Tom Dixon

Thomas Earl Dixon

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 23, 1955 in Orlando, FL
High School: Boone HS (Orlando, FL)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1974. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 30, 1977
Teams (by GP): Astros/Expos 1977-1983

Final Game: September 23, 1983
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Standard Pitching

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
1974	19	STL-min	Rk,A	2	0	1.000	2.12	8	5		1	1	0	34.0	26	8	8	2	2	0	23	1	0	0			0.824	6.9	0.5	0.5	6.1	11.50	CDS,SPT · GULF,FLOR
1975	20	HOU-min	A	2	4	.333	2.92	32	5		0	0	3	80.0	66	35	26	2	40	4	63	0	0	4			1.325	7.4	0.2	4.5	7.1	1.58	DBQ · MIDW
1976	21	HOU-min	AA	11	10	.524	2.43	27	23		11	2	0	167.0	145	58	45	6	49	0	98	2	1	6			1.162	7.8	0.3	2.6	5.3	2.00	CBS · SOUL
1977	22	HOU-min	AAA	13	4	.765	2.25	21	18		9	6	0	140.0	122	43	35	5	41	1	44	5	1	4			1.164	7.8	0.3	2.6	2.8	1.07	CHL · IL
1977	22	HOU	NL	1	0	1.000	3.26	9	4	0	1	0	0	30.1	40	12	11	0	7	0	15	1	1	1	135	111	1.549	11.9	0.0	2.1	4.5	2.14
1978	23	HOU	NL	7	11	.389	3.99	30	19	4	3	2	1	140.0	140	70	62	8	40	3	66	1	2	0	592	83	1.286	9.0	0.5	2.6	4.2	1.65
1979	24	HOU	NL	1	2	.333	6.66	19	1	6	0	0	0	25.2	39	23	19	2	15	1	9	0	0	0	130	54	2.104	13.7	0.7	5.3	3.2	0.60

1980	25	NYM-min	AAA	8	12	.400	3.46	32	19		6	1	3	138.0	149	62	53	9	38	6	88	4	1	2			1.355	9.7	0.6	2.5	5.7	2.32	TID · IL
1981	26	NYM-min	AAA	9	11	.450	4.07	27	27	0	11	0	0	177.0	149	93	80	16	93	4	113	5	1	5			1.367	7.6	0.8	4.7	5.7	1.22	TID · IL
1982	27	TOR-NYM-WSN-min	AAA	9	10	.474	3.82	25	22	1	2	0	0	136.2	123	71	58	13	53	4	105	4	0	5			1.288	8.1	0.9	3.5	6.9	1.98	SYR,TID,WCH · IL,AA
1983	28	WSN-min	AAA	12	9	.571	5.33	28	27	0	8	2	0	174.0	187	114	103	23	72	2	105	7	1	10			1.489	9.7	1.2	3.7	5.4	1.46	WCH · AA
1983	28	MON	NL	0	1	.000	9.82	4	0	3	0	0	0	3.2	6	4	4	1	1	0	4	1	0	1	19	41	1.909	14.7	2.5	2.5	9.8	4.00
4 Yrs				9	14	.391	4.33	62	24	13	4	2	1	199.2	225	109	96	11	63	4	94	3	3	2	876	79	1.442	10.1	0.5	2.8	4.2	1.49
162 Game Avg.				7	11	.391	4.33	49	19	10	3	2	1	158	178	86	76	9	50	3	74	2	2	2	693	79	1.442	10.1	0.5	2.8	4.2	1.49

HOU (3 yrs)				9	13	.409	4.22	58	24	10	4	2	1	196.0	219	105	92	10	62	4	90	2	3	1	857	80	1.434	10.1	0.5	2.8	4.1	1.45
MON (1 yr)				0	1	.000	9.82	4	0	3	0	0	0	3.2	6	4	4	1	1	0	4	1	0	1	19	41	1.909	14.7	2.5	2.5	9.8	4.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1977	22	HOU	NL	30.1	9	4	12	3.56	4.34	0.14	0.04	92.8	3.93	1	0.1	.8	-0.0	0.3	4	.512	.501	$
1978	23	HOU	NL	140.0	30	19	70	4.50	4.05	-0.30	0.06	89.1	3.94	-10	-1.1	.9	-0.1	-0.1	4	.463	.493	$
1979	24	HOU	NL	25.2	19	1	23	8.06	4.22	0.27	-0.26	100.8	3.72	-13	-1.3	.7	0.1	-0.9	-10	.432	.492	$

