Digs
Baxter
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: September 25, 1945 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 27 SEA FL $ 2,000,000 5 3 3 5 4 4 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5
1974 28 SEA FL $ 2,000,000 4 3 3 5 4 5 7 6 6 6 5 6 5 4 4 4 5 5
1975 29 LOU JL $ 2,100,000 4 3 3 5 5 5 7 6 6 6 5 6 4 4 4 4 5 5
1976 30 LOU JL $ 2,100,000 4 3 3 6 5 5 9 8 8 6 5 6 4 4 4 4 5 5
1977 31 LOU JL $ 2,100,000 4 3 3 6 5 5 10 9 9 6 5 6 4 4 4 4 5 5
1978 32 LV FL $ 1,000,000 4 3 3 6 5 6 10 9 9 6 5 6 5 4 4 4 5 5
1979 33 VAN JL   4 2 3 6 5 5 10 9 9 6 5 6 5 4 4 4 5 4
1980 34 BIR FL $ 600,000 4 3 3 6 5 5 10 9 9 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   4 2 3 5 4 4 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,100,000 5 3 3 6 5 6 10 9 9 6 5 6 5 4 4 4 5 5
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 35 VAN JL $ 600,000   8 8 8 12 11 11 14 12 12 10 9 9 9 11 10
1982 36 AUS FL $ 500,000   7 7 8 11 9 10 14 12 13 9 7 8 9 11 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 500,000   7 7 8 11 9 10 14 12 12 9 7 8 9 11 10
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 600,000   8 8 8 12 11 11 14 12 13 10 9 9 9 11 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 27 SEA FL 153 497 46 97 16 4 14 59 11 5 45 74 .195 .274 .328 .602 47.3 4.1
1974 28 SEA FL 145 457 47 115 17 9 16 53 16 11 51 73 .252 .338 .433 .771 67.4 14.2
1975 29 LOU JL 112 232 23 44 8 2 5 21 5 2 23 49 .190 .269 .306 .575 19.4 0.6
1976 30 LOU JL 107 260 35 73 21 8 6 38 6 4 18 59 .281 .333 .492 .826 41.4 8.4
1977 31 LOU JL 96 306 40 77 13 3 16 57 4 3 20 57 .252 .303 .471 .774 43.0 7.1
1978 32 LV FL 114 361 34 70 12 3 6 29 7 7 21 75 .194 .242 .294 .535 25.2 0.0
1979 33 LV FL 11 30 1 5 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 9 .167 .161 .300 .461 1.0 0.0
  VAN JL 50 66 13 11 2 0 2 6 1 3 10 18 .167 .273 .288 .561 5.0 0.0
  TOT   61 96 14 16 3 0 3 9 1 4 10 27 .167 .241 .292 .532 6.0 0.0
1980 34 BIR FL 70 215 23 39 13 3 2 28 6 4 17 65 .181 .244 .298 .541 14.3 0.0
    AAA   81 345 54 89 23 7 10 38 12 6 25 61 .258 .308 .452 .760 46.9  
1981 35 VAN JL 12 13 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .154 .214 .154 .368 0.3 0.0
    AAA   123 455 84 145 29 8 24 97 18 15 59 81 .319 .397 .576 .973 94.5  
1982 36 AUS FL 89 238 31 56 12 4 3 37 9 2 21 68 .235 .309 .357 .667 26.1 3.1
10 Years Sim 959 2675 299 589 115 36 71 331 65 42 227 551 .220 .289 .370 .659 290.4 37.5
2 Years AAA 204 800 138 234 52 15 34 135 30 21 84 142 .293 .363 .523 .886 141.4  
162 Game Average 451 50 99 19 6 11 55 10 7 38 93 .220 .289 .370 .659 49.1  
Career Highs 153 497 47 115 21 9 16 59 16 11 51 75 .281 .338 .492 .826 67.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1380 159 265 50 18 36 169 37 21 100 266 .192 .259 .333 .592 114.0
vs LH   1295 140 324 65 18 35 162 28 21 127 285 .250 .320 .409 .729 167.2
Home 481 1313 126 290 46 18 31 157 26 24 107 260 .221 .287 .354 .641 129.2
Away 478 1362 173 299 69 18 40 174 39 18 120 291 .220 .291 .385 .675 152.0
RISP   673 0 149 33 6 16 237 0 0 72 140 .221 .297 .360 .657 74.2
Pinch Hitting   118 14 22 5 1 3 11 1 1 12 34 .186 .271 .322 .593 10.2
Close/Late   372 66 78 13 5 10 44 0 0 42 71 .210 .303 .352 .655 40.0
Mar/Apr 141 376 45 77 13 6 11 49 11 5 26 79 .205 .267 .359 .627 35.5
May 148 416 45 99 18 2 18 62 6 7 34 79 .238 .304 .421 .724 51.4
June 131 369 43 97 14 4 11 53 10 7 30 64 .263 .320 .412 .732 47.7
July 176 487 47 100 32 6 11 48 10 6 39 104 .205 .272 .363 .636 46.6
August 180 520 65 116 17 11 12 61 16 7 40 101 .223 .284 .367 .651 54.4
Sep/Oct 183 507 54 100 21 7 8 58 12 10 58 124 .197 .290 .314 .604 45.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1973 27 SEA FL C 149 142 1291.3 1044 56 6 2 .995 7.67 129 37 .287 6 4.2
