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: 11-16 / in Starts: 7-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 10

1975 Pitching Game Log

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1975 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	166	3	Apr 11	MIL		CLE	W,6-2	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.2	7	2	2	3	0	0	0	2.08	3.63	36	12	14	0	0	7	59			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	.82	0.236	1.24	0.22%	1.72	1t start tie	9t -23 2 out a4
2	167	6	Apr 15	MIL	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	5	1	1	4	2	0	0	1.53	3.55	35	13	11	0	0	5	71			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.06	0.286	1.77	0.29%	3.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
3	168	9	Apr 19	MIL	@	CLE	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-0)	3	9.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.01	3.11	31	15	10	1	0	2	85			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.41	0.663	2.63	0.74%	4.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
4	169	12	Apr 23	MIL		BAL	W,8-5	GS-6		3	6.0	5	4	3	2	1	0	0	1.65	3.14	25	8	9	0	2	5	47			2	2	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	2	.71	-0.176	1.27	-0.19%	-1.13	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
5	170	15	Apr 27(2)	MIL	@	NYY	L,1-10	GS-4	L(3-1)	3	3.2	7	8	7	1	2	2	0	3.22	3.77	20	7	3	1	0	7	18			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	.54	-0.345	.99	-0.39%	-6.20	1b start tie	4b --- 2 out d8
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
6	171	18	May 2	MIL		NYY	W,4-2	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	6	2	2	5	7	0	0	2.98	3.56	36	13	5	0	0	6	69			1	0	0	31	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.44	0.314	2.91	0.38%	2.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
7	172	22	May 7	MIL	@	DET	W,7-5	GS-4		4	3.0	5	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.54	3.58	16	4	4	0	0	5	32			1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.01	-0.290	2.32	-0.40%	-2.36	1b start tie	4b 123 0 out a2
8	173	26	May 11	MIL	@	KCR	L,0-4	GS-7	L(4-2)	3	6.1	9	4	4	2	4	0	0	3.79	3.43	29	5	9	1	0	9	41			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.129	1.31	-0.16%	-1.73	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out d4
9	174	30	May 16	MIL	@	MIN	W,3-1	GS-7	W(5-2)	4	6.1	7	1	1	3	6	0	0	3.54	3.29	29	10	3	0	0	7	58			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.149	2.77	0.20%	1.52	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a2
10	175	34	May 21	MIL		TEX	L,4-5	GS-5	L(5-3)	4	4.1	7	5	4	1	1	1	0	3.86	3.46	20	6	5	0	0	7	31			1	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.286	2.65	-0.38%	-2.11	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out tie
11	176	38	May 25	MIL		MIN	L,2-7	GS-5	L(5-4)	3	4.0	7	4	4	4	0	0	0	4.15	3.58	20	5	4	0	1	7	28			1	1	0	16	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.18	-0.283	2.37	-0.34%	-2.70	1t start tie	5t -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
12	177	43	Jun 1(1)	MIL		KCR	L,6-13	GS-4		6	3.1	6	6	6	3	1	0	0	4.71	3.63	18	4	4	1	2	6	22			1	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.27	-0.338	2.12	-0.34%	-3.47	1t start tie	4t -23 1 out a1
13	178	46	Jun 3	MIL	@	OAK	W,5-4	3-7	W(6-4)	1	4.1	3	1	1	2	0	1	0	4.56	3.82	18	6	7	1	0	3		2	0	1	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	0.231	2.60	0.21%	1.29	3b 12- 2 out d2	7b 3 out a1
14	179	52	Jun 10	MIL	@	CHW	L,2-9	5-6		6	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.75	3.81	4	0	2	1	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.20	-0.267	1.73	-0.23%	-2.48	5b 12- 1 out tie	6b 1-- 0 out d3
15	180	55	Jun 13	MIL		CAL	W,10-2	8-GF		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.63	3.79	8	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.002	.01	0.00%	0.96	8t --- 0 out a8	9t end a 8
16	181	57	Jun 15(1)	MIL		CAL	L,7-8	9-11	L(6-5)	1	2.1	4	2	2	3	1	0	0	4.72	3.84	14	3	3	1	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	11	1	0	2	0	0	0	2.18	-0.550	3.31	-0.50%	-2.14	9t -2- 1 out tie	11t 123 2 out d2
17	182	64	Jun 21	MIL	@	CLE	W,11-9	6-7	H(1)	5	1.1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.86	3.87	7	1	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	-0.103	2.29	-0.08%	-1.24	6b 1-- 1 out a2	7b 1-- 2 out a1
18	183	66	Jun 23	MIL		DET	W,8-4	5-6		1	1.1	4	2	1	0	1	1	0	4.89	3.98	9	3	1	0	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	-0.289	1.92	-0.24%	-2.83	5t 1-- 0 out a4	6t 1-3 1 out a1
19	184	70	Jun 26	MIL		CLE	L,2-9	2-6		2	4.1	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	4.96	4.01	19	5	7	1	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	.37	-0.043	.66	-0.05%	-1.66	2t 12- 2 out d3	6t 3 out d7
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
20	185	76	Jul 2(1)	MIL		BOS	L,3-6	4-GF		5	6.0	8	3	3	1	1	1	0	4.93	4.07	24	6	9	2	0	7		1	0	0	1	1	22	2	0	0	0	1	0	.21	-0.029	.69	-0.06%	0.25	4t 1-- 0 out d3	9t end d 6
21	186	79	Jul 4	MIL	@	DET	L,2-8	2-4		1	2.0	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	5.10	4.11	12	2	3	2	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.28	-0.076	.68	-0.11%	-2.74	2b -2- 1 out d4	4b -23 1 out d6
22	187	82	Jul 6(2)	MIL	@	DET	L,2-11	2-2		1	0.0	3	2	2	1	0	2	0	5.29	4.41	4	0	0	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	-0.083	.51	-0.12%	-3.61	2b 1-- 0 out d4	2b 12- 0 out d7
23	188	84	Jul 8	MIL	@	KCR	L,1-9	6-7		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.18	4.41	7	4	2	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.99	6b --- 0 out d8	7b 3 out d7
24	189	93	Jul 20(2)	MIL	@	CHW	L,5-10	4-7		11	3.1	2	4	4	3	0	1	0	5.36	4.56	14	7	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	.39	-0.005	.47	0.00%	-0.60	4b --- 0 out d2	7b 123 1 out d3
25	190	98	Jul 24	MIL		BAL	L,7-10	7-8		3	1.1	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	5.64	4.52	10	0	3	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.179	.69	-0.11%	-3.71	7t --- 0 out d1	8t -2- 1 out d5
26	191	101	Jul 27(1)	MIL		BAL	L,4-7	1-3		2	1.2	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	5.72	4.52	10	1	3	0	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.22	-0.118	.99	-0.06%	-1.18	1t 123 2 out d2	3t 12- 1 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
27	192	106	Aug 1(1)	MIL	@	BAL	L,4-6	GS-5	L(6-6)	4	4.2	7	5	5	2	4	1	0	5.89	4.54	21	3	5	1	0	7	32			0	1	0	19	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.19	-0.189	.49	-0.05%	-2.84	1b start tie	5b --- 2 out d5
							11-16		W-L:6-6,Hld:1	3.0	110.0	125	77	72	55	40	10	0	5.89	4.54	496	1.13		5%	3%	124	46	15	40%	12	7	2	431	15	1	8	9	5	8	.99	-1.896	1.71	-1.77%	-28.36

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