Sonny Dixon

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: November 5, 1924 in Charlotte, NC us

Died: November 19, 2011 in Charlotte, NC

Buried: Steele Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Charlotte, NC

High School: Charlotte HS (Charlotte, NC)

Debut: April 20, 1953 (Age 28-166d, 11,004th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 29, 1956 (Age 31-329d)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 4 BB, 0 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1953 season

Full Name: John Craig Dixon

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.7

ERA

4.17

102

263.0

WHIP

1.411

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	WSH		NYY	W,5-3	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	4 (2)	Apr 18	WSH	@	NYY	W,9-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	6 (1)	Apr 20	WSH		PHA	L,0-7		23	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	9 (2)	Apr 24	WSH		BOS	L,1-6		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	13 (3)	May 1	WSH		DET	L,1-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	14	May 2 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,4-6	GF	15	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	19 (4)	May 7	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-7		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	21 (1)	May 12	WSH	@	DET	L,2-4		9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
9	22	May 13	WSH	@	CLE	L,7-8		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	25 (2)	May 16 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-10		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	28 (2)	May 19	WSH	@	BAL	L,3-5		2	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
12	30 (1)	May 22	WSH		PHA	L,3-10		9	2.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
13	32 (1)	May 25	WSH		NYY	L,3-9		9	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	36 (3)	May 29	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-7	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
15	40 (3)	May 31 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-7		13	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	46 (5)	Jun 6 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
				Player went from Washington Nationals to Philadelphia Athletics
17	54	Jun 12	PHA		DET	W,4-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	56 (1)	Jun 13 (2)	PHA		DET	W,6-3	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
19	58 (1)	Jun 16	PHA	@	CHW	L,6-11	GF	10	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
20	62 (3)	Jun 22	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-1	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	66 (3)	Jun 26	PHA	@	BAL	L,4-5		12	3.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
22	67	Jun 27 (1)	PHA	@	BAL	L,3-4	GF	8	1.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
23	70 (2)	Jun 30	PHA		WSH	W,8-7	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	73 (2)	Jul 4	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-8		17	3.2	0	4	0	4	0	P
25	75 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,2-11	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	78 (2)	Jul 10	PHA		BOS	L,3-5		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	79	Jul 11 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,0-18	GF	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	82 (2)	Jul 16	PHA		CLE	L,3-9		12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	85 (2)	Jul 18 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	88 (2)	Jul 21	PHA		DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
31	93 (4)	Jul 25 (2)	PHA		BAL	W,6-4	GS	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	P
32	98 (4)	Jul 29 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,3-7	GS	13	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	102 (3)	Aug 1 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-12	GS	10	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	103	Aug 2	PHA	@	BAL	L,2-10	GF	16	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
35	106 (2)	Aug 6	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-7	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	107	Aug 7	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-5	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
37	109 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-5		28	6.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
38	113 (3)	Aug 12 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-7	GF	0	5.1	0	1	0	1	0
39	118 (4)	Aug 18	PHA		NYY	L,1-6	GF	9	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
40	119	Aug 19	PHA		NYY	L,5-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	123 (3)	Aug 23 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,3-10	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
42	125 (1)	Aug 25	PHA		CLE	L,3-4	GS	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	P
43	129 (3)	Aug 28	PHA		CHW	L,2-5		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
44	131 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	PHA		DET	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
45	132	Aug 31 (1)	PHA		BAL	W,8-6		0	2.1	1	0	0	1	0
46	133	Aug 31 (2)	PHA		BAL	W,6-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	137 (3)	Sep 5 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,3-7	GS	32	6.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
48	138	Sep 6 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-8	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	142 (3)	Sep 9	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	143	Sep 10	PHA	@	DET	W,6-5	GF	12	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	145 (1)	Sep 12 (1)	PHA	@	BAL	L,3-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	146	Sep 12 (2)	PHA	@	BAL	W,5-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	148 (1)	Sep 17	PHA		NYY	L,3-10		19	3.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
54	152 (3)	Sep 21 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-4	GF	16	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
							54gm		138.0	11	39	1	51	1