Laynce Nix

Infobox MLB player
name=Laynce Nix

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position=Center field
team=Milwaukee Brewers
number=20
birthdate=birth date and age|1980|10|30
birthplace=city-state|Houston|Texas
bats=Left
throws=Left
debutdate=July 10
debutyear=2003
debutteam=Texas Rangers
statyear=September 18, 2008
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.235
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=29
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=118
teams=
*Texas Rangers (by|2003–by|2006)
*Milwaukee Brewers (by|2006–by|2008)

Laynce Michael Nix (born October 30, 1980 in Houston, Texas) is a Major League Baseball outfielder in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. Nix plays all three outfield positions, but plays most of his games at center field. His younger brother Jayson Nix is a second baseman for the Colorado Rockies.

Career

Nix attended Midland High School in Midland, Texas, where he played both football and baseball. In addition to starting at quarterback for the football team, Nix was named to the All-Permian Basin Baseball Team before graduating in 2000.

Nix was selected in the fourth round of the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft by the Texas Rangers. He made his debut on July 10, mlby|2003, in a game against the Minnesota Twins. In that game, he recorded his first major league hit, and also scored a run.

Through mlby|2005, Nix hit 28 home runs with 108 RBI. His 2005 season was cut short when he elected to have surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder.

After a slow start in mlby|2006 and the return of Gary Matthews, Jr. from injury, Nix was optioned to the Rangers' Triple-A affiliate, the Oklahoma RedHawks.

On July 28, 2006, Nix was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers along with Francisco Cordero, Kevin Mench, and Julian Cordero for Carlos Lee and Nelson Cruz.

Hampered by an injury, Nix spent most of by|2007 with Milwaukee's Triple-A Nashville Sounds. He was a September call-up, but went hitless in ten games with the Brewers. In December, Nix cleared waivers and was reassigned to Nashville.

External links

* [http://www.minorleaguesplits.com/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?pl=425556 Minor League Splits and Situational Stats]