Mike Paxton
[edit] Biography
Born on September 3, 1953 in Memphis, Tennessee, Mike Paxton (Michael DeWayne Paxton) played for the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 4 year career. Paxton broke into the bigs on May 25, 1977 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 3.83 ERA in 108 innings pitched in 1977, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Mike Paxton's best season was 1978, when he posted a 3.86 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 96 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1977
| BOS
| A
| 29
| 12
| 10
| 5
| 3.83
| 58
| 53
| 46
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 108
| 134
| 7
| 25
| 2
| 0
| 3
|
| 1978
| CLE
| A
| 33
| 27
| 12
| 11
| 3.86
| 96
| 89
| 82
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 191
| 179
| 13
| 63
| 5
| 3
| 8
|
| 1979
| CLE
| A
| 33
| 24
| 8
| 8
| 5.92
| 70
| 118
| 105
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 159.2
| 210
| 14
| 52
| 1
| 3
| 2
|
| 1980
| CLE
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12.91
| 6
| 11
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7.2
| 13
| 4
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 99
| 63
| 30
| 24
| 4.71
| 230
| 271
| 244
| 10
| 3
| 1
| 466.1
| 536
| 38
| 146
| 9
| 6
| 13
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1977
| BOS
| A
| P
| 29
| 12
| 108
| 4
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1978
| CLE
| A
| P
| 33
| 27
| 191
| 17
| 20
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 10
| 0
| .974
|
| 1979
| CLE
| A
| P
| 33
| 24
| 159.2
| 16
| 20
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 23
| 2
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1980
| CLE
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 7.2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 99
| 63
| 466.1
| 39
| 55
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 42
| 16
| 1
| .989
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1977
| BOS
| A
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| CLE
| A
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| CLE
| A
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| CLE
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 99
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by New York Yankees in the 13th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 8, 1971).
- Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 23rd round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1975).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox with Rick Wise, Ted Cox and Bo Diaz to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Dennis Eckersley and Fred Kendall (March 30, 1978).
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