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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 (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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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
1965	17	PHI-min	A	7	3	.700	1.20	13	10					75.0	45	20	10	0	26								0.947	5.4	0.0	3.1			HUR · NORL
1966	18	PHI-min	A	9	5	.643	4.75	24	20					127.0	131	74	67	14	78								1.646	9.3	1.0	5.5			BAK · CALL
1967	19	PHI-min	A	6	9	.400	3.03	18	18					110.0	98	51	37	9	58		90						1.418	8.0	0.7	4.7	7.4	1.55	TID · CARL
1968	20	PHI-min	A	15	5	.750	2.03	24	23					177.0	118	49	40	9	52								0.960	6.0	0.5	2.6			TID · CARL
1969	21	PHI-min	AAA	7	1	.875	1.66	9	9		7	3	0	65.0	38	15	12	2	19	0	48	1	0	2			0.877	5.3	0.3	2.6	6.6	2.53	EUG · PCL
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-min	AAA,AA	10	12	.455	4.90	26	26		9	0	0	169.0	181	108	92	9	76	6	105	3	0	11			1.521	9.6	0.5	4.0	5.6	1.38	EUG,REA · PCL,EL
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	46	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	6	2	0	1	136.1	139	58	56	10	62	4	67	4	1	8	592	102	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	ATL-min	AAA	3	4	.429	4.80	12	7		1	0	0	45.0	48	29	24	4	25	2	19	0	0	5			1.622	9.6	0.8	5.0	3.8	0.76	RMD · IL
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	51	1.973	12.9	0.0	4.8	3.0	0.62
1977	29	PHI-min	AAA	2	5	.286	7.20	29	7		1	0	1	85.0	113	79	68	7	44	5	49	2	0	4			1.847	12.0	0.7	4.7	5.2	1.11	OKC · AA
8 Seasons				34	50	.405	4.69	202	102	23	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	5	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	11	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)			AL	22	19	.537	4.41	105	50	11	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)			NL	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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1969	21	PHI	NL	116.2	20	68	67	-6	1.1	-1	-0.2	$
1970	22	PHI	NL	14.0	1	14	9	-1	.7	-5	-0.5	$
1971	23	PHI	NL	108.2	9	61	57	1	.7	-4	-0.6	$
1972	24	PHI	NL	132.2	22	80	73	-1	1.0	-7	-0.9	$
1973	25	MIL	AL	136.1	11	58	77	0	1.0	19	1.8	$
1974	26	MIL	AL	161.2	23	72	87	2	.9	15	1.5	$
1975	27	MIL	AL	110.0	13	77	68	-3	1.0	-9	-1.1	$
1976	28	MIL	AL	24.1	3	20	13	0	.9	-7	-0.8	$
8 Seasons				804.1	102	450	451	-8	.9	1	-0.8	$

PHI (4 yrs)				372.0	52	223	206	-7	.9	-17	-2.2	$
MIL (4 yrs)				432.1	50	227	245	-1	1.0	18	1.4	$

Standard Batting

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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
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 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rroe	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1969	21	PHI	NL	39	-4	1	3	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	1
1970	22	PHI	NL	3	-1	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
1971	23	PHI	NL	27	-4	0	2	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	1
1972	24	PHI	NL	40	-4	0	3	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$15,000	1
4 Seasons				109	-13	1	8	3	-1	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$15,000

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1969	PHI	NL	21	P	23	20	4	116.2	33	10	22	1	2	.970	2.47	1.39	.958	1.95	1.94	6	1	14%	0
1970	PHI	NL	22	P	7	1	0	14.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.93	0.43	.950	1.86	1.84	0	1	100%	0
1971	PHI	NL	23	P	37	9	0	108.2	32	12	19	1	1	.969	2.57	0.84	.954	1.90	1.90	8	6	43%	1
1972	PHI	NL	24	P	30	22	2	132.2	32	9	22	1	2	.969	2.10	1.03	.950	1.78	1.78	8	4	33%	0
1973	MIL	AL	25	P	37	11	2	136.1	38	7	30	1	4	.974	2.44	1.00	.951	1.86	1.85	9	12	57%	5
1974	MIL	AL	26	P	31	23	2	161.2	35	16	16	3	2	.914	1.78	1.03	.947	1.81	1.80	13	5	28%	3
1975	MIL	AL	27	P	27	13	3	110.0	29	8	19	2	2	.931	2.21	1.00	.940	1.87	1.86	12	7	37%	2
1976	MIL	AL	28	P	10	3	0	24.1	8	2	6	0	0	1.000	2.96	0.80	.950	1.85	1.88	2	2	50%	1
	8 Seasons			P	202	102	13	804.1	210	64	137	9	13	.957	2.25	1.00	.950	1.86	1.85	58	38	40%	12
	8 Seasons			TOT	202	102	13	804.1	210	64	137	9	13	.957	2.25	1.00	.950	1.86	1.85	58	38	40%	12

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor

Pitching - 2 (1694), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 8, 1965: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 3rd round of the 1965 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1965.
October 31, 1972: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Don Money and John Vukovich to the Milwaukee Brewers for Ken Brett, Jim Lonborg, Ken Sanders and Earl Stephenson.
June 20, 1976: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1972	24	Philadelphia Phillies	$15,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database
1973	25	Milwaukee Brewers	$18,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$33,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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