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Bill Campbell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 185lb (190cm, 83kg)

Born: August 9, 1948 in Highland Park, MI us

Died: January 6, 2023 in Palatine, IL

High School: Ganesha HS (Pomona, CA)

School: Mount San Antonio College (Walnut, CA)

Debut: July 14, 1973 (Age 24-339d, 13,381st in major league history)
vs. CLE 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 30, 1987 (Age 38-264d)
vs. NYM 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Agents: LaRue Harcourt

Full Name: William Richard Campbell

Nicknames: Soup

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1x All-Star
2x Rolaids Relief

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.4

ERA

3.54

700

126

1229.1

864

WHIP

1.329

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-13

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 15

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 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	286	1	Apr 7	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	9-GF		99	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.59	2	0	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.57	-0.369	3.02	-0.26%	-0.81	9b 1-- 1 out tie	9b end d 1
2	287	2	Apr 8	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	8-8	BL(0-1)	0	0.2	4	4	4	0	1	0	0	36.00	0.59	6	1	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.09	-0.501	3.55	-0.35%	-2.84	8b --- 0 out a3	8b -2- 2 out tie
3	288	14	Apr 23(1)	BOS		CLE	W,6-3	8-GF	W(1-1)	14	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	15.43	2.16	5	2	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.087	2.11	0.10%	0.77	8t 1-- 2 out tie	9t end a 3
4	289	15	Apr 23(2)	BOS		CLE	L,7-10	7-10	BS(2)	-1	4.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	8.53	2.59	16	5	8	2	0	1		2	1	2	0	0	14	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.67	-0.107	5.16	-0.12%	0.12	7t 12- 0 out a2	10t 3 out d1
5	290	18	Apr 28	BOS	@	TEX	L,4-5	11-GF(11)	BL(1-2)	4	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	11.37	4.64	2	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.40	-0.810	7.13	-0.79%	-2.00	11b --- 0 out a1	11b end d 1
6	291	20	Apr 30	BOS	@	TEX	L,1-2	9-GF	BL(1-3)	1	0.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	12.79	5.11	3	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.12	-0.728	5.88	-0.62%	-2.22	9b -2- 1 out a1	9b end d 1
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
7	292	37	May 20	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	7-GF	W(2-3)	19	3.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	8.68	3.87	12	5	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.20	0.387	8.41	0.61%	1.46	7b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 1
8	293	41	May 23	BOS	@	TOR	L,1-2	11-GF(12)	L(2-4)	2	1.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	8.44	3.80	7	2	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.34	-0.235	5.19	-0.31%	-1.21	11b --- 0 out tie	12b end d 1
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
9	294	52	Jun 3	BOS	@	CAL	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	10	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	7.71	3.79	5	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.34	0.184	10.74	0.27%	0.45	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
10	295	58	Jun 11	BOS	@	SEA	W,5-3	8-GF	S(2)	7	2.0	2	1	1	0	4	1	0	7.24	3.98	8	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.092	2.97	0.14%	-0.07	8b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 2
11	296	59	Jun 12	BOS		CAL	W,10-9	8-GF	BW(3-4)	0	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.46	3.76	6	1	2	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.60	0.235	9.20	0.36%	1.13	8t 123 1 out a1	9t end tie
12	297	63	Jun 16	BOS		SEA	W,6-3	8-GF	W(4-4)	3	1.1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.94	3.31	6	1	0	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.127	3.37	0.18%	0.98	8t 12- 2 out tie	9t end a 3
13	298	72	Jun 26	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-1	8-GF	S(3)	9	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.50	3.31	5	1	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.085	4.17	0.15%	0.93	8b 1-3 2 out a3	9b end a 3
