Bill Laxton

William Harry Laxton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 5, 1948 in Camden, NJ
High School:
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 7th round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1970
Teams (by GP): Padres/Mariners/Tigers/Phillies/Indians 1970-1977

Final Game: September 19, 1977
Relatives: Father of Brett Laxton
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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
1966	18	PIT-min	Rk	1	6	.143	3.66	10	9					59.0	41	33	24	3	57								1.661	6.3	0.5	8.7			SAL · APPY
1967	19	PIT-min	A	4	9	.308	3.74	20	15					89.0	61	49	37	1	83								1.618	6.2	0.1	8.4			CLI · MIDW
1968	20	PHI-min	A	3	6	.333	4.61	27	13					80.0	52	51	41	1	92								1.800	5.8	0.1	10.4			TID · CARL
1969	21	PHI-min	AA	7	9	.438	3.62	20	20		5	0	0	107.0	69	46	43	1	105	1	94	4	0	15			1.626	5.8	0.1	8.8	7.9	0.90	REA · EL
1970	22	PHI-min	AA,AAA	7	8	.467	4.23	24	24		4	1	0	115.0	94	65	54	2	125	2	102	14	1	15			1.904	7.4	0.2	9.8	8.0	0.82	REA,EUG · EL,PCL
1970	22	PHI	NL	0	0		13.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	2	3	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	11	35	2.000	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
1971	23	SDP	NL	0	2	.000	6.83	18	0	7	0	0	0	27.2	32	25	21	4	26	0	23	1	1	6	135	49	2.096	10.4	1.3	8.5	7.5	0.88

1972	24	SDP-min	AA	4	6	.400	3.17	20	15		1	1	1	88.0	69	33	31	3	63	1	88	4	0	4			1.500	7.1	0.3	6.4	9.0	1.40	ALX · TL
1973	25	SDP-min	AA	9	8	.529	4.13	25	22		3	1	1	133.0	105	67	61	11	94	2	142	5	0	6			1.496	7.1	0.7	6.4	9.6	1.51	ALX · TL
1974	26	SDP-min	AA	3	0	1.000	2.40	13	1					30.0	20	10	8	4	19								1.300	6.0	1.2	5.7			ALX · TL
1974	26	SDP	NL	0	1	.000	4.03	30	1	7	0	0	0	44.2	37	22	20	5	38	8	40	3	0	4	210	89	1.679	7.5	1.0	7.7	8.1	1.05

1975	27	NYM-min	AAA	11	4	.733	2.49	24	18		5	2	1	130.0	91	37	36	14	56	1	113	3	0	3			1.131	6.3	1.0	3.9	7.8	2.02	TID · IL
1976	28	DET	AL	0	5	.000	4.09	26	3	11	0	0	2	94.2	77	49	43	13	51	1	74	6	2	3	410	91	1.352	7.3	1.2	4.8	7.0	1.45
1977	29	TOT	AL	3	2	.600	4.96	45	0	17	0	0	3	74.1	64	45	41	10	41	5	50	4	0	5	325	84	1.413	7.7	1.2	5.0	6.1	1.22
1977	29	SEA	AL	3	2	.600	4.95	43	0	16	0	0	3	72.2	62	44	40	10	39	5	49	4	0	3	316	83	1.390	7.7	1.2	4.8	6.1	1.26
1977	29	CLE	AL	0	0		5.40	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	9	90	2.400	10.8	0.0	10.8	5.4	0.50
1978	30	CLE-SDP-min	AAA	4	6	.400	7.50	19	13		0	0	0	78.0	98	74	65	10	65	2	43	2	0	9			2.090	11.3	1.2	7.5	5.0	0.66	POR,HAW · PCL
5 Yrs				3	10	.231	4.73	121	4	44	0	0	5	243.1	212	144	128	34	158	14	189	15	3	18	1091	80	1.521	7.8	1.3	5.8	7.0	1.20
162 Game Avg.				2	5	.231	4.73	66	2	24	0	0	3	132	115	78	70	18	86	8	103	8	2	10	594	80	1.521	7.8	1.3	5.8	7.0	1.20

