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Dixon		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 185
 
Born: September 2, 1902 in Kingston, GA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger Award 1929   
Gold Glove Award 1925   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1923 20 BRO NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9
1924 21 BRO NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9
1925 22 BRO NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1926 23 BRO NL $ 3,014,286   9 9 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1927 24 BRO NL $ 3,014,286   9 9 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1928 25 CHN NL $ 3,014,286   9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9
1929 26 CHN NL $ 5,800,000   9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 8 9 9 9 7 7 7 2 2 2 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,800,000   9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1923 20 BRO NL 150 593 87 164 17 16 16 119 27 21 24 31 .277 .302 .440 .742 74.9 8.6
1924 21 BRO NL 100 377 55 104 20 5 8 63 16 12 21 20 .276 .312 .419 .731 47.2 5.8
1925 22 BRO NL 147 549 83 159 30 12 10 89 25 15 51 21 .290 .349 .443 .791 77.2 14.5
1926 23 BRO NL 147 572 86 158 26 15 14 95 27 19 41 26 .276 .324 .448 .771 77.7 13.6
1927 24 BRO NL 148 581 93 163 20 11 20 91 30 14 21 24 .281 .306 .456 .762 74.5 10.5
1928 25 BRO NL 96 372 52 87 9 9 7 35 14 15 33 9 .234 .299 .363 .662 33.5 2.4
  CHN NL 53 203 33 52 7 7 6 30 8 8 19 3 .256 .323 .448 .771 24.8 3.4
  TOT   149 575 85 139 16 16 13 65 22 23 52 12 .242 .307 .393 .700 58.3 5.7
1929 26 CHN NL 148 572 95 178 38 11 29 120 18 17 37 10 .311 .349 .568 .917 101.8 21.3
7 Years Sim 989 3819 584 1065 167 86 110 642 165 121 247 144 .279 .322 .454 .776 511.6 80.0
162 Game Average 625 95 174 27 14 18 105 27 19 40 23 .279 .322 .454 .776 83.8  
Career Highs 150 593 95 178 38 16 29 120 30 23 52 31 .311 .349 .568 .917 101.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2781 421 767 118 62 84 483 127 89 177 112 .276 .318 .453 .771 383.1
vs LH   1038 163 298 49 24 26 159 38 32 70 32 .287 .331 .456 .787 146.5
Home 494 1849 289 535 76 44 52 302 74 65 116 83 .289 .331 .462 .793 262.7
Away 495 1970 295 530 91 42 58 340 91 56 131 61 .269 .313 .446 .759 267.0
RISP   1083 0 315 53 30 30 497 0 0 125 40 .291 .352 .478 .830 182.3
Pinch Hitting   37 4 5 1 0 1 4 4 2 2 1 .135 .200 .243 .443 1.3
Close/Late   410 56 119 17 4 12 64 0 1 46 16 .290 .363 .439 .802 64.1
Mar/Apr 112 454 66 115 20 8 17 79 22 19 23 19 .253 .291 .445 .736 55.4
May 171 639 101 176 25 14 21 104 26 19 50 29 .275 .328 .457 .785 92.0
June 158 620 87 173 31 13 11 100 25 16 37 25 .279 .318 .424 .743 79.7
July 192 735 104 203 36 12 19 106 37 20 42 24 .276 .315 .435 .750 97.2
August 176 668 110 194 25 19 18 126 33 23 45 21 .290 .330 .466 .795 98.1
Sep/Oct 180 703 116 204 30 20 24 127 22 24 50 26 .290 .337 .492 .829 107.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1923 20 BRO NL RF 91 89 794.3 178 7 8 0 .959 2.10   3.9
    CF 54 53 475.0 89 2 6 0 .938 1.72    
    3B 4 0 7.0 1 1 1 1 .667 2.57   0.0
1924 21 BRO NL RF 70 64 594.7 115 10 4 3 .969 1.89   1.9
    CF 28 23 205.0 44 3 0 0 1.000 2.06    
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1925 22 BRO NL 3B 122 119 1069.0 87 311 23 27 .945 3.35   4.8
    RF 24 20 194.0 51 2 2 0 .964 2.46   0.6
