Bill Champion

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Full Name: Buford Billy Champion	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/188	First Game: June 4, 1969
Birthdate: September 18, 1947	Final Game: June 5, 1976
Birthplace: Shelby, North Carolina	MLB Experience: 8 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on September 18, 1947 in Shelby, North Carolina, Bill Champion (Buford Billy Champion) played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers over the course of his 8 year career. Champion broke into the bigs on June 4, 1969 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 5.01 ERA in 116.2 innings pitched in 1969, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bill Champion's best season was 1974, when he posted a 3.62 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 60 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1969	PHI	N	23	20	5	10	5.01	70	68	65	4	2	1	116.2	130	7	63	4	6	3
1970	PHI	N	7	1	0	2	9.00	12	14	14	0	0	0	14	21	3	10	2	1	1
1971	PHI	N	37	9	3	5	4.39	49	61	53	0	0	0	108.2	100	10	48	4	3	3
1972	PHI	N	30	22	4	14	5.09	54	80	75	2	0	0	132.2	155	11	54	8	7	1
1973	MIL	A	37	11	5	8	3.70	67	58	56	2	0	1	136.1	139	10	62	4	8	4
1974	MIL	A	31	23	11	4	3.62	60	72	65	2	0	0	161.2	168	12	49	3	4	0
1975	MIL	A	27	13	6	6	5.89	40	77	72	3	1	0	110	125	11	55	8	3	0
1976	MIL	A	10	3	0	1	7.03	8	20	19	0	0	0	24.1	35	0	13	2	3	1
Total	NL		97	52	12	31	5.01	185	223	207	6	2	1	372	406	31	175	18	17	8
Total	AL		105	50	22	19	4.41	175	227	212	7	1	1	432.1	467	33	179	17	18	5
Total			202	102	34	50	4.69	360	450	419	13	3	2	804.1	873	64	354	35	35	13

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1969	PHI	N	P	23	20	116.2	10	22	1	2	0	2	6	1	0	.970
1970	PHI	N	P	7	1	14	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
1971	PHI	N	P	37	9	108.2	12	19	1	1	0	2	8	6	1	.969
1972	PHI	N	P	30	22	132.2	9	22	1	2	0	2	8	4	0	.969
1973	MIL	A	P	37	11	136.1	7	30	1	4	0	2	9	12	5	.974
1974	MIL	A	P	31	23	161.2	16	16	3	2	0	2	13	5	3	.914
1975	MIL	A	P	27	13	110	8	19	2	2	0	1	12	7	2	.931
1976	MIL	A	P	10	3	24.1	2	6	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1.000
Total			P	202	102	804.1	64	137	9	13	0	11	58	38	12	.957

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1969	PHI	N	23	35	4	6	0	2	.171	.194	.200	1	0	1	12	0	3	0	0	0
1970	PHI	N	7	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1971	PHI	N	37	27	0	3	0	2	.111	.111	.148	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
1972	PHI	N	32	34	1	5	1	1	.147	.171	.235	0	0	1	16	0	5	0	0	1
1973	MIL	A	37	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	MIL	A	31	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	MIL	A	27	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	MIL	A	10	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		99	99	5	14	1	5	.141	.158	.192	2	0	2	39	0	8	0	0	1
Total	AL		105	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			204	99	5	14	1	5	.141	.158	.192	2	0	2	39	0	8	0	0	1

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Selected by Philadelphia Phillies in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1965 - signed June 12, 1965).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Don Money and John Vukovich to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Jim Lonborg, Ken Sanders, Ken Brett and Earl Stephenson (October 31, 1972).
Released by Milwaukee Brewers (June 20, 1976).

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