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Bill Laxton

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Full Name: William Henry Laxton Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/190 First Game: September 15, 1970
Birthdate: January 5, 1948 Final Game: September 19, 1977
Birthplace: Camden, New Jersey MLB Experience: 5 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on January 5, 1948 in Camden, New Jersey, Bill Laxton (William Henry Laxton) played for the Philadelphia Phillies, San Diego Padres, Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 5 year career. Laxton broke into the bigs on September 15, 1970 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 4.09 ERA in 94.2 innings pitched in 1976, his rookie year.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1970 PHI N 2 0 0 0 13.50 2 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 1
1971 SD N 18 0 0 2 6.83 23 25 21 0 0 0 27.2 32 4 26 0 6 1
1974 SD N 30 1 0 1 4.03 40 22 20 0 0 0 44.2 37 5 38 8 4 3
1976 DET A 26 3 0 5 4.09 74 49 43 0 0 2 94.2 77 13 51 1 3 6
1977 SEA A 43 0 3 2 4.95 49 44 40 0 0 3 72.2 62 10 39 5 3 4
1977 CLE A 2 0 0 0 5.40 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.2 2 0 2 0 2 0
1977 TOT A 45 0 3 2 4.96 50 45 41 0 0 3 74.1 64 10 41 5 5 4
Total NL 50 1 0 3 5.33 65 50 44 0 0 0 74.1 71 11 66 8 10 5
Total AL 71 3 3 7 4.47 124 94 84 0 0 5 169 141 23 92 6 8 10
Total 121 4 3 10 4.73 189 144 128 0 0 5 243.1 212 34 158 14 18 15

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1970 PHI N P 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1971 SD N P 18 0 27.2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1.000
1974 SD N P 30 1 44.2 2 4 0 0 0 1 4 2 1 1.000
1976 DET A P 26 3 94.2 4 5 2 0 0 1 5 3 1 .818
1977 SEA A P 43 0 72.2 3 5 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 1.000
1977 CLE A P 2 0 1.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
1977 TOT A P 45 0 74.1 3 6 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 1.000
Total P 121 4 243.1 10 19 2 0 0 2 15 12 3 .935

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1970 PHI N 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 SD N 18 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 SD N 30 5 0 1 0 0 .200 .333 .200 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
1976 DET A 26 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 SEA A 43 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CLE A 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 TOT A 45 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 50 5 0 1 0 0 .200 .333 .200 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Total AL 71 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 121 5 0 1 0 0 .200 .333 .200 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates in the 7th round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1966).
  • Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Don Money, Woodie Fryman and Harold Clem to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Jim Bunning (December 15, 1967).
  • Selected by San Diego Padres from Philadelphia Phillies in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 30, 1970).
  • Released by San Diego Padres (April 7, 1975).
  • Signed by New York Mets (April 25, 1975).
  • Traded by New York Mets with Rusty Staub to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Mickey Lolich and Billy Baldwin (December 12, 1975).
  • Selected by Seattle Mariners from Detroit Tigers (50th pick overall) in the expansion draft (November 5, 1976).
  • Traded by Seattle Mariners with cash to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Ray Fosse (September 9, 1977).
  • Traded by Cleveland Indians to San Diego Padres in exchange for Dave Freisleben (June 22, 1978).

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