1983	28	MON	NL	3.2	4	0	4	9.82	4.13	0.28	-0.32	101.1	3.57	-3	-0.3	.6	0.0	-0.2	-2	.433	.498	$
4 Seasons				199.2	62	24	109	4.91	4.12	-0.15	0.01	91.4	3.90	-24	-2.6	.7	0.1	-0.9	-4	.458	.496	$

HOU (3 yrs)				196.0	58	24	105	4.82	4.12	-0.16	0.02	91.2	3.91	-22	-2.3	.8	0.0	-0.7	-2	.460	.495	$
MON (1 yr)				3.2	4	0	4	9.82	4.13	0.28	-0.32	101.1	3.57	-3	-0.3	.6	0.0	-0.2	-2	.433	.498	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1977	22	HOU	NL	9	135	125	12	40	5	0	0	0	1	7	15	.320	.361	.360	.721	.364	45	1	1	2	0	0	3
1978	23	HOU	NL	30	592	529	70	140	32	4	8	15	6	40	66	.265	.312	.386	.697	.283	204	6	1	11	11	3	8
1979	24	HOU	NL	19	130	112	23	39	3	0	2	1	1	15	9	.348	.425	.429	.854	.366	48	3	0	3	0	1	1

1983	28	MON	NL	4	19	16	4	6	3	0	1	0	0	1	4	.375	.421	.750	1.171	.417	12	0	1	0	1	0	0
4 Yrs				62	876	782	109	225	43	4	11	16	8	63	94	.288	.338	.395	.734	.311	309	10	3	16	12	4	12
162 Game Avg.				49	693	618	86	178	34	3	9	13	6	50	74	.288	.338	.395	.734	.311	244	8	2	13	9	3	9
MLB Averages																.262	.326	.388	.714	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1977	22	HOU	NL	1.5	0.2	140	0.2	2.7	-2.4	1.16	-0.0	0.2	2.4	0.3	1.16	0.7	1	2	2
1978	23	HOU	NL	-11.7	-1.2	617	-0.6	9.4	-9.9	.95	-0.9	0.3	-13.1	-1.4	0.95	-8.2	2	4	5
1979	24	HOU	NL	-10.1	-1.0	132	-0.7	1.4	-2.1	.75	-0.7	-0.2	-10.6	-1.1	0.75	-9.2	3	0	14

1983	28	MON	NL	-2.2	-0.2	20	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	.71	-0.2	-0.4	-2.7	-0.3	0.71	-2.7	1	0	1
4 Yrs				-22.5	-2.3	909	-1.4	13.5	-14.9	.95	-1.8	0.3	-24.1	-2.5	0.95	-19.3	7	6	22

Starting Pitching*

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
1977	22	HOU	NL	9	4	1	0	3	0	0	2	2	.500	2	1	1	0	1	25%	45.2	74	28	4	2	0	3	6.6	5.5	5.8
1978	23	HOU	NL	30	19	5	11	3	1	4	7	12	.368	1	2	3	2	10	53%	49.8	79	21	14	4	3	11	3.4	3.1	6.3
1979	24	HOU	NL	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	35.0	35	35	13	5	1	0	5.0	9.0	4.0
3 Yrs				58	24	6	11	7	1	4	9	15	.375	3	3	4	2	11	46%	48	79	21	31	11	4	14	4.0	3.7	6.2
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	99	-13					4.3	4.3	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1977	22	HOU	NL	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	1	1.158	1	2	2	0	1	4	1	4	3	0	3	0	4.2
1978	23	HOU	NL	30	11	4	2	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	3	2	67%	4	.955	2	4	5	1	3	7	1	10	7	1	7	1	5.4
1979	24	HOU	NL	19	18	6	1	2	1	0	1	0%	2	0	9	2	22%	7	.751	3	0	14	2	1	15	4	14	7	4	7	4	3.6

