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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

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Team Record in Appearances: 19-14 / in Starts: 14-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 1

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 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	30	1	Apr 8	CLE		KCR	W,8-5	7-GF	S(1)	99	3.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.92	9	4	4	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.112	.61	0.08%	1.40	7t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
2	31	3	Apr 10	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	6-8	BS(1)	1	3.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	1.50	3.75	11	2	5	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.090	1.95	0.08%	0.40	6t --- 0 out a1	8t 3 out tie
3	32	6	Apr 15	CLE	@	KCR	L,5-6	6-GF(8)	BL(0-1)	4	3.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.00	3.70	12	5	3	1	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.77	-0.286	2.06	-0.20%	-0.56	6b --- 0 out a1	8b end d 1
4	33	12	Apr 23(2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-7	GS-5		7	4.0	8	6	6	2	6	2	0	6.23	4.89	23	4	11	5	1	0	26			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	-0.430	1.12	-0.28%	-4.24	1b start a 2	5b 1-3 0 out d2
5	34	17	Apr 28	CLE	@	OAK	W,6-2	8-GF		4	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.40	4.65	7	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.037	.28	0.02%	0.89	8b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
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
6	35	23	May 6	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-7	GS-6	L(0-2)	7	6.0	5	3	3	4	5	1	0	5.14	4.78	27	8	5	1	0	5	51			2	1	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	.67	-0.129	.67	-0.08%	-0.29	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
7	36	27	May 12	CLE		CAL	W,4-3	GS-9	W(1-2)	5	8.0	5	3	2	2	3	0	2	4.34	4.38	33	13	8	1	1	5	63			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	0.043	1.01	0.02%	0.39	1t start tie	9t 1-3 0 out a2
8	37	34	May 19	CLE		BAL	W,7-5	GS-6		6	6.0	7	4	4	4	1	0	1	4.63	4.44	29	4	12	0	4	7	39			0	0	0	23	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.40	-0.156	1.14	-0.08%	-1.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
9	38	43	May 28(2)	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-3	GS-7	L(1-3)	8	6.2	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	4.54	4.15	29	7	9	2	0	8	47			1	1	0	27	4	1	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.064	.43	-0.02%	-0.20	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out d3
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
10	39	47	Jun 3	CLE	@	MIL	W,6-4	GS-7	W(2-3)	5	6.1	8	4	4	2	1	1	0	4.69	4.29	29	5	13	2	0	8	40			0	0	0	26	3	1	0	0	1	0	.98	-0.049	.48	-0.01%	-0.86	1b start a 2	7b 1-3 1 out a3
11	40	52	Jun 9	CLE		MIN	W,7-3	7-7		5	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.69	4.36	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	-0.180	.76	-0.04%	-1.45	7t 1-- 0 out a3	7t 123 0 out a3
12	41	54	Jun 11	CLE		MIN	W,2-1	5-GF(10)	W(3-3)	1	5.2	3	1	1	1	3	0	1	4.36	4.17	22	7	8	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.42	0.285	.50	0.06%	1.58	5t --- 1 out tie	10t end tie
13	42	61	Jun 18(2)	CLE		MIL	L,1-4	GS-8	L(3-4)	6	7.0	4	2	2	5	1	1	0	4.15	4.41	29	7	12	1	0	4	57			2	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.028	.08	0.00%	0.89	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out d2
14	43	66	Jun 24	CLE		TOR	W,12-3	GS-8	W(4-4)	5	7.1	13	3	3	2	4	0	0	4.10	4.19	36	10	8	0	0	12	42			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.57	0.069	.03	0.00%	-0.80	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a9
15	44	72	Jun 28(2)	CLE		DET	W,2-1	GS-8	W(5-4)	3	7.2	7	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.81	4.01	30	11	9	1	0	7	62			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.286	.05	0.01%	2.31	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a1
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
16	45	78	Jul 3	CLE		BAL	W,9-0	SHO	W(6-4)	4	9.0	6	0	0	2	6	0	0	3.40	3.79	34	12	8	2	1	6	79			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	.28	0.156	.02	0.01%	4.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
