Bubba Church

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: September 12, 1924 in Birmingham, AL us

Died: September 17, 2001 in Birmingham, AL

Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL

Schools: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA), Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)

Debut: April 30, 1950 (Age 25-230d, 10,699th in major league history)
vs. BSN 3.0 IP, 1 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 1, 1955 (Age 30-231d)
vs. PHI 0.2 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, Sv

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1950 season

Full Name: Emory Nicholas Church

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.7

ERA

4.10

147

713.1

274

WHIP

1.423

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 84 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 11 tying, 24 go ahead

3 Tms
CIN	30
PHI	29
CHC	25

Platoon
vs RHB	57
vs LHB	27

Home/Road
Home	42
Away	42

Outs
2	36
1	25
0	23

8 Opps
BRO	19
NYG	17
PIT	12
BSN/MLN	11
CIN	7
CHC	7
STL	6
PHI	5

55 Batters
Gil Hodges	4
Ralph Kiner	4
Hank Sauer	3
Jackie Robinson	3
Eddie Mathews	3
Gus Bell	3
Roy Campanella	3
Andy Pafko	3
Carl Furillo	3
Monte Irvin	3
Bob Elliott	2
Ted Kluszewski	2
Roy Hartsfield	2
Frank Thomas	2
Bobby Thomson	2
Del Ennis	2
Whitey Lockman	2
Sid Gordon	1
Hank Edwards	1
Stan Musial	1
Wally Westlake	1
George Shuba	1
Danny O'Connell	1
Joe Garagiola	1
Dee Fondy	1
Wally Post	1
Dusty Rhodes	1
Sibby Sisti	1
Willie Mays	1
Andy Seminick	1
Bill Serena	1
Ebba St. Claire	1
Walker Cooper	1
Enos Slaughter	1
Hal Rice	1
Grady Hatton	1
Willie Jones	1
Pee Wee Reese	1
George Crowe	1
Ted Kazanski	1
Hobie Landrith	1
Al Dark	1
Richie Ashburn	1
Bobby Morgan	1
Steve Bilko	1
Hank Thompson	1
Billy Cox	1
Wes Westrum	1
Don Mueller	1
Wally Moon	1
Erv Palica	1
Ray Noble	1
Del Rice	1
Joe Adcock	1
Duke Snider	1

8 Parks
Crosley Fld (CIN)	24
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	17
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	14
Polo Grounds (NYC)	12
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	8
Braves Fld (BOS)	3
Forbes Fld (PIT)	3
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	3

Where Hit
7	39
9	16
8	2
89	2

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	50
2·HR gms	12
3·HR gms	2
4·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	48
1--	16
-2-	8
12-	4
123	3
1-3	3
--3	1
-23	1

134 Runs
RISP	20
0 on	48
1 on	25
2 on	8
3 on	3
Any on	36

Inning
1	10
2	14
3	8
4	15
5	8
6	10
7	9
8	8
9	1
Extra	1

1-3	32
4-6	33
7-end	19

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	5
+2	7
+1	10
Tied	21
-1	10
-2	12
-3	4
-4..	8

Ahead	29
Tied	21
Behind	34

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	21
1B	13
C	11
RF	11
3B	10
CF	8
2B	5
SS	4
P	1

OrderPos
4th	24
5th	17
6th	14
3rd	8
7th	8
8th	5
2nd	4
1st	3
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	9
Medium Lev	34
Low Lev	39