SDP (2 yrs)				0	3	.000	5.10	48	1	14	0	0	0	72.1	69	47	41	9	64	8	63	4	1	10	345	69	1.839	8.6	1.1	8.0	7.8	0.98
PHI (1 yr)				0	0		13.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	2	3	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	11	35	2.000	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
CLE (1 yr)				0	0		5.40	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	9	90	2.400	10.8	0.0	10.8	5.4	0.50
SEA (1 yr)				3	2	.600	4.95	43	0	16	0	0	3	72.2	62	44	40	10	39	5	49	4	0	3	316	83	1.390	7.7	1.2	4.8	6.1	1.26
DET (1 yr)				0	5	.000	4.09	26	3	11	0	0	2	94.2	77	49	43	13	51	1	74	6	2	3	410	91	1.352	7.3	1.2	4.8	7.0	1.45

AL (2 yrs)				3	7	.300	4.47	71	3	28	0	0	5	169.0	141	94	84	23	92	6	124	10	2	8	735	87	1.379	7.5	1.2	4.9	6.6	1.35
NL (3 yrs)				0	3	.000	5.33	50	1	16	0	0	0	74.1	71	50	44	11	66	8	65	5	1	10	356	66	1.843	8.6	1.3	8.0	7.9	0.98

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
1970	22	PHI	NL	2.0	2	0	3	13.50	4.50	-0.35	-0.19	98.0	4.57	-2	-0.2	.0	0.1	-0.1	-2	.404	.499	$
1971	23	SDP	NL	27.2	18	0	25	8.13	4.22	-0.24	-0.18	98.3	4.20	-12	-1.3	.9	0.0	-1.1	-10	.426	.492	$

1974	26	SDP	NL	44.2	30	1	22	4.43	4.21	-0.48	-0.32	98.8	4.32	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.2	4	.497	.499	$

1976	28	DET	AL	94.2	26	3	49	4.66	4.12	-0.20	-0.26	105.7	4.29	-4	-0.4	1.2	-0.2	0.2	5	.484	.497	$
1977	29	SEA	AL	72.2	43	0	44	5.45	4.79	0.02	-0.39	100.1	4.38	-9	-0.9	1.3	-0.3	-0.5	-1	.479	.495	$
1977	29	CLE	AL	1.2	2	0	1	5.40	3.93	-0.06	-0.32	102.9	3.77	-0	-0.0	1.4	-0.0	0.0	-0	.484	.500	$
5 Seasons				243.1	121	4	144	5.33	4.35	-0.19	-0.30	101.8	4.31	-28	-2.9	1.1	-0.4	-1.3	-3	.476	.497	$

SDP (2 yrs)				72.1	48	1	47	5.85	4.21	-0.39	-0.27	98.6	4.28	-13	-1.4	.9	-0.0	-0.9	-6	.470	.496	$
PHI (1 yr)				2.0	2	0	3	13.50	4.50	-0.35	-0.19	98.0	4.57	-2	-0.2	.0	0.1	-0.1	-2	.404	.499	$
CLE (1 yr)				1.2	2	0	1	5.40	3.93	-0.06	-0.32	102.9	3.77	-0	-0.0	1.4	-0.0	0.0	-0	.484	.500	$
SEA (1 yr)				72.2	43	0	44	5.45	4.79	0.02	-0.39	100.1	4.38	-9	-0.9	1.3	-0.3	-0.5	-1	.479	.495	$
DET (1 yr)				94.2	26	3	49	4.66	4.12	-0.20	-0.26	105.7	4.29	-4	-0.4	1.2	-0.2	0.2	5	.484	.497	$

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
1970	22	PHI	NL	2	11	8	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	.250	.455	1.000	1.455	.000	8	0	1	0	0	0	0
1971	23	SDP	NL	18	135	105	25	32	5	1	4	0	5	26	23	.305	.444	.486	.929	.354	51	1	1	2	1	0	1

