Mike
Paxton
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 190
 
Born: September 3, 1953 in Usa, TN, MEMPHIS
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1977 23 WAS NL   8 4 5 4 5 6 6 6 6 6
1978 24 WAS NL   8 4 5 4 5 6 6 6 6 6
1979 25 WAS NL   7 4 4 4 5 6 5 5 6 5
1980 26 WAS NL   6 4 5 4 5 6 6 5 5 5
1981 27 WAS NL   6 4 5 4 5 6 5 4 5 4
1982 28 WAS NL   6 4 5 4 5 6 5 4 5 4
1983 29 WAS NL   7 3 4 4 5 6 5 4 5 4
1984 30 WAS NL   7 3 4 3 4 5 5 4 5 4
1985 31 WAS NL $ 300,000 7 3 4 3 4 5 5 3 4 4
1986 32 WAS NL   7 3 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 3 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 8 4 5 4 5 6 6 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1977 23 AAA   7 11 .389 25 25 1 0 0 169.7 188 69 18 61 108 3.66 .282 .342 .409 .751  
1978 24 AAA   11 10 .524 29 29 2 1 0 206.3 203 76 12 78 136 3.32 .253 .320 .350 .669  
1979 25 AAA   14 12 .538 29 29 7 2 0 207.7 200 88 25 70 103 3.81 .254 .315 .399 .714  
1980 26 AAA   12 7 .632 25 25 2 0 0 180.3 183 64 15 65 89 3.19 .264 .327 .389 .716  
1981 27 AAA   17 6 .739 29 29 4 2 0 204.3 196 74 19 68 117 3.26 .250 .310 .382 .692  
1982 28 AAA   9 7 .563 24 24 3 1 0 166.3 170 73 21 51 88 3.95 .262 .316 .413 .729  
1983 29 AAA   12 8 .600 27 27 1 1 0 177.7 186 76 15 68 107 3.85 .268 .333 .387 .720  
1984 30 AAA   9 8 .529 29 29 2 1 0 182.7 216 86 28 61 110 4.24 .289 .342 .453 .796  
1985 31 WAS NL 3 1 .750 5 5 1 0 0 35.3 38 22 3 14 10 5.60 .284 .340 .410 .750 0.6
    AAA   11 5 .688 23 23 2 2 0 156.0 148 68 23 80 95 3.92 .249 .338 .417 .755  
1986 32 AAA   5 8 .385 19 18 0 0 0 123.3 151 72 21 40 83 5.25 .299 .350 .493 .844  
1 Years Sim 3 1 .750 5 5 1 0 0 35.3 38 22 3 14 10 5.60 .284 .340 .410 .750 0.6
10 Years AAA 107 82 .566 259 258 24 10 0 1774.3 1841 746 197 642 1036 3.78 .266 .328 .406 .734  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   15 12 2 7 4   .278 .361 .407 .768
vs LH   23 10 1 7 6   .288 .345 .413 .757
Home 2 1 .667 3 3 1 0 0 19.7 20 12 2 10 4 5.49 .267 .353 .387 .740
Away 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 15.7 18 10 1 4 6 5.75 .305 .349 .441 .790
Mar/Apr 3 1 .750 5 5 1 0 0 35.3 38 22 3 14 10 5.60 .284 .351 .410 .762
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1985 31 WAS NL P 5 5 35.3 3 6 0 1 1.000 2.29    
Career Totals   5 5 35.3 3 6 0 1 1.000 2.29    
Career Highs   5 5 35.3 3 6 0 1 1.000 2.29    
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 45th overall pick, by Washington in 1977
Injured on 8/4/1977 with a Broken Finger, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 4/29/1978 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 4/11/1982 with a Strained Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 8/1/1982 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 8/23/1982 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 3-4 weeks
Injured on 7/17/1983 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Earned first career win on 4/7/1985