C Joe Champion #10
Wests Tigers ABL
Age: 30 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Angry
09/21/2022
BNN Index | ABL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
C JOE CHAMPION #10 - AGE: 30 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: ANGRY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
68 137 28 3 0 1 7 16 31 .204 .286 .248 0 0.3
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 5 5 5 5
Gap 5 5 5 5
Power 6 7 6 6
Eye 5 6 5 5
Avoid K's 5 5 4 5
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 1 2
Errors: - 2 1
Arm: 4 2 2
Turn DP: - 2 -
Ability: 7 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: 6 Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 3
Stealing Ability: 8
Baserunning Inst.: 8
Sacrifice Bunt: 3
Bunt for Hit: 1
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/08/2022 @ MAN Loss, 2-7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/07/2022 @ MAN Loss, 3-8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/05/2022 @ MAN Win, 2-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/01/2022 CAN Loss, 4-7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/25/2022 @ CRO Win, 8-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/21/2022 STH Win, 4-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/19/2022 STH Loss, 4-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/18/2022 STH Loss, 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/16/2022 PEN Win, 6-5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/14/2022 PEN Win, 4-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
Champion lets you know what he thinks.
Personality Class: Outspoken
High: Work Ethic
Low: Financial Ambition
Birthday:10/26/1991
Born in:Melbourne, VIC
Nationality:Australian
Height:6' 6"
Weight:220 lbs
Local Popularity:Very Popular
National Pop.:Very Popular
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$173,920
Signed Through:2022 Season
Major Service:5 Years, None
Service This Yr:159 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Eligible, but possibly free agent after season!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:2013, 9th Pick in Round 1
AUSTRALIAN BASEBALL LEAGUE 2022 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 68 137 28 3 0 1 7 8 16 31 .204 .286 .248 .534 .247 .044 56
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 27 155 0 0 0 3 1 1 34 4 0 0 0.0 10.4 2.46 .3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   27 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 .111 .143 .148 .291
Versus Right   110 25 2 0 1 7 6 15 25 1 1 0 .227 .317 .273 .590
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   32 7 1 0 0 2 1 3 6 0 0 0 .219 .286 .250 .536
May   40 9 1 0 0 1 3 5 9 0 0 0 .225 .311 .250 .561
June   29 5 0 0 0 2 1 7 10 0 1 0 .172 .333 .172 .506
July   20 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 1 0 0 .150 .143 .300 .443
August   11 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 .273 .333 .273 .606
September   5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600
Spring Training   32 6 1 0 1 1 2 2 8 0 0 2 .188 .278 .312 .590
Last Year   252 62 13 1 7 34 27 17 52 3 0 3 .246 .298 .389 .687
2 Years Ago   404 100 17 1 16 57 51 30 69 6 0 4 .248 .302 .413 .715
Career   1307 305 57 4 44 170 151 113 257 12 1 19 .233 .301 .384 .685
Home   60 10 1 0 0 1 3 5 13 0 0 0 .167 .231 .183 .414
Road   77 18 2 0 1 6 5 11 18 1 1 0 .234 .326 .299 .625
Grass   137 28 3 0 1 7 8 16 31 1 1 0 .204 .286 .248 .534
Day   49 7 1 0 1 4 3 5 17 0 1 0 .143 .222 .224 .447
Night   88 21 2 0 0 3 5 11 14 1 0 0 .239 .320 .261 .581
As Starter   98 21 2 0 0 6 5 15 23 1 1 0 .214 .316 .235 .550
As Reliever / Substitution   39 7 1 0 1 1 3 1 8 0 0 0 .179 .200 .282 .482
Pinch Hitting   34 6 0 0 1 1 3 0 8 0 0 0 .176 .176 .265 .441
Close/Late   55 9 1 0 0 2 3 3 14 0 1 0 .164 .207 .182 .389
Inning 1-3   31 5 0 0 0 1 1 3 6 0 0 0 .161 .235 .161 .397
Inning 4-6   35 10 0 0 0 2 2 6 9 0 0 0 .286 .390 .286 .676
Inning 7-9   64 11 2 0 1 3 3 6 15 1 0 0 .172 .239 .250 .489
Extra Innings   7 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 .286 .375 .429 .804
0 Outs   37 7 1 0 0 1 3 5 9 0 1 0 .189 .286 .216 .502
1 Outs   54 11 1 0 0 3 4 6 15 1 0 0 .204 .279 .222 .501
2 Outs   46 10 1 0 1 3 1 5 7 0 0 0 .217 .294 .304 .598