17	46	83	Jul 8(1)	CLE		BOS	L,5-12	GS-4	L(6-5)	4	4.0	5	6	6	3	5	2	0	3.86	4.02	18	5	0	0	0	5	30			0	0	0	14	0	1	1	1	0	0	.56	-0.353	.02	-0.01%	-4.13	1t start tie	4t 3 out d6
18	47	88	Jul 15	CLE	@	SEA	L,6-7	GS-3	L(6-6)	6	2.1	5	6	2	1	1	1	1	3.96	4.17	15	3	4	1	0	5	31			0	0	0	13	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.06	-0.429	.02	-0.01%	-5.10	1b start tie	3b 1-- 1 out d5
19	48	93	Jul 21	CLE		SEA	W,11-0	SHO	W(7-6)	5	9.0	2	0	0	3	6	0	0	3.60	4.00	33	7	15	2	0	2	86			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.170	.00	0.00%	4.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
20	49	96	Jul 25	CLE		CAL	W,5-1	GS-8	W(8-6)	3	7.1	8	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.44	3.90	31	9	9	0	0	8	59			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.11	0.266	.00	0.00%	2.24	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a2
21	50	102	Jul 30	CLE		OAK	L,4-5	GS-8		4	7.2	7	3	3	0	1	0	0	3.44	3.79	29	8	13	0	0	7	54			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.111	.01	0.00%	0.52	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 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
22	51	107	Aug 5	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-4	GS-9		5	9.0	4	1	0	4	4	0	0	3.19	3.74	32	14	7	1	0	3	77			2	1	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.38	0.355	.02	0.00%	3.24	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
23	52	111	Aug 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS-7		4	6.1	10	4	4	2	5	1	0	3.31	3.75	30	5	8	1	0	10	40			0	1	0	27	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.290	.01	0.00%	-1.27	1b start tie	7b --3 1 out tie
24	53	116	Aug 14	CLE		MIN	W,4-3	GS-6	W(9-6)	3	5.1	7	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.38	3.74	27	5	10	3	0	7	41			0	0	0	24	3	0	1	0	0	1	1.21	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-1.08	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a1
25	54	121	Aug 19	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	GS-8	L(9-7)	4	7.1	4	2	1	1	5	0	0	3.27	3.63	26	7	9	1	0	4	68			1	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.109	.00	0.00%	1.08	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out d1
26	55	126	Aug 24	CLE	@	MIL	W,9-8	GS-4		4	3.1	11	8	8	1	2	1	1	3.69	3.71	22	3	4	1	0	11	7			0	1	0	19	3	1	1	0	0	0	1.22	-0.597	.00	0.00%	-6.36	1b start tie	4b --- 1 out d5
27	56	131	Aug 31(1)	CLE		MIL	L,0-1	CG	L(9-8)	6	9.0	3	1	1	0	7	1	0	3.53	3.64	29	10	9	0	4	3	84			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.309	.00	0.00%	3.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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
28	57	137	Sep 4	CLE	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	W(10-8)	3	9.0	4	4	4	3	2	0	0	3.56	3.61	33	10	14	4	0	4	62			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.255	.00	0.00%	0.28	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a1
29	58	140	Sep 9	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	GS-4	L(10-9)	4	3.2	4	4	4	3	2	0	2	3.70	3.66	20	4	5	0	0	4	36			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.29	-0.334	.00	0.00%	-2.49	1b start tie	4b 12- 2 out d2
30	59	145	Sep 14	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	GS-8	W(11-9)	4	7.1	5	3	3	1	7	0	0	3.70	3.55	28	6	9	0	0	5	62			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.166	.00	0.00%	1.37	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out a3
31	60	150	Sep 19	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	CG	W(12-9)	4	9.0	4	1	1	5	2	1	0	3.56	3.63	36	11	14	1	2	4	72			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.430	.00	0.00%	3.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
32	61	153	Sep 24	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	GS-7	L(12-10)	4	6.2	11	4	4	0	3	0	0	3.63	3.56	30	7	9	1	0	11	39			1	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.15	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d3
33	62	158	Sep 30	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-7	GS-1	L(12-11)	5	0.0	5	5	5	1	0	0	0	3.86	3.58	6	0	0	0	0	5	19			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.381	.00	0.00%	-5.37	1b start tie	1b 1-- 0 out d5
							19-14		W-L:12-11,Sv:1,BSv:2	4.5	191.0	179	89	82	63	96	13	8	3.86	3.58	807	0.84		7%	3%	168	51	1	0%	10	10	0	726	35	8	5	9	2	8	.99	-0.501	.26	-0.44%	-4.19

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