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: 14-19 / in Starts: 12-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 9

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 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	63	3	Apr 8	CLE		BOS	L,6-7	GS-5		99	4.0	8	6	6	2	0	2	0	13.50	10.73	20	6	4	1	0	8	20			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.11	-0.366	1.56	-0.31%	-3.25	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out tie
2	64	7	Apr 15	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-14	GS-2	L(0-1)	6	1.1	3	4	4	4	1	0	0	16.88	10.61	11	3	0	0	0	3	29			1	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.309	1.17	-0.20%	-3.61	1b start tie	2b -2- 1 out d3
3	65	11	Apr 20	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	GS-5		4	4.1	7	2	2	0	1	0	0	11.17	6.87	18	7	3	1	0	7	42			2	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	-0.090	1.18	-0.05%	-0.31	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d1
4	66	16	Apr 26	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-5	GS-6		5	5.0	8	4	4	0	1	1	0	9.82	6.21	21	8	6	2	1	6	36			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.03	-0.171	.74	-0.07%	-0.72	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out tie
May				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
5	67	21	May 1	CLE		MIL	W,3-1	GS-7	W(1-1)	4	6.1	7	1	1	2	4	0	1	7.29	5.21	29	4	11	2	0	7	57			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.174	.68	0.06%	1.74	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a2
6	68	25	May 6	CLE		KCR	W,5-4	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	5	4	3	0	4	1	0	6.00	4.63	33	7	17	5	3	5	67			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.74	-0.064	.23	-0.01%	0.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
7	69	30	May 12	CLE	@	MIN	L,0-4	GS-6	L(2-2)	5	5.0	7	4	4	1	3	1	0	6.17	4.65	23	5	7	1	0	7	39			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.051	.32	-0.01%	-0.67	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out d3
8	70	35	May 17	CLE		TOR	W,8-3	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	9	3	3	0	6	0	1	5.52	4.05	37	12	9	0	0	9	63			1	0	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.00	0.126	.31	0.02%	1.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
9	71	40	May 22	CLE	@	TOR	W,8-6	GS-4		4	3.0	7	5	5	3	0	0	0	6.13	4.16	19	5	4	0	0	7	22			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.307	.46	-0.06%	-2.92	1b start tie	4b -23 0 out a2
10	72	44	May 27(2)	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	GS-3		4	2.1	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	6.39	4.15	14	2	5	0	0	6	32			1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.07	-0.227	.59	-0.08%	-2.36	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d2
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
11	73	50	Jun 3	CLE	@	CAL	W,5-3	GS-8	W(4-2)	6	8.0	5	1	1	3	3	0	0	5.65	4.01	34	11	12	0	0	5	68			4	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.39	0.430	.65	0.12%	3.03	1b start tie	8b 3 out a2
12	74	55	Jun 9	CLE	@	SEA	W,4-3	GS-2		5	1.1	2	3	3	4	0	0	0	5.98	4.18	10	3	1	0	0	2	34			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.157	.66	-0.05%	-1.54	1b start a 1	2b 123 1 out a1
13	75	57	Jun 11	CLE		CAL	L,4-9	9-GF		1	0.2	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	6.22	4.13	5	0	1	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.278	.60	-0.08%	-3.40	9t 123 1 out tie	9t end d 5
14	76	58	Jun 12	CLE		CAL	W,11-10	2-3		0	1.1	5	4	4	1	1	0	0	6.68	4.12	10	3	1	0	0	4		2	2	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.272	.40	-0.05%	-3.88	2t 12- 0 out tie	3t 12- 1 out d5
15	77	63	Jun 17	CLE		SEA	L,5-6	3-7		4	4.1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.23	4.07	15	7	4	1	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	1	1	0	.65	0.070	.39	0.03%	1.31	3t 1-- 0 out d2	7t -2- 1 out d3
16	78	65	Jun 19	CLE		BAL	L,4-6	6-9	L(4-3)	1	2.2	2	3	2	3	3	1	0	6.25	4.25	12	1	3	1	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.200	.56	-0.06%	0.26	6t 123 1 out d3	9t 1-- 0 out d1
