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Trot Nixon

Position	Right Field
Team	Boston Red Sox
Years of Experience	8 years
Age	31 years
Height	6 ft 2 in
Weight	210 lbs.
Bats	Left
Throws	Left
College	N/A
2005 Salary	$7,500,000
Place of Birth	Durham, North Carolina
Selection	1st round, 7th pick, 1993 amateur draft
Drafted by	Boston Red Sox
Major League Debut	September 21, 1996

Christopher Trotman "Trot" Nixon (born April 11, 1974 in Durham, North Carolina) is an outfielder for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. He was drafted by the Red Sox in the 1st round of the 1993 amateur draft, and was the 7th pick overall.

Contents 1 High School Career 2 Career Highlights 3 Stats 4 External links

High School Career

Nixon attended New Hanover High School in Wilmington, North Carolina, where he starred in both, football and baseball. In football, he was named the State Player of the Year, and as a senior, broke school passing records held by former National Football League quarterbacks Sonny Jurgensen and Roman Gabriel. In baseball, as senior, he was named Baseball America magazine’s High School Player of the Year, named the State Player of the Year, and helped lead his team to the State 4A title, after he batted .512 with 12 home runs and a state-record 56 RBIs, and as a pitcher, posted a 12 win-0 loss record and a 0.40 ERA.

Career Highlights

On 30 May 2000, he belted a two-run home run in the top of the ninth at Yankee Stadium in a duel between then-teammate Pedro Martinez and ex-Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens that was won 2-0 by the Sox.

Trot had a career-best year in 2003 when he batted .306 with 24 doubles and 28 home runs. In game 3 of the AL Division Series, Nixon, who usually sat out against lefties, was called from the bench as a pinch-hitter in the bottom of the 11th. With the Red Sox facing elimination, Nixon lined a two-run homer over the center field wall fora 3-1 Boston victory. He bats and throws left-handed.

During the 2004 Red Sox season, Nixon was unavailable for several months due to a herniated disc and a tight thigh muscle. Upon his return, he generally worked as the starting right fielder throughout the regular and post-season. In the deciding game of the 2004 World Series, Nixon laced a two-out, two-run double off the right field wall at Busch Stadium in St. Louis in the top of the third inning to give Boston a 3-0 lead. Those were the last runs scored by either team in that game as the Red Sox swept the Cardinals for the team's first World Series title in 86 years. For the series, Nixon batted .357 and drove in three runs.

He also endeared himself to Sox fans by briefly wearing a mohawk hairstyle, one of the many unconventional and bizarre hairstyles sported by the Red Sox over the course of the season.

Trot Nixon is considered the inspiration for the expression "Boston Dirt Dogs". The signature is that of a "scrapper", a player who hustles and isn't afraid to get dirty to win a game.

Though loved by Boston's fans, Nixon is known for an extremely volatile temper. He was fined and suspended for tackling a Yankees pitcher in a famous brawl on July 24, 2004. In August, 2005, while officially on the disabled list, Nixon still sat in the dugout with the rest of the team. When fellow Gabe Kapler (who often acted as Nixon's substitute) hit a long fly ball off of the Green Monster, the umpires ruled it a double. Nixon lept off the bench and argued with such passion that Kapler's hit had been a home run (television replays confirmed that the hit had landed above the home run line, and thus should have been ruled a two-run homer) that he was ejected from the game - a rare feat for a player on the disabled list.

Stats

BATTING STATISTICS
Season	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1996	Bos	2	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250
1998	Bos	13	27	3	7	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	.259	.286	.296	.582
1999	Bos	124	381	67	103	22	5	15	52	53	75	3	1	.270	.357	.472	.829
2000	Bos	123	427	66	118	27	8	12	60	63	85	8	1	.276	.368	.461	.829
2001	Bos	148	535	100	150	31	4	27	88	79	113	7	4	.280	.376	.505	.881
2002	Bos	152	532	81	136	36	3	24	94	65	109	4	2	.256	.338	.470	.808
2003	Bos	134	441	81	135	24	6	28	87	65	96	4	2	.306	.396	.578	.974
2004	Bos	48	149	24	47	9	1	6	23	15	24	0	0	.315	.377	.510	.887
Total	--	744	2496	424	698	151	27	112	404	341	506	27	10	.280	.367	.496	.863

External links

• Baseball-Reference.com - career statistics and analysis
• Page at Baseball Library
• Trot Nixon at ESPN.com

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