Bill Campbell

Q: When was Bill Campbell born?

Bill Campbell was born on August 9, 1948.

Q: Where was Bill Campbell born?

Bill Campbell was born in Highland Park, MI .

Q: How tall was Bill Campbell?

Bill Campbell was 6-3 (190 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Bill Campbell weigh when playing?

Bill Campbell weighed 185 lbs (83 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did Bill Campbell play?

Bill Campbell played 15 seasons.

Q: Is Bill Campbell in the Hall of Fame?

Bill Campbell has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: How many strikeouts did Bill Campbell have?

Bill Campbell had 864 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Bill Campbell played for?

Bill Campbell played for 7 teams; the Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers and Montreal Expos.

Q: How many World Series has Bill Campbell won?

Bill Campbell never won a World Series.

Q: When did Bill Campbell retire?

Bill Campbell last played in 1987.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 185lb (190cm, 83kg)

Born: August 9, 1948 in Highland Park, MI us

Died: January 6, 2023 in Palatine, IL

High School: Ganesha HS (Pomona, CA)

School: Mount San Antonio College (Walnut, CA)

Debut: July 14, 1973 (Age 24-339d, 13,381st in major league history)
vs. CLE 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 30, 1987 (Age 38-264d)
vs. NYM 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Agents: LaRue Harcourt

Full Name: William Richard Campbell

Nicknames: Soup

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1x All-Star
2x Rolaids Relief

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.4

ERA

3.54

700

126

1229.1

864

WHIP

1.329

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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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1971	22	MIN-min	A	5	3	.625	1.14	9	8		6	3	1	63.0	42	13	8	0	19	0	91	1	0	5				0.968	6.0	0.0	2.7	13.0	4.79	WRA MIDW
1972	23	MIN-min	AA	13	10	.565	2.42	29	29		14	3	0	219.0	181	74	59	17	69	9	204	1	1	2				1.142	7.4	0.7	2.8	8.4	2.96	CHR SOUL
1973	24	MIN-min	AAA	10	5	.667	3.65	18	18		8	0	0	133.0	123	63	54	8	46	4	110	1	0	1				1.271	8.3	0.5	3.1	7.4	2.39	TAC PCL
1973	24	MIN	AL	3	3	.500	3.14	28	2	20	0	0	7	51.2	44	20	18	5	20	1	42	1	0	2	218	127	3.42	1.239	7.7	0.9	3.5	7.3	2.10
1974	25	MIN	AL	8	7	.533	2.62	63	0	55	0	0	19	120.1	109	37	35	4	55	4	89	2	1	5	514	145	2.95	1.363	8.2	0.3	4.1	6.7	1.62
1975	26	MIN	AL	4	6	.400	3.79	47	7	28	2	1	5	121.0	119	58	51	13	46	2	76	2	0	3	512	102	3.92	1.364	8.9	1.0	3.4	5.7	1.65
1976	27	MIN	AL	17	5	*.773*	3.01	78	0	68	0	0	20	167.2	145	63	56	9	62	11	115	5	0	7	703	120	3.16	1.235	7.8	0.5	3.3	6.2	1.85	CYA-7,MVP-8
1977	28	BOS	AL	13	9	.591	2.96	69	0	60	0	0	31	140.0	112	48	46	13	60	10	114	5	1	3	583	153	3.71	1.229	7.2	0.8	3.9	7.3	1.90	AS,CYA-5,MVP-10
1978	29	BOS	AL	7	5	.583	3.91	29	0	20	0	0	4	50.2	62	25	22	3	17	3	47	0	1	1	226	107	2.51	1.559	11.0	0.5	3.0	8.3	2.76
1979	30	BOS	AL	3	4	.429	4.28	41	0	23	0	0	9	54.2	55	28	26	5	23	6	25	1	0	7	239	104	4.32	1.427	9.1	0.8	3.8	4.1	1.09
1980	31	BOS	AL	4	0	1.000	4.79	23	0	11	0	0	0	41.1	44	26	22	1	22	0	17	0	0	3	180	89	3.84	1.597	9.6	0.2	4.8	3.7	0.77
1981	32	BOS	AL	1	1	.500	3.17	30	0	23	0	0	7	48.1	45	23	17	5	20	4	37	0	0	2	208	124	3.66	1.345	8.4	0.9	3.7	6.9	1.85
1982	33	CHC	NL	3	6	.333	3.69	62	0	39	0	0	8	100.0	89	44	41	6	40	13	71	0	1	3	421	101	3.28	1.290	8.0	0.5	3.6	6.4	1.78
1983	34	CHC	NL	6	8	.429	4.49	82	0	46	0	0	8	122.1	128	65	61	4	49	18	97	1	1	6	530	85	2.82	1.447	9.4	0.3	3.6	7.1	1.98
1984	35	PHI	NL	6	5	.545	3.43	57	0	24	0	0	1	81.1	68	43	31	2	35	13	52	0	1	3	351	106	3.10	1.266	7.5	0.2	3.9	5.8	1.49
1985	36	STL	NL	5	3	.625	3.50	50	0	18	0	0	4	64.1	55	32	25	5	21	9	41	2	0	1	270	103	3.49	1.181	7.7	0.7	2.9	5.7	1.95
1986	37	DET	AL	3	6	.333	3.88	34	0	19	0	0	3	55.2	46	26	24	5	21	5	37	1	0	1	229	108	3.79	1.204	7.4	0.8	3.4	6.0	1.76
1987	38	MON	NL	0	0		8.10	7	0	1	0	0	0	10.0	18	12	9	2	4	1	4	0	0	0	55	54	5.87	2.200	16.2	1.8	3.6	3.6	1.00
15 Yrs				83	68	.550	3.54	700	9	455	2	1	126	1229.1	1139	550	484	82	495	100	864	20	6	47	5239	111	3.39	1.329	8.3	0.6	3.6	6.3	1.75
162 Game Avg.				8	7	.550	3.54	67	1	44	0	0	12	118	109	53	46	8	47	10	83	2	1	5	502	111	3.39	1.329	8.3	0.6	3.6	6.3	1.75