17	79	69	Jun 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-8	5-8		4	3.0	4	4	4	1	1	0	0	6.50	4.20	14	3	5	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	.39	0.032	.03	0.00%	-0.96	5b -2- 1 out d3	8b 1-3 1 out d4
18	80	72	Jun 27	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS-7	L(4-4)	2	6.2	6	3	3	4	4	0	0	6.28	4.13	29	3	13	2	0	5	50			2	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.083	.06	0.00%	1.24	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out d2
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
19	81	77	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	W,8-4	GS-8		4	7.2	10	4	4	4	7	0	0	6.14	3.98	38	10	7	1	0	10	46			2	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.13	-0.083	.02	0.00%	-0.14	1b start a 1	8b 12- 2 out tie
20	82	82	Jul 7	CLE		MIN	W,9-3	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	10	3	3	0	2	1	0	5.84	3.96	35	14	10	0	0	9	57			1	0	0	35	2	1	0	2	0	0	.81	0.059	.02	0.00%	1.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
21	83	87	Jul 11	CLE		KCR	W,9-8	GS-7	W(6-4)	3	6.2	5	4	0	2	3	0	0	5.45	3.87	28	11	8	4	0	4	57			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	1	.55	0.254	.01	0.00%	1.22	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a6
22	84	90	Jul 15	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-10	2-6		3	4.1	9	5	5	1	4	0	0	5.66	3.78	23	4	5	0	0	9		1	1	0	0	0	21	4	0	0	0	1	0	.19	-0.077	.00	0.00%	-2.69	2b -2- 0 out d4	6b 12- 1 out d7
23	85	94	Jul 22(1)	CLE		MIL	L,5-14	GS-5	L(6-5)	6	4.0	10	11	6	2	1	3	0	5.94	4.14	24	9	3	0	0	9	7			2	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	1	.96	-0.551	.00	0.00%	-8.90	1t start tie	5t --- 0 out d8
24	86	101	Jul 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-5	GS-6	W(7-5)	5	5.1	7	2	2	3	4	1	0	5.83	4.19	27	8	5	0	0	7	47			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	0.090	.00	0.00%	0.87	1b start a 2	6b --- 1 out a1
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
25	87	106	Aug 1	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	3-8		3	4.2	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.60	4.13	20	3	9	0	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	.45	0.054	.00	0.00%	1.86	3t 12- 2 out d5	8t 1-3 1 out d2
26	88	110	Aug 5(2)	CLE		TEX	L,3-14	GS-5	L(7-6)	3	4.0	6	7	6	2	1	0	0	5.85	4.11	21	5	7	2	0	6	23			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.05	-0.403	.00	0.00%	-3.91	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out d3
27	89	116	Aug 11	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-5	GS-6	L(7-7)	5	5.1	8	4	4	1	1	1	0	5.89	4.17	24	5	9	1	0	8	36			2	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.184	.00	0.00%	-1.84	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d3
28	90	125	Aug 21	CLE	@	CAL	W,12-7	GS-5		9	4.1	11	5	5	2	2	0	0	6.04	4.13	25	6	5	0	0	10	21			2	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.379	.00	0.00%	-3.06	1b start a 1	5b 123 1 out a2
29	91	131	Aug 27	CLE		SEA	L,5-6	6-11		5	4.1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.85	4.08	18	8	5	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.37	0.122	.00	0.00%	1.80	6t -2- 2 out d3	11t -2- 0 out tie
30	92	135	Aug 31	CLE		CAL	L,8-9	GS-7		3	6.1	8	3	3	1	2	0	0	5.78	4.01	26	8	7	0	0	8	46			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.03	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out a1
Sept				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
31	93	143	Sep 9	CLE		TOR	W,14-10	3-8		8	5.1	6	4	4	1	2	0	0	5.81	3.96	22	5	8	1	0	6		2	1	1	1	1	20	2	0	0	0	1	1	.89	-0.187	.00	0.00%	-0.68	3t 12- 1 out d4	8t 1-- 2 out tie
32	94	151	Sep 18	CLE		NYY	W,16-3	GS-7	W(8-7)	8	7.0	5	3	3	2	3	1	0	5.72	3.98	27	9	8	0	0	5	56			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	1	0	.29	0.177	.00	0.00%	0.67	1t start tie	7t 3 out a12
33	95	157	Sep 26	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS-5	L(8-8)	7	4.0	9	6	6	0	2	1	0	5.92	4.01	21	5	5	0	0	9	22			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.316	.00	0.00%	-3.94	1b start tie	5b --- 0 out d5
							14-19		W-L:8-8	4.3	159.2	210	118	105	52	70	14	2	5.92	4.01	733	0.97		6%	1%	202	41	16	44%	23	2	1	667	43	4	1	12	7	11	.95	-2.977	.27	-0.80%	-30.65

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