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: 11-26 / in Starts: 4-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 19

1973 Pitching Game Log

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1973 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	98	1	Apr 6	MIL	@	BAL	L,0-10	6-7		99	1.2	7	4	4	1	2	2	0	21.60	17.57	12	1	1	0	0	7		0	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.009	.04	-0.01%	-3.48	6b --- 0 out d6	7b 12- 2 out d10
2	99	6	Apr 15(2)	MIL		BAL	L,4-5	4-8		8	4.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.00	6.73	13	7	5	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.231	1.22	0.21%	2.43	4t -23 2 out d3	8t 3 out d1
3	100	7	Apr 17	MIL	@	CLE	L,3-7	3-6		1	3.2	4	1	1	1	2	1	0	4.66	6.39	14	3	4	0	1	4		0	0	0	2	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	.42	0.008	.55	0.01%	0.73	3b --- 0 out d5	6b 1-- 2 out d3
4	101	9	Apr 19	MIL	@	CLE	W,10-7	6-6	BS(1)	1	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.40	6.27	3	1	0	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.14	-0.442	4.17	-0.35%	-2.76	6b 123 1 out a3	6b -2- 2 out d1
5	102	14	Apr 25	MIL	@	KCR	L,2-3	2-4		5	2.2	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	4.26	6.04	11	2	3	1	1	2		2	0	0	2	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.111	.84	0.10%	2.21	2b 1-3 1 out d3	4b 3 out d3
6	103	16	Apr 27	MIL	@	TEX	L,2-4	4-7		1	3.0	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.02	5.18	11	4	2	0	1	1		1	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.043	.70	0.04%	0.60	4b -2- 0 out d3	7b 1-- 0 out d3
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
7	104	21	May 4	MIL		KCR	L,3-5	4-8		6	4.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.66	4.60	14	6	3	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	.41	0.037	.64	0.04%	1.45	4t 12- 0 out d4	8t 1-- 0 out d3
8	105	24	May 8	MIL		TEX	L,3-5	5-9	L(0-1)	3	3.2	1	2	2	2	4	0	1	3.86	4.32	15	5	2	1	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.058	2.22	-0.05%	1.54	5t 123 1 out d3	9t 1-- 0 out d1
9	106	29	May 14	MIL		CLE	L,1-2	GS-7	L(0-2)	5	6.1	7	2	2	4	5	0	1	3.64	4.12	29	8	4	0	0	7	52			0	0	0	23	1	0	1	2	1	0	.89	0.012	1.78	0.02%	0.37	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d2
10	107	33	May 18	MIL	@	NYY	W,6-5	GS-4		3	3.0	5	3	3	3	0	1	0	4.13	4.65	17	4	5	0	2	5	34			1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.247	2.25	-0.27%	-2.09	1b start a 1	4b -23 0 out d1
11	108	36	May 20(2)	MIL		DET	L,3-5	2-7		1	5.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.58	4.34	17	7	6	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.187	1.14	0.22%	2.45	2t --3 2 out d2	7t 1-- 2 out d2
12	109	39	May 24	MIL	@	BOS	L,1-10	GS-4	L(0-3)	3	3.0	8	5	5	1	2	1	1	4.43	4.58	19	2	5	0	4	8	24			1	0	0	17	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.16	-0.279	2.05	-0.30%	-3.10	1b start tie	4b -2- 0 out d3
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
13	110	50	Jun 5	MIL	@	OAK	W,5-4	1-4		11	3.1	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	4.09	4.70	14	5	2	1	0	3		2	1	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.025	1.21	0.02%	0.77	1b -23 0 out d1	4b 123 1 out tie
14	111	56	Jun 12	MIL	@	MIN	W,6-3	5-7	W(1-3)	6	1.2	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.94	4.62	8	0	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.028	1.48	-0.03%	0.69	5b 1-3 1 out d2	7b 12- 0 out a3
15	112	64	Jun 20	MIL		BOS	L,2-3	1-4		7	4.0	5	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.81	4.54	18	5	5	0	0	5		2	0	0	0	1	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.114	2.42	0.17%	1.83	1t 12- 0 out d2	4t 3 out d3
16	113	70	Jun 26	MIL		BAL	L,0-6	5-7		5	2.2	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.61	4.50	14	2	5	0	1	6		2	2	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	.24	-0.024	.61	-0.04%	-0.21	5t 12- 0 out d4	7t -23 2 out d6
17	114	73	Jun 28	MIL	@	DET	L,6-8	5-7		1	2.2	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.44	4.40	12	4	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.72	0.142	3.06	0.15%	1.02	5b --- 0 out tie	7b 1-3 2 out a1
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
18	115	76	Jul 2	MIL	@	BAL	W,5-3	4-9	W(2-3)	3	5.0	2	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.15	4.27	19	8	3	1	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.65	0.295	2.64	0.28%	2.37	4b 1-- 0 out d1	9b 1-- 0 out a2
19	116	78	Jul 3 susp	MIL	@	BAL	L,4-6	10-GF(10)	L(2-4)	0	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.43	4.47	3	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.29	-0.368	3.84	-0.37%	-1.78	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 2
