Bill Campbell
William Richard Campbell (Soup)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 9, 1948 in Highland Park, MI
High School: Ganesha (Pomona, CA)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 14, 1973
Final Game: April 30, 1987
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1973 MIN AL 24 P 28 2 51.2 11 2 8 1 0 .909 1.74 0.36 .955 1.86 0.86
1974 MIN AL 25 P 63 0 120.1 28 10 16 2 3 .929 1.94 0.41 .946 1.81 0.83
1975 MIN AL 26 P 47 7 121.0 31 12 18 1 2 .968 2.23 0.64 .939 1.87 0.85
1976 MIN AL 27 P 78 0 167.2 33 12 20 1 1 .970 1.72 0.41 .948 1.87 0.85 CYA-7,MVP-8
1977 BOS AL 28 P 69 0 140.0 40 19 20 1 2 .975 2.51 0.57 .948 1.95 0.84 AS,CYA-5,MVP-10
1978 BOS AL 29 P 29 0 50.2 17 10 6 1 0 .941 2.84 0.55 .953 1.90 0.85
1979 BOS AL 30 P 41 0 54.2 21 10 11 0 1 1.000 3.46 0.51 .948 1.93 0.81
1980 BOS AL 31 P 23 0 41.1 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.09 0.22 .960 1.85 0.77
1981 BOS AL 32 P 30 0 48.1 12 4 7 1 0 .917 2.05 0.37 .967 1.97 0.81
1982 CHC NL 33 P 62 0 100.0 33 10 23 0 1 1.000 2.97 0.53 .948 1.96 0.70
1983 CHC NL 34 P 82 0 122.1 41 15 24 2 0 .951 2.87 0.48 .951 1.92 0.68
1984 PHI NL 35 P 57 0 81.1 11 6 5 0 0 1.000 1.22 0.19 .955 1.88 0.67
1985 STL NL 36 P 50 0 64.1 7 0 6 1 0 .857 0.84 0.12 .957 1.92 0.68
1986 DET AL 37 P 34 0 55.2 12 6 4 2 1 .833 1.62 0.29 .967 1.83 0.68
1987 MON NL 38 P 7 0 10.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80 0.29 .950 1.89 0.61
15 Seasons P 700 9 1229.1 304 119 172 13 11 .957 2.13 0.42 .950 1.89 0.77
15 Seasons TOT 700 9 1229.1 304 119 172 13 11 .957 2.13 0.42 .907 1.89 0.77

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1973 MIN AL 24 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 MIN AL 25 63 0 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 MIN AL 26 47 0 2 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 MIN AL 27 78 0 3 78 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 BOS AL 28 69 0 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 BOS AL 29 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 BOS AL 30 41 0 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 BOS AL 31 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 BOS AL 32 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CHC NL 33 62 0 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CHC NL 34 82 0 82 82 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 PHI NL 35 57 0 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 STL NL 36 50 0 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 DET AL 37 34 0 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 MON NL 38 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 700 0 264 700 700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1973 MIN AL 24 226 72% 29% 8 88% 0 2 0 2 7 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 50%
1974 MIN AL 25 537 73% 23% 22 91% 0 10 2 5 17 12 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 3 0 7 86%
1975 MIN AL 26 534 77% 27% 23 100% 1 12 4 6 18 15 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 3 100%
1976 MIN AL 27 741 75% 27% 20 85% 0 12 0 11 19 16 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 100%
1977 BOS AL 28 596 70% 26% 24 92% 0 20 0 15 20 18 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 9 89%
1978 BOS AL 29 233 73% 20% 11 91% 1 10 2 5 6 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 86%
1979 BOS AL 30 252 81% 30% 12 92% 0 10 1 8 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 75%
1980 BOS AL 31 192 80% 28% 2 100% 0 3 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 BOS AL 32 215 73% 21% 9 89% 0 4 1 3 7 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1982 CHC NL 33 444 75% 27% 28 89% 2 9 1 7 23 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 86%
1983 CHC NL 34 565 74% 24% 28 93% 0 15 2 12 25 19 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 89%
1984 PHI NL 35 368 76% 24% 6 100% 0 6 0 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1985 STL NL 36 283 77% 27% 6 83% 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1986 DET AL 37 237 75% 27% 7 71% 0 6 1 4 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 50%
1987 MON NL 38 58 86% 24% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 5481 75% 26% 208 91% 4 119 14 85 171 140 9 13 1 5 7 8 12 5 12 0 59 85%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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