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Tom Dixon

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Full Name: Thomas Earl Dixon Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/175 First Game: July 30, 1977
Birthdate: April 23, 1955 Final Game: September 23, 1983
Birthplace: Orlando, Florida MLB Experience: 4 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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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 April 23, 1955 in Orlando, Florida, Tom Dixon (Thomas Earl Dixon) played for the Houston Astros and Montreal Expos over the course of his 4 year career. Dixon broke into the bigs on July 30, 1977 with the Houston Astros, and put up a 3.99 ERA in 140 innings pitched in 1978, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Tom Dixon's best season was 1978, when he posted a 3.99 ERA and struck out 66 batters.

[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
1977 HOU N 9 4 1 0 3.26 15 12 11 1 0 0 30.1 40 0 7 0 1 1
1978 HOU N 30 19 7 11 3.99 66 70 62 3 2 1 140 140 8 40 3 0 1
1979 HOU N 19 1 1 2 6.66 9 23 19 0 0 0 25.2 39 2 15 1 0 0
1983 MON N 4 0 0 1 9.82 4 4 4 0 0 0 3.2 6 1 1 0 1 1
Total 62 24 9 14 4.33 94 109 96 4 2 1 199.2 225 11 63 4 2 3

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1977 HOU N P 9 4 30.1 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 .800
1978 HOU N P 30 19 140 12 16 1 1 0 0 15 6 1 .966
1979 HOU N P 19 1 25.2 3 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.000
1983 MON N P 4 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total P 62 24 199.2 17 28 3 2 0 1 16 8 1 .938

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1977 HOU N 9 7 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0
1978 HOU N 30 40 0 4 0 1 .100 .122 .100 0 0 1 7 0 3 0 0 1
1979 HOU N 19 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 MON N 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 62 48 0 5 0 1 .104 .122 .104 0 0 1 9 0 6 0 0 1

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in the 18th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 5, 1973).
  • Signed as a non-drafted free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (February 16, 1974).
  • Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Houston Astros (April 8, 1975).
  • Released by Houston Astros (February 8, 1980).
  • Signed by New York Mets (February 26, 1980).
  • Traded by New York Mets to Montreal Expos in exchange for Bob Baldrick (January 31, 1983).
  • Traded by Montreal Expos to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Ron Johnson (December 15, 1983).

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