1974	26	SDP	NL	30	210	164	22	37	8	0	5	4	2	38	40	.226	.375	.366	.741	.262	60	3	3	2	3	8	3

1976	28	DET	AL	26	410	347	49	77	11	1	13	5	3	51	74	.222	.330	.372	.702	.244	129	3	6	3	2	1	3
1977	29	TOT	AL	45	325	273	45	64	16	2	10	6	2	41	50	.234	.339	.418	.756	.249	114	5	4	3	4	5	2
1977	29	CLE	AL	2	9	7	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	.286	.444	.429	.873	.333	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	29	SEA	AL	43	316	266	44	62	15	2	10	5	2	39	49	.233	.335	.417	.753	.246	111	5	4	3	4	5	2
5 Yrs				121	1091	897	144	212	40	4	34	15	12	158	189	.236	.356	.404	.760	.260	362	12	15	10	10	14	9
162 Game Avg.				66	594	488	78	115	22	2	18	8	7	86	103	.236	.356	.404	.760	.260	197	7	8	5	5	8	5
MLB Averages																.255	.323	.374	.697	.280

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1970	22	PHI	NL	-1.8	-0.2	11	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.02	-0.3	-0.3	-2.0	-0.2	0.02	-1.9	0	0	2
1971	23	SDP	NL	-11.9	-1.2	147	-0.5	1.0	-1.5	.52	-1.2	0.2	-11.7	-1.2	0.52	-11.9	4	3	9

1974	26	SDP	NL	-1.8	-0.2	220	-0.5	2.3	-2.8	.81	-0.3	-0.3	-4.7	-0.5	0.81	-5.5	7	6	15

1976	28	DET	AL	-3.8	-0.4	425	-1.5	3.1	-4.6	.48	-0.2	-2.9	-9.5	-1.0	0.48	-5.6	5	5	12
1977	29	TOT	AL	-6.2	-0.6	338	-0.6	3.8	-4.4	.76	-0.6	-0.2	-11.8	-1.1	0.76	-4.2	15	10	17
1977	29	SEA	AL	-6.2	-0.6	326	-0.4	3.7	-4.1	.75	-0.6	0.0	-10.7	-1.0	0.75	-3.2	14	10	16
1977	29	CLE	AL	-0.1	0.0	12	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	1.15	-0.1	-0.1	-1.1	-0.1	1.15	-1.0	1	0	1
5 Yrs				-25.6	-2.6	1141	-3.1	10.2	-13.3	.63	-2.6	-2.3	-39.6	-4.0	0.63	-29.1	31	24	55

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
1974	26	SDP	NL	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	51.0	51	51	11	2	0	1	2.0	9.0	1.7

1976	28	DET	AL	26	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	36.3	45	20	12	7	1	0	1.0	0.0	5.2
2 Yrs				56	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	4	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	40	51	20	23	9	1	1	1.3	0.5	4.3
MLB Averages													.500						55%	52	109	-13					4.1	4.1	6.5

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
1970	22	PHI	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		9	.021	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	3.0
1971	23	SDP	NL	18	18	7	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	7	1	14%	6	.516	4	3	9	1	3	14	5	13	10	4	12	2	4.6

1974	26	SDP	NL	30	29	7	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	38	15	39%	6	.810	7	6	15	1	4	24	18	11	16	9	18	3	4.4

1976	28	DET	AL	26	23	11	0	2	3	2	1	67%	3	0	29	14	48%	3	.482	5	5	12	5	0	18	17	6	19	2	21	1	10.3
1977	29	TOT	AL	45	45	17	3	2	4	3	1	75%	9	4	51	16	31%		.758	15	10	17	12	5	28	31	14	23	13	32	11	5.0
1977	29	SEA	AL	43	43	16	3	2	4	3	1	75%	9	4	50	15	30%	7	.747	14	10	16	12	4	27	30	13	23	12	32	11	5.1
1977	29	CLE	AL	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	100%	8	1.154	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.5
5 Yrs				121	117	44	3	7	7	5	2	71%	13	4	125	46	37%		.627	31	24	55	19	12	86	71	46	68	28	83	17	5.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1970	22	PHI	NL	11	27%	18.2%	18.2%	18.2%	18.2%	100%	1.00	36%	3	0	0%
1971	23	SDP	NL	135	24%	3.0%	17.0%	19.3%	7.4%	31%	0.64	59%	31	1	3%

