Champion appeared in 32 games for San Diego that season, hitting .226 with 12 hits over 53 at-bats.
It was a far cry from the previous year when he was their full-time second baseman, playing in 150 games and hitting .229 with 116 hits in 507 at-bats.
In 1976 he made his Major League debut as a 21-year-old, appearing in eleven games for the Padres, hitting .237 with nine hits over 38 at-bats.
All told, he’d play in 193 games over his three-year career, hitting .229 with 137 hits in 598 at-bats, with 42 runs scored and 49 runs batted in between 1976 and 1978.
