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: 9-14 / in Starts: 8-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 2

1969 Pitching Game Log

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1969 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	1	46	Jun 4	PHI		SDP	L,0-3	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	8.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	1.13	1.63	31	12	9	2	3	4	70			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.261	.24	0.04%	2.55	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
2	2	51	Jun 11	PHI	@	LAD	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-1)	6	9.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.53	2.10	34	12	13	4	1	4	78			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	.87	0.423	.08	0.02%	3.79	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
3	3	56	Jun 17(1)	PHI		NYM	L,0-1	GS-8	L(1-2)	5	8.0	4	1	1	4	5	0	0	0.72	2.31	30	7	10	1	3	4	71			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.222	.20	0.02%	2.55	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
4	4	62	Jun 22(1)	PHI		PIT	L,0-6	GS-3	L(1-3)	4	2.1	10	5	5	0	1	0	0	2.30	2.25	16	7	1	1	0	7	18			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	.82	-0.348	.12	-0.03%	-4.52	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d5
5	5	68	Jun 27	PHI	@	MON	W,8-7	GS-8	W(2-3)	4	7.2	8	7	6	3	6	2	0	3.34	2.97	33	12	7	1	2	5	40			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	1	.80	-0.145	.06	-0.01%	-2.68	1b start a 1	8b -2- 2 out a2
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
6	6	74	Jul 2	PHI	@	PIT	W,14-4	GS-1		4	0.2	2	2	2	3	0	0	0	3.79	3.21	7	0	2	0	0	2	37			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.37	-0.217	.40	-0.04%	-2.28	1b start tie	1b 123 2 out d2
7	7	78	Jul 6(1)	PHI		MON	W,13-2	CG	W(3-3)	3	9.0	11	2	2	5	8	0	0	3.43	3.05	42	10	11	1	3	8	60			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.117	.03	0.01%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
8	8	84	Jul 11	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-5	GS-6		4	6.0	5	2	2	3	4	0	1	3.38	3.06	27	6	8	2	1	5	55			0	0	0	22	2	2	1	0	1	0	1.39	0.019	.14	0.00%	1.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
9	9	89	Jul 16	PHI	@	STL	L,0-5	GS-4	L(3-4)	4	3.2	6	5	5	3	1	1	0	3.98	3.39	20	8	5	1	0	3	27			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.252	.02	0.00%	-3.40	1b start tie	4b 1-- 2 out d5
10	10	94	Jul 20(2)	PHI		CHC	L,1-6	GS-5	L(3-5)	3	4.2	8	4	4	2	1	1	0	4.27	3.61	23	6	6	0	2	8	31			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.199	.00	0.00%	-1.51	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out d2
11	11	100	Jul 30(2)	PHI		ATL	W,4-3	GS-8	W(4-5)	9	8.0	7	3	2	3	2	0	1	4.03	3.60	36	15	11	0	4	4	57			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	1	0	2	1.34	-0.045	.00	0.00%	0.55	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
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
12	12	105	Aug 3	PHI		CIN	L,17-19	GS-3		3	2.0	5	3	3	1	2	0	0	4.30	3.55	12	3	3	0	1	3	35			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.159	.00	0.00%	-1.48	1t start tie	3t 1-- 0 out a2
13	13	107	Aug 5(2)	PHI		SFG	L,3-5	7-7		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.26	3.54	2	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.48	7t 1-- 1 out d3	7t 3 out d3
14	14	108	Aug 6	PHI		SFG	W,5-4	8-GF	S(1)	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.14	3.50	8	1	3	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.33	0.415	.00	0.00%	1.50	8t -2- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
15	15	110	Aug 9	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-4	GS-8		2	7.0	4	1	1	5	1	0	0	3.89	3.58	27	15	4	0	2	2	61			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.41	0.068	.00	0.00%	1.50	1b start tie	8b 123 0 out a2
16	16	118	Aug 17	PHI		HOU	L,2-3	GS-6	L(4-6)	7	5.0	5	3	3	3	3	1	0	3.98	3.70	23	8	5	0	0	4	45			2	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.116	.00	0.00%	-1.12	1t start tie	6t 1-3 0 out d2
17	17	123	Aug 23	PHI		SDP	W,7-6	GS-4		5	3.0	5	5	4	2	4	0	0	4.26	3.64	16	3	4	3	0	3	33			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.29	-0.355	.00	0.00%	-3.00	1t start tie	4t 1-3 0 out a1
18	18	127	Aug 28	PHI	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(4-7)	4	8.0	10	4	4	7	5	0	0	4.28	3.66	40	13	5	0	0	10	44			0	0	0	31	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.27	-0.369	.00	0.00%	-0.41	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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
19	19	132	Sep 2	PHI	@	SDP	W,2-0	SHO	W(5-7)	4	9.0	3	0	0	4	7	0	1	3.91	3.57	34	14	7	2	0	1	84			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.52	0.604	.00	0.00%	3.92	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
20	20	137	Sep 7	PHI	@	NYM	L,3-9	GS-8	L(5-8)	4	7.0	9	8	8	6	8	2	0	4.31	3.76	36	10	13	5	2	0	29			2	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.35	-0.418	.00	0.00%	-3.59	1b start a 1	8b 123 0 out d2
21	21	142	Sep 12	PHI		MON	L,0-4	GS-3	L(5-9)	4	3.0	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	4.51	3.73	16	6	5	3	0	3	31			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.03	-0.269	.00	0.00%	-2.67	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
22	22	148	Sep 17	PHI	@	CHC	L,7-9	6-6	L(5-10)	4	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.75	3.73	3	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.243	.00	0.00%	-2.00	6b --- 0 out tie	6b 12- 0 out d1
23	23	153	Sep 21	PHI	@	MON	L,6-7	GS-4		3	3.0	7	5	5	4	1	0	0	5.01	3.79	19	8	1	0	0	5	22			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	-0.422	.00	0.00%	-3.46	1b start a 3	4b 123 0 out a1
							9-14		W-L:5-10,Sv:1	4.0	116.2	130	68	65	63	70	7	3	5.01	3.79	535	1.30		8%	8%	89	46	2	0%	6	1	0	455	20	3	4	9	5	5	1.11	-1.411	.05	0.02%	-12.22

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