Bio
- Debut
- 1953
Bio
- Debut
- 1953
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 102
- W
- 11
- L
- 18
- ERA
- 4.17
- IP
- 263.0
- K
- 90
- BB
- 75
- WHIP
- 1.41
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | MIN | 43 | 5 | 8 | 3.75 | 120.0 | 40 | 31 | 1.28 |
| 1954 |  MIN/ATH | 54 | 6 | 9 | 4.47 | 137.0 | 49 | 39 | 1.47 |
| 1955 | ATH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 |
| 1956 | NYY | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2.08 | 4.1 | 1 | 5 | 2.31 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 4
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 3.1
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | MIN | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | MIN/ATH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Sonny Dixon's career stats?
Sonny Dixon played 4 seasons for the Twins, the Athletics and the Yankees. He had 11 wins and 90 strikeouts with a 4.17 ERA over 263.0 innings. His best season was 1954: 6 wins, a 4.47 ERA and 49 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
4 seasons, 1953 to 1956
Championships
- 1956 World Series with the New York Yankees
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