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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

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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 Awards
1950 25 PHI NL 39 48 44 4 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 .182 .200 .227 .427 13 10 2 1 3 1 RoY-4
1951 26 PHI NL 39 94 86 8 22 3 0 1 7 0 0 1 16 .256 .264 .326 .590 58 28 2 0 7 1
1952 27 TOT NL 34 53 51 5 12 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 7 .235 .250 .333 .583 60 17 0 0 1 1
1952 27 PHI NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1952 27 CIN NL 32 52 50 5 12 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 7 .240 .255 .340 .595 64 17 0 0 1 1
1953 28 TOT NL 39 51 48 4 11 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 10 .229 .260 .333 .593 52 16 1 0 1 1
1953 28 CIN NL 12 16 15 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .267 .313 .400 .713 84 6 0 0 0 1
1953 28 CHC NL 27 35 33 1 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 .212 .235 .303 .538 38 10 1 0 1 1
1954 29 CHC NL 8 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1955 30 CHC NL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
6 Seasons 162 252 235 21 53 9 0 3 13 0 0 4 42 .226 .242 .302 .544 45 71 5 1 12 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 252 235 21 53 9 0 3 13 0 4 42 .226 .242 .302 .544 45 71 5 1 12
PHI (3 yrs) 80 143 131 12 30 5 0 1 8 0 0 1 25 .229 .241 .290 .531 42 38 4 1 10
CHC (3 yrs) 38 41 39 1 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 .179 .200 .256 .456 17 10 1 0 1 0 0
CIN (2 yrs) 44 68 65 8 16 4 0 1 4 0 0 2 11 .246 .269 .354 .623 69 23 0 0 1

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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
1950 PHI NL 25 P 31 32 7 24 1 5 .969 1.00 .959 0.97 RoY-4
1951 PHI NL 26 P 38 49 14 34 1 3 .980 1.26 .961 0.96
1952 TOT NL 27 P 31 39 14 24 1 3 .974 1.23 .951 0.98
1952 PHI NL 27 P 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 1.00
1952 CIN NL 27 P 29 37 13 23 1 3 .973 1.24 .951 0.98
1953 TOT NL 28 P 38 35 6 24 5 1 .857 0.79 .960 0.87
1953 CIN NL 28 P 11 10 0 8 2 1 .800 0.73 .960 0.87
1953 CHC NL 28 P 27 25 6 16 3 0 .880 0.81 .960 0.87
1954 CHC NL 29 P 7 3 14.2 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.45 0.57 .950 2.09 0.87
1955 CHC NL 30 P 2 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.89 0.85
6 Seasons P 147 3 18.0 159 43 108 8 12 .950 75.50 1.03 .958 2.05 0.94
6 Seasons TOT 147 3 18.0 159 43 108 8 12 .950 75.50 1.03 .908 2.05 0.94

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

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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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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1947 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

May 23, 1952: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Cincinnati Reds for Kent Peterson and Johnny Wyrostek.

June 12, 1953: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago Cubs for Fred Baczewski and Bob Kelly.

Before 1956 Season: Sent by the Chicago Cubs to Sacramento (PCL) to complete an earlier deal made on September 22, 1955. The Chicago Cubs sent players to be named later and cash to Sacramento (PCL) for John Briggs and Richie Myers.

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