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Boston Red Sox All-Time list: Ranking top right fielders in team history

By Mark Chekares

BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 29: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox walks through the tunnel after scoring the game winning run on a walk-off single hit by Rafael Devers #11 during the ninth inning of a game against the Baltimore Orioles on September 29, 2019 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 29: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox walks through the tunnel after scoring the game winning run on a walk-off single hit by Rafael Devers #11 during the ninth inning of a game against the Baltimore Orioles on September 29, 2019 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) /
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UNITED STATES – SEPTEMBER 24: Boston Red Sox Trot Nixon (Photo by Ron Antonelli/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES – SEPTEMBER 24: Boston Red Sox Trot Nixon (Photo by Ron Antonelli/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) /

No. 5: Trot Nixon

Okay, this one might garner a bit of controversy.

Was Tony C. a better player than Trot Nixon? Yes. Was J.D. Drew a better player than Trot Nixon?

Statistically speaking, they were pretty similar, although Drew had more pop than Nixon. As mentioned earlier in the slide show, Nixon left it all on the field and played the game with unbridled passion and enthusiasm.

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His hat and uniform were consistently stained with resin, pine tar, tobacco juice, and warning track clay. He was often the first player to jump into a brawl to defend his teammates. He was truly a throwback type of player that blue-collar New England grew to love. But it’s not just his attitude that lifts Nixon into the number five spot. Nixon arguably has the best postseason stats of any right fielder in Boston Red Sox history.

Playing in the Wild Card Era, Trox Nixon appeared in 38 postseason games for the Sox, hitting .272 overall, and posted a .333 average in the 2003 ALCS against the Yankees, and .357 in the 2004 history-making World Series. His greatest moment in the post-season came in game three of the 2003 ALDS against the Oakland A’s.

With the Sox facing elimination, Trot Nixon hit a game-winning 2-run homer in the eleventh inning to allow the Boston Red Sox to live another day. They came back from an 0-2 deficit to beat the A’s with three straight victories.

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