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Mike Baxes

Michael Baxes

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 18, 1930 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Mission HS (San Francisco, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1956
Team: Athletics 1956-1958

Final Game: September 27, 1958
Relatives: Brother of Jim Baxes
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1952 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1956 25 KCA AL 73 129 106 9 24 3 1 1 5 0 1 18 15 .226 .339 .302 .641 71 32 2 0 4 0 1 6/4
1958 27 KCA AL 73 257 231 31 49 10 1 0 8 1 6 21 24 .212 .286 .264 .550 52 61 4 3 2 0 0 4/6
2 Yrs 146 386 337 40 73 13 2 1 13 1 7 39 39 .217 .303 .276 .579 58 93 6 3 6 0 1
162 Game Avg. 162 428 374 44 81 14 2 1 14 1 8 43 43 .217 .303 .276 .579 58 103 7 3 7 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1956 25 KCA AL 73 129 -4 -0 -0 2 2 -1 -0.1 3 3 0.3 .499 .500 0.1 0.4 1 $ 6/4
1958 27 KCA AL 73 257 -15 -1 -0 -5 2 -19 -2.1 7 -12 -1.4 .472 .487 -0.9 -0.3 -7 $ 4/6
2 Seasons 146 386 -19 -1 -1 -3 4 -19 -2.1 10 -9 -1.1 .486 .493 -0.8 0.2 -6 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1956 25 KCA AL 129 89 12 3.6 106 .256 .226 .267 .339 .349 .302 .408 .641 .757 71 .372 -4.2 -0.4 .576 .236 .075 .0
1958 27 KCA AL 257 194 17 2.3 100 .237 .212 .264 .286 .333 .264 .401 .550 .734 52 .248 -15.2 -1.6 .417 .121 .052 .0
2 Yrs 386 283 29 2.7 102 .242 .217 .265 .303 .338 .276 .403 .579 .742 58 .291 -19.4 -2.0 .466 .157 .059 1.0
162 Game Avg. 428 314 32 2.7 102 .242 .217 .265 .303 .338 .276 .403 .579 .742 58 .291 -19.4 -2.0 .466 .157 .059 1

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1956 25 KCA AL 129 0.8% 11.6% 14.0% 3.9% 21% 0.83 7.1 106.0 21.2 0.69 70%
1958 27 KCA AL 257 0.0% 9.3% 8.2% 4.3% 22% 1.14 9.6 28.9 0.70 81%
2 Yrs 386 0.3% 10.1% 10.1% 4.2% 22% 1.00 8.6 337.0 25.9 0.69 77%
MLB Averages 2.4% 12.5% 8.9% 6.6% 29% 1.41 7.1 37.5 8.3 0.99 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1956 25 KCA AL -4.2 -0.4 131 -0.8 1.9 -2.7 1.19 -0.2 -0.4 -4.2 -0.4 0.93 -4.0 1.55 10
1958 27 KCA AL -15.2 -1.6 259 -2.1 2.5 -4.6 .92 -1.5 -0.8 -16.3 -1.7 0.93 -15.5 0.67 4
2 Yrs -19.4 -2.0 390 -2.9 4.4 -7.3 1.01 -1.7 -1.2 -20.5 -2.1 0.93 -19.5 1.30 14

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1956 25 KCA AL 2 0 20% 66 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 37% 10 8 2 5 2 2 4 1 3
1958 27 KCA AL 2 0 43% 95 1 6 14% 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 50% 12 6 6 1 1 0 7 3 4
2 Yrs 4 0 34% 161 1 7 13% 1 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 8 44% 22 14 8 6 3 2 11 4 7

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1956 25 KCA AL 129 21% 24 10 1 0 1 1.55 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 100% 24 2 8% 9 3 33% 76 4 5% 6 1 17% 3 1 33% 0
1958 27 KCA AL 257 10% 49 4 0 0 0 0.67 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 29 4 14% 10 2 20% 100 8 8% 5 4 80% 3 2 67% 0
2 Yrs 386 14% 73 14 1 0 1 1.30 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 7 6 86% 53 6 11% 19 5 26% 176 12 7% 11 5 45% 6 3 50% 0
MLB Averages 48% 76% 11% 31% 14% 49% 53%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1956 25 73 129 106 9 24 3 1 1 5 0 1 18 15 .226 .339 .302 .641 71 32 2 0 4 0 1
1957 26 73 129 106 9 24 3 1 1 5 0 1 18 15 .226 .339 .302 .641 71 32 2 0 4 0 1
1958 27 146 386 337 40 73 13 2 1 13 1 7 39 39 .217 .303 .276 .579 58 93 6 3 6 0 1

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1956 25 76 132 110 9 24 3 1 1 5 0 18 16 .218 .328 .291 .619 10 73
1958 27 76 271 243 34 53 11 1 0 9 1 23 25 .218 .294 .272 .565 19 73
2 Yrs 152 403 353 43 77 14 2 1 14 1 41 41 .218 .305 .278 .582 29 146
162 Game Avg. 162 430 376 46 82 15 2 1 15 1 44 44 .218 .305 .278 .582 31 146

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1958 AL  6 (9th)

                                         

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