Bill Campbell

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

Summary of 82 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 7 walk-off, 13 tying, 19 go ahead

7 Tms
MIN	31
BOS	27
CHC	10
DET	5
STL	5
MON	2
PHI	2

Platoon
vs RHB	51
vs LHB	31

Home/Road
Home	46
Away	36

Outs
1	28
0	28
2	26

25 Opps
DET	10
OAK	9
CHW	9
CAL	6
TEX	4
KCR	4
CLE	4
CIN	3
SEA	3
NYY	3
BOS	3
LAD	3
MON	3
MIL	3
TOR	3
SDP	2
PHI	2
MIN	1
STL	1
CHC	1
BAL	1
NYM	1
PIT	1
ATL	1
HOU	1

75 Batters
Reggie Jackson	2
Gary Sutherland	2
Ron Jackson	2
Brian Downing	2
Jason Thompson	2
Tim Wallach	2
Amos Otis	2
Rico Carty	1
Richie Zisk	1
Pedro Guerrero	1
Richie Hebner	1
Jerry Narron	1
Sal Bando	1
Bruce Bochte	1
Jeff Newman	1
Dave Concepción	1
Barry Larkin	1
Tony Armas	1
Paul Schaal	1
Claudell Washington	1
Phil Garner	1
Andre Dawson	1
Ken McMullen	1
Dan Meyer	1
Greg Luzinski	1
Wally Joyner	1
Willie Horton	1
Ron LeFlore	1
Tony Gwynn	1
Aurelio Rodríguez	1
Buddy Bradford	1
Doug DeCinces	1
Al Cowens	1
Terry Kennedy	1
Steve Braun	1
Al Oliver	1
Darrell Porter	1
Ed Romero	1
Dick Schofield	1
Carlos May	1
Jim Fregosi	1
Boog Powell	1
Alan Knicely	1
Kurt Bevacqua	1
Rick Bosetti	1
Dale Murphy	1
George Scott	1
Roy Howell	1
Buddy Bell	1
George Hendrick	1
Tom Veryzer	1
Carl Yastrzemski	1
Leroy Stanton	1
Mitchell Page	1
Ozzie Virgil	1
Joe Rudi	1
Bill Nahorodny	1
John Briggs	1
Roy White	1
Harold Baines	1
Bobby Grich	1
Gene Tenace	1
Ed Brinkman	1
Ken Landreaux	1
Graig Nettles	1
Don Baylor	1
Ken Henderson	1
Keith Hernandez	1
Cecil Cooper	1
Ron Cey	1
Elrod Hendricks	1
Otto Vélez	1
Gary Matthews	1
Terry Puhl	1
Jim Spencer	1

23 Parks
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	19
Fenway Pk (BOS)	16
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	6
RingCentral Col (OAK)	5
Tiger Stad (DET)	5
Busch Stad (STL)	3
Angel Stad (ANA)	3
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	3
Stade Olymp. (MON)	3
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1

Where Hit
7	32
9	24
8	4
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	69
2·HR gms	5
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	42
1--	12
-2-	8
12-	7
--3	4
1-3	4
-23	3
123	2

140 Runs
RISP	28
0 on	42
1 on	24
2 on	14
3 on	2
Any on	40

Inning
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	3
5	3
6	6
7	11
8	25
9	27
Extra	4

1-3	3
4-6	12
7-end	67

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	8
+2	8
+1	8
Tied	11
-1	15
-2	7
-3	7
-4..	11

Ahead	31
Tied	11
Behind	40

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	12
LF	12
C	11
CF	10
RF	10
3B	10
SS	6
2B	5
DH	4
PH	2

