Bubba Church
Emory Nicholas Church
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 12, 1924 in Birmingham, AL
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1950
Final Game: May 1, 1955
Died: September 17, 2001
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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
1950 25 PHI NL 8 6 .571 2.73 31 18 3 8 2 1 142.0 113 50 43 12 56 50 0 0 4 562 149 1.190 7.2 0.8 3.5 3.2 0.89 RoY-4
1951 26 PHI NL 15 11 .577 3.53 38 33 2 15 4 1 247.0 246 107 97 17 90 104 1 0 3 1046 109 1.360 9.0 0.6 3.3 3.8 1.16
1952 27 TOT NL 5 9 .357 4.55 31 23 2 5 1 0 158.1 184 91 80 21 49 50 4 0 1 661 83 1.472 10.5 1.2 2.8 2.8 1.02
1952 27 PHI NL 0 0 10.80 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 11 6 6 0 1 3 1 0 0 28 34 2.400 19.8 0.0 1.8 5.4 3.00
1952 27 CIN NL 5 9 .357 4.34 29 22 2 5 1 0 153.1 173 85 74 21 48 47 3 0 1 633 87 1.441 10.2 1.2 2.8 2.8 0.98
1953 28 TOT NL 7 8 .467 5.29 38 18 6 3 0 1 148.0 170 99 87 25 68 59 4 0 2 670 83 1.608 10.3 1.5 4.1 3.6 0.87
1953 28 CIN NL 3 3 .500 5.98 11 7 2 2 0 0 43.2 55 32 29 9 19 12 2 0 0 196 72 1.695 11.3 1.9 3.9 2.5 0.63
1953 28 CHC NL 4 5 .444 5.00 27 11 4 1 0 1 104.1 115 67 58 16 49 47 2 0 2 474 88 1.572 9.9 1.4 4.2 4.1 0.96
1954 29 CHC NL 1 3 .250 9.82 7 3 2 1 0 0 14.2 21 18 16 8 13 8 0 0 0 76 43 2.318 12.9 4.9 8.0 4.9 0.62
1955 30 CHC NL 0 0 5.40 2 0 1 0 0 1 3.1 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 15 76 1.500 10.8 2.7 2.7 8.1 3.00
6 Seasons 36 37 .493 4.10 147 95 16 32 7 4 713.1 738 367 325 84 277 0 274 9 0 10 3030 97 1.423 9.3 1.1 3.5 3.5 0.99
162 Game Avg. 10 10 .493 4.10 41 27 4 9 2 1 200 207 103 91 24 78 77 3 0 3 851 97 1.423 9.3 1.1 3.5 3.5 0.99
PHI (3 yrs) 23 17 .575 3.34 71 52 5 23 6 2 394.0 370 163 146 29 147 157 2 0 7 1636 117 1.312 8.5 0.7 3.4 3.6 1.07
CHC (3 yrs) 5 8 .385 5.59 36 14 7 2 0 2 122.1 140 87 76 25 63 0 58 2 0 2 565 78 1.659 10.3 1.8 4.6 4.3 0.92
CIN (2 yrs) 8 12 .400 4.71 40 29 4 7 1 0 197.0 228 117 103 30 67 59 5 0 1 829 83 1.497 10.4 1.4 3.1 2.7 0.88

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
1954 29 CHC NL 7 76 60 18 21 1 0 8 3 0 13 8 .350 .466 .767 1.232 .295 46 0 0 3 0
1955 30 CHC NL 2 15 14 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .286 .333 .500 .833 .300 7 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 9 91 74 20 25 1 0 9 3 0 14 11 .338 .443 .716 1.159 .296 53 0 0 3 0 0
162 Game Avg. 51 516 419 113 142 6 0 51 17 0 79 62 .338 .443 .716 1.159 .296 300 0 0 17 0
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
1954 29 CHC NL 7 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 1 0 1 33% 36 65 21 3 3 0 3 7.6 10.1 3.6
1 Season 7 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 1 0 1 33% 36 65 21 3 3 0 3 7.6 10.1 3.6
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
1954 29 CHC NL 7 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0.872 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 2 3.0
1955 30 CHC NL 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 7.230 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 5.0
2 Seasons 9 6 3 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 0 0% 1.112 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 1 2 3 0 2 3.7

