Willard Nixon
Willard Lee Nixon (June 17, 1928 – December 10, 2000) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career with the Boston Red Sox between 1950 and 1958. Listed at 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m),195 lb., Nixon batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
A native of Taylorsville, Georgia, Nixon was signed by the Red Sox as a free agent out of the Auburn University. In a nine-season career, he posted a 69–72 record with a 4.39 ERA and 616 strikeouts in 225 appearances, including 177 starts, 51 complete games, nine shutouts, three saves, and 1234.0 innings pitched.
Nixon had a 12-10 mark with the 1955 Red Sox. Four of those wins came at the expense of the New York Yankees. From 1954 to 1955, Nixon beat the Yankees five straight times.
Nixon died in Rome, Georgia, at age 72.
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