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Mike Paxton

Michael DeWayne Paxton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 3, 1953 in Memphis, TN
High School: Oakhaven HS (Memphis, TN)
School: University of Memphis (Memphis, TN)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 23rd round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 25, 1977
Teams (by GP): Indians/RedSox 1977-1980

Final Game: May 3, 1980
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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
1975	21	BOS-min	A,A-	10	3	.769	1.09	13	12		12	3	0	107.0	72	23	13	0	29	3	98	2	0	3			0.944	6.1	0.0	2.4	8.2	3.38	WSM,ELM · CARL,NYPL
1976	22	BOS-min	AAA,AA	11	9	.550	3.66	27	26		10	3	0	177.0	146	79	72	13	77	10	128	3	1	2			1.260	7.4	0.7	3.9	6.5	1.66	PAW,BRI · IL,EL
1977	23	BOS-min	AAA	5	0	1.000	0.82	7	7		4	3	0	55.0	34	7	5	0	18	1	46	1	0	1			0.945	5.6	0.0	2.9	7.5	2.56	PAW · IL
1977	23	BOS	AL	10	5	.667	3.83	29	12	4	2	1	0	108.0	134	53	46	7	25	2	58	3	0	0	467	118	1.472	11.2	0.6	2.1	4.8	2.32
1978	24	CLE	AL	12	11	.522	3.86	33	27	4	5	2	1	191.0	179	89	82	13	63	5	96	8	3	3	807	97	1.267	8.4	0.6	3.0	4.5	1.52
1979	25	CLE	AL	8	8	.500	5.92	33	24	1	3	0	0	159.2	210	118	105	14	52	1	70	2	1	3	733	72	1.641	11.8	0.8	2.9	3.9	1.35
1980	26	CLE-min	AAA	6	10	.375	5.00	23	21		5	0	0	135.0	155	82	75	10	53	3	46	3	0	4			1.541	10.3	0.7	3.5	3.1	0.87	TAC · PCL
1980	26	CLE	AL	0	0		12.91	4	0	0	0	0	0	7.2	13	11	11	4	6	1	6	0	0	0	40	33	2.478	15.3	4.7	7.0	7.0	1.00
1981	27	CLE-min	AAA	6	9	.400	4.62	21	19	0	5	0	0	115.0	138	64	59	12	27	1	48	2	0	2			1.435	10.8	0.9	2.1	3.8	1.78	CHL · IL
4 Yrs				30	24	.556	4.71	99	63	9	10	3	1	466.1	536	271	244	38	146	9	230	13	4	6	2047	88	1.462	10.3	0.7	2.8	4.4	1.58
162 Game Avg.				13	10	.556	4.71	42	26	4	4	1	0	196	225	114	102	16	61	4	97	5	2	3	859	88	1.462	10.3	0.7	2.8	4.4	1.58

CLE (3 yrs)				20	19	.513	4.97	70	51	5	8	2	1	358.1	402	218	198	31	121	7	172	10	4	6	1580	80	1.460	10.1	0.8	3.0	4.3	1.42
BOS (1 yr)				10	5	.667	3.83	29	12	4	2	1	0	108.0	134	53	46	7	25	2	58	3	0	0	467	118	1.472	11.2	0.6	2.1	4.8	2.32

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	23	BOS	AL	108.0	29	12	53	4.42	4.43	0.12	-0.04	111.2	4.74	4	0.4	1.1	-0.1	1.2	16	.513	.502	$
1978	24	CLE	AL	191.0	33	27	89	4.19	4.35	-0.13	0.09	99.5	4.54	8	0.9	1.2	-0.1	2.4	27	.527	.505	$
1979	25	CLE	AL	159.2	33	24	118	6.65	4.84	-0.27	0.05	100.6	5.19	-26	-2.5	1.4	-0.2	-1.3	-7	.426	.485	$
1980	26	CLE	AL	7.2	4	0	11	12.91	4.52	-0.28	-0.36	100.6	4.46	-7	-0.6	1.5	-0.2	-0.8	-6	.339	.496	$
4 Seasons				466.1	99	63	271	5.23	4.54	-0.12	0.04	102.6	4.81	-22	-1.8	1.2	-0.6	1.5	29	.482	.497	$

CLE (3 yrs)				358.1	70	51	218	5.48	4.57	-0.19	0.06	100.0	4.83	-25	-2.2	1.4	-0.5	0.3	13	.468	.495	$
BOS (1 yr)				108.0	29	12	53	4.42	4.43	0.12	-0.04	111.2	4.74	4	0.4	1.1	-0.1	1.2	16	.513	.502	$

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	23	BOS	AL	29	467	431	53	134	27	2	7	5	4	25	58	.311	.350	.432	.781	.343	186	12	3	4	4	2	6
1978	24	CLE	AL	33	807	726	89	179	35	8	13	10	10	63	96	.247	.313	.371	.683	.268	269	9	8	8	2	5	8
1979	25	CLE	AL	33	733	667	118	210	43	4	14	23	2	52	70	.315	.363	.454	.817	.332	303	12	2	5	7	1	11
1980	26	CLE	AL	4	40	33	11	13	2	0	4	4	0	6	6	.394	.475	.818	1.293	.375	27	0	0	0	1	1	1
4 Yrs				99	2047	1857	271	536	107	14	38	42	16	146	230	.289	.342	.423	.765	.311	785	33	13	17	14	9	26
162 Game Avg.				42	859	779	114	225	45	6	16	18	7	61	97	.289	.342	.423	.765	.311	330	14	5	7	6	4	11
MLB Averages																.263	.327	.391	.719	.285

