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Mike Champion
Robert Michael Champion

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 14, 1976
  vs. SFG 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 24, 1978
Born February 10, 1955 in Montgomery, AL

Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2nd round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1976 21 SDP NL  11   38    4    9   2  0   1    2   0  0   1   3  .237  .256  .368   83   14   1   0   0   0   1
 1977 22 SDP NL 150  507   35  116  14  6   1   43   3  3  27  85  .229  .271  .286   57  145  10   0   3   2   8
 1978 23 SDP NL  32   53    3   12   0  2   0    4   0  0   5  13  .226  .293  .302   74   16   1   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      193  598   42  137  16  8   2   49   3  3  33 101  .229  .272  .293   60  175  12   0   3   2  10
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        502   35  115  13  7   2   41   3  3  28  85  .229  .272  .293   60  147  10   0   3   2   8
 Career High    150  507   35  116  14  6   1   43   3  3  27  85  .229  .271  .286   57  145  10   0   3   2   8
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1976 21 SDP NL   40   31    3   2.6    85| .237  .253| .256  .318| .368  .361| .624  .679|  83  .305  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 1977 22 SDP NL  546  412   39   2.6    94| .229  .257| .271  .323| .286  .392| .557  .715|  57  .253 -30.2  -3.0  50%
 1978 23 SDP NL   59   43    5   3.1    87| .226  .251| .293  .318| .302  .370| .595  .687|  74  .368  -2.0  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       645  486   47   2.6    93| .229  .256| .272  .322| .293  .388| .565  .710|  60  .265 -33.2  -3.3  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1976 21 SDP NL 2B 11 23 24 3 2 .940 .975 4.27 4.93 4.94 5.48 10 85.7 1977 22 SDP NL 2B 149 301 348 17 82 .974 .977 4.36 4.47 4.71 5.24 142 1239.7 1978 23 SDP NL 2B 20 24 44 5 12 .932 .977 3.40 4.34 5.23 5.30 12 117.0 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.25 2.52 1.08 3.04 0 8.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1976 21 SDP NL 2B 11 23 24 3 2 .940 .975 4.27 4.93 4.94 5.48 10 85.7 1977 22 SDP NL 2B 149 301 348 17 82 .974 .977 4.36 4.47 4.71 5.24 142 1239.7 1978 23 SDP NL 2B 20 24 44 5 12 .932 .977 3.40 4.34 5.23 5.30 12 117.0 1978 23 SDP NL 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.25 2.52 1.08 3.04 0 8.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 180 348 416 25 96 .968 .977 4.24 4.48 4.77 5.26 164 1442.3 3B* 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.25 2.52 1.08 3.04 0 8.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 184 348 417 25 96 .968 .977 4.16 4.44 4.75 5.25 164 1451
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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.

Youngest Player
1976 NL-21-10

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 5, 1973: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2nd round of the 1973 amateur draft.

April 3, 1979: Sent by the San Diego Padres to the Cleveland Indians to complete an earlier deal made on March 30, 1979. The San Diego Padres sent a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians for Dan Briggs. The San Diego Padres sent Mike Champion (April 3, 1979) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.


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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