rico43
02-02-2015, 08:40 PM
#64/#26 KEN NIXON
Right-handed Pitcher
What came before: It will forever be a mystery why “Buck” Nixon, born in the singularly named Defeated, Tennessee, never got so much as a taste of the majors with the Braves – or anybody after a huge 1965 campaign.
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Signed at age 17 in 1961, he ground out some solid seasons before his 1965 explosion. The Tennessee native was Texas League Pitcher of the Year, going 19-8 with 19 complete games out of 28 starts. He posted 232 innings but ended up with a nifty 3.10 ERA and a spot on the Braves' 40-man roster.
That 1966 season: The question of Where's Nixon became a clarion call when he began the season going 7-1, 2.90 over 12 games (eight starts). He moved to Richmond, but for only eight games (four starts (1-2, 4.95). The year came and went and the Braves made numerous moves to fortify their staff. But Still. No. Ken Nixon.
What happened next: A pointless return to the Texas League ended prematurely. In his final pro season, he was 2-1, 5.85 and worked only 20 innings. In parts of four seasons of pitching in the Texas League, he had a record of 33-12, 3.23.
Nixon returned to Tennessee, where he owns a massive farm in Carthage and rules as Chairman of the Board of the Tennessee Farmers Cooperative.
Right-handed Pitcher
What came before: It will forever be a mystery why “Buck” Nixon, born in the singularly named Defeated, Tennessee, never got so much as a taste of the majors with the Braves – or anybody after a huge 1965 campaign.
http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii562/ricocarty25/66DIXON001_zpsc227fc5b.jpg
Signed at age 17 in 1961, he ground out some solid seasons before his 1965 explosion. The Tennessee native was Texas League Pitcher of the Year, going 19-8 with 19 complete games out of 28 starts. He posted 232 innings but ended up with a nifty 3.10 ERA and a spot on the Braves' 40-man roster.
That 1966 season: The question of Where's Nixon became a clarion call when he began the season going 7-1, 2.90 over 12 games (eight starts). He moved to Richmond, but for only eight games (four starts (1-2, 4.95). The year came and went and the Braves made numerous moves to fortify their staff. But Still. No. Ken Nixon.
What happened next: A pointless return to the Texas League ended prematurely. In his final pro season, he was 2-1, 5.85 and worked only 20 innings. In parts of four seasons of pitching in the Texas League, he had a record of 33-12, 3.23.
Nixon returned to Tennessee, where he owns a massive farm in Carthage and rules as Chairman of the Board of the Tennessee Farmers Cooperative.