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Bill Campbell

William Richard Campbell (Soup)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 9, 1948 in Highland Park, MI
High School: Ganesha HS (Pomona, CA)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 14, 1973
Teams (by GP): Twins/RedSox/Cubs/Phillies/Cardinals/... 1973-1987
Agents: LaRue Harcourt [*]
Final Game: April 30, 1987
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1973 24 MIN AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 25 MIN AL 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 26 MIN AL 47 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 27 MIN AL 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-7,MVP-8
1977 28 BOS AL 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-10
1978 29 BOS AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 30 BOS AL 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 31 BOS AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 32 BOS AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 33 CHC NL 62 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -20 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 34 CHC NL 82 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -45 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
1984 35 PHI NL 57 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 36 STL NL 50 9 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 .333 .556 .333 .889 155 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 37 DET AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 38 MON NL 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
15 Yrs 700 30 26 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 10 .154 .267 .154 .421 19 4 1 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .154 .267 .154 .421 19 1 0 0 0 0 0
BOS (5 yrs) 192 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIN (4 yrs) 216 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (2 yrs) 144 17 17 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .118 .118 .118 .235 -35 2 1 0 0 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 57 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
STL (1 yr) 50 9 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 .333 .556 .333 .889 155 2 0 0 0 0 0
MON (1 yr) 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 46 0 0 0 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (10 yrs) 442 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 258 29 25 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 9 .160 .276 .160 .436 24 4 1 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1973 24 MIN AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1974 25 MIN AL 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $ 1
1975 26 MIN AL 47 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $22,000 1
1976 27 MIN AL 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $23,000 1 CYA-7,MVP-8
1977 28 BOS AL 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $200,000 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-10
1978 29 BOS AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $200,000 1
1979 30 BOS AL 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $200,000 1
1980 31 BOS AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $200,000 1
1981 32 BOS AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $200,000 1
1982 33 CHC NL 62 7 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 -0 $ 1
1983 34 CHC NL 82 10 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1984 35 PHI NL 57 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 -0 $ 1
1985 36 STL NL 50 9 1 -0 0 0 1 1 0.2 0 2 0.2 .503 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $457,500 1
1986 37 DET AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $200,000 1
1987 38 MON NL 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .504 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
15 Seasons 700 30 -3 -0 0 0 4 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .500 .500 0.1 0.6 1 $1,702,500
BOS (5 yrs) 192 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.2 0 $1,000,000
MIN (4 yrs) 216 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.2 -0 $45,000
CHC (2 yrs) 144 17 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 -1 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.1 -0 $
PHI (1 yr) 57 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 -0 $
STL (1 yr) 50 9 1 -0 0 0 1 1 0.2 0 2 0.2 .503 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $457,500
MON (1 yr) 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .504 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
DET (1 yr) 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $200,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1975 26 MIN AL 1 1 0 0.0 94 .000 .260 .000 .330 .000 .382 .000 .712 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1982 33 CHC NL 7 6 0 0.0 96 .250 .143 .268 .143 .331 .143 .389 .286 .721 -20 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .167 .000 .000
1983 34 CHC NL 10 10 0 0.0 100 .143 .100 .268 .100 .337 .100 .397 .200 .734 -45 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .100 .000 .000
1984 35 PHI NL 1 1 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .266 .000 .331 .000 .386 .000 .717 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1985 36 STL NL 9 5 1 5.4 95 .500 .333 .260 .556 .328 .333 .388 .889 .715 155 .612 0.8 0.1 .800 .333 .000
1987 38 MON NL 2 1 0 0.0 108 .000 .273 .500 .342 .000 .425 .500 .768 46 .000 0.0 0.0 1.000 1.000 .000
15 Yrs 30 24 1 1.1 98 .250 .154 .266 .267 .333 .154 .393 .421 .726 19 .080 -2.8 -0.3 .292 .115 .000
162 Game Avg. 7 6 0 1.1 98 .250 .154 .266 .267 .333 .154 .393 .421 .726 19 .080 -2.8 -0.3 .292 .115 .000
CHC (2 yrs) 17 16 0 0.0 98 .182 .118 .268 .118 .335 .118 .394 .235 .728 -35 .000 -3.2 -0.3 .125 .000 .000
MIN (4 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 94 .000 .260 .000 .330 .000 .382 .000 .712 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
PHI (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .266 .000 .331 .000 .386 .000 .717 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
