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 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
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 30 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 48 2.096 10.4 1.3 8.5 7.5 0.88
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 88 1.679 7.5 1.0 7.7 8.1 1.05
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 90 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 83 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 73 2.400 10.8 0.0 10.8 5.4 0.50
5 Seasons 3 10 .231 4.73 121 4 44 0 0 5 243.1 212 144 128 34 158 14 189 15 3 18 1091 79 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 79 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 68 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 30 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 73 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 90 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 65 1.843 8.6 1.3 8.0 7.9 0.98

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
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
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
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
1976 28 DET AL 26 409 347 49 77 11 1 13 5 3 51 74 .222 .330 .372 .702 .244 129 3 6 3 2 1
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
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
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
5 Seasons 121 1090 897 144 212 40 4 34 15 12 158 189 .236 .356 .404 .760 .260 362 12 15 10 10 14
162 Game Avg. 66 593 488 78 115 22 2 18 8 7 86 103 .236 .356 .404 .760 .260 197 7 8 5 5 8
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
1974 26 SDP NL 30 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 51 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 45 20 12 7 1 0 1.0 0.0 5.2
2 Seasons 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

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
1970 22 PHI NL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.029 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 0.569 5 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 0.835 6 8 14 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 0.521 6 4 13 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% 0.779 17 8 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 0.768 16 8 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 1.163 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2.5
5 Seasons 121 117 44 3 7 7 5 2 71% 13 4 125 46 37% 0.659 34 23 55 19 12 86 71 46 68 28 83 17 5.8

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%
1970 22 PHI NL 11 73% 18.2% 18.2% 18.2% 18.2% 100% 1.00 36% 3 0 0%
1971 23 SDP NL 135 76% 3.0% 17.0% 19.3% 7.4% 31% 0.64 59% 31 1 3%
1974 26 SDP NL 210 69% 2.4% 19.1% 18.1% 6.2% 35% 0.53 58% 48 3 6%
1976 28 DET AL 410 67% 3.2% 18.1% 12.5% 6.1% 33% 0.43 64% 82 3 4%
1977 29 TOT AL 325 54% 3.1% 15.4% 12.6% 8.6% 44% 0.52 67% 66 5 8%
1977 29 SEA AL 316 54% 3.2% 15.5% 12.3% 8.5% 44% 0.51 67% 64 5 8%
1977 29 CLE AL 9 44% 0.0% 11.1% 22.2% 11.1% 50% 1.00 67% 2 0 0%
5 Seasons 1091 65% 3.1% 17.3% 14.5% 7.2% 37% 0.50 63% 230 12 5%
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
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 3 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 Seasons 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 5 3 48 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+
1970 22 0 0 13.50 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 2 3 3 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 11 30 2.000 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 1.00 30
1971 23 0 2 .000 7.28 20 0 9 0 0 0 29.2 34 28 24 6 28 0 25 2 1 6 146 46 2.090 10.3 1.8 8.5 7.6 0.89 46
1972 24 0 2 .000 7.28 20 0 9 0 0 0 29.2 34 28 24 6 28 0 25 2 1 6 146 46 2.090 10.3 1.8 8.5 7.6 0.89 46
1973 25 0 2 .000 7.28 20 0 9 0 0 0 29.2 34 28 24 6 28 0 25 2 1 6 146 46 2.090 10.3 1.8 8.5 7.6 0.89 46
1974 26 0 3 .000 5.33 50 1 16 0 0 0 74.1 71 50 44 11 66 8 65 5 1 10 356 65 1.843 8.6 1.3 8.0 7.9 0.98 65
1975 27 0 3 .000 5.33 50 1 16 0 0 0 74.1 71 50 44 11 66 8 65 5 1 10 356 65 1.843 8.6 1.3 8.0 7.9 0.98 65
1976 28 0 8 .000 4.63 76 4 27 0 0 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 0 0 5 243.1 212 144 128 34 158 14 189 15 3 18 1091 79 1.521 7.8 1.3 5.8 7.0 1.20 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
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 34 28 25 4 28 20 1 2.583 12.8 10.5 7.5 0.71 1.5 18
1974 26 2 2 .500 4.40 43.0 39 23 21 5 40 38 3 1.837 8.2 8.4 8.0 0.95 1.0 30
1976 28 4 5 .444 4.80 90.0 83 53 48 14 55 70 6 1.533 8.3 5.5 7.0 1.27 1.4 26
1977 29 2 5 .286 5.32 71.0 66 47 42 10 42 48 4 1.521 8.4 5.3 6.1 1.14 1.3 45
5 Seasons 8 14 .364 5.44 230.0 224 154 139 35 167 178 15 1.700 8.8 7.0 1.07 1.4 121

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