Bill Laxton
William Harry Laxton
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 5, 1948 in Camden, NJ
High School: Audubon (Audubon, NJ)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 7th round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1970
Final Game: September 19, 1977
Relatives: Father of Brett Laxton
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1970 PHI NL 22 P 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.70
1971 SDP NL 23 P 18 0 27.2 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.63 0.28 .960 1.89 0.78
1974 SDP NL 26 P 30 1 44.2 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.21 0.20 .933 1.87 0.71
1976 DET AL 28 P 26 3 94.2 11 4 5 2 0 .818 0.86 0.35 .955 1.87 0.85
1977 TOT AL 29 P 45 0 74.4 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.09 0.20 .944 1.96 0.84
1977 SEA AL 29 P 43 0 72.2 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 0.99 0.19 .950 1.96 0.84
1977 CLE AL 29 P 2 0 1.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 0.50 .900 2.16 0.85
5 Seasons P 121 4 243.1 31 10 19 2 0 .935 1.07 0.24 .948 1.90 0.80
5 Seasons TOT 121 4 243.1 31 10 19 2 0 .935 1.07 0.24 .884 1.90 0.80

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1970 PHI NL 22 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 SDP NL 23 18 0 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 SDP NL 26 30 1 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 DET AL 28 26 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 SEA AL 29 43 0 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CLE AL 29 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 121 1 50 121 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1970 PHI NL 22 11 55% 18% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 SDP NL 23 147 66% 13% 3 100% 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 SDP NL 26 220 63% 16% 4 100% 0 2 1 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1976 DET AL 28 425 69% 14% 5 100% 0 4 2 2 4 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 SEA AL 29 326 72% 15% 4 100% 0 2 0 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1977 CLE AL 29 12 75% 17% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1141 68% 14% 17 100% 0 9 3 5 18 10 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 87%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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