1926 23 BRO NL 3B 145 145 1297.7 85 339 34 22 .926 2.94   4.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1927 24 BRO NL 3B 142 138 1235.0 78 299 34 25 .917 2.75   1.7
    RF 4 1 18.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.1
    CF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1928 25 BRO NL 3B 62 61 548.7 47 137 16 11 .920 3.02   1.3
    RF 28 28 253.5 63 1 1 0 .985 2.27   1.0
    CF 5 5 40.7 13 1 0 0 1.000 3.10   0.0
  CHN NL 3B 35 34 299.9 25 75 8 6 .926 3.00   1.6
    RF 16 15 138.5 35 1 1 0 .973 2.34   0.9
    CF 3 2 22.3 7 1 0 0 1.000 3.23   0.0
  TOT   3B 97 95 848.6 72 212 24 17 .922 3.01   3.0
      RF 44 43 392.0 98 2 2 0 .980 2.30   1.9
      CF 8 7 63.0 20 2 0 0 1.000 3.14   0.0
1929 26 CHN NL RF 143 141 1245.3 298 14 18 4 .945 2.25   2.5
    CF 6 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  3B 512 497 4460.3 323 1163 116 92 .928 3.00   13.5
  RF 377 358 3241.3 747 35 34 7 .958 2.17   10.9
  CF 99 83 758.0 157 7 6 0 .965 1.95   0.0
Career Totals   988 938 8459.6 1227 1205 156 99 .940 2.59   24.4
Career Highs   150 145 1303.6 299 339 34 27 .977 3.21    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1927 24 BRO NL 6 25 2 4 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 .160 .160 .200 .360
1928 25 CHN NL 11 51 4 13 3 1 0 7 1 1 1 3 .255 .269 .353 .622
1929 26 CHN NL 11 43 11 15 2 3 3 10 2 0 5 0 .349 .417 .744 1.161
Career Post-Season Batting 28 119 17 32 6 4 3 22 4 1 6 4 .269 .304 .462 .766
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1929-2-.568
CAR-22-.454
 OPS
1929-3-.917
 XR
1929-4-101.8
 Games
1923-3-150
1926-7-147
1927-9-148
1928-8-149
1929-7-148
 At-Bats
1923-4-593
1926-5-572
1927-4-581
1928-3-575
1929-3-572
 Runs
1929-8-95
Hits
1927-10-163
1929-4-178
 Total Bases
1926-9-256
1927-5-265
1929-1-325
 Doubles
1929-4-38
 Triples
1923-2-16
1926-4-15
1928-3-16
 Homeruns
1923-10-16
1926-7-14
1927-6-20
1928-9-13
1929-1-29
CAR-18-110
 RBIs
1923-4-119
1926-6-95
1929-1-120
Stolen Bases
1923-9-27
1926-10-27
1927-10-30
 Caught Stealing
1923-2-21
1925-9-15
1926-8-19
1928-5-23
1929-6-17
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 65    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1923
Had first career hit on 4/18/1923, off Vic Keen (CHN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/19/1923, off Rip Collins (CHN)
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 5/19/1923
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Philadelphia (N) on 9/16/1923
Injured on 5/12/1924 with a Broken Foot, out for 5-6 weeks
Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 1925
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,014,286 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cincinnati on 8/31/1926
2/12/1927: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,014,286 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia (N) on 8/2/1927
2/12/1928: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,014,286 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/22/1928, hitting .417 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
7/30/1928: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $5,800,000 per year, for 5 years
Traded from Brooklyn to Chicago (N) on 7/30/1928 (Going to CHN: 3B Rap Dixon. Going to BRO: 1B Art Shires, 3B Tim Hendryx)
Hit for the cycle against Philadelphia (N) on 9/23/1928
 
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