Champ Summers

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: June 15, 1946 in Bremerton, WA us

Died: October 11, 2012 in Ocala, FL

Buried: Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, FL

High School: Madison HS (Madison, IL)

Schools: Nicholls State University (Thibodaux, LA), Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (Edwardsville, IL)

Debut: May 4, 1974 (Age 27-323d, 13,484th in major league history)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1984 (Age 38-107d)
vs. ATL 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Full Name: John Junior Summers

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.0

1371

350

.255

199

RBI

218

OBP

.350

SLG

.425

OPS

.776

OPS+

112

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	31-33 / in Starts: 25-22
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	20 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 189 PAs	21
Actual Runners on Base	135 (69-39-27)
Avg. MLBer w/ 189 PAs	19
Avg. Runners on Base	114 (56-38-19)

Most Driven In
S Kemp	9
A Trammell	3
Self	3
R Hebner	2
R Peters	1
J Wockenfuss	1
A Cowens	1
R Jackson	1

Most Driven In By
Self	3
R Leach	2
A Cowens	2
T Brookens	2
L Whitaker	2
R Peters	1
S Papi	1
B Fahey	1

1981 Batting Game Log

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1981 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	489	1	Apr 9	DET		TOR	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	5	1.03	0.050	.72	0.02%	0.24	DH
2	490	2	Apr 11	DET		TOR	W,6-2	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.429	.200	.629	5	1.13	0.034	.84	0.02%	0.65	DH
3	491	3	Apr 12	DET		TOR	L,2-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.300	.125	.425	5	.77	-0.059	.63	-0.03%	-0.94	DH
4	492	6 (2)	Apr 16	DET	@	TOR	W,2-0	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.385	.200	.585	5	1.12	-0.019	.98	-0.01%	-0.27	DH
5	493	7	Apr 17	DET	@	TOR	W,8-5	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.389	.214	.603	5	.50	0.074	.46	0.04%	0.39	DH
6	494	8	Apr 18	DET	@	TOR	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.381	.235	.616	5	1.92	-0.118	1.80	-0.07%	-1.26	DH
7	495	9	Apr 19	DET	@	TOR	L,1-9	CG	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.400	.381	.781	5	1.15	0.042	1.17	0.03%	0.66	DH
8	496	11 (1)	Apr 21	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.448	.391	.840	5	.79	0.041	.74	0.02%	0.41	DH
9	497	12	Apr 22	DET	@	NYY	L,2-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.433	.375	.808	7	.06	-0.001	.05	0.00%	-0.14	PH
10	498	13	Apr 24	DET		CHW	L,2-3	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.419	.360	.779	6	4.58	-0.106	3.10	-0.04%	-0.28	PH
11	499	14	Apr 25	DET		CHW	L,0-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.406	.346	.752	5	1.44	-0.040	.96	-0.02%	-0.22	PH RF
12	500	18 (3)	Apr 29	DET		NYY	L,2-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.394	.333	.727	6	1.81	-0.044	.98	-0.01%	-0.15	PH RF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	501	20 (1)	May 1	DET	@	SEA	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.378	.355	.733	5	.65	0.070	.29	0.02%	0.28	DH
14	502	25 (4)	May 7	DET	@	OAK	L,3-5	GS-7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.375	.333	.708	4	1.12	-0.020	.50	-0.01%	-0.40	DH
15	503	26	May 8	DET	@	CAL	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.364	.405	.769	4	.62	0.093	.29	0.03%	0.34	DH
16	504	28 (1)	May 10	DET	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS-7	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.383	.436	.819	5	1.77	0.236	.79	0.06%	1.59	DH
17	505	30 (1)	May 13	DET		SEA	W,1-0	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.396	.436	.832	6	2.23	0.074	1.00	0.02%	0.38	PH
18	506	31	May 15	DET		CAL	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.404	.465	.869	4	.53	0.077	.23	0.02%	1.65	RF
19	507	32	May 16	DET		CAL	W,7-5	4-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.407	.455	.862	1	.62	0.005	.28	0.00%	-0.02	PH RF
20	508	33	May 17	DET		CAL	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.255	.386	.426	.811	5	.60	0.013	.29	0.00%	0.01	RF
21	509	35 (1)	May 19	DET		TEX	W,14-1	GS-8	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.410	.440	.850	5	.58	0.130	.22	0.03%	1.82	RF
22	510	36	May 20	DET		TEX	W,8-4	GS-9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.415	.434	.849	5	1.04	-0.006	.39	0.00%	-0.07	RF
23	511	37	May 22	DET		BAL	L,2-4	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.273	.406	.418	.824	7	1.96	0.002	1.02	0.00%	-0.39	RF
24	512	38	May 23	DET		BAL	L,2-9	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.397	.397	.794	7	1.00	-0.080	.41	-0.02%	-1.06	RF
25	513	39	May 24 (1)	DET		BAL	W,8-2	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.390	.387	.777	5	.60	-0.075	.23	-0.02%	-0.20	RF
26	514	40	May 24 (2)	DET		BAL	W,5-3	GS-8	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.400	.381	.781	5	2.01	0.146	.84	0.04%	1.15	RF
27	515	41	May 25	DET	@	MIL	W,12-3	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.400	.381	.781	7						RF
28	516	42	May 26	DET	@	MIL	L,3-7	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.398	.379	.776	5	.11	0.002	.05	0.00%	-0.04	RF