BOS (5 yrs)				28	19	.596	3.57	192	0	137	0	0	51	335.0	318	150	133	27	142	23	240	6	2	16	1436	122	3.64	1.373	8.5	0.7	3.8	6.4	1.69
MIN (4 yrs)				32	21	.604	3.13	216	9	171	2	1	51	460.2	417	178	160	31	183	18	322	10	1	17	1947	120	3.33	1.302	8.1	0.6	3.6	6.3	1.76
CHC (2 yrs)				9	14	.391	4.13	144	0	85	0	0	16	222.1	217	109	102	10	89	31	168	1	2	9	951	91	3.03	1.376	8.8	0.4	3.6	6.8	1.89
PHI (1 yr)				6	5	.545	3.43	57	0	24	0	0	1	81.1	68	43	31	2	35	13	52	0	1	3	351	106	3.10	1.266	7.5	0.2	3.9	5.8	1.49
STL (1 yr)				5	3	.625	3.50	50	0	18	0	0	4	64.1	55	32	25	5	21	9	41	2	0	1	270	103	3.49	1.181	7.7	0.7	2.9	5.7	1.95
MON (1 yr)				0	0		8.10	7	0	1	0	0	0	10.0	18	12	9	2	4	1	4	0	0	0	55	54	5.87	2.200	16.2	1.8	3.6	3.6	1.00
DET (1 yr)				3	6	.333	3.88	34	0	19	0	0	3	55.2	46	26	24	5	21	5	37	1	0	1	229	108	3.79	1.204	7.4	0.8	3.4	6.0	1.76

AL (10 yrs)				63	46	.578	3.35	442	9	327	2	1	105	851.1	781	354	317	63	346	46	599	17	3	34	3612	120	3.48	1.324	8.3	0.7	3.7	6.3	1.73
NL (5 yrs)				20	22	.476	3.98	258	0	128	0	0	21	378.0	358	196	167	19	149	54	265	3	3	13	1627	94	3.20	1.341	8.5	0.5	3.5	6.3	1.78

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1975	26	MIN	AL	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-136	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1976	27	MIN	AL	0.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1	CYA-7,MVP-8

1982	33	CHC	NL	0.0	62	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	-20	.130	-49	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1983	34	CHC	NL	-0.1	82	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	-45	.091	-83	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
1984	35	PHI	NL	0.0	57	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-160	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	36	STL	NL	0.2	50	9	6	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2	.333	.556	.333	.889	155	.381	177	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	37	DET	AL	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	38	MON	NL	0.0	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	46	.355	104	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
8 Yrs				0.0	264	30	26	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	10	.154	.267	.154	.421	19	.199	11	4	1	0	0	0	0	1
162 Game Avg				0.0	162	18	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	6	.154	.267	.154	.421	19	.199	11	2	1	0	0	0	0

CHC (2 Yrs)				-0.1	144	17	17	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.118	.118	.118	.235	-35	.107	-69	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
MIN (2 Yrs)				0.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-136	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
PHI (1 Yr)				0.0	57	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-160	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
STL (1 Yr)				0.2	50	9	6	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2	.333	.556	.333	.889	155	.381	177	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
MON (1 Yr)				0.0	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	46	.355	104	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
DET (1 Yr)				0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1