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1950	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1950-05-07 (2)	Grady Hatton	CIN		PHI	behind 0-4	b 5	2	-2-	2	3	5	13%	24%		Home Run; B. Adams Scores
2	2	2	2	1950-05-07 (2)	Ted Kluszewski	CIN		PHI	behind 2-4	b 6	0	---	1	6	3	14%	40%		Home Run
3	3	3	1	1950-05-24	Wally Westlake	PIT	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 7	1	12-	3	6	9	32%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Coogan Scores; R. Kiner Scores
4	4	4	1	1950-07-15	Enos Slaughter	STL		PHI	ahead 4-2	b 5	1	1--	2	4	9	11%	92%		Home Run (CF-RF); C. Diering Scores
5	5	5	1	1950-07-18 (2)	Hank Sauer	CHC		PHI	behind 0-8	b 6	1	12-	3	4	3	3%	4%		Home Run; B. Borkowski Scores; E. Verban Scores
6	6	6	1	1950-07-21	Ralph Kiner	PIT		PHI	behind 0-4	b 8	2	---	1	4	7	2%	5%		Home Run
7	7	7	1	1950-07-29	Danny O'Connell	PIT	@	PHI	ahead 3-2	t 5	1	12-	3	5	6	21%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Hopp Scores; W. Westlake Scores
8	8	8	1	1950-08-27 (1)	Bill Serena	CHC		PHI	behind 0-2	b 2	1	---	1	6	5	10%	42%		Home Run
9	9	9	1	1950-09-01	Roy Hartsfield	BSN		PHI	behind 1-4	b 6	0	---	1	1	4	10%	25%		Home Run
10	10	10	1	1950-09-24	Jackie Robinson	BRO	@	PHI	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	1--	2	4	4	14%	89%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); D. Snider Scores
11	11	11	2	1950-09-24	Erv Palica	BRO	@	PHI	ahead 4-0	t 5	2	123	4	9	1	8%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Furillo Scores; B. Edwards Scores; B. Cox Scores
12	12	12	1	1950-09-27 (2)	Bobby Thomson	NYG		PHI	tied 0-0	b 1	2	123	4	6	8	27%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Mueller Scores; H. Thompson Scores; M. Irvin Scores
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1951-04-22	Roy Hartsfield	BSN	@	PHI	ahead 3-2	t 8	2	--3	2	1	4	18%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Marshall Scores
14	14	2	1	1951-04-27	Gil Hodges	BRO	@	PHI	ahead 3-2	t 3	2	1--	2	5	3	19%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Robinson Scores
15	15	3	2	1951-04-27	Billy Cox	BRO	@	PHI	ahead 5-2	t 4	1	---	1	8	5	7%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	4	1	1951-05-06 (1)	Andy Pafko	CHC	@	PHI	behind 2-5	t 8	2	---	1	5	8	4%	7%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	5	1	1951-05-10	Gus Bell	PIT	@	PHI	ahead 1-0	t 6	2	---	1	5	9	13%	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	6	1	1951-05-16	Stan Musial	STL		PHI	ahead 3-2	b 3	1	---	1	4	7	10%	75%		Home Run
19	19	7	1	1951-05-19	Hank Sauer	CHC		PHI	behind 0-1	b 4	1	---	1	4	7	14%	53%		Home Run
20	20	8	1	1951-05-25	Wes Westrum	NYG	@	PHI	behind 1-3	t 4	1	---	1	5	2	11%	34%		Home Run (Deep CF)
21	21	9	1	1951-06-07	Andy Pafko	CHC	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	8	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	10	1	1951-06-30	Duke Snider	BRO		PHI	ahead 6-4	b 4	0	12-	3	3	8	10%	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Abrams Scores; P. Reese Scores
23	23	11	1	1951-07-08	Roy Campanella	BRO	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---	1	6	2	14%	64%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
24	24	12	2	1951-07-08	Pee Wee Reese	BRO	@	PHI	behind 1-2	t 6	0	---	1	2	6	17%	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
25	25	13	1	1951-07-31	Hank Edwards	CIN		PHI	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	---	1	5	7	11%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	14	1	1951-08-05 (1)	Ralph Kiner	PIT		PHI	behind 0-4	b 7	2	---	1	4	7	4%	8%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
27	27	15	1	1951-08-13	Whitey Lockman	NYG		PHI	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1-3	3	5	3	24%	79%		Home Run; A. Dark Scores; M. Irvin Scores