OrderPos
5th	17
3rd	15
4th	15
7th	8
2nd	8
6th	8
9th	5
8th	5
1st	1

Leverage
High Lev	30
Medium Lev	18
Low Lev	34

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1973-07-29	Buddy Bradford	CHW	@	MIN	ahead 6-3	t 5	2	---	1	7	8	7%	89%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1973-08-10	George Scott	MIL		MIN	behind 0-1	b 4	1	-2-	2	4	3	23%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. May Scores
3	3	3	1	1973-08-15	Ed Brinkman	DET	@	MIN	behind 6-7	t 8	2	---	1	9	6	26%	42%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	1973-08-25	John Briggs	MIL	@	MIN	ahead 8-6	t 9	0	--3	2	3	7	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Coluccio Scores
5	5	5	1	1973-09-03	Paul Schaal	KCR		MIN	tied 4-4	b 8	1	---	1	8	5	29%	85%		Home Run (LF-CF)
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1974-05-13	Ken Henderson	CHW		MIN	behind 2-5	b 8	0	1--	2	5	8	17%	29%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Melton Scores
7	7	2	1	1974-06-27	Carlos May	CHW		MIN	behind 1-6	b 8	2	1--	2	4	7	3%	4%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Allen Scores
8	8	3	1	1974-07-28 (2)	Leroy Stanton	CAL		MIN	ahead 10-8	b 8	0	--3	2	3	8	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Rodríguez Scores
9	9	4	1	1974-09-10	Brian Downing	CHW	@	MIN	behind 1-4	t 9	0	-23	3	5	2	33%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Henderson Scores; N. Nyman Scores
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1975-04-18	Joe Rudi	OAK		MIN	behind 3-5	b 9	0	---	1	5	3	11%	19%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	2	1	1975-05-15	Boog Powell	CLE	@	MIN	behind 3-6	t 6	0	1--	2	4	3	16%	33%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Hendrick Scores
12	12	3	1	1975-05-19	Gary Sutherland	DET	@	MIN	ahead 4-3	t 7	1	---	1	2	4	13%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	4	2	1975-05-19	Gary Sutherland	DET	@	MIN	ahead 5-3	t 9	1	---	1	2	4	4%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	5	1	1975-05-26	Dan Meyer	DET		MIN	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	2	3	7	17%	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Sutherland Scores
15	15	6	2	1975-05-26	Aurelio Rodríguez	DET		MIN	ahead 2-1	b 2	1	---	1	7	5	10%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	7	1	1975-06-10	George Hendrick	CLE		MIN	behind 2-3	b 8	1	---	1	3	8	33%	56%		Home Run (Deep CF)
17	17	8	1	1975-06-16	Phil Garner	OAK	@	MIN	behind 3-4	t 7	2	---	1	9	4	21%	43%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	9	2	1975-06-16	Reggie Jackson	OAK	@	MIN	tied 4-4	t 8	2	---	1	5	9	29%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF)
19	19	10	3	1975-06-16	Gene Tenace	OAK	@	MIN	ahead 5-4	t 8	2	---	1	6	2	14%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	11	1	1975-07-17	Elrod Hendricks	BAL		MIN	tied 3-3	b 12	2	-23	3	5	2	37%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); B. Grich Scores; T. Davis Scores
21	21	12	1	1975-08-23	Tom Veryzer	DET	@	MIN	behind 4-5	t 8	0	---	1	9	6	25%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	13	1	1975-09-10	Jim Fregosi	TEX	@	MIN	ahead 6-4	t 9	1	12-	3	6	3	5%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Burroughs Scores; M. Hargrove Scores
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1976-06-19	Jason Thompson	DET	@	MIN	behind 1-5	t 8	2	1-3	3	5	3	12%	15%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. LeFlore Scores; R. Staub Scores
24	24	2	1	1976-06-25	Ken McMullen	OAK		MIN	tied 2-2	b 9	1	12-	3	8	PH	31%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; G. Tenace Scores; C. Washington Scores
25	25	3	1	1976-06-27	Sal Bando	OAK		MIN	ahead 4-3	b 8	1	---	1	4	5	7%	94%		Home Run
