Mike Paxton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: September 3, 1953 in Memphis, TN us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 13th round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from Oakhaven HS (Memphis, TN) and the Boston Red Sox in the 23rd round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Memphis (Memphis, TN).

High School: Oakhaven HS (Memphis, TN)

School: University of Memphis (Memphis, TN)

Debut: May 25, 1977 (Age 23-264d, 13,889th in major league history)
vs. MIN 2.1 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER, L

Last Game: May 3, 1980 (Age 26-243d)
vs. TOR 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: Michael DeWayne Paxton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.3

ERA

4.71

466.1

230

WHIP

1.462

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-12 / in Starts: 8-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 11

1977 Pitching Game Log

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1977 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	40	May 25(2)	BOS		MIN	L,4-9	GS-3	L(0-1)	99	2.1	7	5	5	1	2	0	0	19.29	2.31	15	1	4	1	0	7	24			0	0	0	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.309	1.95	-0.31%	-3.02	1t start tie	3t -2- 1 out tie
2	2	42	May 28	BOS		KCR	W,17-12	4-5		2	1.2	5	4	4	0	0	0	1	20.25	3.24	10	1	3	0	1	5		2	2	0	1	0	7	2	1	0	0	2	0	.52	-0.224	.83	-0.21%	-4.17	4t 1-3 1 out d2	5t 3 out d6
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	3	46	Jun 1	BOS	@	TEX	W,7-5	5-6	W(1-1)	3	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.29	3.09	6	3	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	0.124	2.71	0.12%	1.44	5b 12- 1 out d3	6b 3 out a1
4	4	52	Jun 7	BOS	@	KCR	L,4-5	9-GF	BL(1-2)	5	0.1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	16.50	4.07	6	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	5.87	-0.794	10.81	-0.88%	-3.08	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
5	5	57	Jun 13	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	8-8		5	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	14.14	4.02	5	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.035	1.46	0.05%	0.57	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
6	6	59	Jun 16	BOS		CHW	L,3-7	7-GF		2	2.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.24	3.67	8	4	2	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	.20	-0.023	.46	-0.03%	0.63	7t -23 1 out d3	9t end d 4
7	7	65	Jun 22	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-4	6-8	W(2-2)	5	2.1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	8.25	2.82	7	1	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.077	1.56	0.17%	1.17	6b 1-- 2 out d3	8b 3 out d1
8	8	68	Jun 25	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-5	7-GF(8)		2	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.24	2.67	7	2	2	0	1	2		2	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.013	.48	0.03%	1.41	7b 12- 1 out d4	8b end d 4
9	9	70	Jun 27	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	2-6		1	4.0	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	6.11	3.64	17	6	5	1	1	3		1	0	1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.023	1.20	0.04%	1.09	2b -2- 2 out d3	6b --3 2 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	10	73	Jul 1	BOS		BAL	L,2-8	7-8		3	0.2	2	3	3	1	1	0	0	7.36	3.67	5	0	1	0	0	2		2	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.066	2.51	-0.13%	-1.52	7t -23 2 out d2	8t -2- 1 out d4
11	11	75	Jul 3	BOS		BAL	L,8-12	4-5		1	1.0	5	4	4	0	1	1	0	8.84	4.19	8	0	2	0	0	5		1	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.350	4.18	-0.65%	-4.15	4t 1-- 1 out tie	5t --- 1 out d5
12	12	77	Jul 6	BOS		TOR	W,9-5	4-7		2	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	7.66	4.04	11	4	4	2	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.35	0.255	2.99	0.34%	2.12	4t 12- 1 out tie	7t 1-- 1 out tie
13	13	85	Jul 13	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-7	5-7		6	2.1	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	7.30	3.96	10	2	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.040	3.35	0.07%	-0.05	5b --- 0 out a2	7b 1-- 1 out a2
