I hit a foul ball once off of my ankle, and that was not pleasant.
I can only imagine it going off of a nose.
In Jr High back in the 70s our stupid gym teacher, during a “soft” ball game, had us stand on line to bat along the 3rd base line! Well, sure enough, my friggin luck, a sharply hit ball hits me right in the face. I go to the school nurse and she cleaned the wound and sent me home, on my own at 13 years old. I was still so dazed and disoriented that I had a difficult time getting home. If this whole episode happened today my family probably could have sued the school for a million bucks.