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Ken Dixon

Kenneth John Dixon

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

Born: October 17, 1960 in Monroe, VA
High Schools: Amherst County HS (Monroe, VA), Amherst County HS (Amherst, VA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 3rd round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1984 (Age 23)
Team: Orioles 1984-1987
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: September 14, 1987 (Age 26)
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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
1980	19	BAL-min	Rk	4	5	.444	4.62	13	13		3	1	0	78.0	69	46	40	5	48	1	62	5	3	5			1.500	8.0	0.6	5.5	7.2	1.29	BLD · APPY
1981	20	BAL-min	A,Rk	6	14	.300	3.90	23	23	0	9	1	0	143.0	124	78	62	10	83	3	135	2	3	5			1.448	7.8	0.6	5.2	8.5	1.63	HGR,MIA,BLD · CARL,FLOR,APPY
1982	21	BAL-min	A,AA	10	16	.385	4.59	28	27	1	8	3	0	174.1	169	103	89	18	92	1	132	2	2	14			1.497	8.7	0.9	4.7	6.8	1.43	HGR,CHR · CARL,SOUL
1983	22	BAL-min	AA,AAA	11	13	.458	4.12	31	31	0	7	2	0	194.1	188	105	89	21	96	4	107	5	1	7			1.461	8.7	1.0	4.4	5.0	1.11	CHR,ROC · SOUL,IL
1984	23	BAL-min	AA	16	8	.667	2.85	31	29	1	20	2	1	240.0	198	92	76	20	78	1	211	1	1	6			1.150	7.4	0.8	2.9	7.9	2.71	CHR · SOUL
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	96	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	91	1.369	8.6	1.5	3.7	7.6	2.05
1987	26	BAL-min	AAA	4	0	1.000	3.27	5	5	0	1	1	0	33.0	27	15	12	3	10	0	25	0	0	0			1.121	7.4	0.8	2.7	6.8	2.50	ROC · IL
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
1989	28	CLE-BAL-min	AA	1	0	1.000	1.86	10	4	3	0	0	0	38.2	25	11	8	0	9	0	29	1	3	2			0.879	5.8	0.0	2.1	6.8	3.22	CAK,HGR · EL
4 Yrs				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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1984	23	BAL	AL	13.0	2	2	6	4.15	4.83	0.37	0.16	102.0	4.71	1	0.1		-0.0	0.2	2	.545	.501
1985	24	BAL	AL	162.0	34	18	68	3.78	4.57	-0.10	-0.02	96.7	4.49	13	1.3	.8	-0.2	2.7	28	.540	.508
1986	25	BAL	AL	202.1	35	33	111	4.94	4.61	-0.05	0.15	99.2	4.78	-4	-0.4	.6	-0.1	1.4	16	.489	.498	$140,000
1987	26	BAL	AL	105.0	34	15	81	6.94	4.93	-0.05	-0.02	98.7	4.89	-24	-2.2	3.1	-0.9	-2.1	-13	.435	.486	$155,000
4 Seasons				482.1	105	68	266	4.96	4.67	-0.06	0.06	98.3	4.71	-14	-1.2	2.0	-1.2	2.2	33	.489	.498	$295,000

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GDP	IBB	Pos	Awards
1980	19	BAL-min	Rk	13				BLD · APPY
1981	20	BAL-min	A,Rk	24		0		MIA,HGR,BLD · FLOR,CARL,APPY
1982	21	BAL-min	AA,A	29		0		CHR,HGR · SOUL,CARL
1983	22	BAL-min	AA,AAA	31		0		CHR,ROC · SOUL,IL
1984	23	BAL-min	AA	33		0		CHR · SOUL
1984	23	BAL	AL	2	0	0	/1
1985	24	BAL	AL	37	0	0	1/D
1986	25	BAL	AL	35	0	0	1
1987	26	BAL-min	AAA	5		0		ROC · IL
1987	26	BAL	AL	34	0	0	1
1989	28	BAL-CLE-min	AA	10		0		HGR,CAK · EL
4 Yrs				108	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	Rbaser	waaWL%	162WL%	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1984	23	BAL	AL	2	0	.501	.500	0.0		/1
1985	24	BAL	AL	37	-0	.500	.500	0.0		1/D
1986	25	BAL	AL	35	0	.501	.500	0.0	$140,000	1
1987	26	BAL	AL	34	0	.501	.500	0.0	$155,000	1
4 Seasons				108	-0	.500	.500	0.1	$295,000

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
1984	BAL	AL	23	P	2	2	0	13.0	4	2	2	0	0	1.000	2.77	2.00	.958	1.80	1.80	0	0			0
1985	BAL	AL	24	P	34	18	3	162.0	34	13	17	4	0	.882	1.67	0.88	.953	1.86	1.84	14	3	18%	33%	1
1985	BAL	AL	24	DH	2	0
1986	BAL	AL	25	P	35	33	2	202.1	35	12	21	2	1	.943	1.47	0.94	.957	1.83	1.81	22	6	21%	34%	1
1987	BAL	AL	26	P	34	15	0	105.0	25	17	7	1	1	.960	2.06	0.71	.955	1.84	1.82	9	1	10%	31%	0
	4 Seasons			P	105	68	5	482.1	98	44	47	7	2	.929	1.70	0.87	.955	1.84	1.82	45	10	18%	33%	2
	4 Seasons			TOT	105	68	5	482.1	98	44	47	7	2	.929	1.70	0.87	.955	1.84	1.82	45	10	18%	33%	2

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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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)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1985 AL 4 (4th)

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)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1985 AL 4 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 2 (2494), Average HOFer ≈ 185
JAWS	Starting Pitcher (1518th), 2.2 career WAR/2.2 7yr-peak WAR/2.2 JAWS Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

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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.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1986	25	Baltimore Orioles	$140,000	1986 USA Today survey
1987	26	Baltimore Orioles	$155,000	1987 USA Today survey

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$295,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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