Tom Dixon
Thomas Earl Dixon
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 23, 1955 in Orlando, FL
High School: William R. Boone (Orlando, FL)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1974. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 30, 1977
Final Game: September 23, 1983
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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
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 1 135 109 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 53 2.104 13.7 0.7 5.3 3.2 0.60
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 37 1.909 14.7 2.5 2.5 9.8 4.00
4 Seasons 9 14 .391 4.33 62 24 13 4 2 1 199.2 225 109 96 11 63 4 94 3 3 2 876 78 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 78 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 37 1.909 14.7 2.5 2.5 9.8 4.00

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
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
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
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
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
4 Seasons 62 876 782 109 225 43 4 11 16 8 63 94 .288 .338 .395 .734 .311 309 10 3 16 12 4
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
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
1977 22 HOU NL 9 4 1 0 3 0 0 2 2 .500 2 1 1 0 1 25% 45 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% 50 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 35 35 13 5 1 0 5.0 9.0 4.0
3 Seasons 58 24 6 11 7 1 4 9 15 .375 3 3 4 2 11 46% 49 79 21 31 11 4 14 4.0 3.7 6.2
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
1977 22 HOU NL 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 1.155 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 0.982 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 0.786 3 2 13 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 0.751 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 2.8
4 Seasons 62 38 13 3 3 2 1 1 50% 3 0 14 4 29% 0.975 7 8 22 3 6 29 6 32 17 6 17 5 4.1

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%
1977 22 HOU NL 135 46% 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 35% 1.5% 6.9% 11.5% 3.9% 13% 0.72 78% 33 3 9%
1983 28 MON NL 19 26% 5.3% 21.1% 5.3% 21.1% 67% 0.40 63% 3 0 0%
4 Seasons 876 47% 1.3% 10.7% 7.2% 6.6% 26% 0.70 79% 157 10 6%
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
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 1 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 2 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 Seasons 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 3 0 19 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+
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 1 135 109 1.549 11.9 0.0 2.1 4.5 2.14 109
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 78 1.442 10.1 0.5 2.8 4.2 1.49 78

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
1977 22 2 1 .667 3.72 29.0 41 13 12 0 7 14 1 1.655 12.7 2.2 4.3 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 8.25 24.0 42 24 22 2 16 8 0 2.417 15.8 6.0 3.0 0.50 0.8 19
1983 28 0 0 9.00 4.0 6 4 4 1 1 4 1 1.750 13.5 2.3 9.0 4.00 2.3 4
4 Seasons 7 12 .368 5.41 188.0 243 124 113 12 68 88 3 1.654 11.6 4.2 1.29 0.6 62

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