26	26	4	1	1976-07-04 (2)	Ron Jackson	CAL	@	MIN	behind 1-5	t 7	2	123	4	7	5	36%	44%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Davis Scores; B. Melton Scores; B. Bochte Scores
27	27	5	1	1976-07-09	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS		MIN	behind 3-8	b 7	0	12-	3	4	7	12%	22%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Griffin Scores; F. Lynn Scores
28	28	6	1	1976-07-19	Willie Horton	DET	@	MIN	behind 4-6	t 8	0	---	1	4	DH	12%	24%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	7	1	1976-07-20	Ron LeFlore	DET	@	MIN	ahead 4-3	t 7	0	-2-	2	1	8	13%	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Kimm Scores
30	30	8	1	1976-08-13	Graig Nettles	NYY	@	MIN	ahead 5-2	t 8	2	1--	2	7	5	5%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Piniella Scores
31	31	9	1	1976-09-11	Amos Otis	KCR	@	MIN	behind 5-6	t 9	1	12-	3	2	8	65%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Nelson Scores; J. Wohlford Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1977-04-07	Buddy Bell	CLE	@	BOS	behind 2-4	t 9	0	1--	2	7	7	34%	50%		Home Run; B. Melton Scores
33	33	2	1	1977-04-25 (1)	Otto Vélez	TOR		BOS	behind 2-3	b 8	2	1--	2	5	9	61%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Woods Scores
34	34	3	1	1977-05-28	Amos Otis	KCR	@	BOS	behind 10-17	t 8	0	---	1	3	8	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep CF)
35	35	4	2	1977-05-28	Al Cowens	KCR	@	BOS	behind 11-17	t 8	1	---	1	5	9	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	5	1	1977-06-24	Roy White	NYY		BOS	behind 3-5	b 9	2	--3	2	2	7	49%	54%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Randolph Scores
37	37	6	1	1977-07-23	Rico Carty	CLE	@	BOS	behind 7-8	t 7	2	1--	2	5	DH	36%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Thornton Scores
38	38	7	1	1977-07-25	Jim Spencer	CHW	@	BOS	behind 4-7	t 8	2	1-3	3	6	3	33%	41%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Orta Scores; O. Gamble Scores
39	39	8	2	1977-07-25	Brian Downing	CHW	@	BOS	tied 7-7	t 9	1	---	1	9	2	37%	80%		Home Run
40	40	9	1	1977-08-13	Steve Braun	SEA	@	BOS	behind 5-13	t 9	0	---	1	7	7	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	10	1	1977-08-24 (2)	Claudell Washington	TEX	@	BOS	ahead 5-3	t 9	1	---	1	3	7	5%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	11	1	1977-08-29	Mitchell Page	OAK	@	BOS	tied 7-7	t 9	1	---	1	3	7	37%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
43	43	12	1	1977-09-04	Kurt Bevacqua	TEX		BOS	behind 3-8	b 9	2	---	1	2	4	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
44	44	13	1	1977-09-09 (2)	Jason Thompson	DET	@	BOS	behind 5-7	t 7	1	---	1	5	3	11%	28%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	1978-04-28	Richie Zisk	TEX		BOS	behind 3-4	b 11	0	1--	2	4	9	68%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); A. Oliver Scores
46	46	2	1	1978-06-11	Bruce Bochte	SEA		BOS	behind 2-5	b 8	1	---	1	4	7	6%	11%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	3	1	1978-07-06	Bill Nahorodny	CHW		BOS	behind 5-6	b 9	0	---	1	8	2	44%	63%		Home Run
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1979-04-30	Jeff Newman	OAK		BOS	behind 3-4	b 9	2	---	1	6	2	49%	53%		Home Run
49	49	2	1	1979-05-26	Roy Howell	TOR		BOS	behind 4-6	b 9	2	12-	3	3	5	91%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); A. Griffin Scores; B. Bailor Scores
50	50	3	1	1979-06-03	Ron Jackson	MIN		BOS	behind 1-8	b 9	0	---	1	5	3	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
51	51	4	1	1979-09-11	Reggie Jackson	NYY	@	BOS	ahead 6-3	t 9	1	1--	2	4	9	3%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Piniella Scores
52	52	5	1	1979-09-27	Rick Bosetti	TOR	@	BOS	tied 3-3	t 8	2	1--	2	6	8	39%	83%		Home Run; O. Vélez Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	1980-08-24	Jerry Narron	SEA		BOS	behind 6-9	b 6	0	---	1	8	2	10%	26%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	1981-05-24 (2)	Cecil Cooper	MIL		BOS	ahead 8-7	b 8	2	-2-	2	3	3	10%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Howell Scores/Team unER; C. Cooper Scores/Team unER
