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Ken Dixon
Kenneth John Dixon

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 166 lb.

Debut September 22, 1984
  vs. BOS 6.0 IP, 7 H, 3 SO, 4 BB, 3 ER, L
Final Game September 14, 1987
Born October 17, 1960 in Monroe, VA

Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 3rd round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1984 23 BAL AL   0   1   2   2   0   0   0  0   13.0   14    6    6   1    4    8   0   2    56   0   0  4.15  3.88   93 1.385
 1985 24 BAL AL   8   4  34  18   3   1   7  1  162.0  144   68   66  20   64  108   2   5   683   7   2  3.67  4.02  110 1.284
 1986 25 BAL AL  11  13  35  33   2   0   1  0  202.3  194  111  103  33   83  170   1   7   874   6   3  4.58  4.14   90 1.369
 1987 26 BAL AL   7  10  34  15   0   0  13  5  105.0  128   81   75  31   27   91   1   5   470   4   1  6.43  4.38   68 1.476
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .481  26  28 105  68   5   1  21  6  482.3  480  266  250  85  178  377   4  19  2083  17   6  4.66  4.15   89 1.364
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  11  41  26   1   0   8  2  189.3  188  104   98  33   69  148   1   7   818   6   2  4.66  4.15   89 1.364
 Career High     11  13  35  33   3   1  13  5  202.3  194  111  103  33   83  170   2   7   874   7   3  3.67  4.38  110 1.284

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1984 23 BAL AL P 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 0.70 2.77 1.80 2 13.0 1985 24 BAL AL P 34 13 17 4 0 .882 .952 0.88 0.70 1.67 1.86 18 162.0 DH 2 1986 25 BAL AL P 35 12 21 2 1 .943 .957 0.94 0.68 1.47 1.83 33 202.3 1987 26 BAL AL P 34 17 7 1 1 .960 .956 0.71 0.67 2.06 1.84 15 105.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1985 24 BAL AL DH 2 1984 23 BAL AL P 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 0.70 2.77 1.80 2 13.0 1985 24 BAL AL P 34 13 17 4 0 .882 .952 0.88 0.70 1.67 1.86 18 162.0 1986 25 BAL AL P 35 12 21 2 1 .943 .957 0.94 0.68 1.47 1.83 33 202.3 1987 26 BAL AL P 34 17 7 1 1 .960 .956 0.71 0.67 2.06 1.84 15 105.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 105 44 47 7 2 .929 .955 0.87 0.68 1.70 1.84 68 482.3 DH 2 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 105 44 47 7 2 .929 .955 0.87 0.68 1.70 1.84 68 482
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Hits Allowed/9IP
1985 AL-8.00-7

Strikeouts/9IP
1985 AL-6.00-10
1986 AL-7.56-6

Home Runs Allow.
1986 AL-33-6

Gray Ink: Pitching - 2 (2422) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 3, 1980: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 3rd round of the 1980 amateur draft.

December 9, 1987: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Seattle Mariners for Mike Morgan.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986Baltimore Orioles$140,000
1987Baltimore Orioles$155,000
Career (may be incomplete)$295,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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