29	517	43	May 27	DET	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.391	.386	.777	7	.63	-0.002	.27	0.00%	-0.25	DH
30	518	44	May 28	DET	@	MIL	L,1-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.385	.370	.754	7	.89	-0.067	.35	-0.02%	-0.69	DH
31	519	45	May 29	DET	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.379	.364	.743	5	1.26	-0.076	.48	-0.02%	-0.59	DH
32	520	46	May 30	DET	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.374	.363	.736	5	1.34	-0.010	.44	0.00%	-0.18	DH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	521	48 (1)	Jun 1	DET		MIL	W,4-3	12-12	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.380	.370	.750	8	2.23	0.074	.96	0.02%	0.38	PH
34	522	49	Jun 2	DET		MIL	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.376	.366	.742	8	.46	-0.012	.22	0.00%	-0.15	PH
35	523	50	Jun 3	DET		MIL	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.256	.371	.360	.732	5	.67	0.090	.29	0.02%	0.57	DH
36	524	52 (1)	Jun 6	DET		MIN	W,5-1	GS-8	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.380	.404	.784	4	.71	0.222	.29	0.05%	2.39	RF
37	525	56 (3)	Jun 10	DET	@	MIN	W,4-2	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.376	.400	.776	5	.54	-0.014	.27	0.00%	-0.43	PH
38	526	57	Jun 11	DET	@	MIN	W,7-2	GS-7	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.389	.415	.804	5	.95	0.079	.55	0.03%	1.42	RF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
39	527	58	Aug 10	DET		TOR	W,4-3	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.388	.406	.794	5	.91	-0.013	1.15	-0.01%	-0.12	RF
40	528	59	Aug 11	DET		TOR	L,4-6	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.393	.412	.806	6	2.58	0.138	3.56	0.12%	0.74	PH
41	529	60	Aug 12	DET		TOR	L,3-4	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.388	.406	.794	5	1.97	0.079	2.51	0.06%	-0.01	RF
42	530	61	Aug 13	DET		NYY	L,0-3	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.382	.398	.780	6	1.32	-0.073	1.39	-0.05%	-0.69	PH
43	531	63 (1)	Aug 15	DET		NYY	W,8-5	5-GF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.381	.390	.771	4	.70	-0.011	.73	-0.01%	-0.20	PH
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
44	532	80 (16)	Sep 2	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS-6	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.383	.387	.770	7	.89	-0.002	1.88	0.00%	-0.21	DH
45	533	82 (1)	Sep 4	DET	@	TEX	L,2-3	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.389	.394	.784	6	.89	0.025	2.16	0.04%	0.09	DH
46	534	83	Sep 5	DET	@	TEX	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.385	.389	.775	6	1.84	-0.107	4.54	-0.16%	-1.03	DH
47	535	84	Sep 6	DET	@	TEX	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.377	.379	.756	6	1.23	-0.093	3.03	-0.14%	-0.79	DH
48	536	86 (1)	Sep 8	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.366	.367	.733	6	1.25	-0.090	3.62	-0.16%	-0.91	DH
49	537	87	Sep 9	DET		BOS	L,5-6	9-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.364	.364	.727	7	1.74	-0.042	5.04	-0.07%	-0.15	PH
50	538	89 (1)	Sep 12	DET		CLE	W,11-9	GS-9	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.361	.368	.729	6	1.16	-0.069	3.55	-0.13%	-0.27	DH
51	539	90	Sep 13	DET		CLE	W,8-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.258	.353	.359	.713	6	1.14	0.025	3.41	0.04%	-0.07	RF
52	540	91	Sep 14	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.351	.351	.702	5	1.37	-0.097	4.51	-0.19%	-0.80	DH
53	541	92	Sep 16 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.348	.348	.697	8	2.18	-0.061	7.92	-0.13%	-0.35	PH
54	542	94 (1)	Sep 17	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.346	.346	.692	7	1.94	-0.046	7.79	-0.11%	-0.29	PH
55	543	95	Sep 18	DET	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.348	.355	.703	6	.71	0.017	1.95	0.03%	0.35	DH
56	544	96	Sep 19	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.354	.383	.737	5	1.41	0.279	3.58	0.43%	1.54	DH
57	545	97	Sep 20	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.351	.379	.731	5	1.00	-0.080	2.88	-0.14%	-0.52	DH
58	546	98	Sep 21	DET	@	BAL	W,5-1	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.355	.384	.739	7	.76	0.026	2.74	0.06%	1.00	PH
59	547	100 (1)	Sep 23	DET	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.347	.373	.720	5	1.11	-0.112	3.92	-0.24%	-0.67	DH
60	548	102 (1)	Sep 26	DET		MIL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.345	.370	.715	5	1.52	-0.112	8.36	-0.37%	-0.34	DH
61	549	104 (1)	Sep 28	DET		BAL	L,3-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.348	.369	.717	5	.93	-0.037	4.36	-0.11%	-0.02	DH
62	550	106 (1)	Oct 1	DET		BAL	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.348	.369	.717	5	.89	-0.032	.32	-0.01%	-0.38	DH
63	551	107	Oct 2	DET	@	MIL	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.340	.360	.700	5	.53	-0.052	5.37	-0.31%	-0.76	DH
64	552	108	Oct 3	DET	@	MIL	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.339	.358	.696	8	1.96	-0.047	18.65	-0.27%	-0.14	PH
							31-33		189	165	16	42	8	0	3	21	19	3	35	3	0	2	2	0	1	1	.255	.339	.358	.696		1.09	0.218	1.81	-1.61%	1.61

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