14	14	86	Jul 14	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-4	4-8	W(3-2)	0	4.0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	6.28	3.51	16	6	2	0	1	4		2	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.196	3.36	0.35%	1.78	4b 12- 2 out d1	8b -23 2 out a3
15	15	90	Jul 21(1)	BOS		CLE	W,11-4	8-GF		6	2.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	6.16	3.33	10	3	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.003	.07	0.01%	0.15	8t --- 0 out a8	9t end a 7
16	16	93	Jul 23	BOS		CLE	L,8-9	1-5		1	4.2	5	3	3	0	4	0	0	6.11	3.02	19	4	6	0	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.078	2.77	-0.14%	0.39	1t --- 0 out d4	5t 12- 2 out d2
17	17	98	Jul 28	BOS		MIL	W,12-0	SHO	W(4-2)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	4.87	2.87	31	10	10	2	1	4	82			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	.37	0.202	.97	0.32%	5.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	18	103	Aug 3	BOS	@	SEA	W,12-4	GS-5	W(5-2)	5	5.0	8	4	3	2	2	0	0	4.93	2.90	26	5	9	0	1	8	37			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.03	-0.095	3.26	-0.18%	-1.50	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a3
19	19	112	Aug 14	BOS		SEA	W,11-1	GS-8	W(6-2)	10	8.0	9	1	1	1	4	0	0	4.40	2.79	33	8	11	1	0	9	63			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.41	0.180	1.38	0.36%	3.58	1t start tie	8t 3 out a10
20	20	117	Aug 19	BOS	@	KCR	L,3-9	GS-6	L(6-3)	4	5.2	7	5	2	1	6	2	0	4.29	3.06	25	4	7	1	2	7	46			0	0	0	24	4	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	-0.184	3.99	-0.38%	-2.01	1b start a 1	6b --- 2 out d4
21	21	122	Aug 24(1)	BOS		TEX	L,0-3	GS-6	L(6-4)	4	5.2	10	2	2	2	4	0	0	4.19	3.00	26	5	5	1	0	10	43			1	0	0	24	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.22	0.068	4.52	0.15%	1.31	1t start tie	6t --- 2 out d2
22	22	127	Aug 28	BOS		MIN	W,6-5	5-9	W(7-4)	3	4.1	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.95	3.07	16	7	4	1	0	3		2	1	0	1	0	14	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.71	0.254	5.39	0.48%	2.23	5t 1-3 0 out tie	9t 12- 1 out a1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	23	133	Sep 3	BOS	@	TEX	W,2-1	GS-7	W(8-4)	5	6.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.76	3.02	21	9	6	3	0	5	59			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.102	2.15	0.12%	1.45	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out a1
24	24	139	Sep 8	BOS	@	TOR	W,7-2	CG	W(9-4)	4	9.0	8	2	0	1	3	0	1	3.38	2.99	36	11	12	0	0	8	69			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	.61	0.237	1.68	0.39%	2.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
25	25	144	Sep 13	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-5	L(9-5)	4	4.1	8	4	4	0	3	1	0	3.61	3.05	21	3	7	2	0	8	34			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.196	8.94	-0.91%	-1.02	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d1
26	26	149	Sep 18	BOS	@	BAL	W,10-4	GS-2		4	1.2	6	4	4	1	0	1	0	3.93	3.22	11	4	0	0	0	6	26			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.358	1.87	-0.35%	-3.27	1b start a 1	2b 1-- 2 out d2
27	27	154	Sep 24	BOS	@	DET	W,6-2	GS-8	W(10-5)	5	7.2	6	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.81	3.21	29	8	9	1	0	6	59			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	2	0	0	.87	0.210	2.18	0.32%	1.74	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out a3
28	28	159	Sep 29	BOS		TOR	W,7-3	GS-5		4	4.2	8	3	2	2	2	0	0	3.81	3.21	24	7	5	0	1	8	38			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.23	-0.154	.00	0.00%	-0.96	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out tie
29	29	161	Oct 1	BOS		BAL	L,7-8	6-8		1	1.2	4	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.83	3.29	8	2	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	1	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.76	6t --- 1 out d2	8t -2- 0 out d2
							17-12		W-L:10-5,BSv:1	3.4	108.0	134	53	46	25	58	7	3	3.83	3.29	467	1.01		6%	4%	134	48	19	32%	5	4	0	431	27	2	2	12	4	6	.95	-0.882	2.62	-0.87%	3.28

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