What years did Jim Slaton play?

Jim Slaton played in Major League Baseball from 1971 to 1986.

Was Jim Slaton a pitcher?

Yes. Jim Slaton pitched in the major leagues, recording 151 wins and 1191 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Jim Slaton hit?

Jim Slaton hit 0 career home runs with 6 hits.

What teams did Jim Slaton play for?

Jim Slaton played for 3 teams: the Milwaukee Brewers (1971–1977, 1979–1983), the Detroit Tigers (1978, 1986), and the California Angels (1984–1986).

Did Jim Slaton win a Cy Young Award?

No. Jim Slaton did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Jim Slaton win?

Jim Slaton was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Jim Slaton's career stats?

In 496 games, Jim Slaton went 151-158 with a 4.03 ERA, 1,191 strikeouts, 2,683.2 innings pitched, and 14 saves.

What was Jim Slaton's salary?

Jim Slaton's last recorded salary was $460,000, in 1986. His highest recorded salary was $460,000, in 1986, and his lowest was $437,500, in 1985. The Salary History table lists each season from 1985 to 1986.

What position did Jim Slaton play?

Jim Slaton played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Jim Slaton and how much did he weigh?

Jim Slaton was listed at 6 feet and 185 pounds.

What was Jim Slaton's career ERA?

Jim Slaton finished with a 4.03 career ERA, going 151-158 with 1,191 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Jim Slaton have?

Jim Slaton recorded 1,191 career strikeouts.

Is Jim Slaton in the Hall of Fame?

No. Jim Slaton has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Jim Slaton

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1971-1986)

Jim Slaton was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1971 to 1986 for the Milwaukee Brewers, the Detroit Tigers, and the California Angels, a span of 16 seasons. Across 496 career appearances, he went 151-158 with a 4.03 ERA and 1,191 strikeouts. Jim Slaton was an All-Star.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 151–158

ERA 4.03

WHIP 1.41

SO 1,191

Pitcher PIV -35116.9

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 185 lb
Born: 6/19/1950 in Long Beach, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1971-04-14
Last Game: 1986-09-28
Awards: All-Star

Full name: James Michael Slaton

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Career Pitching Statistics

Jim Slaton — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
151	158	496	360	86	22	14	2683.2	2,773	1,202	277	1,004	1,191	4.03	-35116.9

Career ERA 4.03 vs. league average 3.75 across their career seasons — 7.5% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Jim Slaton Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1971	ML4	AL	10	8	26	23	5	4	0	147.2	140	62	71	63	3.78	3.47 (-9%)	-3693.5
1972	ML4	AL	1	6	9	8	0	0	0	44.0	50	27	21	17	5.52	3.26 (-69%)	-823.5
1973	ML4	AL	13	15	38	38	13	3	0	276.1	266	114	99	134	3.71	3.75 (+1%)	-2395.8
1974	ML4	AL	13	16	40	35	10	3	0	250.0	255	109	102	126	3.92	3.63 (-8%)	-2168.1
1975	ML4	AL	11	18	37	33	10	3	0	217.0	238	109	90	119	4.52	3.71 (-22%)	-3954.4
1976	ML4	AL	14	15	38	38	12	2	0	292.2	287	112	94	138	3.44	3.51 (+2%)	1378.6
1977	ML4	AL	10	14	32	31	7	1	0	221.0	223	88	77	104	3.58	4.00 (+10%)	-2560.9
1978	DET	AL	17	11	35	34	11	2	0	233.2	235	107	85	92	4.12	3.69 (-12%)	-4711.8
1979	ML4	AL	15	9	32	31	12	3	0	213.0	229	86	54	80	3.63	4.00 (+9%)	1760.9
1980	ML4	AL	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	16.1	17	8	5	4	4.41	3.84 (-15%)	-705.1
1981	ML4	AL	5	7	24	21	0	0	0	117.1	120	57	50	47	4.37	3.58 (-22%)	-1915.8
1982	ML4	AL	10	6	39	7	0	0	6	117.2	117	43	41	59	3.29	3.86 (+15%)	-1377.8
1983	ML4	AL	14	6	46	0	0	0	5	112.1	112	54	56	38	4.33	3.87 (-12%)	-3287.2
1984	CAL	AL	7	10	32	22	5	1	0	163.0	192	90	56	67	4.97	3.81 (-30%)	-3900.6
1985	CAL	AL	6	10	29	24	1	0	1	148.1	162	72	63	60	4.37	3.89 (-12%)	-4541.1
1986	CAL	AL	4	6	14	12	0	0	0	73.1	84	46	29	31	5.65	3.97 (-42%)	-1497.3
1986	DET	AL	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	40.0	46	18	11	12	4.05	3.97 (-2%)	-723.5
Career · 17 seasons			151	158	496	360	86	22	14	2,683.2	2,773	1,202	1,004	1,191	4.03	—	-35,117

