Ken Dixon
Kenneth John Dixon
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 166 lb.

Born: October 17, 1960 in Monroe, VA
High School: Amherst County (Monroe, VA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 3rd round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1984
Final Game: September 14, 1987
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1984 23 BAL AL 0 1 .000 4.15 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 14 6 6 1 4 0 8 0 0 2 56 93 1.385 9.7 0.7 2.8 5.5 2.00
1985 24 BAL AL 8 4 .667 3.67 34 18 7 3 1 1 162.0 144 68 66 20 64 7 108 2 2 5 683 110 1.284 8.0 1.1 3.6 6.0 1.69
1986 25 BAL AL 11 13 .458 4.58 35 33 1 2 0 0 202.1 194 111 103 33 83 6 170 1 3 7 874 90 1.369 8.6 1.5 3.7 7.6 2.05
1987 26 BAL AL 7 10 .412 6.43 34 15 13 0 0 5 105.0 128 81 75 31 27 4 91 1 1 5 470 68 1.476 11.0 2.7 2.3 7.8 3.37
4 Seasons 26 28 .481 4.66 105 68 21 5 1 6 482.1 480 266 250 85 178 17 377 4 6 19 2083 89 1.364 9.0 1.6 3.3 7.0 2.12
162 Game Avg. 10 11 .481 4.66 41 27 8 2 0 2 190 189 105 98 33 70 7 148 2 2 7 819 89 1.364 9.0 1.6 3.3 7.0 2.12

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1984 23 BAL AL 2 56 52 6 14 1 1 1 0 0 4 8 .269 .321 .385 .706 .302 20 2 0 0 0 0
1985 24 BAL AL 34 683 607 68 144 29 3 20 14 3 64 108 .237 .311 .394 .705 .258 239 7 2 8 2 7
1986 25 BAL AL 35 874 779 111 194 30 9 33 22 6 83 170 .249 .320 .438 .758 .277 341 14 1 5 6 6
1987 26 BAL AL 34 470 439 81 128 21 3 31 9 1 27 91 .292 .333 .565 .898 .304 248 7 1 1 2 4
4 Seasons 105 2083 1877 266 480 81 16 85 45 10 178 377 .256 .320 .452 .772 .277 848 30 4 14 10 17
162 Game Avg. 41 819 738 105 189 32 6 33 18 4 70 148 .256 .320 .452 .772 .277 333 12 2 6 4 7
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1984 23 BAL AL 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 2 100% 51 56 45 0 0 0 1 2.5 3.0 6.5
1985 24 BAL AL 34 18 8 3 7 2 1 10 8 .556 2 3 3 1 9 50% 53 81 27 27 4 2 8 5.3 5.4 5.9
1986 25 BAL AL 35 33 11 13 9 1 2 15 18 .455 1 2 2 0 17 52% 51 81 23 30 11 8 14 4.4 4.0 6.1
1987 26 BAL AL 34 15 5 6 4 2 1 6 9 .400 2 1 0 0 4 27% 43 70 14 18 5 0 8 5.3 6.7 4.5
4 Seasons 105 68 24 23 21 5 5 31 37 .456 5 7 5 1 32 47% 50 81 14 75 20 10 31 4.8 4.8 5.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1985 24 BAL AL 34 16 7 0 1 1 1 0 100% 3 2 18 9 50% 2 0.813 3 6 6 3 1 12 11 5 13 1 13 1 10.6
1986 25 BAL AL 35 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 7 1.038 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 2.5
1987 26 BAL AL 34 19 13 2 4 9 5 4 56% 11 2 20 4 20% 7 1.236 15 2 2 11 4 4 12 7 10 3 11 5 5.9
3 Seasons 103 37 21 2 5 10 6 4 60% 14 4 42 16 38% 1.008 18 9 9 14 5 18 25 12 24 5 25 6 7.7

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1984 23 BAL AL 56 46% 1.8% 14.3% 7.1% 5.4% 21% 2.10 77% 14 2 14%
1985 24 BAL AL 683 56% 2.9% 15.8% 9.4% 7.6% 36% 0.62 70% 103 7 7%
1986 25 BAL AL 874 50% 3.8% 19.5% 9.5% 8.2% 37% 0.67 67% 139 14 10%
1987 26 BAL AL 470 50% 6.6% 19.4% 5.7% 11.7% 43% 0.69 68% 59 7 12%
4 Seasons 2083 52% 4.1% 18.1% 8.6% 8.7% 38% 0.68 68% 315 30 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1984 23 BAL AL 56 14 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 50% 1 2 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1985 24 BAL AL 683 144 20 1 17 11 9 15 5 35 22 3 63% 7 5 0 217 14 3 82% 14 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 10 0
1986 25 BAL AL 874 194 33 1 19 18 15 23 10 51 21 12 41% 11 7 1 293 22 6 79% 21 5 1 1 0 0 4 0 19 0
1987 26 BAL AL 470 128 31 0 10 17 14 18 13 19 9 5 47% 7 5 0 161 9 1 90% 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
4 Seasons 2083 480 85 2 46 47 38 57 28 107 53 20 50% 26 19 1 696 45 10 82% 44 8 1 2 0 0 8 0 41 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1984 23 0 1 .000 4.15 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 14 6 6 1 4 0 8 0 0 2 56 93 1.385 9.7 0.7 2.8 5.5 2.00 93
1985 24 8 5 .615 3.70 36 20 7 3 1 1 175.0 158 74 72 21 68 7 116 2 2 7 739 108 1.291 8.1 1.1 3.5 6.0 1.71 108
1986 25 19 18 .514 4.17 71 53 8 5 1 1 377.1 352 185 175 54 151 13 286 3 5 14 1613 98 1.333 8.4 1.3 3.6 6.8 1.89 98
1987 26 26 28 .481 4.66 105 68 21 5 1 6 482.1 480 266 250 85 178 17 377 4 6 19 2083 89 1.364 9.0 1.6 3.3 7.0 2.12 89

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1984 23 0 1 .000 4.15 13.0 14 7 6 1 4 8 0 1.385 9.7 2.8 5.5 2.00 0.7 2
1985 24 8 9 .471 4.06 155.0 150 78 70 21 67 103 2 1.400 8.7 3.9 6.0 1.54 1.2 34
1986 25 8 13 .381 4.87 196.0 200 118 106 34 86 165 1 1.459 9.2 3.9 7.6 1.92 1.6 35
1987 26 3 8 .273 6.47 103.0 131 82 74 32 28 89 1 1.544 11.4 2.4 7.8 3.18 2.8 34
4 Seasons 19 31 .380 4.93 467.0 495 285 256 88 185 365 4 1.456 9.5 7.0 1.97 1.7 105

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1985 AL  8.000 (7th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1985 AL  6.000 (10th)
1986 AL  7.562 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1986 AL  33 (6th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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