Bill Champion

Buford Billy Champion

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 188 lb.

Born: September 18, 1947 in Shelby, NC
High School: Shelby HS (Shelby, NC)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 3rd round of the 1965 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 4, 1969
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Phillies 1969-1976

Final Game: June 5, 1976
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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
1965	17	PHI-min	A	13	26	26		7	2	0	1						.269	.269	.462	.731		12							HUR · NORL
1966	18	PHI-min	A	25	50	50		12	0	0	0						.240	.240	.240	.480		12							BAK · CALL
1967	19	PHI-min	A	18	43	42	0	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	8	.143	.163	.190	.353		8							TID · CARL
1968	20	PHI-min	A	24	66	66		13	1	0	0						.197	.197	.212	.409		14							TID · CARL
1969	21	PHI-min	AAA	9	25	23	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.261	.261	.261	.522		6		0	2	0			EUG · PCL
1969	21	PHI	NL	23	39	35	4	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	12	.171	.194	.200	.394	12	7	0	0	3	0	0	1
1970	22	PHI-min	AAA,AA	26	65	61	7	14	1	1	1	4	0	0	1	13	.230	.242	.328	.570		20		0	3	0			EUG,REA · PCL,EL
1970	22	PHI	NL	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1971	23	PHI	NL	37	27	27	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	.111	.111	.148	.259	-27	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1972	24	PHI	NL	32	40	34	1	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	16	.147	.171	.235	.407	14	8	1	0	5	0	0	1
1973	25	MIL	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1974	26	MIL	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1975	27	MIL	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1976	28	ATL-min	AAA	12	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			RMD · IL
1976	28	MIL	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1977	29	PHI-min	AAA	29	27	22	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.227	.320	.318	.638		7		0	2	0			OKC · AA
8 Yrs				204	109	99	5	14	2	0	1	5	0	0	2	39	.141	.158	.192	.350	-1	19	1	0	8	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	87	79	4	11	2	0	1	4	0	0	2	31	.141	.158	.192	.350	-1	15	1	0	6	0	0

PHI (4 yrs)				99	109	99	5	14	2	0	1	5	0	0	2	39	.141	.158	.192	.350	-1	19	1	0	8	0	0
MIL (4 yrs)				105	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				105	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (4 yrs)				99	109	99	5	14	2	0	1	5	0	0	2	39	.141	.158	.192	.350	-1	19	1	0	8	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
1969	21	PHI	NL	23	39	-3	0	0	0	5	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.509	.501	0.2	0.0	3	$	1
1970	22	PHI	NL	7	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.494	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1971	23	PHI	NL	37	27	-4	-0	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	0.0	0	$	1
1972	24	PHI	NL	32	40	-4	-0	-0	0	4	-1	-0.1	1	1	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	1	$15,000	1
1973	25	MIL	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$18,000	1
1974	26	MIL	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1975	27	MIL	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1976	28	MIL	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
8 Seasons				204	109	-12	-0	0	0	12	0	0.1	3	4	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.2	4	$33,000

PHI (4 yrs)				99	109	-12	-0	0	0	12	0	0.1	3	4	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	4	$15,000
MIL (4 yrs)				105	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$18,000

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
1969	21	PHI	NL	39	32	2	1.7	93	.261	.171	.257	.194	.327	.200	.381	.394	.708	12	.159	-4.2	-0.4	.276	.057	.029
1970	22	PHI	NL	3	3	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.263	.000	.336	.000	.402	.000	.738	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1971	23	PHI	NL	27	24	0	0.0	92	.167	.111	.260	.111	.326	.148	.380	.259	.706	-27	.000	-4.5	-0.5	.167	.037	.037
1972	24	PHI	NL	40	35	1	0.8	93	.235	.147	.259	.171	.327	.235	.382	.407	.710	14	.045	-4.1	-0.4	.300	.118	.088	.0
8 Yrs				109	94	3	0.9	93	.220	.141	.259	.158	.327	.192	.382	.350	.709	-1	.054	-13.6	-1.4	.244	.071	.051	.0
162 Game Avg.				87	75	2	0.9	93	.220	.141	.259	.158	.327	.192	.382	.350	.709	-1	.054	-13.6	-1.4	.244	.071	.051