28	28	16	1	1951-08-25	Ralph Kiner	PIT	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	7	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	17	1	1951-09-23	Roy Campanella	BRO		PHI	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	2	18%	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Robinson Scores
1952	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1952-06-02	George Crowe	BSN	@	CIN	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	-2-	2	6	3	12%	88%		Home Run; W. Cooper Scores
31	31	2	1	1952-06-17	Sid Gordon	BSN		CIN	ahead 4-0	b 7	1	---	1	4	7	1%	99%		Home Run
32	32	3	1	1952-06-19	Eddie Mathews	BSN		CIN	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	7	5	12%	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	4	1	1952-06-25	Bob Elliott	NYG		CIN	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	7	11%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	5	2	1952-06-25	Don Mueller	NYG		CIN	behind 1-2	b 4	2	---	1	6	9	15%	51%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	6	1	1952-06-29 (1)	Dee Fondy	CHC	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	3	11%	57%		Home Run (CF-RF)
36	36	7	1	1952-07-03	Gus Bell	PIT	@	CIN	behind 0-5	t 7	2	---	1	5	9	2%	3%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	8	1	1952-07-06 (2)	Hank Sauer	CHC		CIN	tied 0-0	b 4	2	---	1	4	7	14%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	9	1	1952-07-12	Bob Elliott	NYG	@	CIN	ahead 4-1	t 8	0	---	1	5	7	3%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	10	1	1952-07-20 (2)	Del Ennis	PHI	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1	4	7	14%	61%		Home Run
40	40	11	1	1952-07-24 (1)	Jackie Robinson	BRO		CIN	behind 1-3	b 8	1	---	1	3	4	12%	23%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	12	1	1952-07-29 (2)	Richie Ashburn	PHI		CIN	ahead 1-0	b 5	1	---	1	2	8	11%	81%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
42	42	13	1	1952-08-27	Sibby Sisti	BSN	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	8	4	12%	58%		Home Run
43	43	14	2	1952-08-27	Walker Cooper	BSN	@	CIN	behind 1-3	t 3	2	1--	2	4	2	21%	46%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Logan Scores/unER; W. Cooper Scores/unER
44	44	15	3	1952-08-27	Eddie Mathews	BSN	@	CIN	tied 3-3	t 3	2	1--	2	6	5	23%	70%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Gordon Scores/unER; E. Mathews Scores/unER
45	45	16	1	1952-09-01 (1)	Hal Rice	STL	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 1	1	123	4	5	7	23%	83%		Home Run; R. Schoendienst Scores; S. Musial Scores; E. Slaughter Scores
46	46	17	2	1952-09-01 (1)	Del Rice	STL	@	CIN	ahead 4-0	t 1	2	---	1	7	2	5%	88%		Home Run
47	47	18	1	1952-09-12 (1)	Monte Irvin	NYG		CIN	ahead 2-1	b 3	2	---	1	4	7	11%	75%		Home Run
48	48	19	1	1952-09-27	Ralph Kiner	PIT	@	CIN	behind 1-6	t 7	2	1-3	3	2	7	9%	12%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Smith Scores; T. Bartirome Scores
49	49	20	2	1952-09-27	Joe Garagiola	PIT	@	CIN	behind 4-6	t 7	2	---	1	3	2	11%	22%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	21	3	1952-09-27	Gus Bell	PIT	@	CIN	behind 5-6	t 7	2	---	1	4	9	21%	43%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1953-05-04 (2)	Bobby Thomson	NYG		CIN	behind 3-8	b 8	2	1--	2	3	8	3%	5%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Williams Scores
52	52	2	1	1953-05-10 (1)	Steve Bilko	STL	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	1	6	3	13%	58%		Home Run (Deep CF)
53	53	3	1	1953-05-17 (1)	Jackie Robinson	BRO	@	CIN	behind 0-2	t 2	0	---	1	4	5	9%	40%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
54	54	4	2	1953-05-17 (1)	George Shuba	BRO	@	CIN	behind 1-2	t 2	0	1--	2	6	7	16%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Campanella Scores
55	55	5	1	1953-05-19	Willie Jones	PHI	@	CIN	ahead 5-3	t 6	0	---	1	7	5	8%	86%		Home Run
56	56	6	1	1953-05-31 (1)	Eddie Mathews	MLN	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	5	16%	66%		Home Run; J. Logan Scores