NL (5 Yrs)				0.1	258	29	25	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	9	.160	.276	.160	.436	24	.206	17	4	1	0	0	0	0	1
AL (3 Yrs)				0.0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-136	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1985	36	STL	NL,WS	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1 Yr				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
162 Game Avg				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (1 Yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
WS (1 Yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

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					Standard											Range Factor				Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
1973	24	MIN	AL	P	28	2	0	51.2	11	2	8	1	0	.909	.951	1.74	1.86	0.36	1.85	2	6	0	0.0	38.5	0
1974	25	MIN	AL	P	63	0	0	120.1	28	10	16	2	3	.929	.947	1.94	1.81	0.41	1.80	5	8	5	38.5	38.0	0
1975	26	MIN	AL	P	47	7	2	121.0	31	12	18	1	2	.968	.940	2.23	1.87	0.64	1.86	3	9	7	43.8	37.6	1
1976	27	MIN	AL	P	78	0	0	167.2	33	12	20	1	1	.970	.950	1.72	1.87	0.41	1.88	7	23	4	14.8	33.9	2	CYA-7,MVP-8
1977	28	BOS	AL	P	69	0	0	140.0	40	19	20	1	2	.975	.948	2.51	1.95	0.57	1.93	3	4	6	60.0	39.1	0	AS,CYA-5,MVP-10
1978	29	BOS	AL	P	29	0	0	50.2	17	10	6	1	0	.941	.954	2.84	1.90	0.55	1.88	1	6	1	14.3	37.7	0
1979	30	BOS	AL	P	41	0	0	54.2	21	10	11	0	1	1.000	.949	3.46	1.93	0.51	1.89	7	3	2	40.0	35.8	0
1980	31	BOS	AL	P	23	0	0	41.1	5	3	2	0	0	1.000	.956	1.09	1.85	0.22	1.85	3	7	2	22.2	34.8	0
1981	32	BOS	AL	P	30	0	0	48.1	12	4	7	1	0	.917	.963	2.05	1.97	0.37	1.98	2	4	1	20.0	37.8	0
1982	33	CHC	NL	P	62	0	0	100.0	33	10	23	0	1	1.000	.952	2.97	1.96	0.53	1.97	3	10	7	41.2	31.6	0
1983	34	CHC	NL	P	82	0	0	122.1	41	15	24	2	0	.951	.952	2.87	1.92	0.48	1.91	6	20	6	23.1	32.8	0
1984	35	PHI	NL	P	57	0	0	81.1	11	6	5	0	0	1.000	.954	1.22	1.88	0.19	1.87	3	12	1	7.7	30.9	0
1985	36	STL	NL	P	50	0	0	64.1	7	0	6	1	0	.857	.953	0.84	1.92	0.12	1.92	1	10	1	9.1	30.5	0
1986	37	DET	AL	P	34	0	0	55.2	12	6	4	2	1	.833	.957	1.62	1.83	0.29	1.81	1	7	0	0.0	34.1	0
1987	38	MON	NL	P	7	0	0	10.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	.955	1.80	1.89	0.29	1.90	0	3	0	0.0	29.0	0
15 Yrs					700	9	2	1229.1	304	119	172	13	11	.957	.950	2.13	1.89	0.42	1.89	47	132	43	24.6	34.5	3

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					Standard								Range Factor		Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	RF/9	RF/G	SB	CS	Awards
1985	36	STL	NL,WS	P	6	0	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0
1 Yr					6	0	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Bill Campbell born?

Bill Campbell was born on August 9, 1948.

Where was Bill Campbell born?

Bill Campbell was born in Highland Park, MI.

How tall was Bill Campbell?

Bill Campbell was 6-3 (190 cm) tall.

How much did Bill Campbell weigh when playing?

Bill Campbell weighed 185 lbs (83 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Bill Campbell play?

Bill Campbell played 15 seasons.

Is Bill Campbell in the Hall of Fame?

Bill Campbell has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Bill Campbell play?

Bill Campbell was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Bill Campbell have?

Bill Campbell had 864 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Bill Campbell played for?

Bill Campbell played for 7 teams; the Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers and Montreal Expos.

How many World Series has Bill Campbell won?

Bill Campbell never won a World Series.

When did Bill Campbell retire?

Bill Campbell last played in 1987.

What are Bill Campbell's nicknames?

Soup is a nickname for Bill Campbell.

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