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	23	BOS	AL	7.4	0.7	477	-0.9	7.5	-8.4	.95	0.2	-1.1	3.3	0.3	0.95	2.5	4	5	8
1978	24	CLE	AL	-0.2	-0.0	832	-0.5	13.6	-14.1	.99	1.2	-1.7	-4.2	-0.4	0.99	10.5	2	3	1
1979	25	CLE	AL	-29.1	-2.7	764	-2.9	11.4	-14.3	.96	-1.7	-1.4	-30.1	-2.8	0.96	-22.9	2	3	4
1980	26	CLE	AL	-6.6	-0.6	44	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	.41	-0.4	-0.6	-8.7	-0.8	0.41	-7.1	1	1	2
4 Yrs				-28.6	-2.6	2117	-4.7	32.6	-37.3	.96	-0.7	-4.2	-39.7	-3.7	0.96	-16.9	9	12	15

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	23	BOS	AL	29	12	6	4	2	1	0	8	4	.667	0	1	2	1	5	42%	48.3	82	24	20	3	0	5	6.5	7.4	5.8
1978	24	CLE	AL	33	27	11	10	6	3	5	14	13	.519	2	2	5	2	15	56%	50.9	86	7	29	6	4	13	4.4	4.6	6.5
1979	25	CLE	AL	33	24	8	7	9	1	1	12	12	.500	1	3	3	0	9	38%	40.7	68	7	41	20	4	12	5.7	6.0	5.4
3 Yrs				95	63	25	21	17	5	6	34	29	.540	3	6	10	3	29	46%	47	86	7	90	29	8	30	5.3	5.6	5.9
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	99	-13					4.4	4.3	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1977	23	BOS	AL	29	17	4	4	1	1	0	1	0%	1	19	6	32%	4	.949	4	5	8	3	3	11	11	6	13	2	15	1	6.9
1978	24	CLE	AL	33	6	4	1	1	3	1	2	33%	4	1	0	0%	6	.991	2	3	1	5	1	0	1	5	5	1	5	0	8.3
1979	25	CLE	AL	33	9	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	16	7	44%	3	.956	2	3	4	0	2	7	9	0	8	1	8	1	10.2
1980	26	CLE	AL	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0%	1	7	4	57%	3	.413	1	1	2	1	0	3	3	1	3	1	3	0	5.8
4 Yrs				99	36	9	5	3	5	1	4	20%	6	43	17	40%		.958	9	12	15	9	6	21	24	12	29	5	31	2	7.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1977	23	BOS	AL	467	49%	1.5%	12.4%	5.4%	7.7%	27%	1.04	79%	92	12	13%
1978	24	CLE	AL	807	53%	1.6%	11.9%	7.8%	6.9%	31%	0.83	77%	128	9	7%
1979	25	CLE	AL	733	51%	1.9%	9.6%	7.1%	8.3%	29%	0.90	80%	147	12	8%
1980	26	CLE	AL	40	83%	10.0%	15.0%	15.0%	15.0%	46%	1.29	60%	8	0	0%
4 Yrs				2047	52%	1.9%	11.2%	7.1%	7.8%	30%	0.91	78%	375	33	9%
MLB Averages					44%	2.0%	12.8%	8.4%	6.7%	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	23	BOS	AL	467	134			7	0	5	3	4	2	5	26	10	3	38%	6	0	0	207	5	4	56%	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1978	24	CLE	AL	807	179			13	2	13	7	6	6	7	40	22	2	55%	8	3	1	267	10	10	50%	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	13	0
1979	25	CLE	AL	733	210			14	0	16	3	11	9	5	44	28	5	64%	11	3	1	292	23	2	92%	22	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	13	0
1980	26	CLE	AL	40	13			4	0	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	0	100%	1	0	0	15	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4 Yrs				2047	536			38	2	37	15	23	19	19	114	64	10	56%	26	6	2	781	42	16	72%	41	15	1	1	0	0	2	0	31	0
MLB Averages																		53%							65%

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	23	10	5	.667	3.83	29	12	4	2	1	0	108.0	134	53	46	7	25	2	58	3	0	0	467	118	1.472	11.2	0.6	2.1	4.8	2.32	118
1978	24	22	16	.579	3.85	62	39	8	7	3	1	299.0	313	142	128	20	88	7	154	11	3	3	1274	105	1.341	9.4	0.6	2.6	4.6	1.75	105
1979	25	30	24	.556	4.57	95	63	9	10	3	1	458.2	523	260	233	34	140	8	224	13	4	6	2007	90	1.445	10.3	0.7	2.7	4.4	1.60	90
1980	26	30	24	.556	4.71	99	63	9	10	3	1	466.1	536	271	244	38	146	9	230	13	4	6	2047	88	1.462	10.3	0.7	2.8	4.4	1.58	88

Neutralized Pitching

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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	23	6	5	.545	3.76	103.0	130	48	43	7	24	55	3	1.495	11.4	2.1	4.8	2.29	0.6	29
1978	24	9	11	.450	4.62	181.0	190	103	93	14	67	91	8	1.420	9.4	3.3	4.5	1.36	0.7	33
1979	25	5	12	.294	6.08	157.0	212	118	106	14	52	69	2	1.682	12.2	3.0	4.0	1.33	0.8	33
1980	26	0	0		14.14	7.0	13	12	11	4	6	5	0	2.714	16.7	7.7	6.4	0.83	5.1	4
4 Yrs		20	28	.417	5.08	448.0	545	281	253	39	149	220	13	1.549	10.9		4.4	1.48	0.8	99

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Similarity Scores

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