Champ
Summers
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: June 15, 1946 in Usa, WA, BREMERTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1978    1980   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 28 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 7 6 5 6 5 6 7 7 5 6 6
1975 29 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 7 6 5 6 6 7 8 7 5 6 6
1976 30 SDP NL     6 6 5 6 7 6 6 6 6 7 8 7 5 6 5
1977 31 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 7 6 6 6 6 7 8 7 5 6 6
1978 32 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 7 5 6 6
1979 33 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 5 6 5
1980 34 SDP NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 5 5 5
1981 35 KCR AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 5 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 5 6 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 7 6 6 6 6 7 8 7 5 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1974 28 SDP NL 21 68 9 15 3 0 1 7 0 0 9 15 .221 .321 .309 .629 7.2 1.0
    AAA   81 303 56 95 17 2 22 56 0 0 51 51 .314 .412 .601 1.013 70.4  
    AA   54 183 25 52 10 2 11 39 0 1 44 28 .284 .423 .541 .964 41.7  
1975 29 SDP NL 7 14 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 .143 .250 .429 .679 1.7 0.3
    AAA   106 383 61 94 17 0 26 59 0 1 76 78 .245 .370 .493 .864 73.0  
1976 30 AAA   127 460 89 123 20 1 37 111 2 1 73 87 .267 .368 .557 .924 93.7  
1977 31 SDP NL 118 363 47 90 14 1 12 54 1 0 43 63 .248 .336 .391 .727 50.5 8.8
1978 32 SDP NL 124 367 57 103 16 2 16 70 0 0 45 55 .281 .366 .466 .832 61.4 15.5
1979 33 SDP NL 123 389 47 95 14 3 14 66 2 0 40 58 .244 .317 .404 .720 50.4 8.9
1980 34 SDP NL 130 397 40 99 15 0 11 60 0 2 40 71 .249 .318 .370 .689 44.2 5.8
1981 35 AAA   137 469 59 130 22 1 17 48 1 1 83 82 .277 .386 .437 .823 81.9  
6 Years Sim 523 1598 202 404 63 6 55 259 3 2 179 264 .253 .332 .403 .735 215.5 40.3
4 Years AAA 451 1615 265 442 76 4 102 274 3 3 283 298 .274 .386 .515 .901 319.0  
1 Years AA 54 183 25 52 10 2 11 39 0 1 44 28 .284 .427 .541 .968 41.7  
5 Years Minors 505 1798 290 494 86 6 113 313 3 4 327 326 .275 .391 .518 .908 360.6  
162 Game Average 494 62 125 19 1 17 80 0 0 55 81 .253 .332 .403 .735 66.8  
Career Highs 130 397 57 103 16 3 16 70 2 2 45 71 .281 .366 .466 .832 61.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1481 178 375 57 6 48 245 3 2 170 233 .253 .334 .397 .731 199.9
vs LH   117 24 29 6 0 7 14 0 0 9 31 .248 .313 .479 .792 17.0
Home 258 790 99 196 30 2 20 113 2 2 91 127 .248 .330 .367 .697 98.1
Away 265 808 103 208 33 4 35 146 1 0 88 137 .257 .335 .438 .773 118.8
RISP   449 0 115 22 3 14 197 0 0 63 70 .256 .343 .412 .755 66.5
Pinch Hitting   61 8 21 5 0 2 19 0 0 7 10 .344 .406 .525 .930 12.0
Close/Late   179 8 54 10 0 6 43 0 0 14 23 .302 .364 .458 .822 27.6
Mar/Apr 74 213 29 54 9 0 9 39 1 0 30 30 .254 .353 .423 .776 32.6
May 85 255 33 65 13 1 9 37 1 1 27 28 .255 .324 .420 .744 35.2
June 90 274 38 73 11 0 9 50 0 0 28 58 .266 .332 .405 .737 37.6
July 77 250 24 67 8 0 9 50 1 0 23 45 .268 .335 .408 .743 34.2
August 89 279 38 76 11 4 11 45 0 1 26 50 .272 .342 .459 .801 42.0
Sep/Oct 108 327 40 69 11 1 8 38 0 0 45 53 .211 .316 .324 .640 35.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1974 28 SDP NL LF 19 19 158.3 35 2 1 2 .974 2.10   0.5
    RF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1975 29 SDP NL RF 4 1 16.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.0
    LF 3 1 16.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
1977 31 SDP NL LF 106 105 857.0 171 2 3 0 .983 1.82   0.8
    RF 5 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1978 32 SDP NL LF 110 99 861.7 175 4 2 1 .989 1.87   1.7
    RF 4 0 5.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.18    
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1979 33 SDP NL LF 118 110 932.7 154 8 5 3 .970 1.56   1.3
    RF 4 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    SS 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1980 34 SDP NL LF 118 105 909.7 154 2 2 2 .987 1.54   1.8
    RF 5 0 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75    
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
  LF 474 439 3735.3 692 18 13 8 .982 1.71   6.1
  RF 23 2 60.7 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.63   0.0
  CF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
  SS 2 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.0
Career Totals   502 441 3807.0 706 20 13 8 .982 1.72   6.1
Career Highs   124 110 944.7 177 8 5 3 1.000 2.10    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1974 28 SDP NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 32 SDP NL 10 30 2 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 5 10 .233 .368 .367 .735
1980 34 SDP NL 16 51 7 16 3 0 3 7 0 0 4 7 .314 .364 .549 .913
Career Post-Season Batting 27 82 9 23 4 0 4 12 0 0 9 17 .280 .362 .476 .837
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 45th overall pick, by San Diego in 1974
Had first career hit on 9/4/1974, off Jack Billingham (WAS)
Hit first career homerun on 9/23/1974, off Ken Sanders (MIN)
Injured on 4/14/1976 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland (A) on 7/9/1978
Won Player of the Week award on 7/15/1978, hitting .412 with 4 HR, 13 RBI
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1978
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1980
Released by San Diego on 10/31/1980
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 4/3/1981 to a minor league deal