STL (1 yr) 9 5 1 5.4 95 .500 .333 .260 .556 .328 .333 .388 .889 .715 155 .612 0.8 0.1 .800 .333 .000
MON (1 yr) 2 1 0 0.0 108 .000 .273 .500 .342 .000 .425 .500 .768 46 .000 0.0 0.0 1.000 1.000 .000
NL (5 yrs) 29 23 1 1.2 98 .250 .160 .266 .276 .333 .160 .393 .436 .726 24 .086 -2.6 -0.3 .304 .120 .000
AL (10 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 94 .000 .260 .000 .330 .000 .382 .000 .712 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1985 36 STL NL NLCS LAD W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 36 STL NL WS KCR L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (2 Series) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1977 BOS AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1975 26 MIN AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1982 33 CHC NL 7 0.0% 42.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.3 2.00 57%
1983 34 CHC NL 10 0.0% 30.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.3 10.0 2.50 70%
1984 35 PHI NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
1985 36 STL NL 9 0.0% 22.2% 33.3% 0.0% 0% 0.67 3.0 6.0 44%
1987 38 MON NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 50.0% 0.0% 1.00 1.0 0%
15 Yrs 30 0.0% 33.3% 13.3% 0.0% 0% 2.50 2.6 13.0 2.25 53%
MLB Averages 2.1% 13.5% 8.6% 6.5% 28% 1.57 6.6 43.4 8.5 1.09 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1973 24 MIN AL 0.0 0.0
1974 25 MIN AL 0.0 0.0
1975 26 MIN AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.75 -0.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.61 -0.2 0
1976 27 MIN AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1977 28 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1978 29 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1979 30 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1980 31 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1981 32 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1982 33 CHC NL -1.2 -0.1 7 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 .90 -0.1 0.0 -1.0 -0.1 0.93 -1.0 0
1983 34 CHC NL -2.0 -0.2 10 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .51 -0.2 -0.2 -1.9 -0.2 0.91 -2.1 0
1984 35 PHI NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .07 -0.0 -0.0 -0.3 -0.0 1.18 -0.3 0
1985 36 STL NL 0.8 0.1 10 0.1 0.1 -0.0 .39 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.88 0.7 0
1986 37 DET AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1987 38 MON NL 0.0 0.0 2 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .64 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.74 0.2 0
15 Yrs -2.8 -0.3 31 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 .59 -0.3 -0.0 -2.6 -0.3 0.89 -2.7 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1975 26 MIN AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 33 CHC NL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 34 CHC NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 35 PHI NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 36 STL NL 0 0 40% 6 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1987 38 MON NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 0 0 25% 12 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1975 26 MIN AL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 33 CHC NL 7 71% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1983 34 CHC NL 10 80% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 6 1 17% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1984 35 PHI NL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1985 36 STL NL 9 33% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 6 1 17% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1987 38 MON NL 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 30 67% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 5 2 40% 16 2 13% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
MLB Averages 57% 79% 11% 35% 15% 51% 54%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1975 26 138 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 27 216 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 28 285 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 29 314 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 30 355 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 31 378 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 32 408 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 33 470 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250 -30 1 0 0 0 0 0
1983 34 552 18 18 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .111 .111 .111 .222 -39 2 1 0 0 0 0
1984 35 609 19 19 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .105 .105 .105 .211 -42 2 1 0 0 0 0
1985 36 659 28 25 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 9 .160 .250 .160 .410 16 4 1 0 0 0 0
1986 37 693 28 25 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 9 .160 .250 .160 .410 16 4 1 0 0 0 0
1987 38 700 30 26 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 10 .154 .267 .154 .421 19 4 1 0 0 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1975 26 47 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 47
1982 33 62 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 62
1983 34 82 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 82
1984 35 57 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 57
1985 36 50 9 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 .333 .556 .333 .889 1 50
1987 38 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 7
6 Yrs 305 30 26 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 10 .077 .200 .077 .277 1 305
162 Game Avg. 162 16 14 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 .077 .200 .077 .277 1 305

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1993 BBWAA ( 0.2%)

All-Star Games
1977 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1976 AL Rolaids Relief
1977 AL Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1976 AL (8, 17%)
1977 AL (10, 17%)
0.34 Career Shares (569th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1976 AL (7, 6%)
1977 AL (5, 18%)
0.24 Career Shares (147th)

Oldest s c a p y
1987 NL  born 1948-08-09 (9th)

                           

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