MLB / Players

Ken Dixon

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 11 in · 166 lb
BornOctober 17, 1960 · Monroe, VA, USA
MLB debutSeptember 22, 1984
Final gameSeptember 14, 1987
Seasons4 (1984–1987)

Baltimore Orioles 1984–1987

Percentile snapshot

1986 season — qualified pitchers

G
35
62.2
GS
33
48.8
W
11
28
L
13
20.7
SV
0
0
CG
2
9.8
SHO
0
0
H
194
62.2
ER
103
19.5
BB
83
26.8
SO
170
74.4
HR
33
6.1
IP
202.3
40.2
ERA
4.58
14.6
WHIP
1.369
31.7
K/9
7.56
87.8
FIP
4.48
12.2
FIP-
107.7
19.5
ERA+
90.7
17.1
sWAR
1.0
19.5

of 83 qualified 1986 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
2.2
71.1

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
198420000000000000.1
1985370000000000002.3
1986350000000000001.0
198734000000000000-1.2

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1984220100014648113.04.151.3855.543.4488.094.00.1
1985341884131144666410820162.03.671.2846.004.24104.3110.72.3
1986353311130201941038317033202.34.581.3697.564.48107.790.71.0
1987341571050012875279131105.06.431.4767.805.78131.068.6-1.2

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
108
PA
0
AB
0
R
0
H
0
2B
0
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
0
BB
0
SO
0
SB
0

Pitching

G (P)
105
GS
68
W
26
L
28
SV
6
CG
5
SHO
1
IP
482
SO (P)
377
BB allowed
178
ERA
4.665
WHIP
1.3642
K/9
7.03

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1985-04-24BAL @ TEX Gameday000000000
1985-07-02DET @ BAL Gameday000000000
1985-08-24BAL @ ATH Gameday000000000

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1986-07-11BAL @ CWS Gameday8.25221130
1987-04-09TEX @ BAL Gameday6.2654192
1985-08-19TEX @ BAL Gameday9.0622281
1986-06-16DET @ BAL Gameday7.2555981
1986-09-30BAL @ BOS Gameday7.11233280

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.