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Bill Laxton
William Harry Laxton

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 190 lb.

Debut September 15, 1970
  vs. PIT 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game September 19, 1977
Born January 5, 1948 in Camden, NJ

Father of Brett Laxton

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 7th round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1970 22 PHI NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   2  0    2.0    2    3    3   2    2    2   1   0    11   0   0 13.50  4.01   30 2.000
 1971 23 SDP NL   0   2  18   0   0   0   7  0   27.7   32   25   21   4   26   23   1   6   135   0   1  6.83  3.30   48 2.096
 1974 26 SDP NL   0   1  30   1   0   0   7  0   44.7   37   22   20   5   38   40   3   4   210   8   0  4.03  3.56   88 1.679
 1976 28 DET AL   0   5  26   3   0   0  11  2   94.7   77   49   43  13   51   74   6   3   410   1   2  4.09  3.70   90 1.352
 1977 29 TOT AL   3   2  45   0   0   0  17  3   74.3   64   45   41  10   41   50   4   5   325   5   0  4.96  4.11   83 1.413
         SEA AL   3   2  43   0   0   0  16  3   72.7   62   44   40  10   39   49   4   3   316   5   0  4.95  4.11   83 1.390
         CLE AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    1.7    2    1    1   0    2    1   0   2     9   0   0  5.40  3.95   73 2.400
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .231   3  10 121   4   0   0  44  5  243.3  212  144  128  34  158  189  15  18  1091  14   3  4.73  3.75   79 1.521
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     1   5  65   2   0   0  23  2  132.3  115   78   69  18   85  102   8   9   593   7   1  4.73  3.75   79 1.521
 Career High      3   5  45   3   0   0  17  3   94.7   77   49   43  13   51   74   6   6   410   8   2  4.03  4.11   90 1.352

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1974 26 SDP NL  30    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .200  .333  .200   56    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      121    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .200  .333  .200   56    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .200  .333  .200   56    1   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     45    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3                           1   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1974 26 SDP NL    6    4    0   0.0    90| .200  .256| .333  .328| .200  .371| .533  .698|  56  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons         6    4    0   0.0    90| .200  .256| .333  .328| .200  .371| .533  .698|  56  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1970 22 PHI NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.70 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1971 23 SDP NL P 18 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.28 0.78 1.62 1.88 0 27.7 1974 26 SDP NL P 30 2 4 0 0 1.000 .938 0.20 0.71 1.21 1.87 1 44.7 1976 28 DET AL P 26 4 5 2 0 .818 .947 0.35 0.85 0.86 1.87 3 94.7 1977 29 TOT AL P 45 3 6 0 0 1.000 .947 0.20 0.84 1.09 1.96 0 74.4 SEA AL P 43 3 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.19 0.84 0.99 1.96 0 72.7 CLE AL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 0.85 5.29 2.12 0 1.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1970 22 PHI NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.70 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1971 23 SDP NL P 18 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.28 0.78 1.62 1.88 0 27.7 1974 26 SDP NL P 30 2 4 0 0 1.000 .938 0.20 0.71 1.21 1.87 1 44.7 1976 28 DET AL P 26 4 5 2 0 .818 .947 0.35 0.85 0.86 1.87 3 94.7 1977 29 TOT AL P 45 3 6 0 0 1.000 .947 0.20 0.84 1.09 1.96 0 74.4 SEA AL P 43 3 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.19 0.84 0.99 1.96 0 72.7 CLE AL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 0.85 5.29 2.12 0 1.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 121 10 19 2 0 .935 .948 0.24 0.80 1.07 1.90 4 243.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 121 10 19 2 0 .935 .948 0.24 0.80 1.07 1.90 4 243
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Transactions 

June 7, 1966: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 7th round of the 1966 amateur draft.

December 15, 1967: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Harold Clem (minors), Woodie Fryman, and Don Money to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jim Bunning.

November 30, 1970: Drafted by the San Diego Padres from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1970 rule 5 draft.

April 7, 1975: Released by the San Diego Padres.

April 25, 1975: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

December 12, 1975: Traded by the New York Mets with Rusty Staub to the Detroit Tigers for Mickey Lolich and Billy Baldwin.

November 5, 1976: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners from the Detroit Tigers as the 50th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

September 9, 1977: Traded by the Seattle Mariners with cash to the Cleveland Indians for Ray Fosse.

June 22, 1978: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the San Diego Padres for Dave Freisleben.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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