Bill Sample - MLB, Minor League Baseball Statistics

High Level

MLB

Years

1977-1986 (1978-1986)

Proper Name

William Amos Sample

Positions

OF (843) ... LF (531) ... CF (103) ... RF (99) ... DH (19) ... 2B (2)

Height / Weight

5-9 / 175

Bats / Throws

Right / Right

Birthdate

April 2,1955 Age: 71.071

Place

Roanoke, Virginia

High School

Andrew Lewis (Salem,VA)

Colleges

James Madison University (Harrisonburg,VA)

Drafted/Signed

1976-10-228-Texas Rangers

MLB Debut

September 2,1978

MLBAM ID

121649

Retrosheet#

sampb001

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Games - Batting

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year	teams	g	gs	cg	gf	ph	pr	dr	gs%	cg%	exit ph	exit pr	exit dr	ln1	ln2	ln3	ln4	ln5	ln6	ln7	ln8	ln9	pos-p	pos-c	pos-1b	pos-2b	pos-3b	pos-ss	pos-lf	pos-cf	pos-rf	pos-dh
1978	TEX	8	3	1	6	2	0	1	37.5	33.3	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
1979	TEX	128	83	68	95	20	17	4	64.8	81.9	16	1	16	23	34	3	2	4	20	13	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	92	10	5	4
1980	TEX	99	53	34	62	26	10	6	53.5	64.2	19	0	18	11	9	2	1	3	11	37	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	19	40	1
1981	TEX	66	63	60	63	3	0	0	95.5	95.2	2	0	1	0	9	3	0	10	8	18	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	61	5	1	0
1982	TEX	97	88	85	90	2	4	3	90.7	96.6	2	0	5	53	32	0	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	85	11	0	0
1983	TEX	147	140	138	142	3	2	2	95.2	98.6	1	0	4	56	20	7	2	4	29	23	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	142	3	2	0
1984	TEX	130	113	112	125	11	3	2	86.9	99.1	1	1	3	96	2	1	0	3	6	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	72	51	3	1
1985	NYA	59	43	15	24	5	4	7	72.9	34.9	26	0	9	5	1	0	1	19	14	5	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	4	0	0
1986	ATL	92	43	30	60	38	5	6	46.7	69.8	22	0	10	45	4	0	0	1	1	1	1	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	0	48	0
Tot:		826	629	543	667	110	45	31	76.2	86.3	89	3	67	290	113	16	7	46	90	117	40	51	0	0	1	2	0	0	531	103	99	7

G: Games ... GS: Games Started ... CG: Completed Games ... GF: Games Finished ... PH: Pinch Hitter ... PR: Pinch Runner ... DR: Defensive Replacement ... GS%: Games Started % ... CG: Complete Games% ... EXIT PH: Exited for Pinch Hitter ... exit PR: Exited for Pinch Runner ... exit DR: Exited for defensive replacement ... ln1-9: Lineup Slots 1-9 ... Games at position

