Otis Nixon
| Otis Nixon | |||
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: January 9, 1959 Evergreen, North Carolina |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 16, 1983, for the New York Yankees | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 3, 1999, for the Atlanta Braves | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .270 | ||
| Home runs | 11 | ||
| Runs batted in | 318 | ||
| Stolen bases | 620 | ||
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Otis Junior Nixon, Jr. (born January 9, 1959) is a former Major League Baseball player. He was a center fielder and switch-hitter who played from 1983 to 1999. He has stolen the most bases for a player that has never appeared in an MLB All-Star game since the All-Star Game was inaugurated in 1933.
In the minor leagues, Nixon led the league twice in stolen bases (1980 in the South Atlantic League with 67 & 1983 in the International League with 94), runs scored (1980 in the South Atlantic League with 124 & 1983 in the International League with 129), hits (162 in 1983 in the International League), at bats (557 in 1983 in the International League) and walks (57 in 1979 in the Appalachian League, 113 in 1980 in the South Atlantic League and 110 in 1981 in the Southern League). He started out as an infielder but was switched to outfield in 1983 due to his superior speed and frequency of errors (56 in 127 games in 1981 at shortstop for the Nashville Sounds).
Nixon shares the single game stolen base Major League record with 6 on June 16, 1991. He also holds the Atlanta Braves single season record for stolen bases with 72 in 1991. In 1982, Nixon stole 107 bases in a combined season between the AA level Nashville Sounds and the AAA level Columbus Clippers.
In 17 seasons Nixon played with the New York Yankees (1983), Cleveland Indians (1984–87), Montreal Expos (1988–90), Atlanta Braves (1991–93, 1999), Boston Red Sox (1994), Texas Rangers (1995), Toronto Blue Jays (1996–97), Los Angeles Dodgers (1997) and Minnesota Twins (1998).
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