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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

Summary of 38 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 2 tying, 12 go ahead

2 Tms
CLE	31
BOS	7

Platoon
vs LHB	23
vs RHB	15

Home/Road
Home	19
Away	19

Outs
0	20
1	11
2	7

12 Opps
MIL	9
BOS	8
BAL	5
KCR	4
NYY	3
MIN	2
CAL	2
TEX	1
SEA	1
DET	1
TOR	1
CHW	1

27 Batters
Ben Oglivie	3
Fred Lynn	3
Oscar Gamble	2
Carlton Fisk	2
Glenn Adams	2
Sixto Lezcano	2
Lee May	2
Darrell Porter	2
Eddie Murray	2
Joe Rudi	1
Jason Thompson	1
Ron Fairly	1
Milt May	1
Cecil Cooper	1
Gorman Thomas	1
Doug DeCinces	1
Larry Milbourne	1
Carl Yastrzemski	1
Jim Rice	1
Amos Otis	1
Mickey Rivers	1
John Mayberry	1
Sal Bando	1
Robin Yount	1
George Brett	1
Butch Hobson	1
Larvell Blanks	1

13 Parks
ClevelandStd (CLE)	17
Fenway Pk (BOS)	5
KauffmanStad (KAN)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	20
7	11
8	6
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	25
2·HR gms	5
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	17
1--	8
1-3	5
123	2
12-	2
-2-	2
--3	1
-23	1

71 Runs
RISP	13
0 on	17
1 on	11
2 on	8
3 on	2
Any on	21

Inning
1	5
2	5
3	5
4	5
5	6
6	7
7	2
8	3

1-3	15
4-6	18
7-end	5

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	2
+2	3
+1	8
Tied	8
-1	4
-2	5
-3	1
-4..	1

Ahead	19
Tied	8
Behind	11

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	7
LF	7
CF	6
C	5
3B	4
RF	3
DH	3
2B	2
SS	1

OrderPos
5th	8
4th	8
3rd	7
7th	6
6th	4
1st	2
8th	2
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	15
Low Lev	12

