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Mike Baxes

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: December 18, 1930 in San Francisco, CA us

Died: April 13, 2023 in Stockton, CA

High School: Mission HS (San Francisco, CA)

Debut: April 17, 1956 (Age 25-121d, 11,319th in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1958 (Age 27-283d)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: Michael Baxes

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Relatives: Brother of Jim Baxes

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.9

337

.217

RBI

OBP

.303

SLG

.276

OPS

.579

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	KCA	@	DET	W,2-1	GF	12	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
2	3 (1)	Apr 20	KCA		CHW	L,3-6	GF	15	3.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
3	4	Apr 21	KCA		CHW	W,15-1	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
4	5	Apr 22	KCA		CHW	L,0-3	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
5	7 (1)	Apr 25	KCA		CLE	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
6	8	Apr 26	KCA		CLE	L,2-14	CG	49	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	19 (10)	May 11	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-4	GF	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
8	20	May 12	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-5	GF	16	4.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
9	23 (2)	May 15	KCA		BAL	L,5-9	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
10	24	May 16	KCA		BAL	L,6-8	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
11	25	May 17	KCA		BOS	L,1-6	GF	7	1.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
12	31 (5)	May 23	KCA		WSH	W,7-6	GF	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR SS
13	37 (5)	May 29	KCA		CHW	L,4-7	GF	16	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
14	39 (1)	May 30 (2)	KCA		DET	L,1-5	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	40	Jun 1	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	43	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
16	41	Jun 2	KCA	@	BOS	W,11-3	GS	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
17	42	Jun 3	KCA	@	BOS	W,7-6	GF	10	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
18	44 (1)	Jun 6	KCA	@	NYY	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
19	45	Jun 7	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
20	46	Jun 8	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
21	47	Jun 9 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
22	48	Jun 9 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	1	4	2	7	2	SS
23	49	Jun 10	KCA	@	BAL	W,7-3	GS	21	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
24	50	Jun 11 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS	18	4.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
25	51	Jun 11 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	W,6-3	GS	21	5.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
26	52	Jun 12	KCA	@	WSH	W,9-3	GF	38	9.0	4	4	2	10	1	PR SS
27	53	Jun 13	KCA	@	WSH	W,13-4	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
28	54	Jun 15	KCA		BAL	L,0-1	GS	23	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
29	55	Jun 16	KCA		BAL	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
30	59 (3)	Jun 20	KCA		WSH	L,4-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
31	60	Jun 21	KCA		WSH	W,15-6	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
32	68 (7)	Jun 29	KCA		DET	L,0-5	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
33	69	Jun 30	KCA		DET	L,2-14	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	73 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
35	74	Jul 6	KCA		CLE	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
36	75	Jul 7	KCA		CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
37	76	Jul 8	KCA		CLE	L,3-17	CG	52	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
38	77	Jul 12	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
39	78	Jul 13	KCA	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
40	79	Jul 14	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-1	GS	25	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
41	83 (3)	Jul 17 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
42	87 (3)	Jul 22 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
43	88	Jul 22 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,4-13	GF	11	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
44	91 (2)	Jul 25	KCA		BOS	W,9-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
45	93 (1)	Jul 27	KCA		NYY	L,9-10	GF	32	8.0	2	0	2	4	1	PH SS
46	95 (1)	Jul 29	KCA		NYY	L,3-5	GF	5	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
47	97 (1)	Jul 31	KCA		BAL	L,1-5	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	106 (8)	Aug 9	KCA	@	DET	W,5-3	GF	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
49	107	Aug 10	KCA		CLE	L,0-11	GS	30	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
50	108	Aug 11	KCA		CLE	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
51	109	Aug 12	KCA		CLE	L,3-6	GS	27	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
52	122 (12)	Aug 26 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-2	GF	32	7.0	1	5	0	6	0	PR SS
53	123	Aug 26 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	43	10.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
54	124	Aug 28	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
55	125	Aug 29	KCA	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	40	8.2	1	5	0	6	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	129 (3)	Sep 3 (1)	KCA		CLE	W,5-2	GF	13	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
57	132 (2)	Sep 6	KCA		DET	L,0-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
58	134 (1)	Sep 8	KCA		DET	L,1-2	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
59	135	Sep 9	KCA		DET	L,3-7	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
60	138 (2)	Sep 13	KCA		NYY	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	1	2	0	PH SS
61	139	Sep 14	KCA		WSH	L,1-4	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
62	143 (3)	Sep 18	KCA		BOS	W,6-5	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	154 (10)	Sep 30	KCA		CHW	W,7-6	GF	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
							63gm		302.2	57	113	11	181	17