Champ Summers

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: June 15, 1946 in Bremerton, WA us

Died: October 11, 2012 in Ocala, FL

Buried: Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, FL

High School: Madison HS (Madison, IL)

Schools: Nicholls State University (Thibodaux, LA), Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (Edwardsville, IL)

Debut: May 4, 1974 (Age 27-323d, 13,484th in major league history)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1984 (Age 38-107d)
vs. ATL 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Full Name: John Junior Summers

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.0

1371

350

.255

199

RBI

218

OBP

.350

SLG

.425

OPS

.776

OPS+

112

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	11 (10)	Apr 15 (2)	CIN	@	SDP	W,7-5	GF	13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
2	12	Apr 17	CIN		ATL	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
3	20 (7)	Apr 28	CIN		STL	L,1-12	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	23 (2)	May 2	CIN		CHC	W,4-1	GS	23	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
5	24	May 4	CIN		HOU	W,6-5	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
6	25	May 5	CIN		HOU	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
7	26	May 6 (1)	CIN		HOU	W,17-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
8	27	May 6 (2)	CIN		HOU	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
9	28	May 8	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-7	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
10	29	May 9	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-4	GS	28	6.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
11	30	May 10 susp	CIN	@	CHC	L,8-9	GS	42	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
12	31	May 11	CIN	@	PIT	W,8-4	GS	33	7.1	6	3	0	9	0	1B
13	32	May 12	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
14	34 (1)	May 14	CIN		SDP	W,7-4	GS	24	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
15	35	May 15	CIN		SDP	L,1-2	GS	24	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
16	36	May 16	CIN		SDP	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
17	38 (1)	May 19	CIN		LAD	W,5-4	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
18	39	May 20	CIN		LAD	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
19	40	May 22	CIN	@	SFG	L,2-12	CG	44	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
				Player went from Cincinnati Reds to Detroit Tigers
20	38	May 27 (1)	DET		BAL	W,5-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
21	39	May 27 (2)	DET		BAL	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
22	40	May 28	DET	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
23	41	May 29	DET	@	TOR	W,9-8	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
24	42	May 30	DET	@	TOR	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	44 (1)	Jun 1	DET	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	32	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	RF
26	48 (3)	Jun 5	DET	@	SEA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
27	50 (1)	Jun 8	DET	@	CAL	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
28	51	Jun 9	DET	@	CAL	L,1-9	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
29	53 (1)	Jun 11	DET		OAK	W,3-1	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
30	55 (1)	Jun 13	DET		SEA	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
31	57 (1)	Jun 15	DET		CAL	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
32	58	Jun 16	DET		CAL	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
33	59	Jun 17	DET		CAL	W,8-4	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
34	61 (1)	Jun 19	DET	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	57	14.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
35	62	Jun 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-13	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
36	63	Jun 21	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
37	66 (2)	Jun 23 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
38	67	Jun 24	DET	@	BAL	W,6-4	GS	25	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
39	68	Jun 26	DET		BOS	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
40	69	Jun 27	DET		BOS	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
41	70	Jun 28	DET		BOS	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
42	72 (1)	Jun 30	DET		CLE	L,2-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	73	Jul 1	DET		CLE	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
44	74	Jul 2	DET		CLE	L,4-8	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	76 (1)	Jul 4	DET		TOR	L,6-7	GS	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
46	77	Jul 5	DET		TOR	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
47	78	Jul 6 (1)	DET	@	MIL	W,7-4	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
48	79	Jul 6 (2)	DET	@	MIL	W,5-4	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
49	80	Jul 7	DET	@	MIL	W,6-3	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
50	86 (5)	Jul 12 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
51	88 (1)	Jul 13	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
52	93 (4)	Jul 21	DET		CHW	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
53	94	Jul 22	DET		CHW	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
54	96 (1)	Jul 24	DET		MIL	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
55	97	Jul 25	DET		MIL	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
56	98	Jul 26	DET		MIL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
57	99	Jul 27	DET	@	TOR	W,4-3	GS	20	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
58	100	Jul 28	DET	@	TOR	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
59	101	Jul 29	DET	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	104 (2)	Aug 1	DET	@	TEX	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
61	105	Aug 3 (1)	DET		KCR	L,3-5	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
62	108 (2)	Aug 5	DET		KCR	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
63	111 (2)	Aug 8 (1)	DET		TEX	L,9-16	GS	51	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF 1B
64	112	Aug 8 (2)	DET		TEX	W,10-4	GF	19	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
65	114 (1)	Aug 10 (1)	DET	@	KCR	L,6-7	GS	37	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
66	115	Aug 10 (2)	DET	@	KCR	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
67	117 (1)	Aug 12	DET	@	KCR	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
68	119 (1)	Aug 14	DET	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
69	120	Aug 15	DET	@	CAL	W,6-1	GS	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
70	122 (1)	Aug 18	DET	@	SEA	W,7-4	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
71	126 (3)	Aug 22	DET	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
72	128 (1)	Aug 25	DET		SEA	L,4-8	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
73	129	Aug 26 (1)	DET		SEA	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
74	132 (2)	Aug 28	DET		CAL	W,12-2	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
75	133	Aug 29	DET		CAL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
76	135 (1)	Aug 31	DET		OAK	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	136	Sep 1	DET		OAK	L,3-6	CG	40	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
78	137	Sep 2	DET		OAK	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
79	139 (1)	Sep 4	DET	@	CLE	L,3-5	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
80	140	Sep 5	DET	@	CLE	W,9-3	GS	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
81	141	Sep 6	DET		NYY	L,1-3	GF	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
82	145 (3)	Sep 11	DET		CLE	W,14-1	GS	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
83	149 (3)	Sep 16	DET	@	NYY	W,8-4	GF	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
84	153 (3)	Sep 20	DET		BAL	L,7-8	GS	21	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
85	155 (1)	Sep 23 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
86	156	Sep 23 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
87	157	Sep 25	DET	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF 1B
88	159 (1)	Sep 28	DET		BOS	L,4-7	GS	27	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
89	160	Sep 29	DET		BOS	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
90	161	Sep 30	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
							92gm		662.0	172	10	3	185	5