Bill Champion

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 188lb (193cm, 85kg)

Born: September 18, 1947 in Shelby, NC us

Died: January 7, 2017 in Shelby, NC

Buried: Cremated

Draft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 3rd round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Shelby HS (Shelby, NC).

High School: Shelby HS (Shelby, NC)

Debut: June 4, 1969 (Age 21-259d, 12,835th in major league history)
vs. SDP 8.0 IP, 6 H, 5 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, L

Last Game: June 5, 1976 (Age 28-261d)
vs. KCR 2.0 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: Buford Billy Champion

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.9

ERA

4.69

202

102

804.1

360

WHIP

1.525

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Team Record in Appearances: 7-23 / in Starts: 7-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 2

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	68	4	Apr 18	PHI		STL	W,6-3	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.2	7	3	2	3	7	0	0	2.08	1.82	36	10	9	0	3	7	64			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.140	1.36	0.13%	0.56	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a3
2	69	9	Apr 26	PHI	@	SFG	L,6-8	GS-3		7	3.0	3	3	3	1	2	1	0	3.86	3.00	13	4	3	0	0	3	42			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.192	1.15	-0.17%	-1.68	1b start tie	3b 3 out d2
3	70	14	Apr 30(2)	PHI	@	SDP	W,3-1	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	8	1	1	3	3	0	1	2.61	3.03	36	12	9	0	2	8	67			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	3	0	0	1.46	0.356	2.34	0.34%	2.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	71	18	May 5	PHI		SFG	W,3-2	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	10	2	2	4	3	0	0	2.43	3.04	39	11	11	0	3	10	58			1	0	0	35	3	1	0	1	0	0	1.38	0.360	2.45	0.38%	1.97	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
5	72	22	May 11	PHI		SDP	W,6-5	GS-4		5	4.0	5	4	3	1	0	1	0	2.94	3.44	18	9	3	1	0	5	37			1	0	0	17	2	0	0	1	0	1	.77	-0.293	1.31	-0.30%	-2.24	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
6	73	26	May 16	PHI		CHC	L,1-8	GS-3	L(3-1)	4	3.0	5	5	5	2	1	2	0	3.93	4.17	15	5	2	0	1	5	28			1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.344	1.18	-0.39%	-3.68	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
7	74	30	May 20(2)	PHI		NYM	L,1-2	GS-4	L(3-2)	3	4.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.98	4.00	19	2	6	1	0	6	43			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.061	1.89	-0.06%	-0.24	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
8	75	36	May 27	PHI	@	PIT	W,2-1	GS-7		6	6.2	7	1	1	4	3	0	0	3.61	3.90	30	9	8	0	1	6	55			1	0	0	26	1	0	2	1	0	0	1.50	0.093	.94	0.04%	1.24	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	76	44	Jun 4	PHI		CIN	L,0-2	GS-8	L(3-3)	7	8.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.42	3.68	30	14	6	0	1	5	63			0	1	0	28	3	0	2	1	0	0	.71	0.052	.09	0.00%	1.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
10	77	47	Jun 8	PHI		HOU	W,7-2	GS-7	W(4-3)	3	6.0	4	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.23	3.54	23	10	1	0	1	4	62			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	2	0	0	.96	0.137	.09	0.01%	0.68	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a3
11	78	51	Jun 13(1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-8	GS-7	L(4-4)	4	6.1	7	6	6	1	3	1	0	3.72	3.58	26	5	10	3	1	7	37			0	0	0	23	3	1	0	1	2	0	1.08	-0.537	.14	-0.04%	-3.36	1b start a 3	7b --- 1 out d2
12	79	56	Jun 18	PHI	@	HOU	L,0-10	GS-1	L(4-5)	4	0.1	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	4.24	3.58	5	1	0	0	0	4	27			1	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.294	.05	-0.01%	-3.19	1b start tie	1b -2- 1 out d3
13	80	61	Jun 26	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-11	GS-4	L(4-6)	7	3.2	7	6	5	2	0	1	0	4.65	3.78	20	6	5	1	0	7	23			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.333	.04	-0.01%	-3.32	1b start a 1	4b 1-- 2 out d4
