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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 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
Team: Orioles 1984-1987
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: September 14, 1987
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 7:19AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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 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 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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1984 23 BAL AL 13.0 2 6 8 1 1.2 2 0.2 $
1985 24 BAL AL 162.0 18 68 97 -1 .8 29 2.6 $
1986 25 BAL AL 202.1 33 111 123 -1 1.0 12 1.3 $140,000
1987 26 BAL AL 105.0 15 81 68 -1 1.2 -13 -1.7 $155,000
4 Seasons 482.1 68 266 296 -2 1.0 30 2.4 $295,000

Standard Batting

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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
1984 23 BAL AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1985 24 BAL AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 25 BAL AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 26 BAL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Seasons 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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% PO Awards
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% 1
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% 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% 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% 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% 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.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2433), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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Transactions

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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 Notes
198625Baltimore Orioles$140,0001986 USA Today survey
198726Baltimore Orioles$155,0001987 USA Today survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$295,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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