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: 5-32 / in Starts: 3-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 13

1971 Pitching Game Log

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1971 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	31	6	Apr 13	PHI		PIT	L,3-9	9-GF		99	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	2	0	18.00	28.45	6	2	1	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.009	.03	-0.01%	-1.57	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 6
2	32	8	Apr 16	PHI		ATL	L,7-8	8-GF		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.00	12.12	7	0	5	3	1	1		0	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.017	.19	0.01%	0.87	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
3	33	14	Apr 24	PHI	@	STL	L,0-5	GS-4	L(0-1)	7	3.1	5	4	4	4	1	1	0	8.53	10.66	18	7	4	1	0	2	31			1	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.162	1.15	-0.12%	-1.71	1b start tie	4b 123 1 out d2
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	34	21	May 2	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-7	7-GF(8)		7	2.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	8.64	10.01	8	2	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.020	.04	-0.01%	-1.02	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 6
5	35	23	May 4	PHI		STL	L,3-7	6-7		1	1.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	8.10	9.05	8	4	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.013	.27	-0.01%	-0.10	6t 1-- 1 out d3	7t 3 out d4
6	36	25	May 7	PHI		HOU	L,1-8	6-7		2	2.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	7.50	7.87	9	3	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.007	.11	0.00%	-0.13	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d5
7	37	28	May 11	PHI		CHC	L,2-6	6-7		3	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.43	7.31	8	3	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.020	.06	0.01%	0.87	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d4
8	38	31	May 15	PHI	@	ATL	L,2-6	6-7		3	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	6.19	7.39	9	4	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.003	.03	0.00%	-0.08	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d5
9	39	34	May 18	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-4	6-6		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.82	7.10	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.022	.07	0.00%	0.41	6b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d2
10	40	37	May 21	PHI		CIN	L,3-7	4-7		2	4.0	3	2	2	3	0	0	0	5.57	6.64	18	6	6	1	1	3		3	3	0	0	0	13	2	0	1	0	1	1	.33	-0.089	.10	-0.02%	-1.45	4t 123 0 out d2	7t 3 out d7
11	41	43	May 28	PHI	@	LAD	L,2-6	4-6		6	3.0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	4.88	6.49	11	4	4	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2	1	0	.30	0.032	.07	0.00%	1.69	4b -23 0 out d3	6b 3 out d4
12	42	44	May 29	PHI	@	LAD	L,3-9	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.68	6.33	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.41	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
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	43	58	Jun 13	PHI		SDP	L,8-9	3-7		14	4.1	6	3	3	3	2	1	0	4.91	6.37	20	7	4	0	1	4		1	1	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.17	-0.068	.18	-0.01%	-1.97	3t -2- 2 out tie	7t 3 out a1
14	44	64	Jun 20(1)	PHI	@	NYM	L,6-7	6-7	H(1)	6	1.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.65	6.03	7	0	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	0.067	.15	0.00%	0.46	6b --- 0 out a2	7b 12- 2 out a2
15	45	67	Jun 22	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-6	5-GF(8)		1	4.0	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.63	5.68	16	11	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	.10	0.012	.01	0.00%	0.25	5b -2- 0 out d4	8b end d 6
16	46	70	Jun 25	PHI		PIT	L,4-14	8-GF		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.38	5.45	7	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.87	8t --- 0 out d10	9t end d10
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
17	47	77	Jul 1	PHI		CIN	L,1-5	6-8		5	2.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.08	5.20	10	5	2	0	1	2		1	1	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.016	.01	0.00%	0.49	6t -2- 1 out d3	8t 3 out d4
18	48	82	Jul 5	PHI	@	ATL	W,6-5	GS-3		3	2.2	3	4	4	3	2	0	0	4.68	5.14	14	2	4	0	1	3	35			1	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.21	-0.083	.04	0.00%	-1.04	1b start a 3	3b 12- 2 out a2
