Mike Paxton
Michael De Wayne Paxton
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 3, 1953 in Memphis, TN
High School: Oakhaven (Memphis, TN)
School: University of Memphis
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 23rd round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 25, 1977
Final Game: May 3, 1980
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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 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 0 467 119 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 98 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 AL 0 0 12.91 4 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 13 11 11 4 6 1 6 0 0 0 40 32 2.478 15.3 4.7 7.0 7.0 1.00
4 Seasons 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 81 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 0 467 119 1.472 11.2 0.6 2.1 4.8 2.32

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 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
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
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
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
4 Seasons 99 2047 1857 271 536 107 14 38 42 16 146 230 .289 .342 .423 .765 .311 785 33 13 17 14 9
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
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 23 BOS AL 29 12 6 4 2 1 0 8 4 .667 0 1 2 1 5 42% 48 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 1 2 5 2 15 56% 51 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% 41 68 7 41 20 4 12 5.7 6.0 5.4
3 Seasons 95 63 25 21 17 5 6 34 29 .540 2 6 10 3 29 46% 47 86 7 90 29 8 30 5.3 5.6 5.9
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 23 BOS AL 29 17 4 4 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 19 6 32% 4 0.952 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 0 1 0 0% 6 1.006 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 0 16 7 44% 3 0.959 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 0 7 4 57% 3 0.418 1 1 2 1 0 3 3 1 3 1 3 0 5.8
4 Seasons 99 36 9 5 3 5 1 4 20% 6 0 43 17 40% 0.965 9 12 15 9 6 21 24 12 29 5 31 2 7.8

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%
1977 23 BOS AL 467 51% 1.5% 12.4% 5.4% 7.7% 27% 1.04 79% 92 12 13%
1978 24 CLE AL 807 47% 1.6% 11.9% 7.8% 6.9% 31% 0.83 77% 128 9 7%
1979 25 CLE AL 733 49% 1.9% 9.6% 7.1% 8.3% 29% 0.90 80% 147 12 8%
1980 26 CLE AL 40 18% 10.0% 15.0% 15.0% 15.0% 46% 1.29 60% 8 0 0%
4 Seasons 2047 48% 1.9% 11.2% 7.1% 7.8% 30% 0.91 78% 375 33 9%
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 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 1 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 1 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 1 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 Seasons 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 3 0 31 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 23 10 5 .667 3.83 29 12 4 2 1 0 108.0 134 53 46 7 25 2 58 3 0 0 467 119 1.472 11.2 0.6 2.1 4.8 2.32 119
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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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 23 6 5 .545 3.72 104.0 128 48 43 7 24 56 3 1.462 11.1 2.1 4.8 2.33 0.6 29
1978 24 9 11 .450 4.57 181.0 190 102 92 14 67 91 8 1.420 9.4 3.3 4.5 1.36 0.7 33
1979 25 5 12 .294 6.08 157.0 213 118 106 14 53 69 2 1.694 12.2 3.0 4.0 1.30 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 Seasons 20 28 .417 5.05 449.0 544 280 252 39 150 221 13 1.546 10.9 4.4 1.47 0.8 99

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1978 AL--8--4th

                                         

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