Otis Nixon vs. Jack Shepard — Career Comparison

Otis Nixon
Baby BoomersNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueCenter Fielder
Jack Shepard
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueCatcher

Looking at the career totals, Otis Nixon and Jack Shepard are closely matched on the surface stats. Jack Shepard posted stronger numbers in OPS (.700 vs .659) and slugging (.362 vs .314). Otis Nixon had the advantage in on-base percentage (.345 vs .338). By the career numbers, Jack Shepard had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Otis Nixon and Jack Shepard

Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1709
176.79
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
278
193.95
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5800
600
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PA
860
600
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5115
529.14
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PA
751
523.95
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.741
0.741
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.72
0.72
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1379
142.66
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PA
195
136.05
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1199
124.03
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PA
148
103.26
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
142
14.69
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
20.23
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
2.79
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.19
Otis Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
11
1.14
Jack Shepard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
8.37
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
18.62
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
32.79
Otis Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Jack Shepard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Otis Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Jack Shepard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Otis Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Jack Shepard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
655.44
67.8
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PA
89.66
62.56
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1608
166.34
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
272
189.77
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1969
203.69
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PA
279
194.65
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Otis Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.314
0.314
Jack Shepard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.362
0.362
Otis Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.658
0.658
Jack Shepard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.694
0.694
Otis Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Jack Shepard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Otis Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Jack Shepard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.706
0.706
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.614
0.614
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
878
90.83
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PA
72
50.23
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
318
32.9
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
75
52.33
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1185
122.59
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PA
135
94.19
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
695.08
71.91
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PA
96.25
67.15
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
0.52
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
585
60.52
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PA
84
58.6
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
1.03
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
5.58
Otis Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
694
71.79
Jack Shepard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
67.67
Otis Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
8.36
8.36
Jack Shepard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.87
8.87
Otis Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.84
0.84
Jack Shepard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.87
0.87
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
6.93
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
12.56
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
2.9
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.88
Otis Nixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
7.45
Jack Shepard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
18.14
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
620
64.14
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.4
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
186
19.24
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.7
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
806
83.38
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.09
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.92
76.92
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67

Fielding Stats for Otis Nixon and Jack Shepard

Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1528
1.22
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
1.19
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1203
0.96
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
1.04
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33822
27
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5317
27
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11274
9
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1772.1
9
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3313
2.64
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
910
4.62
Otis Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.05
Jack Shepard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.59
Otis Nixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.03
Jack Shepard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.1
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3406
2.72
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1045
5.31
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3370
2.69
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1026
5.21
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.94
98.94
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.18
98.18
Otis Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.206
2.206
Jack Shepard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.385
4.385
Otis Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.73
78.73
Jack Shepard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.61
87.61
Otis Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.01
Jack Shepard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.08
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.11
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.15
Otis Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Shepard
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.19
Otis Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Shepard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21