Bubba Church

Full Name: Emory Nicholas Church	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: April 30, 1950
Birthdate: September 12, 1924	Final Game: May 1, 1955
Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: September 17, 2001
Deathplace: Birmingham, Alabama
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on September 12, 1924 in Birmingham, Alabama, Bubba Church (Emory Nicholas Church) played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 6 year career. Church broke into the bigs on April 30, 1950 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 2.73 ERA in 142 innings pitched in 1950, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bubba Church's best season was 1951, when he posted a 3.53 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 104 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1950	PHI	N	31	18	8	6	2.73	50	50	43	8	2	1	142	113	12	56	4	0
1951	PHI	N	38	33	15	11	3.53	104	107	97	15	4	1	247	246	17	90	3	1
1952	PHI	N	2	1	0	0	1.80	3	6	6	0	0	0	5	11	0	1	0	1
1952	CIN	N	29	22	5	9	4.34	47	85	74	5	1	0	153.1	173	21	48	1	3
1952	TOT	N	31	23	5	9	4.55	50	91	80	5	1	0	158.1	184	21	49	1	4
1953	CIN	N	11	7	3	3	5.98	12	32	29	2	0	0	43.2	55	9	19	0	2
1953	CHI	N	27	12	4	5	5.00	47	67	58	1	0	1	104.1	115	16	49	2	2
1953	TOT	N	38	19	7	8	5.29	59	99	87	3	0	1	148	170	25	68	2	4
1954	CHI	N	7	3	1	3	9.82	8	18	16	1	0	0	14.2	21	8	13	0	0
1955	CHI	N	2	0	0	0	5.40	3	2	2	0	0	1	3.1	4	1	1	0	0
Total			147	96	36	37	4.10	274	367	325	32	7	4	713.1	738	84	277	10	9

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	SB	AVG
1950	PHI	N	P	31	0	0	7	24	1	5	0	.969
1951	PHI	N	P	38	0	0	14	34	1	3	0	.980
1952	PHI	N	P	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
1952	CIN	N	P	29	0	0	13	23	1	3	0	.973
1952	TOT	N	P	31	0	0	14	24	1	3	0	.974
1953	CIN	N	P	11	0	0	0	8	2	1	0	.800
1953	CHI	N	P	27	0	0	6	16	3	0	0	.880
1953	TOT	N	P	38	0	0	6	24	5	1	0	.857
1954	CHI	N	P	7	3	14.2	2	2	0	0	3	1.000
1955	CHI	N	P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	147	3	14.2	43	108	8	12	3	.950

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1950	PHI	N	39	44	4	8	0	1	.182	.200	.227	2	0	9	1	3	2
1951	PHI	N	39	86	8	22	1	7	.256	.264	.326	3	1	16	0	7	2
1952	PHI	N	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	CIN	N	32	50	5	12	1	2	.240	.255	.340	2	1	7	0	1	0
1952	TOT	N	34	51	5	12	1	2	.235	.250	.333	2	1	7	0	1	0
1953	CIN	N	12	15	3	4	0	2	.267	.313	.400	2	1	4	0	0	0
1953	CHI	N	27	33	1	7	1	1	.212	.235	.303	0	1	6	0	1	1
1953	TOT	N	39	48	4	11	1	3	.229	.260	.333	2	2	10	0	1	1
1954	CHI	N	8	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	CHI	N	3	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			162	235	21	53	3	13	.226	.242	.302	9	4	42	1	12	5

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Phillies (1947).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Johnny Wyrostek and Kent Peterson (May 23, 1952).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Fred Baczewski and Bob Kelly (June 12, 1953).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with Joe Stanka to Sacramento (PCL) (1956) completing trade in which Chicago Cubs traded cash and 2 players to be named later to Sacramento (PCL) in exchange for John Briggs and Richie Myers (September 22, 1955).

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