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Mike Paxton
Michael De Wayne Paxton

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 190 lb.
School University of Memphis

Debut May 25, 1977
  vs. MIN 2.3 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER, L
Final Game May 3, 1980
Born September 3, 1953 in Memphis, TN

Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 23rd round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1977 23 BOS AL  10   5  29  12   2   1   4  0  108.0  134   53   46   7   25   58   3   0   467   2   0  3.83  4.56  119 1.472
 1978 24 CLE AL  12  11  33  27   5   2   4  1  191.0  179   89   82  13   63   96   8   3   807   5   3  3.86  3.78   98 1.267
 1979 25 CLE AL   8   8  33  24   3   0   1  0  159.7  210  118  105  14   52   70   2   3   733   1   1  5.92  4.27   72 1.641
 1980 26 CLE AL   0   0   4   0   0   0   0  0    7.7   13   11   11   4    6    6   0   0    40   1   0 12.91  4.12   32 2.478
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .556  30  24  99  63  10   3   9  1  466.3  536  271  244  38  146  230  13   6  2047   9   4  4.71  4.13   88 1.462
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  10  41  26   4   1   3  0  195.7  224  113  102  15   61   96   5   2   859   3   1  4.71  4.13   88 1.462
 Career High     12  11  33  27   5   2   4  1  191.0  210  118  105  14   63   96   8   3   807   5   3  3.83  4.56  119 1.267

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1977 23 BOS AL P 29 4 15 0 1 1.000 .950 0.66 0.84 1.58 1.95 12 108.0 1978 24 CLE AL P 33 17 20 1 2 .974 .954 1.12 0.85 1.74 1.90 27 191.0 1979 25 CLE AL P 33 16 20 0 3 1.000 .950 1.09 0.81 2.03 1.92 24 159.7 1980 26 CLE AL P 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.78 2.34 1.87 0 7.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1977 23 BOS AL P 29 4 15 0 1 1.000 .950 0.66 0.84 1.58 1.95 12 108.0 1978 24 CLE AL P 33 17 20 1 2 .974 .954 1.12 0.85 1.74 1.90 27 191.0 1979 25 CLE AL P 33 16 20 0 3 1.000 .950 1.09 0.81 2.03 1.92 24 159.7 1980 26 CLE AL P 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.78 2.34 1.87 0 7.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 99 39 55 1 6 .989 .951 0.95 0.83 1.81 1.92 63 466.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 99 39 55 1 6 .989 .951 0.95 0.83 1.82 1.92 63 466
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Won-Loss %
1977 AL-.667-10

Hit Batsmen
1978 AL-8-4

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2072) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 8, 1971: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 13th round of the 1971 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1975: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 23rd round of the 1975 amateur draft.

March 30, 1978: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Ted Cox, Bo Diaz, and Rick Wise to the Cleveland Indians for Dennis Eckersley and Fred Kendall.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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