19	49	85	Jul 8	PHI		MON	W,7-5	3-7		2	4.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.24	4.89	13	10	2	0	1	1		1	0	0	1	1	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.194	.01	0.00%	1.94	3t 1-- 2 out d2	7t 3 out d1
20	50	89	Jul 11	PHI		MON	W,11-5	5-6	W(1-1)	2	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.07	4.81	7	1	4	1	2	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.096	.01	0.00%	0.87	5t --- 0 out d1	6t 3 out d1
21	51	91	Jul 16	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-11	3-5		4	1.2	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.47	4.80	9	3	2	2	0	3		3	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.94	3b 123 1 out d3	5b 12- 0 out d5
22	52	94	Jul 18(2)	PHI	@	HOU	L,7-10	2-4		1	3.0	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	4.89	4.83	15	6	3	0	2	3		1	0	0	0	0	11	1	1	0	1	1	0	.29	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-2.13	2b -2- 0 out d4	4b 3 out d8
23	53	97	Jul 21	PHI	@	STL	L,1-6	6-7		2	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.77	4.74	4	1	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.025	.00	0.00%	0.92	6b 1-3 2 out d3	7b 3 out d3
24	54	105	Jul 28	PHI		HOU	L,3-6	5-6		6	1.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.85	4.71	6	1	0	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.92	5t 1-- 2 out d5	6t -23 2 out d6
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
25	55	115	Aug 8(2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-4	5-7		10	2.2	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	4.63	4.70	12	6	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	.27	0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.23	5b --- 0 out d3	7b -23 2 out d4
26	56	117	Aug 11	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.55	4.66	5	3	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.59	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
27	57	122	Aug 17	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-5	2-4		5	3.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.33	4.54	11	4	2	0	0	2		1	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.54	0.078	.00	0.00%	1.66	2b 1-- 0 out d3	4b 3 out d3
28	58	124	Aug 20	PHI		LAD	L,5-9	5-7		2	2.1	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.45	4.52	13	9	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.10	-0.175	.00	0.00%	-1.54	5t --- 0 out d1	7t 12- 1 out d3
29	59	129	Aug 25	PHI		SDP	L,0-7	GS-5	L(1-2)	4	4.0	6	6	5	3	0	0	1	4.85	4.58	21	8	3	1	1	6	25			0	0	0	17	3	0	1	0	0	0	.76	-0.275	.00	0.00%	-3.23	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out d4
30	60	132	Aug 29	PHI		SFG	L,3-8	3-5		3	1.2	1	1	1	2	3	0	1	4.86	4.57	9	0	2	0	0	1		1	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.77	3t 1-- 2 out d4	5t 12- 1 out d5
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
31	61	135	Sep 1	PHI	@	PIT	L,7-10	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.79	4.51	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
32	62	142	Sep 6(2)	PHI		STL	W,2-1	GS-6	W(2-2)	4	6.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	4.54	4.27	20	7	8	0	1	2	67			1	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.160	.00	0.00%	1.61	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
33	63	146	Sep 12	PHI	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS-7		5	6.1	6	2	2	3	4	0	1	4.41	4.18	29	10	5	1	1	6	54			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.105	.00	0.00%	1.15	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a1
34	64	150	Sep 16	PHI		MON	L,2-6	GS-8	L(2-3)	3	7.0	8	5	2	1	5	0	0	4.27	3.97	31	7	12	2	0	6	51			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	2	1	1.20	-0.321	.00	0.00%	-1.92	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out d2
35	65	154	Sep 21(1)	PHI	@	MON	W,5-4	GS-8	W(3-3)	4	7.1	5	4	3	3	2	1	0	4.22	4.04	29	16	3	1	1	5	53			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.06	0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.03	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a2
36	66	159	Sep 25	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-4	GS-7	L(3-4)	3	7.0	8	4	3	1	5	2	0	4.20	4.12	30	9	7	1	2	8	51			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	2	.56	-0.147	.00	0.00%	-0.56	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
37	67	162	Sep 30	PHI		PIT	L,3-4	GS-4	L(3-5)	4	3.2	5	4	4	1	3	1	0	4.39	4.15	17	4	5	2	0	4	37			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.17	-0.361	.00	0.00%	-2.60	1t start tie	4t --3 2 out d1
							5-32		W-L:3-5,Hld:1	3.2	108.2	100	61	53	48	49	10	3	4.39	4.15	466	1.51		7%	7%	80	45	19	37%	8	6	1	401	23	3	4	10	7	6	.69	-0.985	.08	-0.15%	-9.61

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