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Jim Slaton — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
496	57	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	23	.105	.164	.105	.269	-395

Career AVG .105 vs. league average .258 across their career seasons — 59.2% below league average.

Career OBP .164 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — 49.3% below league average.

Career SLG .105 vs. league average .381 across their career seasons — 72.4% below league average.

Career OPS .269 vs. league average .705 across their career seasons — 61.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Jim Slaton Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1971	ML4	AL	26	46	3	5	4	18	.109	—	—	—	—	-395.0
1972	ML4	AL	9	11	1	1	0	5	.091	—	—	—	—	0.0
1973	ML4	AL	38	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1974	ML4	AL	40	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1975	ML4	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1976	ML4	AL	38	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1977	ML4	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1978	DET	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1979	ML4	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1980	ML4	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1981	ML4	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1982	ML4	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1983	ML4	AL	46	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1984	CAL	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1985	CAL	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	CAL	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	DET	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 17 seasons			496	57	4	6	4	23	.105	—	—	—	—	-395

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Jim Slaton — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Jim Slaton — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
1982	ALCS	ML4	2	.000
1982	WS	ML4	2	.000
1981	AEDIV	ML4	4	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Jim Slaton — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	0	8	0	1	13.1	10	3	3	6	2.02

Playoff Pitching by Year

Jim Slaton — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1982	ALCS	ML4	0	2	1	4.2	3	1	1	3	1.93
1982	WS	ML4	1	2	0	2.2	1	0	2	1	0.00
1981	AEDIV	ML4	0	4	0	6.0	6	2	0	2	3.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Jim Slaton — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	254	31	3	4	0	0	.129
Away	242	26	1	2	0	0	.077

Pitching — Home / Away

Jim Slaton — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	254	1453.2	1462	597	493	653	3.70
Away	242	1230.0	1311	605	511	538	4.43

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Jim Slaton — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1986-09-28	DET	NYY	—	0.1	4	5	5	1	0	0
1986-09-25	DET	TOR	—	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1986-09-24	DET	TOR	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986-09-20	DET	NYY	—	0.2	2	0	0	1	0	0
1986-09-07	DET	OAK	—	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1
1986-09-02	DET	SEA	SV	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0
1986-08-31	DET	LAA	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986-08-28	DET	LAA	—	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1986-08-25	DET	OAK	—	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0
1986-08-19	DET	LAA	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jim Slaton — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	496	359	180	378	24	36

