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Sonny Dixon was born on Wednesday, November 5, 1924, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dixon was 28 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 20, 1953, with the Washington Senators. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Sonny Dixon baseball stats page.

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Sonny Dixon

Sonny Dixon Autograph on a 1962 Topps (#211)

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Birth Name:	John Craig Dixon
Nickname:	Sonny
Born On:	11-05-1924
Born In:	Charlotte, North Carolina
Zodiac:	Scorpio
Died On:	Still Living
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

College:	None Attended
Bats:	Both
Throws:	Right
Height:	6-02½
Weight:	205
First Game:	04-20-1953 (Age 28)
Last Game:	09-29-1956
Draft:	Not Applicable

Sonny Dixon Sonny Dixon Pitching Stats
Year	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
1953	Senators	43	6	20	5	8	.385	3.75	3	0	3	120.0	504	123	50	57	13	31	-	40	1	2	0	-
1954	Senators	16	0	6	1	2	.333	3.03	0	0	1	29.2	125	26	10	15	3	12	0	7	0	0	0	-
1954	Athletics	38	6	23	5	7	.417	4.86	1	0	4	107.1	483	136	58	63	8	27	0	42	1	3	1	-
1955	Athletics	2	0	1	0	0	.000	16.20	0	0	0	1.2	11	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
1956	Yankees	3	0	2	0	1	.000	2.08	0	0	1	4.1	23	5	1	3	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	-
Career		G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
4 Years		102	12	52	11	18	.379	4.17	4	0	9	263.0	1,146	296	122	141	25	75	1	90	2	5	1	-

Sonny Dixon Sonny Dixon Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1953	Senators	43	26	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	-	7	2	-	0	0	.154	.267	.192
1954	Senators	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1954	Athletics	38	28	2	7	2	0	0	0	2	2	-	9	0	0	0	0	.250	.300	.321
1955	Athletics	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1956	Yankees	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
4 Years		102	61	3	11	3	0	0	0	2	6	0	21	2	0	0	0	.180	.254	.230

Sonny Dixon Sonny Dixon Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1953 Senators	P	43	6	360	37	0.9	37	6	31	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.78	-
1954 Senators	P	16	0	89	10	0.6	10	1	9	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.03	-
1954 Athletics	P	38	6	322	41	1.1	40	10	30	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.976	3.35	-
1955 Athletics	P	2	0	5	1	0.5	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	5.40	-
1956 Yankees	P	3	0	13	2	0.7	2	0	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	4.15	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
P Totals		102	12	789	91	0.9	90	18	72	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.989	3.08	--
4 Years		102	12	789	91	0.9	90	18	72	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.989	3.08	--

Sonny Dixon Sonny Dixon Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1953 Senators	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.7	0.0	1.29	3.00	2.32
1954 Senators	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.58	2.12	3.64
1954 Athletics	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.1	14.0	1.56	3.52	2.26
1955 Athletics	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.00
1956 Yankees	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.20	2.08	10.39
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
4 Years	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.9	30.5	1.20	3.08	2.57

Sonny Dixon Sonny Dixon Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1953 Washington Senators	16	Undetermined	-	-
1954 Washington Senators	16	Undetermined	-	-
1954 Philadelphia Athletics	24	Undetermined	-	-
1955 Kansas City Athletics	24	Undetermined	-	-
1956 New York Yankees	21	Undetermined	-	-
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