ESPN.COM: Free-agent outfielder Trot Nixon has agreed to a one-year, $3 million deal with the Cleveland Indians, ESPN.com's Peter Gammons reports.

Nixon, who has spent his entire pro baseball career with the Boston Red Sox organization and was popular with the team's fans for his gritty playing style, was not offered arbitration by the team after spending eight years as its starting right fielder.

In 982 career games, Nixon has a .278 batting average with 133 home runs and 523 RBIs. He hit .357 in Boston's four-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2004 World Series and delivered a key bases-clearing triple in Game 4.

There are two moments that immediately stick out when it comes to Trot:

The 2000 Pedro-Clemens showdown at Yankoff Stadium where Trot's 2 run homer in the top of the 9th was the only runs scored in the classic game. Clemens struck out 13, Pedro 9. The Yankoffs loaded the bases in the bottom of the 9th but the Sox got out of it, in what still is the best game UB has ever been to.

Game 4 of the 2004 World Series, where with a 3-0 count Nixon comes with in a foot of hitting a 3 run home run. Instead his double scores 2 and the Sox win the game 3-0 and sweep the series. Rumors persist that he did not have the green light.

So long Trot. UB always loved his heart, but the guy just couldn't stay on the field or hit a lefty to save his life...