Bill
Laxton
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: January 5, 1948 in Usa, NJ, CAMDEN
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1970 22 BSN NL   5 8 7 7 3 1 1 5 3 3
1971 23 BSN NL   4 9 7 8 3 1 1 5 3 3
1972 24 BSN NL   3 9 7 8 3 1 2 3 3 3
1973 25 BSN NL $ 300,000 3 9 7 8 3 2 2 4 3 3
1974 26 BSN NL   2 10 8 9 3 2 2 4 3 3
1975 27 BSN NL $ 300,000 1 10 8 9 3 2 2 4 3 3
1976 28 BSN NL $ 300,000 1 10 8 8 4 3 3 4 3 3
1977 29 BSN NL $ 300,000 2 10 8 9 4 2 3 4 3 3
1978 30 BSN NL $ 350,000 1 7 5 6 2 1 1 3 3 3
1979 31 BSN NL $ 350,000 1 7 6 6 2 1 1 3 3 3
1981 33 OAK AL   1 8 6 7 3 1 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   1 7 5 6 2 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 5 10 8 9 4 3 3 5 3 3
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
1970 22 A   4 6 .400 83 0 0 0 9 65.0 42 20 4 41 84 2.77 .187 .312 .280 .592  
1971 23 AA   1 0 1.000 29 0 0 0 1 45.7 32 11 7 21 62 2.17 .195 .286 .372 .658  
1972 24 AA   1 5 .167 50 0 0 0 3 35.0 23 17 4 21 45 4.37 .190 .310 .306 .616  
1973 25 BSN NL 0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 0 11.0 7 2 1 3 7 1.64 .179 .233 .333 .566 1.4
    AA   2 1 .667 12 0 0 0 0 17.7 6 2 0 10 25 1.02 .103 .235 .121 .356  
1974 26 AA   2 2 .500 23 0 0 0 0 38.3 31 16 6 19 52 3.76 .211 .301 .381 .682  
1975 27 BSN NL 5 1 .833 49 0 0 0 1 20.0 20 10 3 9 14 4.50 .247 .322 .383 .705 2.3
1976 28 BSN NL 2 0 1.000 44 0 0 0 1 12.0 7 3 1 8 12 2.25 .171 .306 .293 .599 2.3
1977 29 BSN NL 2 0 1.000 18 0 0 0 0 22.0 24 11 3 13 14 4.50 .296 .394 .457 .851 1.1
1978 30 BSN NL 0 0 .000 15 0 0 0 0 7.7 12 10 3 10 4 11.75 .343 .489 .600 1.089 0.0
1979 31 AAA   2 6 .250 43 0 0 0 5 30.0 30 18 7 16 28 5.40 .273 .365 .500 .865  
1980 32 AAA   0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.3 3 1 0 1 1 3.86 .333 .400 .444 .844  
1981 33 A   1 4 .200 74 0 0 0 16 56.3 41 23 4 31 58 3.67 .210 .319 .338 .657  
5 Years Sim 9 1 .900 134 0 0 0 2 72.7 70 36 11 43 51 4.46 .253 .353 .412 .764 7.0
2 Years AAA 2 7 .222 45 0 0 0 5 32.3 33 19 7 17 29 5.29 .277 .368 .496 .863  
4 Years AA 6 8 .429 114 0 0 0 4 136.7 92 46 17 71 184 3.03 .188 .291 .329 .619  
2 Years A 5 10 .333 157 0 0 0 25 121.3 83 43 8 72 142 3.19 .198 .315 .307 .622  
8 Years Minors 13 25 .342 316 0 0 0 34 290.3 208 108 32 160 355 3.35 .202 .310 .339 .649  
Season Average 1 0 1.000 26 0 0 0 0 14.5 14 7 2 8 10 4.46 .253 .353 .412 .764  
Career Highs 5 1 1.000 49 0 0 0 1 22.0 24 11 3 13 14 11.75 .343 .489 .600 1.089  
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   47 27 7 29 31   .273 .378 .430 .808
vs LH   23 9 4 14 20   .219 .311 .381 .692
Home 7 1 .875 75 0 0 0 1 47.0 46 24 7 29 37 4.60 .253 .355 .407 .762
Away 2 0 1.000 59 0 0 0 1 25.7 24 12 4 14 14 4.21 .253 .349 .421 .770
Mar/Apr 2 0 1.000 22 0 0 0 0 10.0 8 4 2 5 7 3.61 .216 .310 .459 .769
May 1 0 1.000 28 0 0 0 0 14.7 19 15 4 15 10 9.21 .306 .442 .516 .958
June 3 0 1.000 25 0 0 0 2 16.7 10 3 2 10 8 1.62 .169 .290 .271 .561
July 2 1 .667 18 0 0 0 0 6.7 8 3 1 1 6 4.06 .296 .321 .444 .766
August 1 0 1.000 21 0 0 0 0 13.0 18 9 2 6 11 6.24 .333 .400 .500 .900
Sep/Oct 0 0 .000 20 0 0 0 0 11.7 7 2 0 6 9 1.55 .184 .295 .263 .559
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1973 25 BSN NL P 8 0 11.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1975 27 BSN NL P 49 0 20.0 0 1 1 0 .500 0.45    
1976 28 BSN NL P 44 0 12.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1977 29 BSN NL P 18 0 22.0 1 5 0 2 1.000 2.45    
1978 30 BSN NL P 15 0 7.7 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.52    
Career Totals   134 0 72.7 2 11 1 2 .929 1.61    
Career Highs   49 0 22.0 1 5 1 2 1.000 3.52    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1975 27 BSN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1976 28 BSN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0.3 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 .500 .500 .500 1.000
History
Drafted in 5th round, 86th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1970
Injured on 7/4/1971 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 4/22/1974 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Earned first career win on 4/22/1975
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/6/1978 with a Torn Ligament Elbow, out for full season
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Boston (N) on 10/14/1980
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/3/1981 to a minor league deal