57	57	7	1	1953-06-04	Whitey Lockman	NYG		CIN	behind 0-1	b 2	0	-2-	2	5	3	14%	65%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Irvin Scores
58	58	8	1	1953-06-09	Carl Furillo	BRO		CIN	behind 1-2	b 2	0	-2-	2	6	9	14%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Hodges Scores
59	59	9	2	1953-06-09	Gil Hodges	BRO		CIN	behind 3-5	b 4	0	1--	2	5	3	19%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Robinson Scores
60	60	10	1	1953-06-21	Roy Campanella	BRO	@	CHC	behind 1-2	t 6	2	---	1	4	2	16%	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
61	61	11	1	1953-06-28	Monte Irvin	NYG	@	CHC	ahead 3-0	t 3	1	---	1	4	7	7%	84%		Home Run
62	62	12	1	1953-07-05 (1)	Hobie Landrith	CIN	@	CHC	behind 0-2	t 6	0	---	1	7	2	12%	35%		Home Run
63	63	13	1	1953-07-10 (2)	Andy Seminick	CIN		CHC	behind 1-4	b 6	0	1--	2	7	2	19%	40%		Home Run; B. Borkowski Scores
64	64	14	1	1953-07-19 (2)	Del Ennis	PHI		CHC	behind 1-2	b 1	2	---	1	4	7	10%	51%		Home Run (Deep LF)
65	65	15	2	1953-07-19 (2)	Ted Kazanski	PHI		CHC	tied 2-2	b 2	2	---	1	8	6	11%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
66	66	16	1	1953-07-22 (2)	Gil Hodges	BRO		CHC	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	2	5	3	15%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Robinson Scores
67	67	17	2	1953-07-22 (2)	Carl Furillo	BRO		CHC	ahead 6-1	b 7	2	-2-	2	6	9	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Hodges Scores
68	68	18	1	1953-07-28	Gil Hodges	BRO	@	CHC	ahead 7-1	t 3	0	1--	2	6	3	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Campanella Scores
69	69	19	2	1953-07-28	Carl Furillo	BRO	@	CHC	ahead 9-2	t 5	0	-2-	2	7	9	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Hodges Scores
70	70	20	1	1953-08-01	Frank Thomas	PIT	@	CHC	ahead 6-3	t 6	2	1-3	3	4	8	11%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. O'Connell Scores; H. Rice Scores
71	71	21	1	1953-08-05 (2)	Ray Noble	NYG	@	CHC	ahead 4-3	t 8	2	---	1	8	2	14%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
72	72	22	1	1953-08-06	Al Dark	NYG	@	CHC	ahead 9-6	t 8	2	-23	3	2	6	6%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Wilhelm Scores/unER; W. Lockman Scores/unER; A. Dark Scores/unER
73	73	23	1	1953-08-15	Joe Adcock	MLN	@	CHC	tied 0-0	t 4	0	-2-	2	5	3	15%	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Pafko Scores
74	74	24	1	1953-08-26	Bobby Morgan	BRO		CHC	behind 0-6	b 4	1	---	1	7	5	3%	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
75	75	25	1	1953-09-01	Dusty Rhodes	NYG		CHC	behind 4-6	b 3	1	1--	2	5	7	19%	53%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Thomson Scores
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
76	76	1	1	1954-04-25 (1)	Ted Kluszewski	CIN		CHC	behind 0-3	b 4	0	---	1	4	3	9%	31%		Home Run
77	77	2	2	1954-04-25 (1)	Wally Post	CIN		CHC	behind 1-3	b 4	2	---	1	7	9	11%	38%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run
78	78	3	1	1954-05-13	Hank Thompson	NYG		CHC	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---	1	3	5	10%	51%		Home Run (Deep RF)
79	79	4	2	1954-05-13	Monte Irvin	NYG		CHC	tied 1-1	b 1	2	---	1	4	7	10%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
80	80	5	3	1954-05-13	Willie Mays	NYG		CHC	ahead 2-1	b 2	0	---	1	6	8	9%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
81	81	6	4	1954-05-13	Ebba St. Claire	NYG		CHC	ahead 3-1	b 2	0	1--	2	8	2	11%	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Lockman Scores
82	82	7	1	1954-05-16 (2)	Frank Thomas	PIT		CHC	ahead 3-1	b 7	1	-2-	2	4	7
83	83	8	1	1954-05-23 (2)	Andy Pafko	MLN	@	CHC	ahead 8-3	t 9	1	---	1	4	9	0%	100%		Home Run
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
84	84	1	1	1955-04-16	Wally Moon	STL		CHC	behind 9-11	b 12	2	1--	2	1	7

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