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1969	21	PHI	NL	39	0.0%	30.8%	2.6%	2.6%	17%	12.00	2.9		17.5	1.38	59%
1970	22	PHI	NL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5			0.00	33%
1971	23	PHI	NL	27	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	3.7%	33%		3.0		13.5	4.00	67%
1972	24	PHI	NL	40	2.5%	40.0%	2.5%	2.5%	20%	16.00	2.1	34.0	34.0	1.22	43%
8 Yrs				109	0.9%	35.8%	1.8%	2.8%	21%	19.50	2.5	99.0	19.8	1.62	54%
MLB Averages					1.9%	14.0%	8.8%	6.0%	27%	1.59	6.4	46.2	9.0	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1969	21	PHI	NL	-4.2	-0.4	39	-0.1	0.5	-0.5	.89	-0.3	0.2	-1.4	-0.1	0.89	-2.7	0
1970	22	PHI	NL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.67	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.70	-0.8	0
1971	23	PHI	NL	-4.5	-0.5	27	-0.4	0.3	-0.6	1.08	-0.4	0.0	-3.1	-0.3	0.99	-3.5	0
1972	24	PHI	NL	-4.1	-0.4	40	-0.5	0.4	-0.9	1.09	-0.5	0.0	-5.4	-0.6	0.95	-5.1	0
1973	25	MIL	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1974	26	MIL	AL	0.0	0.0
1975	27	MIL	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1976	28	MIL	AL	0.0	0.0
8 Yrs				-13.6	-1.4	109	-1.0	1.1	-2.1	1.00	-1.2	0.2	-10.4	-1.1	0.93	-12.1	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1969	21	PHI	NL	2	57%	9	1	50%	1	1	1	0	1
1970	22	PHI	NL	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0
1971	23	PHI	NL	1	0%	4	0	0%	0	0	1	1	0
1972	24	PHI	NL	0	0%	11	0		0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				3	27%	24	1	33%	1	1	2	1	1

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
1969	21	PHI	NL	39	31%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	60%	6	0	0%	6	1	17%	20	3	15%	0	0		0	0		0
1970	22	PHI	NL	3	33%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1971	23	PHI	NL	27	26%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	4	1	25%	20	2	10%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1972	24	PHI	NL	40	30%	5			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	7	5	71%	9	1	11%	10	3	30%	21	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
8 Yrs				109	29%	14			0	0	0	0		1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	13	8	62%	20	1	5%	21	5	24%	62	5	8%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			75%			11%			32%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1969	21	23	39	35	4	6	1	0	2	1	12	.171	.194	.200	.394	12	7	0	3
1970	22	30	42	38	4	6	1	0	2	1	14	.158	.179	.184	.364	3	7	0	3
1971	23	67	69	65	4	9	2	0	4	1	23	.138	.152	.169	.321	-9	11	0	3
1972	24	99	109	99	5	14	2	1	5	2	39	.141	.158	.192	.350	-1	19	1	8
1973	25	136	109	99	5	14	2	1	5	2	39	.141	.158	.192	.350	-1	19	1	8
1974	26	167	109	99	5	14	2	1	5	2	39	.141	.158	.192	.350	-1	19	1	8
1975	27	194	109	99	5	14	2	1	5	2	39	.141	.158	.192	.350	-1	19	1	8
1976	28	204	109	99	5	14	2	1	5	2	39	.141	.158	.192	.350	-1	19	1	8

Neutralized Batting

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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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1969	21	23	40	36	6	7	1	0	3	1	12	.194	.216	.222	.438	2	23
1970	22	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7
1971	23	37	29	29	0	5	2	0	5	0	9	.172	.172	.241	.414	1	37
1972	24	33	42	36	2	6	0	1	2	1	17	.167	.189	.250	.439	2	32
4 Yrs		100	114	104	8	18	3	1	10	2	40	.173	.189	.231	.419	5	99
162 Game Avg.		162	185	168	13	29	5	2	16	3	65	.173	.189	.231	.419	8	99

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