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jim Slaton — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1971	ML4	P	26	23	12	12	2	1
1972	ML4	P	9	8	1	11	0	0
1973	ML4	P	38	38	19	27	6	4
1974	ML4	P	40	35	16	36	1	3
1975	ML4	P	37	33	16	34	4	3
1976	ML4	P	38	38	18	43	3	2
1977	ML4	P	32	31	21	34	4	1
1978	DET	P	35	34	9	32	2	6
1979	ML4	P	32	30	16	35	1	3
1980	ML4	P	3	3	0	3	0	0
1981	ML4	P	24	21	14	14	0	3
1982	ML4	P	39	7	6	16	0	0
1983	ML4	P	46	0	4	16	0	1
1984	CAL	P	32	22	9	25	0	3
1985	CAL	P	29	24	6	22	1	4
1986	CAL	P	14	12	7	12	0	1
1986	DET	P	22	0	6	6	0	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Jim Slaton Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	496

Awards & Honors

Jim Slaton — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1976	Player of the Week	Week of 1976-04-16

Salary History

Jim Slaton's recorded salaries total $897,500 over 2 seasons, 1985 to 1986. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Slaton's career ran from 1971 to 1986. His seasons before 1985 are not included.

Jim Slaton — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1986	CAL	AL	$400,000
1986	DET	AL	$60,000
1985	CAL	AL	$437,500
Total recorded salary (partial)			$897,500

College History

Jim Slaton — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Antelope Valley College	Lancaster	CA	1969

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Career Spans

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Jim Slaton: the record in brief

The profile opens with Jim Slaton's first major league game on April 14, 1971; the last one listed came on September 28, 1986. By club, Slaton's seasons break down as the Milwaukee Brewers (1971 to 1983), the Detroit Tigers (1978 through 1986), and the California Angels (1984 through 1986). Slaton played primarily as a pitcher and batted and threw right-handed. Born on June 19, 1950, in Long Beach, CA, USA, Slaton was listed at 6 feet, 0 inches and 185 pounds. Jim Slaton was the playing name; the full given name is James Michael.

Slaton pitched in 496 games, starting 360, and finished with a 151-158 record and 4.03 ERA. Also on Slaton's record: 1,191 strikeouts, 86 complete games, 22 shutouts, and 14 saves. The league ERA over Slaton's seasons was 3.75, so the 4.03 figure ran 7.5% worse than average. The best win total was 17, in 1978. 1976 produced Slaton's most strikeouts, 138. 1976 was Slaton's sharpest full season, a 3.44 ERA against the league's 3.51.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jim Slaton

What years did Jim Slaton play?: Jim Slaton played in Major League Baseball from 1971 to 1986.
Was Jim Slaton a pitcher?: Yes. Jim Slaton pitched in the major leagues, recording 151 wins and 1191 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jim Slaton hit?: Jim Slaton hit 0 career home runs with 6 hits.
What teams did Jim Slaton play for?: Jim Slaton played for 3 teams: the Milwaukee Brewers (1971–1977, 1979–1983), the Detroit Tigers (1978, 1986), and the California Angels (1984–1986).
Did Jim Slaton win a Cy Young Award?: No. Jim Slaton did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Jim Slaton win?: Jim Slaton was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Jim Slaton's career stats?: In 496 games, Jim Slaton went 151-158 with a 4.03 ERA, 1,191 strikeouts, 2,683.2 innings pitched, and 14 saves.
How much did Jim Slaton earn in his career?: Jim Slaton's recorded salaries total $897,500 over 2 seasons, 1985 to 1986. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Slaton's career ran from 1971 to 1986. His seasons before 1985 are not included.
What was Jim Slaton's salary?: Jim Slaton's last recorded salary was $460,000, in 1986. His highest recorded salary was $460,000, in 1986, and his lowest was $437,500, in 1985. The Salary History table lists each season from 1985 to 1986.
What position did Jim Slaton play?: Jim Slaton played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Jim Slaton and how much did he weigh?: Jim Slaton was listed at 6 feet and 185 pounds.
What was Jim Slaton's career ERA?: Jim Slaton finished with a 4.03 career ERA, going 151-158 with 1,191 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Jim Slaton have?: Jim Slaton recorded 1,191 career strikeouts.
Is Jim Slaton in the Hall of Fame?: No. Jim Slaton has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.