Scoring Position   40 7 0 0 0 5 0 4 10 1 1 0 .175 .244 .175 .419
Bases Empty   72 15 2 0 1 1 7 7 16 0 0 0 .208 .278 .278 .556
Runner on 1st   25 6 1 0 0 1 1 5 5 0 0 0 .240 .367 .280 .647
Runner on 2nd   9 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 .222 .300 .222 .522
Runner on 3rd   3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
Runner on 1st & 2nd   19 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 .158 .200 .158 .358
Runner on 1st & 3rd   3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Bases Loaded   4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
Two Strikes   67 6 0 0 0 2 1 5 31 1 0 0 .090 .151 .090 .240
First Pitch   24 8 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .458 .792
Count 0-1   10 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Count 0-2   11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182
Count 1-0   10 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .300 .600
Count 1-1   10 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .400 .400 .500 .900
Count 1-2   18 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 .056 .056 .056 .111
Count 2-0   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-1   9 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .333 .556
Count 2-2   20 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 1 0 0 .100 .095 .100 .195
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   3 1 1 0 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 .333 .800 .667 1.467
Full Count   18 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 0 0 0 .111 .304 .111 .415
Behind in Count   39 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 15 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308
Ahead in Count   26 6 2 0 0 2 4 11 0 0 0 0 .231 .459 .308 .767
Batting 2nd   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Batting 3rd   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 4th   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 5th   17 5 1 0 1 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 .294 .400 .529 .929
Batting 6th   83 17 1 0 0 4 4 13 21 1 1 0 .205 .309 .217 .526
Batting 7th   4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Batting 8th   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 9th   22 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 .182 .182 .227 .409
Low Leverage   47 11 2 0 1 2 4 5 10 1 0 0 .234 .302 .340 .642
Medium Leverage   45 7 0 0 0 0 1 8 13 0 0 0 .156 .283 .156 .439
High Leverage   45 10 1 0 0 5 3 3 8 0 1 0 .222 .271 .244 .515
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2018 Penrith - ABL 26 61 116 21 4 0 3 21 10 8 2 1 29 1 0 .181 .244 .293 .537 55 59 -0.2
2019 Cronulla - ABL 27 122 398 94 20 2 17 51 55 42 10 1 76 0 0 .236 .324 .425 .748 111 112 3.1
2020 Cronulla - ABL 28 100 396 99 17 1 16 55 50 28 4 6 66 2 2 .250 .302 .419 .721 106 111 2.4
2020 Wests - ABL 28 10 8 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 .125 .300 .125 .425 28 -5 -0.0
2020 Total - ABL 28 110 404 100 17 1 16 57 51 30 4 6 69 2 2 .248 .302 .413 .715 105 109 2.3
2021 Wests - ABL 29 91 252 62 13 1 7 34 27 17 3 3 52 1 2 .246 .298 .389 .687 92 99 1.5
2022 Wests - ABL 30 68 137 28 3 0 1 7 8 16 0 1 31 0 0 .204 .286 .248 .534 49 56 0.3
Total ABL 452 1307 305 57 4 44 170 151 113 19 12 257 4 4 .233 .301 .384 .685 94 98 7.1
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2013 Total - 21 62 276 78 9 1 12 61 59 29 4 2 40 14 3 .283 .357 .453 .810 100 100 1.0
2013 Werrington - AA 21 53 165 50 12 2 3 24 26 23 3 2 50 0 1 .303 .394 .455 .848 123 122 1.0
2013 Blacktown - AAA 21 6 17 4 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 3 0 0 .235 .435 .235 .670 76 79 -0.0
2014 Blacktown - AAA 22 110 378 104 18 1 17 71 60 42 8 4 101 0 1 .275 .356 .463 .819 103 105 1.2
2015 Blacktown - AAA 23 111 416 102 17 1 25 76 54 42 4 2 118 0 1 .245 .319 .471 .790 94 95 0.7
2016 Blacktown - AAA 24 112 424 129 15 1 29 76 70 44 7 4 85 1 5 .304 .376 .550 .925 127 131 3.0
2017 Blacktown - AAA 25 111 423 112 15 1 28 71 70 46 9 1 85 1 3 .265 .349 .504 .852 105 108 2.2
2020 Leichhardt - AAA 28 4 4 3 0 0 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 2.250 3.000 590 646 0.3
Total RES 454 1662 454 65 4 101 300 258 180 28 11 392 2 10 .273 .352 .499 .851 108 111
Total YL 53 165 50 12 2 3 24 26 23 3 2 50 0 1 .303 .394 .455 .848 123 122
