Bill Champion
Bats: Right , Throws: Right

Born: September 18, 1947 in Shelby, NC
High School: Shelby (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
Final Game: June 5, 1976
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1969 21 PHI NL 5 10 .333 5.01 23 20 1 4 2 1 116.2 130 68 65 7 63 4 70 3 1 6 535 71 1.654 10.0 0.5 4.9 5.4 1.11
1970 22 PHI NL 0 2 .000 9.00 7 1 2 0 0 0 14.0 21 14 14 3 10 2 12 1 0 1 70 45 2.214 13.5 1.9 6.4 7.7 1.20
1971 23 PHI NL 3 5 .375 4.39 37 9 8 0 0 0 108.2 100 61 53 10 48 4 49 3 0 3 466 81 1.362 8.3 0.8 4.0 4.1 1.02
1972 24 PHI NL 4 14 .222 5.09 30 22 1 2 0 0 132.2 155 80 75 11 54 8 54 1 0 7 584 71 1.575 10.5 0.7 3.7 3.7 1.00
1973 25 MIL AL 5 8 .385 3.70 37 11 21 2 0 1 136.1 139 58 56 10 62 4 67 4 1 8 592 101 1.474 9.2 0.7 4.1 4.4 1.08
1974 26 MIL AL 11 4 .733 3.62 31 23 2 2 0 0 161.2 168 72 65 12 49 3 60 0 0 4 680 99 1.342 9.4 0.7 2.7 3.3 1.22
1975 27 MIL AL 6 6 .500 5.89 27 13 2 3 1 0 110.0 125 77 72 11 55 8 40 0 1 3 496 65 1.636 10.2 0.9 4.5 3.3 0.73
1976 28 MIL AL 0 1 .000 7.03 10 3 1 0 0 0 24.1 35 20 19 0 13 2 8 1 0 3 115 50 1.973 12.9 0.0 4.8 3.0 0.62
8 Seasons 34 50 .405 4.69 202 102 38 13 3 2 804.1 873 450 419 64 354 35 360 13 3 35 3538 78 1.525 9.8 0.7 4.0 4.0 1.02
162 Game Avg. 8 11 .405 4.69 45 23 9 3 1 0 180 195 101 94 14 79 8 81 3 1 8 791 78 1.525 9.8 0.7 4.0 4.0 1.02
PHI (4 yrs) 12 31 .279 5.01 97 52 12 6 2 1 372.0 406 223 207 31 175 18 185 8 1 17 1655 72 1.562 9.8 0.8 4.2 4.5 1.06
MIL (4 yrs) 22 19 .537 4.41 105 50 26 7 1 1 432.1 467 227 212 33 179 17 175 5 2 18 1883 84 1.494 9.7 0.7 3.7 3.6 0.98
AL (4 yrs) 22 19 .537 4.41 105 50 26 7 1 1 432.1 467 227 212 33 179 17 175 5 2 18 1883 84 1.494 9.7 0.7 3.7 3.6 0.98
NL (4 yrs) 12 31 .279 5.01 97 52 12 6 2 1 372.0 406 223 207 31 175 18 185 8 1 17 1655 72 1.562 9.8 0.8 4.2 4.5 1.06