20	117	79	Jul 4	MIL	@	BAL	L,7-10	7-GF(8)	L(2-5)	0	1.1	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.79	4.53	7	2	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.356	1.91	-0.31%	-2.31	7b 1-- 2 out d2	8b end d 3
21	118	84	Jul 9	MIL		KCR	L,6-13	5-7		4	2.0	4	3	3	2	1	0	0	4.10	4.53	12	1	4	0	1	4		1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.069	.41	-0.06%	-2.23	5t 1-- 1 out d7	7t -2- 1 out d5
22	119	87	Jul 12	MIL		OAK	L,4-8	9-GF		2	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.08	4.49	2	0	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	-0.047	.54	-0.03%	-1.26	9t 123 2 out d2	9t end d 4
23	120	88	Jul 13	MIL		OAK	L,4-13	9-GF		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.04	4.47	2	0	2	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.53	9t 123 1 out d11	9t end d11
24	121	94	Jul 20	MIL	@	KCR	L,1-6	7-8		6	0.1	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.43	4.46	4	0	1	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.40	-0.029	.37	-0.02%	-2.05	7b 12- 2 out d2	8b -23 0 out d3
25	122	99	Jul 28	MIL		NYY	W,5-4	5-9	W(3-5)	7	4.1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.15	4.33	16	5	6	2	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.91	0.424	.72	0.10%	2.07	5t --- 0 out a1	9t --- 1 out a1
26	123	103	Jul 31(2)	MIL		DET	L,4-9	2-4		2	1.2	5	4	4	1	1	2	0	4.56	4.66	11	2	2	0	1	5		1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.102	.14	-0.04%	-3.35	2t 1-- 2 out d4	4t 1-- 1 out d7
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
27	124	113	Aug 10	MIL		MIN	W,5-1	3-GF	W(4-5)	9	6.1	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.19	4.43	23	10	4	0	1	4		0	0	1	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.176	.11	0.02%	2.87	3t --- 2 out d1	9t end a 4
28	125	121	Aug 19	MIL	@	OAK	L,4-6	1-6		8	5.1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.92	4.30	21	7	8	1	1	3		1	0	2	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	.83	0.188	.15	0.02%	2.48	1b 1-- 2 out d4	6b 3 out tie
29	126	124	Aug 23	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-6	GS-7		3	6.0	2	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.86	4.14	21	5	10	0	2	2	62			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.177	.06	0.01%	1.24	1b start a 2	7b 1-- 0 out a2
30	127	128	Aug 27	MIL	@	CHW	L,1-6	GS-5	L(4-6)	3	4.0	3	3	3	4	1	0	0	3.98	4.18	19	7	4	0	0	3	41			0	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.137	.04	0.00%	-0.85	1b start tie	5b 123 0 out tie
31	128	132	Aug 31(1)	MIL		BOS	W,3-2	GS-8		3	7.0	6	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.79	4.10	29	7	10	1	2	6	61			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	0.139	.01	0.00%	1.90	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a1
Sept				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
32	129	138	Sep 4	MIL		CLE	L,4-5	CG	L(4-7)	3	9.0	9	5	5	2	1	2	0	3.89	4.25	37	13	12	0	3	9	48			0	1	0	34	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.21	-0.456	.00	0.00%	-0.83	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
33	130	142	Sep 9	MIL	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	W(5-7)	4	9.0	9	3	3	4	3	0	0	3.82	4.17	39	9	14	0	2	9	56			1	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	.46	-0.020	.00	0.00%	1.13	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
34	131	147	Sep 13	MIL	@	BAL	L,6-7	GS-6		3	5.0	10	3	2	4	3	0	0	3.82	4.16	28	6	5	1	0	10	36			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.62	-0.313	.00	0.00%	-2.11	1b start tie	6b -23 0 out a1
35	132	150	Sep 16	MIL	@	DET	W,5-3	7-GF	S(1)	2	3.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	3.80	4.14	13	4	5	1	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	0.212	.00	0.00%	0.52	7b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 2
36	133	153	Sep 21	MIL		BAL	L,4-7	GS-4	L(5-8)	4	3.2	5	4	3	3	2	0	0	3.90	4.14	16	3	3	0	0	5	36			1	2	2	12	1	1	0	1	0	1	.95	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-0.56	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d2
37	134	156	Sep 25	MIL		NYY	W,3-2	GS-7		3	7.0	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.70	3.99	29	4	11	1	3	7	68			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.393	.00	0.00%	3.24	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
							11-26		W-L:5-8,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.6	136.1	139	58	56	62	67	10	4	3.70	3.99	592	0.99		4%	10%	138	47	35	23%	9	12	5	520	16	1	3	11	2	6	.99	-0.149	.79	-0.48%	6.45

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