1983	28	MON	NL	4	4	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	.713	1	0	1	0	1	3	0	4	0	1	0	0	2.8
4 Yrs				62	38	13	3	3	2	1	1	50%	3	0	14	4	29%		.951	7	6	22	3	6	29	6	32	17	6	17	5	4.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1977	22	HOU	NL	135	54%	0.0%	11.1%	5.2%	3.7%	13%	0.64	81%	32	1	3%
1978	23	HOU	NL	592	50%	1.4%	11.2%	6.8%	7.4%	31%	0.72	79%	89	6	7%
1979	24	HOU	NL	130	65%	1.5%	6.9%	11.5%	3.9%	13%	0.72	78%	33	3	9%

1983	28	MON	NL	19	74%	5.3%	21.1%	5.3%	21.1%	67%	0.40	63%	3	0	0%
4 Yrs				876	53%	1.3%	10.7%	7.2%	6.6%	26%	0.70	79%	157	10	6%
MLB Averages					44%	2.0%	12.9%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	1.10	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1977	22	HOU	NL	135	40			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	50%	3	1	1	69	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1978	23	HOU	NL	592	140			8	0	8	4	4	4	4	36	26	2	72%	8	0	0	205	15	6	71%	15	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	14	0
1979	24	HOU	NL	130	39			2	0	5	2	0	0	2	6	2	0	33%	1	0	0	55	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1983	28	MON	NL	19	6			1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	100%	0	1	0	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4 Yrs				876	225			11	0	14	7	4	5	6	48	32	4	67%	12	2	1	337	16	8	67%	16	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	19	0
MLB Averages																		53%							66%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1977	22	1	0	1.000	3.26	9	4	0	1	0	0	30.1	40	12	11	0	7	0	15	1	1	1	135	111	1.549	11.9	0.0	2.1	4.5	2.14	111
1978	23	8	11	.421	3.86	39	23	4	4	2	1	170.1	180	82	73	8	47	3	81	2	3	1	727	87	1.333	9.5	0.4	2.5	4.3	1.72	87
1979	24	9	13	.409	4.22	58	24	10	4	2	1	196.0	219	105	92	10	62	4	90	2	3	1	857	80	1.434	10.1	0.5	2.8	4.1	1.45	80
1980	25	9	13	.409	4.22	58	24	10	4	2	1	196.0	219	105	92	10	62	4	90	2	3	1	857	80	1.434	10.1	0.5	2.8	4.1	1.45	80
1981	26	9	13	.409	4.22	58	24	10	4	2	1	196.0	219	105	92	10	62	4	90	2	3	1	857	80	1.434	10.1	0.5	2.8	4.1	1.45	80
1982	27	9	13	.409	4.22	58	24	10	4	2	1	196.0	219	105	92	10	62	4	90	2	3	1	857	80	1.434	10.1	0.5	2.8	4.1	1.45	80
1983	28	9	14	.391	4.33	62	24	13	4	2	1	199.2	225	109	96	11	63	4	94	3	3	2	876	79	1.442	10.1	0.5	2.8	4.2	1.49	79

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1977	22	2	1	.667	3.86	28.0	42	13	12	0	7	14	1	1.750	13.5	2.3	4.5	2.00	0.0	9
1978	23	5	9	.357	5.15	131.0	154	83	75	9	44	62	1	1.511	10.6	3.0	4.3	1.41	0.6	30
1979	24	0	2	.000	7.88	24.0	41	23	21	2	16	9	0	2.375	15.4	6.0	3.4	0.56	0.8	19

1983	28	0	0		11.25	4.0	6	6	5	1	1	4	1	1.750	13.5	2.3	9.0	4.00	2.3	4
4 Yrs		7	12	.368	5.44	187.0	243	125	113	12	68	89	3	1.663	11.7		4.3	1.31	0.6	62

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