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 21 PHI NL 23 535 455 68 130 20 3 7 6 1 63 70 .286 .373 .389 .762 .321 177 9 3 9 5 4
1970 22 PHI NL 7 70 56 14 21 2 1 3 0 1 10 12 .375 .471 .607 1.078 .429 34 1 1 2 1 2
1971 23 PHI NL 37 466 401 61 100 23 3 10 8 6 48 49 .249 .329 .397 .725 .258 159 10 3 7 7 4
1972 24 PHI NL 30 584 515 80 155 33 4 11 8 4 54 54 .301 .366 .445 .811 .317 229 17 1 10 4 8
1973 25 MIL AL 37 592 520 58 139 16 1 10 9 12 62 67 .267 .349 .360 .708 .290 187 11 4 4 2 4
1974 26 MIL AL 31 680 623 72 168 21 4 12 13 5 49 60 .270 .321 .374 .695 .281 233 14 0 3 5 3
1975 27 MIL AL 27 496 431 77 125 15 1 11 12 7 55 40 .290 .367 .406 .773 .296 175 9 0 5 5 8
1976 28 MIL AL 10 115 97 20 35 4 0 0 2 2 13 8 .361 .430 .402 .832 .380 39 4 1 1 3 2
8 Seasons 202 3538 3098 450 873 134 17 64 58 38 354 360 .282 .355 .398 .753 .299 1233 75 13 41 32 35
162 Game Avg. 45 791 693 101 195 30 4 14 13 9 79 81 .282 .355 .398 .753 .299 276 17 3 9 7 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1969 21 PHI NL 23 20 5 9 6 1 2 8 12 .400 1 3 4 2 8 40% 46 84 18 26 14 5 6 4.6 4.0 5.7
1970 22 PHI NL 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 30 30 30 3 3 0 1 3.0 6.0 2.0
1971 23 PHI NL 37 9 2 5 2 0 2 3 6 .333 1 0 0 0 5 56% 45 67 25 25 11 3 2 2.5 3.4 5.3
1972 24 PHI NL 30 22 4 13 5 0 3 7 15 .318 0 3 2 0 10 45% 46 67 23 16 7 8 9 2.9 2.8 5.3
1973 25 MIL AL 37 11 1 5 5 0 1 4 7 .364 4 1 2 0 5 45% 47 68 24 37 11 8 1 3.7 3.7 5.7
1974 26 MIL AL 31 23 11 4 8 2 0 16 7 .696 1 5 2 0 12 52% 51 80 19 31 10 11 5 4.2 3.9 6.1
1975 27 MIL AL 27 13 5 5 3 0 0 7 6 .538 0 1 3 1 6 46% 46 85 18 30 10 6 2 4.3 4.3 5.9
1976 28 MIL AL 10 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32 36 24 9 5 2 1 4.0 5.5 3.6
8 Seasons 202 102 28 43 31 3 8 45 57 .441 7 13 13 3 46 45% 47 85 18 177 71 43 27 3.8 3.8 5.6
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1969 21 PHI NL 23 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 6 1.120 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2.7
1970 22 PHI NL 7 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 4 0.686 1 0 5 0 1 5 3 3 3 2 3 0 6.0
1971 23 PHI NL 37 28 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 19 7 37% 6 0.725 0 7 20 1 1 26 13 15 22 0 23 1 6.6
1972 24 PHI NL 30 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 2 1.036 0 4 4 0 1 7 2 6 6 0 6 0 6.0
1973 25 MIL AL 37 26 21 4 3 2 1 1 50% 2 0 35 8 23% 5 1.007 3 12 10 3 2 21 19 7 21 5 22 3 8.5
1974 26 MIL AL 31 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 56% 3 0.909 0 2 6 0 0 8 4 4 7 0 7 1 8.4
1975 27 MIL AL 27 14 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 15 6 40% 2 0.994 4 5 5 3 2 9 10 4 12 2 13 0 7.0
1976 28 MIL AL 10 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13 6 46% 2 0.941 1 4 2 1 0 6 6 1 5 2 5 0 5.9
8 Seasons 202 100 38 6 7 3 2 1 67% 6 3 101 37 37% 0.963 10 35 53 9 8 83 59 41 77 13 80 6 7.0

