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Jesse Burkett League
4-1-2022
Nelson Nixon Left Field
Retired (1987, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .244 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .699 Status Retired (1987) Option Years 0  
H 899 Age 69 (OS 70) Date of Birth 04-11-1952
HR 142 Drafted Round 1, Pick 13
(1970)		 Majors Svc Time 12 years
(9 games)
RBI 502
SB 68
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R A  Power vs. L A- Velocity F    Mentor vR A-
Speed A- Bunt D+ Control F    Mentor vL A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm A- WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (95.8%) CF D  (12.1%)   Health B  LCS Appearances 2
3B A- (80.4%) RF A+ (98.4%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1974 DET
22
80
9
13
2
1
1
9
3
 23 0 0
0
 0 0
.443
.193
.250
.088
.162
1975 DET
64
256
31
64
9
2
8
26
17
 48 2 1
3
 3 3
.695
.301
.395
.145
.250
1976 DET
144
508
66
118
14
6
17
58
24
 101 2 4
3
 3 19
.652
.268
.384
.152
.232
1977 DET
149
534
58
128
18
1
14
72
35
 121 0 2
11
 0 6
.641
.285
.356
.116
.240
1978 DET
141
507
61
123
16
5
20
75
22
 94 1 5
9
 4 15
.685
.273
.412
.170
.243
1979 DET
145
460
42
96
17
4
15
51
27
 101 1 2
12
 7 4
.614
.253
.361
.152
.209
1980 DET
71
142
20
47
11
1
5
18
9
 34 0 0
6
 5 2
.899
.371
.528
.197
.331
1981 DET
110
233
35
53
5
5
15
43
23
 53 1 1
7
 3 2
.783
.298
.485
.258
.227
1982 DET
108
264
34
71
13
1
12
36
17
 61 0 1
2
 2 5
.774
.312
.462
.193
.269
1983 DET
89
228
38
55
7
2
15
37
11
 59 1 1
5
 2 3
.765
.278
.487
.246
.241
1984 DET
62
176
11
45
8
1
3
24
8
 38 0 1
5
 5 5
.650
.286
.364
.108
.256
1985 DET
67
149
27
53
2
2
13
33
13
 30 2 1
5
 8 3
1.070
.412
.658
.302
.356
1986 DET
39
101
7
24
2
0
4
13
10
 25 0 0
0
 1 4
.683
.306
.376
.139
.238
1987 DET-CHA
24
44
2
9
3
0
0
7
2
 9 0 1
0
 0 1
.507
.234
.273
.068
.205
Total
1235
3682
441
899
127
31
142
502
221
 797 10 20
68
 43 72
.699
.287
.411
.167
.244
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1987-11-01Nelson Nixon has retired from the Toronto Bronze Tigers
1987-10-23The Chicago Bronze Tigers have acquired Nelson Nixon from the waiver wire.
1987-09-29The Detroit Tigers have designated Don Diego Perez for assignment. The Detroit Tigers have designated Nelson Nixon for assignment.
1987-09-24The Detroit Tigers have promoted Nelson Nixon to the major league team.
1987-08-26The Detroit Tigers have promoted Ricky Raffo to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have designated Nelson Nixon for assignment.
1986-08-08The Detroit Tigers have promoted Nelson Nixon to the major league team.
1986-07-02The Detroit Tigers have designated Nelson Nixon for assignment.
1980-04-27Nelson Nixon of the Detroit Tigers is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1980-04-16The Detroit Tigers have removed Nelson Nixon from the trade block.
1979-06-03The Detroit Tigers have placed Nelson Nixon on the trade block.
1975-07-15The Detroit Tigers have promoted Nelson Nixon to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have designated Mike Taveras for assignment.
1975-03-05The Detroit Tigers have promoted Bob Elliott to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Nelson Nixon to the minors. The Detroit Tigers have sent Squiz Benton to the minors.
1974-09-06The Detroit Tigers have promoted Nelson Nixon to the major league team.
1974-06-06A trade has been completed between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Punks. The New York Punks receive Andy Arrojo, Draft Pick - 1975 Round 4 (DET) from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Nelson Nixon, Squiz Benton.