14	81	66	Jun 30	PHI		STL	L,1-4	GS-6	L(4-7)	3	6.0	5	3	3	1	1	1	0	4.64	3.85	24	14	3	0	0	5	50			0	0	0	21	1	1	1	0	1	0	.77	-0.107	.02	0.00%	-0.36	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	82	71	Jul 4	PHI		SFG	L,1-2	GS-8	L(4-8)	3	8.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	0	4.41	3.72	30	8	12	0	1	5	63			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.20	0.016	.00	0.00%	1.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
16	83	75	Jul 8	PHI		SDP	L,5-8	GS-7		3	7.0	7	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.27	3.66	28	11	7	0	3	7	54			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.096	.00	0.00%	1.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
17	84	80	Jul 12	PHI		LAD	L,5-9	GS-2	L(4-9)	3	1.1	7	4	4	0	0	0	0	4.60	3.64	10	2	1	0	0	7	24			0	0	0	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	-0.400	.00	0.00%	-3.59	1t start tie	2t 1-- 1 out d1
18	85	84	Jul 18	PHI	@	SDP	L,1-5	GS-5	L(4-10)	5	5.0	5	3	3	4	3	1	0	4.64	3.77	24	6	6	1	0	5	44			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.129	.00	0.00%	-1.01	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
19	86	87	Jul 22	PHI	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS-4	L(4-11)	3	4.0	6	3	3	1	2	1	0	4.72	3.84	18	9	0	0	0	6	39			0	1	0	16	0	0	1	0	0	0	.96	-0.163	.00	0.00%	-1.31	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	87	98	Aug 2	PHI	@	NYM	W,5-3	GS-6		10	6.0	6	2	2	2	3	1	0	4.62	3.88	24	7	6	0	1	6	53			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	0.025	.00	0.00%	0.51	1b start a 2	6b 3 out tie
21	88	103	Aug 8	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-4	GS-4	L(4-12)	5	4.0	7	4	4	1	2	1	0	4.78	3.93	18	6	2	0	1	7	33			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	2	0	0	.98	-0.227	.00	0.00%	-2.31	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
22	89	108	Aug 13(2)	PHI		MON	L,3-8	GS-4	L(4-13)	4	3.2	5	4	3	3	1	0	0	4.86	3.94	19	4	6	0	2	5	35			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.339	.00	0.00%	-2.44	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d2
23	90	110	Aug 16	PHI		CIN	L,2-8	3-4		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.78	3.90	7	4	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.091	.00	0.00%	0.88	3t --- 0 out d1	4t 3 out d1
24	91	117	Aug 23	PHI		ATL	L,6-9	7-7		6	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.81	3.89	6	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.56	7t --- 0 out d8	7t 3 out d9
25	92	118	Aug 25	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-6	5-6		1	2.0	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	4.73	3.89	9	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	.24	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.19	5b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d5
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	93	125	Sep 1(2)	PHI	@	ATL	L,5-11	1-4		6	2.2	4	4	4	3	1	0	0	4.92	3.92	15	1	6	1	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-1.01	1b 12- 1 out d2	4b 123 0 out d3
27	94	135	Sep 10	PHI		CHC	L,3-5	4-5		8	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.92	3.92	8	2	3	1	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.12	4t --- 0 out d1	5t 3 out d2
28	95	138	Sep 13	PHI		NYM	L,6-11	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.88	3.94	6	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
29	96	148	Sep 26	PHI		PIT	L,1-5	2-6	L(4-14)	12	4.0	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	5.00	3.88	20	10	4	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.50	-0.174	.00	0.00%	-1.70	2t --- 0 out tie	6t -23 0 out d2
30	97	153	Oct 1	PHI	@	MON	L,6-10	2-3		4	1.1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	5.09	3.91	8	3	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	.28	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-3.16	2b 12- 2 out d4	3b 3 out d6
							7-23		W-L:4-14	4.3	132.2	155	80	75	54	54	11	1	5.09	3.91	584	1.44		3%	6%	151	46	4	50%	8	4	0	515	33	4	8	17	4	2	1.03	-2.373	.61	-0.09%	-22.45

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