1974	26	SDP	NL	210	31%	2.4%	19.1%	18.1%	6.2%	35%	0.53	58%	48	3	6%

1976	28	DET	AL	410	33%	3.2%	18.1%	12.4%	6.1%	33%	0.43	64%	82	3	4%
1977	29	TOT	AL	325	46%	3.1%	15.4%	12.6%	8.6%	44%	0.52	67%	66	5	8%
1977	29	SEA	AL	316	46%	3.2%	15.5%	12.3%	8.5%	44%	0.51	67%	64	5	8%
1977	29	CLE	AL	9	56%	0.0%	11.1%	22.2%	11.1%	50%	1.00	67%	2	0	0%
5 Yrs				1091	35%	3.1%	17.3%	14.5%	7.2%	37%	0.50	63%	230	12	5%
MLB Averages					45%	2.0%	13.8%	8.7%	6.1%	27%	1.10	74%			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
1970	22	PHI	NL	11	2			2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	23	SDP	NL	135	32			4	0	2	4	0	1	3	7	7	0	100%	1	6	0	59	0	5	0%	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	12	0

1974	26	SDP	NL	210	37			5	0	24	4	1	1	4	23	11	4	48%	3	4	1	90	4	2	67%	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	13	0

1976	28	DET	AL	410	77			13	0	9	12	1	11	2	15	9	3	60%	3	3	1	170	5	3	63%	4	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	8	0
1977	29	TOT	AL	325	64			10	2	12	9	1	5	5	26	15	2	58%	2	5	0	125	6	2	75%	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	0
1977	29	SEA	AL	316	62			10	2	12	9	1	5	5	24	14	1	58%	2	3	0	122	5	2	71%	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	0
1977	29	CLE	AL	9	2			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	50%	0	2	0	3	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
5 Yrs				1091	212			34	2	47	31	3	20	14	71	42	9	59%	9	18	2	449	15	12	56%	13	8	2	2	0	2	4	3	48	0
MLB Averages																		51%							64%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1970	22	0	0		13.50	2	0	2	0	2.0	2	3	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	11	35	2.000	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	35
1971	23	0	2	.000	7.28	20	0	9	0	29.2	34	28	24	6	28	0	25	2	1	6	146	47	2.090	10.3	1.8	8.5	7.6	0.89	47
1972	24	0	2	.000	7.28	20	0	9	0	29.2	34	28	24	6	28	0	25	2	1	6	146	47	2.090	10.3	1.8	8.5	7.6	0.89	47
1973	25	0	2	.000	7.28	20	0	9	0	29.2	34	28	24	6	28	0	25	2	1	6	146	47	2.090	10.3	1.8	8.5	7.6	0.89	47
1974	26	0	3	.000	5.33	50	1	16	0	74.1	71	50	44	11	66	8	65	5	1	10	356	66	1.843	8.6	1.3	8.0	7.9	0.98	66
1975	27	0	3	.000	5.33	50	1	16	0	74.1	71	50	44	11	66	8	65	5	1	10	356	66	1.843	8.6	1.3	8.0	7.9	0.98	66
1976	28	0	8	.000	4.63	76	4	27	2	169.0	148	99	87	24	117	9	139	11	3	13	766	78	1.568	7.9	1.3	6.2	7.4	1.19	78
1977	29	3	10	.231	4.73	121	4	44	5	243.1	212	144	128	34	158	14	189	15	3	18	1091	80	1.521	7.8	1.3	5.8	7.0	1.20	80

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
1970	22	0	0		13.50	2.0	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	2.000	9.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	9.0	2
1971	23	0	2	.000	9.38	24.0	35	28	25	4	28	20	1	2.625	13.1	10.5	7.5	0.71	1.5	18

1974	26	2	2	.500	4.60	43.0	38	24	22	5	39	39	3	1.791	8.0	8.2	8.2	1.00	1.0	30

1976	28	4	6	.400	4.80	90.0	82	53	48	14	54	71	6	1.511	8.2	5.4	7.1	1.31	1.4	26
1977	29	3	4	.429	5.32	71.0	65	47	42	10	42	48	4	1.507	8.2	5.3	6.1	1.14	1.3	45
5 Yrs		9	14	.391	5.48	230.0	222	155	140	35	165	180	15	1.683	8.7		7.0	1.09	1.4	121

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