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2018 Penrith - ABL 26 8 18 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .222 .263 .278 .541 57 59 -0.1
Total ABL 8 18 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .222 .263 .278 .541 57 59
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2013 Werrington - AA C 43 43 426 34 4 463 3 .994 383.2 10.79 +0.2 1.118 1 61 22 36.1
2014 Blacktown - AAA C 110 110 827 80 19 919 12 .987 946.2 8.62 -2.8 .942 7 158 51 32.3
2015 Blacktown - AAA C 109 109 762 82 7 858 14 .984 965.2 7.87 -3.3 .838 8 157 55 35.0
2016 Blacktown - AAA C 109 109 757 94 9 865 14 .984 957.0 8.00 -2.0 .695 14 132 57 43.2
2017 Blacktown - AAA C 109 109 861 81 6 948 6 .994 964.0 8.79 +2.1 1.225 7 111 45 40.5
2018 Penrith - MLB C 39 24 261 11 1 276 4 .986 234.2 10.43 -1.1 .542 1 18 3 16.7
2019 Cronulla - MLB C 114 110 696 78 5 776 2 .997 951.2 7.32 +3.8 1.171 8 58 25 43.1
2020 Cronulla - MLB C 99 98 633 50 6 685 2 .997 893.0 6.88 -1.7 .923 5 54 14 25.9
2020 Wests - MLB C 5 0 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 9.0 6.00 +0.0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
2021 Wests - MLB C 61 58 337 46 4 383 0 1.000 522.0 6.60 +1.6 1.037 1 34 12 35.3
2022 Wests - MLB C 35 27 173 26 2 199 0 1.000 258.0 6.94 +1.1 1.269 1 17 9 52.9
TOTAL C 833 797 5739 582 63 6378 57 .991 7085.1 8.03 -2.1 .991 53 800 293 36.6
PLAYER HISTORY
05/01/2013 Drafted in the 2013 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 9, 9th overall pick) by the Penrith Panthers.
06/19/2013 Named the #39 prospect in the ABL
10/08/2013 Named the #37 prospect in the ABL
01/01/2014 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (6); Power: 4 (7); Eye: 4 (6).
04/07/2014 Named the #35 prospect in the ABL
06/25/2014 Named the #45 prospect in the ABL
10/14/2014 Named the #38 prospect in the ABL
01/01/2015 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 5 (7); Eye: 4 (6).
04/06/2015 Named the #60 prospect in the ABL
06/24/2015 Named the #80 prospect in the ABL
10/15/2015 Named the #67 prospect in the ABL
01/01/2016 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 6 (7); Eye: 5 (6).
04/04/2016 Named the #73 prospect in the ABL
06/20/2016 Wins the RES Player of the Week Award.
06/22/2016 Named the #82 prospect in the ABL
06/23/2016 Hits three home runs against the Erskineville Pirates, going 4-5 with 5 RBI and 3 runs scored!
06/26/2016 Hits three home runs against the Strathfield Angels, going 3-3 with 4 RBI and 3 runs scored!
08/25/2016 Wins the 2016 RES Platinum Stick Award at C.
10/05/2016 Named the #63 prospect in the ABL
01/01/2017 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 7 (8); Eye: 5 (5).
04/03/2017 Named the #64 prospect in the ABL
06/21/2017 Named the #90 prospect in the ABL
06/26/2017 Wins the RES Player of the Week Award.
08/24/2017 Wins the 2017 RES Platinum Stick Award at C.
10/14/2017 Named the #84 prospect in the ABL
01/01/2018 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 5 (6).
10/10/2018 Wins the 2018 Grand Final Series with the Penrith Panthers.
11/01/2018 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $47,000.
01/01/2019 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 5 (5).
01/01/2019 Was traded by the Penrith Panthers to the Cronulla Sharks, along with RP Victor Glennie, in exchange for CF Brent Reddaway.
08/26/2019 Wins the ABL WL Player of the Week Award.
10/17/2019 Wins the 2019 ABL WL Platinum Bat Award at C.
10/31/2019 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $48,000.
01/01/2020 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 5 (5).
07/19/2020 Was selected to the 2020 Australian Baseball League All-Star Game.
08/09/2020 Was traded by the Cronulla Sharks to the Wests Tigers, along with RF Daniel Bryan, LF Daniel Gadd, RF Frank Sheard, and CF Darron Juhl, in exchange for SP Ray Beattie.
11/06/2020 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $120,560.
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 5 (5).
11/02/2021 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $173,920.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 5 (5).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year HP Rank
2019 10 9
Year SF Rank
2020 6 1
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