| Dave Campbell | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Infielder | |
| Born: (1942-01-14)January 14, 1942 (age 83) Manistee, Michigan, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 17, 1967, for the Detroit Tigers | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 30, 1974, for the Houston Astros | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .213 |
| Home runs | 20 |
| Runs batted in | 89 |
Stats atBaseball Reference  | |
| Teams | |
David Wilson Campbell (born January 14, 1942) is an American formerbaseball player andsportscaster. He played parts of eight seasons inMajor League Baseball (MLB), primarily as aninfielder for theSan Diego Padres. He was nicknamed "Soup", a reference to the brand nameCampbell's Soup.
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Campbell began his playing career with theUniversity of Michigan, where he was a member ofSigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, and signed with theDetroit Tigers' system as an amateur free agent in1964. He played as autility infielder for the Tigers,San Diego Padres,St. Louis Cardinals, andHouston Astros in a major league career that spanned eight seasons, 1967 to 1974.
In the late 1970s, Campbell began a career inbroadcasting, doing radioplay-by-play for the Padres as well asSan Diego State football andbasketball. In the 1990s, he was theColorado Rockies' color commentator, and from 1990 to 2010 he worked forESPN as acolor commentator for the network's television and radio coverage of Major League Baseball (most notably onESPN Radio's nationalSunday Night Baseball broadcasts), as well as a commentator onBaseball Tonight and other studio shows. His voice can also be heard in two video game series,MLB: The Show and989 Sports MLB forPlayStation 3,PlayStation 2,PlayStation, andPlayStation Portable. In2021 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Campbell was a finalist for theFord C. Frick Award, presented annually by theNational Baseball Hall of Fame.[1]
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