PORTLAND — Former Boston Red Sox outfielder Trot Nixon is scheduled to be the featured guest at the Sea Dogs’ 2013 Hot Stove Dinner and Silent Auction.

The event will take place on Jan. 11 at 5:30 p.m. at the Sable Oaks Marriott in South Portland and benefits the Maine Children’s Cancer Program.

Tickets are $50 and are limited to 300. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Hadlock Field ticket office, by phone at 879-9500 or online at www.seadogs.com.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with the Silent Auction running from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. A buffet dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m., and the program will begin at 7 p.m. Everyone who attends will receive an autographed 8 X 10 photo of Nixon.

Nixon had a 12-year Major League career including 10 seasons with the Red Sox, where he was a key member of the 2004 World Series Championship team. He appeared in 1,092 big league games, where he hit .274 with 137 home runs and 555 RBIs. Nixon had a career-best year in 2003, where he hit .306 with 24 doubles and 28 home runs. He spent the 2007 season with the Cleveland Indians and 2008 with the New York Mets before retiring in the spring of 2009.

All proceeds from the dinner and silent auction will benefit the official charity of the Portland Sea Dogs’ Strike Out Cancer in Kids Program. The Strike Out Cancer in Kids Program was established in 1995 to raise money for the Maine Children’s Cancer Program.

The Sea Dogs will open their 20th season on April 4 at 6 p.m. against the Trenton Thunder (Yankees) at Hadlock Field.