NL OF 79 189 6 5 0 .975 .962 2.47 2.26 48 22 11 1923 37 BSN NL OF 80 214 14 3 4 .987 .964 2.85 2.28 14 62 4 1926 40 PHI NL OF 88 206 7 5 3 .977 .965 2.42 2.26 0 88 0 1927 41 PHI NL OF 44 121 3 4 0 .969 .970 2.82 2.35 0 43 1 1928 42 PHI NL OF 20 40 1 0 0 1.000 .972 2.05 2.31 10 0 10
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 373 879 36 19 9 .980 .965 2.45 2.26 105 226 41 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 373 879 36 19 9 .980 .965 2.45 2.26
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Oldest Player
1921 NL-35-9
1922 NL-36-6
1923 NL-37-6
1926 NL-40-2
1927 NL-41-1
1928 NL-42-1

HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3105) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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