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Bill Champion

Bats Right, Throws Right

Debut June 4, 1969
  vs. SDP 8.0 IP, 6 H, 5 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, L
Final Game June 5, 1976
Born September 18, 1947 in Shelby, NC

Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 3rd round of the 1965 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1965. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1969 21 PHI NL   5  10  23  20   4   2   1  1  116.7  130   68   65   7   63   70   3   6   535   4   1  5.01  3.56   71 1.654
 1970 22 PHI NL   0   2   7   1   0   0   2  0   14.0   21   14   14   3   10   12   1   1    70   2   0  9.00  4.01   45 2.214
 1971 23 PHI NL   3   5  37   9   0   0   8  0  108.7  100   61   53  10   48   49   3   3   466   4   0  4.39  3.54   81 1.362
 1972 24 PHI NL   4  14  30  22   2   0   1  0  132.7  155   80   75  11   54   54   1   7   584   8   0  5.09  3.59   71 1.575
 1973 25 MIL AL   5   8  37  11   2   0  21  1  136.3  139   58   56  10   62   67   4   8   592   4   1  3.70  3.75  101 1.474
 1974 26 MIL AL  11   4  31  23   2   0   2  0  161.7  168   72   65  12   49   60   0   4   680   3   0  3.62  3.59   99 1.342
 1975 27 MIL AL   6   6  27  13   3   1   2  0  110.0  125   77   72  11   55   40   0   3   496   8   1  5.89  3.83   65 1.636
 1976 28 MIL AL   0   1  10   3   0   0   1  0   24.3   35   20   19   0   13    8   1   3   115   2   0  7.03  3.49   50 1.973
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .405  34  50 202 102  13   3  38  2  804.3  873  450  419  64  354  360  13  35  3538  35   3  4.69  3.64   78 1.525
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7  11  45  22   2   0   8  0  179.7  195  100   93  14   79   80   2   7   791   7   0  4.69  3.64   78 1.525
 Career High     11  14  37  23   4   2  21  1  161.7  168   80   75  12   63   70   4   8   680   8   1  3.62  3.83  101 1.342

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1969 21 PHI NL  23   35    4    6   1  0   0    2   0  0   1  12  .171  .194  .200   12    7   3   0   0   0   0
 1970 22 PHI NL   7    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1971 23 PHI NL  37   27    0    3   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   9  .111  .111  .148  -27    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1972 24 PHI NL  32   34    1    5   0  0   1    1   0  0   1  16  .147  .171  .235   14    8   5   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      204   99    5   14   2  0   1    5   0  0   2  39  .141  .158  .192   -1   19   8   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         79    4   11   2  0   1    4   0  0   2  31  .141  .158  .192   -1   15   6   0   0   0   1
 Career High     37   35    4    6   1  0   1    2   0  0   1  16                           8   5   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1969 21 PHI NL   39   32    2   1.7    93| .171  .257| .194  .327| .200  .381| .394  .708|  12  .158  -4.2  -0.4   0%
 1970 22 PHI NL    3    3    0   0.0   102| .000  .265| .000  .337| .000  .404| .000  .741|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1971 23 PHI NL   27   24    0   0.0    92| .111  .260| .111  .326| .148  .380| .259  .706| -27  .000  -4.5  -0.5   0%
 1972 24 PHI NL   40   35    1   0.8    93| .147  .259| .171  .327| .235  .382| .406  .710|  14  .045  -4.1  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       109   94    3   0.9    93| .141  .259| .158  .327| .192  .382| .350  .709|  -1  .054 -13.6  -1.4   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1969 21 PHI NL P 23 10 22 1 2 .970 .958 1.39 0.78 2.47 1.95 20 116.7 1970 22 PHI NL P 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 0.43 0.71 1.93 1.86 1 14.0 1971 23 PHI NL P 37 12 19 1 1 .969 .954 0.84 0.78 2.57 1.90 9 108.7 1972 24 PHI NL P 30 9 22 1 2 .969 .951 1.03 0.73 2.10 1.78 22 132.7 1973 25 MIL AL P 37 7 30 1 4 .974 .951 1.00 0.86 2.44 1.86 11 136.3 1974 26 MIL AL P 31 16 16 3 2 .914 .947 1.03 0.83 1.78 1.81 23 161.7 1975 27 MIL AL P 27 8 19 2 2 .931 .941 1.00 0.85 2.21 1.87 13 110.0 1976 28 MIL AL P 10 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.80 0.85 2.96 1.85 3 24.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1969 21 PHI NL P 23 10 22 1 2 .970 .958 1.39 0.78 2.47 1.95 20 116.7 1970 22 PHI NL P 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 0.43 0.71 1.93 1.86 1 14.0 1971 23 PHI NL P 37 12 19 1 1 .969 .954 0.84 0.78 2.57 1.90 9 108.7 1972 24 PHI NL P 30 9 22 1 2 .969 .951 1.03 0.73 2.10 1.78 22 132.7 1973 25 MIL AL P 37 7 30 1 4 .974 .951 1.00 0.86 2.44 1.86 11 136.3 1974 26 MIL AL P 31 16 16 3 2 .914 .947 1.03 0.83 1.78 1.81 23 161.7 1975 27 MIL AL P 27 8 19 2 2 .931 .941 1.00 0.85 2.21 1.87 13 110.0 1976 28 MIL AL P 10 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.80 0.85 2.96 1.85 3 24.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 202 64 137 9 13 .957 .950 1.00 0.81 2.25 1.86 102 804.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 202 64 137 9 13 .957 .950 1.00 0.81 2.25 1.86 102 804
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Won-Loss %
1974 AL-.733-1

Losses
1972 NL-14-10

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (547) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2073) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (1456) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 8, 1965: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 3rd round of the 1965 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1965.

October 31, 1972: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Don Money and John Vukovich to the Milwaukee Brewers for Jim Lonborg, Ken Sanders, Ken Brett, and Earl Stephenson.

June 20, 1976: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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