55	55	2	1	1981-08-10	Greg Luzinski	CHW	@	BOS	ahead 5-1	t 9	1	-2-	2	4	DH	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Molinaro Scores
56	56	3	1	1981-08-13	Harold Baines	CHW	@	BOS	behind 5-8	t 8	0	---	1	5	9	6%	13%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
57	57	4	1	1981-08-18	Tony Armas	OAK		BOS	behind 1-2	b 14	0	---	1	4	9	45%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	5	1	1981-08-24	Bobby Grich	CAL		BOS	ahead 7-4	b 7	0	---	1	3	4	3%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
59	59	1	1	1982-05-12	Dale Murphy	ATL	@	CHC	ahead 4-3	t 9	2	--3	2	4	8	12%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Washington Scores
60	60	2	1	1982-05-18	Pedro Guerrero	LAD		CHC	tied 1-1	b 9	0	---	1	4	9	37%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep CF)
61	61	3	1	1982-06-14	Gary Matthews	PHI	@	CHC	behind 7-12	t 9	0	12-	3	3	7	4%	7%		Home Run; B. Dernier Scores; P. Rose Scores
62	62	4	1	1982-08-22	Tony Gwynn	SDP	@	CHC	ahead 5-4	t 6	1	---	1	2	7	13%	78%		Home Run
63	63	5	1	1982-08-28	Ron Cey	LAD		CHC	ahead 4-1	b 5	1	12-	3	5	5	7%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Monday Scores; P. Guerrero Scores
64	64	6	1	1982-10-02	Darrell Porter	STL	@	CHC	behind 3-8	t 9	0	---	1	7	2	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
65	65	1	1	1983-04-06	Al Oliver	MON	@	CHC	ahead 2-0	t 9	2	---	1	4	3	5%	96%		Home Run
66	66	2	1	1983-05-07	Terry Kennedy	SDP		CHC	behind 3-4	b 6	0	---	1	5	2	20%	57%		Home Run
67	67	3	1	1983-05-20	Dave Concepción	CIN	@	CHC	tied 4-4	t 8	0	123	4	3	6	18%	97%		Home Run; D. Walker Scores; G. Redus Scores; E. Milner Scores
68	68	4	1	1983-06-20 (1)	Richie Hebner	PIT		CHC	tied 4-4	b 10	0	---	1	6	PH	37%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
69	69	1	1	1984-04-29	Keith Hernandez	NYM		PHI	ahead 4-2	b 7	1	---	1	3	3	6%	95%		Home Run
70	70	2	1	1984-06-30	Terry Puhl	HOU	@	PHI	ahead 3-0	t 8	2	-2-	2	7	9	5%	98%		Home Run; J. Cruz Scores
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
71	71	1	1	1985-04-26	Tim Wallach	MON		STL	ahead 7-2	b 6	2	1-3	3	6	5	2%	100%		Home Run; A. Dawson Scores; H. Brooks Scores
72	72	2	1	1985-06-01	Alan Knicely	CIN	@	STL	ahead 6-3	t 9	1	1-3	3	5	2	2%	100%		Home Run; E. Milner Scores; D. Parker Scores
73	73	3	1	1985-07-06	Ken Landreaux	LAD	@	STL	ahead 3-0	t 3	0	---	1	3	8	6%	88%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
74	74	4	1	1985-08-05	Ozzie Virgil	PHI	@	STL	ahead 7-1	t 8	2	---	1	6	2	0%	100%		Home Run
75	75	5	1	1985-09-29	Tim Wallach	MON		STL	behind 2-3	b 6	1	-2-	2	5	5	33%	74%		Home Run; A. Dawson Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
76	76	1	1	1986-05-16	Dick Schofield	CAL	@	DET	ahead 8-0	t 7	0	---	1	8	6	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
77	77	2	2	1986-05-16	Wally Joyner	CAL	@	DET	ahead 9-0	t 7	2	---	1	2	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
78	78	3	1	1986-08-10	Don Baylor	BOS	@	DET	behind 4-6	t 8	1	---	1	4	DH	10%	20%		Home Run (Deep LF)
79	79	4	1	1986-08-15	Ed Romero	BOS		DET	ahead 5-1	b 5	2	-23	3	9	6	5%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Armas Scores; R. Gedman Scores
80	80	5	1	1986-08-30	Doug DeCinces	CAL		DET	behind 3-4	b 9	1	1--	2	5	5	79%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); R. Wilfong Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
81	81	1	1	1987-04-06	Barry Larkin	CIN		MON	ahead 7-5	b 4	1	-2-	2	2	6	11%	90%		Home Run; K. Daniels Scores
82	82	2	1	1987-04-26	Andre Dawson	CHC	@	MON	ahead 4-0	t 4	1	-2-	2	3	9	6%	95%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Sandberg Scores