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1969 21 PHI NL 535 44% 1.3% 13.1% 11.8% 5.6% 23% 1.12 72% 112 9 8%
1970 22 PHI NL 70 34% 4.3% 17.1% 14.3% 8.6% 29% 1.70 60% 12 1 8%
1971 23 PHI NL 466 41% 2.2% 10.5% 10.3% 7.7% 36% 1.34 75% 98 10 10%
1972 24 PHI NL 584 46% 1.9% 9.3% 9.3% 8.2% 31% 1.47 78% 100 17 17%
1973 25 MIL AL 592 42% 1.7% 11.3% 10.5% 4.6% 19% 0.99 75% 133 11 8%
1974 26 MIL AL 680 42% 1.8% 8.8% 7.2% 5.4% 22% 0.88 82% 132 14 11%
1975 27 MIL AL 496 41% 2.2% 8.1% 11.1% 5.4% 22% 1.09 78% 104 9 9%
1976 28 MIL AL 115 44% 0.0% 7.0% 11.3% 3.5% 11% 1.31 80% 34 4 12%
8 Seasons 3538 43% 1.8% 10.2% 10.0% 6.1% 25% 1.13 76% 725 75 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1969 21 PHI NL 535 130 7 0 8 3 4 2 5 26 14 6 54% 5 6 2 227 6 1 86% 5 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 16 0
1970 22 PHI NL 70 21 3 0 0 2 1 1 2 3 2 0 67% 0 1 0 36 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1971 23 PHI NL 466 100 10 0 13 8 2 4 6 32 16 5 50% 6 3 2 182 8 6 57% 8 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 11 0
1972 24 PHI NL 584 155 11 0 12 5 6 4 7 28 17 1 61% 2 7 2 233 8 4 67% 8 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 16 0
1973 25 MIL AL 592 139 10 0 19 5 5 4 6 29 18 4 62% 6 8 2 241 9 12 43% 8 9 1 2 0 1 6 2 14 0
1974 26 MIL AL 680 168 12 0 15 7 5 8 4 36 19 3 53% 10 4 2 240 13 5 72% 12 5 1 0 0 0 4 0 15 0
1975 27 MIL AL 496 125 11 1 12 4 6 3 7 43 23 5 53% 8 3 1 192 12 7 63% 11 6 1 1 0 0 4 0 15 0
1976 28 MIL AL 115 35 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 15 10 3 67% 2 3 0 55 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 7 0
8 Seasons 3538 873 64 1 86 34 29 26 37 212 119 27 56% 39 35 11 1406 58 38 60% 53 30 4 7 1 1 22 5 96 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1969 21 5 10 .333 5.01 23 20 1 4 2 1 116.2 130 68 65 7 63 4 70 3 1 6 535 71 1.654 10.0 0.5 4.9 5.4 1.11 71
1970 22 5 12 .294 5.44 30 21 3 4 2 1 130.2 151 82 79 10 73 6 82 4 1 7 605 66 1.714 10.4 0.7 5.0 5.6 1.12 66
1971 23 8 17 .320 4.96 67 30 11 4 2 1 239.1 251 143 132 20 121 10 131 7 1 10 1071 72 1.554 9.4 0.8 4.6 4.9 1.08 72
1972 24 12 31 .279 5.01 97 52 12 6 2 1 372.0 406 223 207 31 175 18 185 8 1 17 1655 72 1.562 9.8 0.8 4.2 4.5 1.06 72
1973 25 17 39 .304 4.66 134 63 33 8 2 2 508.1 545 281 263 41 237 22 252 12 2 25 2247 78 1.538 9.6 0.7 4.2 4.5 1.06 78
1974 26 28 43 .394 4.41 165 86 35 10 2 2 670.0 713 353 328 53 286 25 312 12 2 29 2927 82 1.491 9.6 0.7 3.8 4.2 1.09 82
1975 27 34 49 .410 4.62 192 99 37 13 3 2 780.0 838 430 400 64 341 33 352 12 3 32 3423 79 1.512 9.7 0.7 3.9 4.1 1.03 79
1976 28 34 50 .405 4.69 202 102 38 13 3 2 804.1 873 450 419 64 354 35 360 13 3 35 3538 78 1.525 9.8 0.7 4.0 4.0 1.02 78

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1969 21 4 8 .333 5.81 110.0 136 79 71 7 66 66 3 1.836 11.1 5.4 5.4 1.00 0.6 23
1970 22 0 1 .000 9.69 13.0 21 16 14 3 10 11 1 2.385 14.5 6.9 7.6 1.10 2.1 7
1971 23 4 7 .364 5.07 103.0 105 64 58 10 50 46 3 1.505 9.2 4.4 4.0 0.92 0.9 37
1972 24 4 10 .286 6.02 127.0 168 94 85 12 59 52 1 1.787 11.9 4.2 3.7 0.88 0.9 30
1973 25 6 7 .462 4.50 126.0 146 70 63 11 65 62 4 1.675 10.4 4.6 4.4 0.95 0.8 37
1974 26 7 9 .438 4.59 149.0 181 84 76 13 53 55 0 1.570 10.9 3.2 3.3 1.04 0.8 31
1975 27 3 8 .273 6.90 103.0 131 88 79 12 58 37 0 1.835 11.4 5.1 3.2 0.64 1.0 27
1976 28 0 2 .000 9.86 21.0 38 26 23 0 14 7 1 2.476 16.3 6.0 3.0 0.50 0.0 10
8 Seasons 28 52 .350 5.61 752.0 926 521 469 68 375 336 13 1.730 11.1 4.0 0.90 0.8 202

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Losses s c a p y
1972 NL  14 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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