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1977-06-27	Jason Thompson	DET		BOS	ahead 3-1	b 3	0	---	1	5	3	7%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1977-07-03	Lee May	BAL	@	BOS	ahead 5-3	t 5	1	1-3	3	6	3	13%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Kelly Scores; E. Murray Scores
3	3	3	1	1977-08-19	George Brett	KCR		BOS	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---	1	3	5	10%	51%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	4	2	1977-08-19	Amos Otis	KCR		BOS	ahead 2-1	b 6	2	1-3	3	7	8	20%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Brett Scores/unER; A. Cowens Scores/unER; A. Otis Scores/unER
5	5	5	1	1977-09-13	Mickey Rivers	NYY		BOS	behind 1-2	b 5	0	1--	2	1	8	24%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Dent Scores
6	6	6	1	1977-09-18	Doug DeCinces	BAL		BOS	behind 0-2	b 2	0	12-	3	7	5	22%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Murray Scores; A. Mora Scores
7	7	7	1	1977-10-01	Eddie Murray	BAL	@	BOS	ahead 6-5	t 8	0	---	1	5	3	12%	85%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1978-04-10	Carlton Fisk	BOS	@	CLE	behind 3-4	t 6	0	---	1	5	2	17%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	2	1	1978-04-23 (2)	Butch Hobson	BOS		CLE	behind 1-3	b 4	0	-23	3	7	5	19%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Scott Scores; F. Lynn Scores
10	10	3	2	1978-04-23 (2)	Jim Rice	BOS		CLE	ahead 4-3	b 5	0	---	1	3	DH	10%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
11	11	4	1	1978-05-06	Ron Fairly	CAL		CLE	tied 1-1	b 1	1	--3	2	4	3	13%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Chalk Scores
12	12	5	1	1978-06-03	Gorman Thomas	MIL		CLE	behind 0-2	b 2	2	---	1	8	8	11%	39%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	6	1	1978-06-18 (2)	Ben Oglivie	MIL	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 4	1	1--	2	5	9	22%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Hisle Scores
14	14	7	1	1978-07-08 (1)	Carlton Fisk	BOS	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	1-3	3	5	2	17%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Brohamer Scores; C. Yastrzemski Scores
15	15	8	2	1978-07-08 (1)	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS	@	CLE	ahead 4-0	t 3	2	---	1	4	7	5%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	9	1	1978-07-15	Larry Milbourne	SEA		CLE	tied 1-1	b 2	2	123	4	1	4	30%	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Robertson Scores/unER; B. Stein Scores/unER; J. Hale Scores/unER; L. Milbourne Scores/unER
17	17	10	1	1978-08-10	Fred Lynn	BOS		CLE	behind 1-4	b 6	0	-2-	2	5	8	17%	40%		Home Run (Deep CF); C. Yastrzemski Scores
18	18	11	1	1978-08-24	Sixto Lezcano	MIL		CLE	ahead 4-3	b 4	1	123	4	4	9	17%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Martinez Scores; P. Molitor Scores; B. Oglivie Scores
19	19	12	1	1978-08-31 (1)	Ben Oglivie	MIL	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	7	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	13	1	1978-09-19	Lee May	BAL	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	6	DH	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1979-04-08	Fred Lynn	BOS	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	8	16%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Burleson Scores
22	22	2	2	1979-04-08	Fred Lynn	BOS	@	CLE	behind 2-3	t 3	1	1--	2	3	8	20%	59%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Burleson Scores
23	23	3	1	1979-04-26	Darrell Porter	KCR		CLE	behind 0-2	b 4	1	---	1	4	2	11%	40%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	4	1	1979-05-06	Darrell Porter	KCR	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	1-3	3	4	2	18%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. White Scores; A. Otis Scores
25	25	5	1	1979-05-12	Glenn Adams	MIN		CLE	tied 0-0	b 6	0	12-	3	4	DH	21%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Smalley Scores; K. Landreaux Scores
26	26	6	1	1979-06-19	Eddie Murray	BAL	@	CLE	tied 3-3	t 7	0	---	1	4	3	19%	69%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	7	1	1979-07-07	Glenn Adams	MIN	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	1--	2	4	7	15%	75%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Smalley Scores
28	28	8	1	1979-07-22 (1)	Robin Yount	MIL	@	CLE	ahead 5-2	t 3	2	-2-	2	7	6	11%	89%		Home Run (Deep CF); S. Lezcano Scores/unER; R. Yount Scores/unER
29	29	9	2	1979-07-22 (1)	Cecil Cooper	MIL	@	CLE	ahead 7-2	t 4	2	1--	2	3	3	5%	96%		Home Run (Deep CF); D. Money Scores
30	30	10	3	1979-07-22 (1)	Sixto Lezcano	MIL	@	CLE	ahead 9-3	t 5	0	1--	2	6	9	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Oglivie Scores
31	31	11	1	1979-07-28	Milt May	CHW		CLE	behind 1-3	b 6	0	---	1	8	2	14%	40%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. May Scores
32	32	12	1	1979-08-11	Larvell Blanks	TEX		CLE	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	---	1	9	4	10%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	13	1	1979-09-18	Oscar Gamble	NYY	@	CLE	behind 0-15	t 7	0	---	1	3	7	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	14	1	1979-09-26	Oscar Gamble	NYY		CLE	ahead 4-1	b 5	0	1--	2	3	7	6%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Randolph Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1980-04-11	Joe Rudi	CAL		CLE	ahead 5-1	b 5	0	---	1	7	7	3%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	2	1	1980-04-29	Ben Oglivie	MIL	@	CLE	ahead 10-1	t 8	0	1-3	3	5	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Cooper Scores; L. Hisle Scores
37	37	3	2	1980-04-29	Sal Bando	MIL	@	CLE	ahead 13-1	t 8	1	---	1	7	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	4	1	1980-05-03	John Mayberry	TOR		CLE	ahead 5-3	b 6	0	---	1	6	3	7%	91%		Home Run (CF-RF)