    3B 1 0 8.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 28 SEA FL C 142 133 1208.0 917 63 5 4 .995 7.30 121 42 .347 2 6.4
    1B 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 29 LOU JL C 56 56 475.0 394 29 4 1 .991 8.01 56 17 .304 0 2.1
    1B 3 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 30 LOU JL C 77 59 559.3 515 29 5 1 .991 8.75 57 16 .281 1 2.1
    1B 10 0 15.0 16 0 0 2 1.000 9.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 5.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 31 LOU JL C 91 84 771.7 715 41 6 3 .992 8.82 98 26 .265 2 4.3
    1B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 32 LV FL 1B 58 52 460.7 402 29 1 40 .998 8.42 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    C 49 47 397.0 361 23 3 1 .992 8.71 59 12 .203 5 0.6
    2B 1 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 33 LV FL C 4 3 43.6 38 4 0 0 1.000 8.67 7 2 .286 0 0.2
    1B 1 1 15.5 17 2 0 3 1.000 11.03 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  VAN JL C 16 15 108.4 93 9 0 0 1.000 8.47 16 5 .313 0 0.8
    1B 7 6 38.5 42 6 0 6 1.000 11.22 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 1.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 20 18 152.0 131 13 0 0 1.000 8.53 23 7 .304 0 1.0
      1B 8 7 54.0 59 8 0 9 1.000 11.17   0.1
      LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1980 34 BIR FL C 56 54 472.0 328 30 5 0 .986 6.83 72 20 .278 3 1.8
    1B 5 2 21.7 25 1 0 0 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 35 VAN JL C 5 3 29.0 24 0 0 0 1.000 7.45 5 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 4.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 36 AUS FL C 76 64 578.0 415 40 5 1 .989 7.08 95 28 .295 1 3.1
    1B 6 1 18.7 21 2 0 2 1.000 11.09 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 721 660 5933.3 4844 324 39 13 .993 7.84 715 205 .287 20 25.6
  1B 95 62 582.3 528 40 1 54 .998 8.78 0 0 .000 0 0.8
  3B 3 0 14.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 3.21 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  2B 2 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   823 722 6538.6 5374 369 40 68 .993 7.90 715 205 .287 20 26.5
Career Highs   150 142 1299.3 1044 63 6 41 1.000 9.13 129 42 .347 6  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1977 31 LOU JL 13 43 12 9 3 0 2 8 1 0 4 8 .209 .292 .419 .710
1982 36 AUS FL 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833
Career Post-Season Batting 14 46 12 10 3 0 2 9 1 0 5 9 .217 .308 .413 .721
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History
Drafted in 15th round, 342nd overall pick, by Seattle in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/2/1973, off Ebby Calvin LaLoosh (SLC)
Hit first career homerun on 4/9/1973, off Todd Vogler (CLG)
Hit 3 homeruns against Las Vegas, driving in 4 runs on 5/16/1974
Signed as a free agent by Louisville on 2/7/1975 to a 3-year deal worth $2,100,000 per year
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Las Vegas on 2/5/1978 to a 3-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
Traded from Las Vegas to Vancouver on 5/1/1979 (Going to LV: P B. Grossman, 3B R. Givens. Going to VAN: C D. Baxter, P H. Mitcher)
Released by Vancouver on 10/1/1979
Signed as a free agent by Birmingham on 2/6/1980 to a 1-year deal worth $600,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Birmingham on 2/12/1980 to a 1-year deal worth $600,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Vancouver on 2/3/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $600,000 per year
Injured on 6/6/1981 with a Bruised Finger, out for 2 days