14	299	73	Jun 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-6	8-9	BS(6)	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.03	3.04	6	0	3	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.96	0.108	7.47	0.16%	0.60	8b 1-3 1 out a1	9b 3 out tie
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
15	300	79	Jul 6	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-6	8-GF(10)	BW(5-4)	8	2.2	2	1	1	0	3	1	0	4.84	3.30	10	2	3	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	-0.041	3.77	-0.04%	0.20	8b --- 1 out a1	10b end a 1
16	301	80	Jul 7	BOS	@	CLE	L,9-10	9-GF	L(5-5)	0	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.16	3.29	3	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.87	-0.370	4.74	-0.37%	-1.03	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
17	302	87	Jul 16(1)	BOS		MIN	W,5-3	8-GF	S(4)	8	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.74	3.07	8	3	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	0.202	3.46	0.19%	1.06	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 2
18	303	89	Jul 17	BOS		MIN	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	W(6-5)	0	1.0	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	4.91	3.33	7	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.90	-0.291	4.34	-0.26%	-0.47	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
19	304	93	Jul 22	BOS	@	KCR	L,5-6	8-8	BS(8)	4	0.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.85	3.55	3	0	1	0	1	0		3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.88	-0.267	11.98	-0.28%	-1.21	8b 123 1 out a2	8b 123 2 out tie
20	305	96	Jul 24(2)	BOS	@	MIN	W,4-2	1-4		1	3.1	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.60	3.40	15	5	3	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.025	2.25	0.04%	0.54	1b --- 2 out d1	4b 3 out d2
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
21	306	105	Aug 2 susp	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-5	7-12		8	5.2	2	0	0	2	6	0	0	3.86	3.10	20	5	5	1	0	2		2	0	1	1	0	17	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.21	0.711	8.24	1.59%	3.42	7b 1-3 1 out d1	12b 3 out tie
22	307	113	Aug 11	BOS		MIL	L,5-10	8-GF		8	2.0	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.89	2.99	9	2	1	0	0	2		1	1	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.017	.34	-0.02%	-0.55	8t 1-- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
23	308	115	Aug 12(2)	BOS		MIL	W,11-4	8-GF		0	2.0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.69	2.92	10	3	5	3	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	.05	0.007	.13	0.01%	0.06	8t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 7
24	309	122	Aug 19	BOS	@	OAK	L,4-8	6-GF(8)		6	2.2	4	3	1	0	1	0	0	3.67	2.85	13	6	3	0	0	3		2	1	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	.65	-0.085	1.03	-0.08%	-1.99	6b 1-3 1 out d2	8b end d 4
25	310	129	Aug 28	BOS		SEA	W,10-9	8-9	BS(9)	8	1.1	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.98	2.75	7	1	0	0	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	-0.334	2.38	-0.29%	-1.53	8t -2- 0 out a1	9t 1-3 1 out d1
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
26	311	139	Sep 7	BOS		NYY	L,3-15	8-GF		9	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	4.20	2.70	9	1	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.94	8t --- 0 out d10	9t end d12
27	312	151	Sep 19	BOS	@	DET	W,8-6	4-9	W(7-5)	11	5.0	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.78	2.55	19	7	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.131	5.36	0.33%	1.44	4b --- 0 out a2	9b 12- 0 out a2
28	313	154	Sep 22	BOS	@	TOR	L,4-5	9-GF	BS(10)	2	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.78	2.55	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.01	-0.470	46.84	-1.47%	-1.34	9b 123 1 out a1	9b end d 1
29	314	156	Sep 24	BOS	@	TOR	W,7-6	8-8	BS(11)	1	0.2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.91	2.51	3	0	1	0	0	1		2	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.25	0.024	23.06	0.10%	0.23	8b 1-3 0 out a1	8b -23 2 out tie
							16-13		W-L:7-5,Sv:4,BSv:11	3.7	50.2	62	25	22	17	47	3	0	3.91	2.51	226	1.16		9%	3%	54		28	46%	6	1	0	201	10	0	3	2	0	2	1.98	-2.220	4.96	-1.04%	-4.83

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