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Champ Summers

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Full Name: John Junior Summers Primary Position: OF,RF,DH,LF
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/205 First Game: May 4, 1974
Birthdate: June 15, 1946 Final Game: September 30, 1984
Birthplace: Bremerton, Washington MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Champ Summers (John Junior Summers) was born on June 15, 1946 in Bremerton, Washington. He made his Major League debut on May 4, 1974 for the Oakland Athletics. In 1979, his rookie year, he hit .291 with 21 home runs and 62 RBI. Summers played for the Oakland Athletics, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Champ Summers's best season was 1979, when he slugged 21 home runs, hit for a .291 average and knocked in 62 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1974 OAK A 20 24 2 3 0 3 .125 .160 .167 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CHI N 76 91 14 21 1 16 .231 .311 .341 5 1 10 13 1 0 0 0 3
1976 CHI N 83 126 11 26 3 13 .206 .284 .294 2 0 13 31 1 1 1 1 3
1977 CIN N 59 76 11 13 3 6 .171 .238 .342 4 0 6 16 1 0 0 1 3
1978 CIN N 13 35 4 9 1 3 .257 .381 .400 2 0 7 4 0 0 2 1 2
1979 DET A 90 246 47 77 20 51 .313 .414 .614 12 1 40 33 3 0 7 4 4
1979 CIN N 27 60 10 12 1 11 .200 .351 .317 2 1 13 15 1 0 0 0 1
1979 Total 117 306 57 89 21 62 .291 .401 .556 14 2 53 48 4 0 7 4 5
1980 DET A 120 347 61 103 17 60 .297 .393 .504 19 1 52 52 5 1 4 6 10
1981 DET A 64 165 16 42 3 21 .255 .339 .358 8 0 19 35 3 0 1 3 0
1982 SF N 70 125 15 31 4 19 .248 .342 .384 5 0 16 17 3 1 0 0 4
1983 SF N 29 22 3 3 0 3 .136 .333 .136 0 0 7 8 0 0 0 0 3
1984 SD N 47 54 5 10 1 12 .185 .254 .296 3 0 4 15 1 0 0 1 2
Total NL 404 589 73 125 14 83 .212 .308 .329 23 2 76 119 8 2 3 4 21
Total AL 294 782 126 225 40 135 .288 .382 .497 40 2 112 125 11 1 12 13 14
Total 698 1371 199 350 54 218 .255 .350 .425 63 4 188 244 19 3 15 17 35

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1974 OAK A LF 8 1 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1974 OAK A RF 4 0 8.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1974 OAK A OF 12 1 33.2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1974 OAK A DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1975 CHI N OF 19 9 89.1 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .889
1975 CHI N 1B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1975 CHI N LF 16 7 70.1 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .889
1975 CHI N RF 3 2 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1976 CHI N C 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1976 CHI N 1B 10 7 65 69 4 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1976 CHI N OF 26 12 129 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1976 CHI N RF 6 5 46 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .909
1976 CHI N LF 20 7 83 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 CIN N LF 3 2 20 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 CIN N OF 17 9 93 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 CIN N 3B 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 CIN N RF 14 7 73 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1978 CIN N RF 12 11 97 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .933
1978 CIN N OF 12 11 97 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .933
1979 DET A RF 68 60 502.2 89 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1979 DET A LF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1979 DET A DH 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1979 DET A OF 69 60 503.2 87 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1979 DET A 1B 4 2 22 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1979 CIN N 1B 6 6 48.1 41 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1979 CIN N OF 13 11 88 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .941
1979 CIN N LF 4 3 24 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800
1979 CIN N RF 9 8 64 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1979 Total 1B 10 8 70.1 64 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1979 Total RF 77 68 566.2 105 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1979 Total LF 5 3 25 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800
1979 Total OF 82 71 591.2 102 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1980 DET A RF 26 19 172 28 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .933
1980 DET A DH 64 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1980 DET A LF 21 14 137.2 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1980 DET A OF 47 33 309.2 60 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .953
1980 DET A 1B 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1981 DET A DH 37 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1981 DET A RF 18 15 119.1 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1981 DET A OF 18 15 119.1 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1982 SF N OF 31 27 235 40 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .913
1982 SF N RF 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 SF N LF 30 27 231 38 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .909
1982 SF N 1B 3 2 10 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 SF N OF 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 SF N LF 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 SD N 1B 8 1 47 53 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total LF 104 62 597 117 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .939
Total C 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total OF 265 189 1702.2 315 10 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 .959
Total 1B 33 18 195.1 192 12 1 23 0 0 0 0 0 .995
Total DH 113 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 161 127 1105.2 206 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .972

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Oakland Athletics (June 12, 1971).
  • Traded by Oakland Athletics to Chicago Cubs (April 29, 1975) completing trade in which Oakland Athletics traded cash and a player to be named later to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Jim Todd (April 6, 1975).
  • Traded by Chicago Cubs to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Dave Schneck (February 16, 1977).
  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Detroit Tigers in exchange for a player to be named later (May 25, 1979); Cincinnati Reds received Sheldon Burnside (October 25, 1979).
  • Traded by Detroit Tigers to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Enos Cabell and cash (March 4, 1982).
  • Traded by San Francisco Giants to San Diego Padres in exchange for Joe Pittman and a player to be named later (December 6, 1983); San Francisco Giants received Tommy Francis (December 7, 1983).
  • Granted free agency (November 8, 1984).

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