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%
1950 25 PHI NL
1951 26 PHI NL
1952 27 TOT NL
1952 27 PHI NL
1952 27 CIN NL
1953 28 TOT NL
1953 28 CIN NL
1953 28 CHC NL
1954 29 CHC NL 76 37% 10.5% 10.5% 17.1% 11.8% 43% 0.39 58% 10 0 0%
1955 30 CHC NL 15 50% 6.7% 20.0% 6.7% 6.7% 25% 0.00 67% 1 0 0%
6 Seasons 91 38% 92.3% 301.1% 304.4% 11.0% 1% 0.37 59% 11 0 0%
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
1950 25 PHI NL 113 12 4
1951 26 PHI NL 246 17 3
1952 27 TOT NL 184 21 1
1952 27 PHI NL 11 0 0
1952 27 CIN NL 173 21 1
1953 28 TOT NL 170 25 2
1953 28 CIN NL 55 9 0
1953 28 CHC NL 115 16 2
1954 29 CHC NL 51 21 8 0 3 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 0% 0 0 0 20 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
1955 30 CHC NL 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
6 Seasons 53 738 84 0 3 2 1 1 2 3 0 1 0% 0 10 0 22 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38
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+
1950 25 8 6 .571 2.73 31 18 3 8 2 1 142.0 113 50 43 12 56 50 0 0 4 562 149 1.190 7.2 0.8 3.5 3.2 0.89 149
1951 26 23 17 .575 3.24 69 51 5 23 6 2 389.0 359 157 140 29 146 154 1 0 7 1608 121 1.298 8.3 0.7 3.4 3.6 1.05 121
1952 27 28 26 .519 3.62 100 74 7 28 7 2 547.1 543 248 220 50 195 204 5 0 8 2269 107 1.348 8.9 0.8 3.2 3.4 1.05 107
1953 28 35 34 .507 3.97 138 92 13 31 7 3 695.1 713 347 307 75 263 263 9 0 10 2939 100 1.404 9.2 1.0 3.4 3.4 1.00 100
1954 29 36 37 .493 4.09 145 95 15 32 7 3 710.0 734 365 323 83 276 271 9 0 10 3015 97 1.423 9.3 1.1 3.5 3.4 0.98 97
1955 30 36 37 .493 4.10 147 95 16 32 7 4 713.1 738 367 325 84 277 0 274 9 0 10 3030 97 1.423 9.3 1.1 3.5 3.5 0.99 97

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
1950 25 10 5 .667 2.80 138.0 115 48 43 12 57 49 0 1.246 7.5 3.7 3.2 0.86 0.8 31
1951 26 14 13 .519 3.78 245.0 257 114 103 18 94 103 1 1.433 9.4 3.5 3.8 1.10 0.7 38
1952 27 6 10 .375 5.35 148.0 193 98 88 22 51 47 4 1.649 11.7 3.1 2.9 0.92 1.3 31
1953 28 6 10 .375 4.89 151.0 170 91 82 25 68 60 4 1.576 10.1 4.1 3.6 0.88 1.5 38
1954 29 0 1 .000 9.60 15.0 22 18 16 8 14 8 0 2.400 13.2 8.4 4.8 0.57 4.8 7
1955 30 0 0 4.50 4.0 4 2 2 1 1 4 0 1.250 9.0 2.3 9.0 4.00 2.3 2
6 Seasons 36 39 .480 4.29 701.0 761 371 334 86 285 271 9 1.492 9.8 3.5 0.95 1.1 147

* 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

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1951 NL  247.0 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1951 NL  33 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1951 NL  15 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1950 NL  2 (9th)
1951 NL  4 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1952 NL  21 (5th)
1953 NL  25 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1951 NL  90 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1951 NL  246 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 NL  .619 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1951 NL  97 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1951 NL  1046 (7th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1567), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Francisco Barrios (982)
  2. John Tsitouris (980)
  3. Rollie Sheldon (979)
  4. Bill Steele (975)
  5. Albert Williams (975)
  6. Vic Keen (974)
  7. Harry Feldman (972)
  8. Ed Morris (972)
  9. Gene Brabender (969)
  10. Joe Decker (969)
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  1. Roy Sanders (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mike Garcia (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Elmer Knetzer (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Larry Benton (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Rollie Sheldon (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike Bielecki (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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