On Base - Batting

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year	teams	g	pa	ab	onbs	onbs2	obp	obp2	h	bb	hbp	roe	fc	fo	ci	sgl	dbl	tpl	hr	ifh	bnt	b-h	ph_h	ph_hr	hr1	hr2	hr3	hr4	iphr	rbi	hr-rbi	hr-rbi%	rbi2	bb4	bb1op	ron	br	rbi%	opp	conv	conv%	ldof	ob	ld-ob%	last	woh	wohr
1978	TEX	8	15	15	7	8	.467	.533	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.00	3	0	0	8	12	25.0	30	6	20.00	5	3	60.00	0	0	0
1979	TEX	128	377	325	134	164	.355	.435	95	37	2	10	4	16	0	67	21	2	5	20	21	8	4	0	4	1	0	0	0	35	6	17.14	11	0	5	156	220	13.6	513	50	9.75	85	27	31.76	4	0	0
1980	TEX	99	234	204	77	93	.329	.397	53	18	6	4	1	10	0	39	10	0	4	6	8	3	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	19	5	26.32	5	0	4	101	142	10.6	335	30	8.96	57	23	40.35	3	0	0
1981	TEX	66	260	230	89	106	.342	.408	65	17	7	7	0	10	0	46	16	0	3	7	6	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	25	6	24.00	14	0	4	117	162	13.6	386	48	12.44	69	24	34.78	4	0	0
1982	TEX	97	398	360	124	145	.312	.364	94	27	3	8	0	12	0	68	14	2	10	4	10	1	0	0	7	2	1	0	0	29	14	48.28	12	1	5	136	177	10.7	408	40	9.80	127	42	33.07	7	1	1
1983	TEX	147	611	554	201	246	.329	.403	152	44	5	12	2	32	0	109	28	3	12	17	7	1	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	57	15	26.32	23	0	7	253	353	12.7	823	84	10.21	164	62	37.80	9	0	0
1984	TEX	130	528	489	150	172	.284	.326	121	29	0	7	1	14	0	94	20	2	5	0	5	1	4	0	4	1	0	0	0	33	6	18.18	14	0	3	195	264	10.6	621	54	8.70	196	61	31.12	6	0	0
1985	NYA	59	154	139	51	56	.331	.364	40	9	2	1	1	3	0	34	5	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	15	1	6.67	4	0	1	63	85	16.5	201	20	9.95	35	11	31.43	0	0	0
1986	ATL	92	221	200	74	83	.335	.376	57	14	3	2	0	7	0	40	11	0	6	5	4	0	9	1	4	1	1	0	0	14	9	64.29	0	0	3	66	95	8.4	211	19	9.00	86	25	29.07	6	1	0
Tot:		826	2798	2516	907	83	.324	.383	684	195	28	51	9	105	0	502	127	9	46	61	63	15	24	1	34	8	4	0	0	230	62	26.96	86	1	32	1095	1510	12.2	3528	351	9.95	824	278	33.74	39	2	1

G: Games ... PA: Plate Appearances ... AB: At Bats ... ONBS: On base (H+BB+HBP) ... ONBS2: All On Base (H+BB+HBP+ERROR+FC+FO) ... OBP: On Base Percentage ... OBP2: On Base Percentage for ONBS2 ... H: Hits ... BB: Walks ... HBP: Hit by Pitch ... ROE: Reached on Error ... FC: Fielder`s Choice ... FO: Forceouts ... CI: Catcher`s Interference ... SGL: Singles ... DBL: Doubles ... TPL: Triples ... HR: Home Runs ... IFH: Infield Hits ... BNT: Bunts ... B-H: Bunt hits ... PH-H: Pinch Hits ... PH-HR: Pinch hit home runs ... HR1: Solo home runs ... HR2: 2-run Homers ... HR3: 3-run Homers ... HR4: Grand Slams ... IPHR: Inside the park homers ... RBI: Runs batted in ... HR-RBI: RBIS on Home Runs ... HR-RBI%: % of RBIs on Home Runs ... RBI2: Runs batted in on outs ... BB4: Walks on 4 pitches ... BB1OP: Walks with 1st base open ... RON: PA with runners on ... BR: # of Baserunners ... RBI%: % of opportunities with RBI ... OPP: RBI Opportunities Points ... CONV: RBIs points converted ... CONV%: Converted% ... LDOF: Leadoff ... OB: Leadoff onbase ... LD-OB%: Leadoff onbase% ... LAST: Last batter of game ... WOH: Walk-off Hits ... WOHR: Walk-off Home Runs

Outs - Batting

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year	teams	g	pa	ab	outs	go	ao	ratio	fly	lo	pop	out_if	out_of	out_pr	rbi_out	so	so%	so3	sw	cal	fc	fo	gdp	opp	gdp%	loc1	loc2	loc3	loc4	loc5	loc6	loc7	loc8	loc9
1978	TEX	8	15	15	8	3	2	1.50	2	0	0	11	4	0	0	3	20.00	0	3	0	0	1	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	1	3	2	3	1	2
1979	TEX	128	377	325	221	88	103	0.85	84	9	10	243	134	16	4	28	7.43	0	28	0	4	16	6	77	7.8	23	5	20	34	41	40	53	47	40
1980	TEX	99	234	204	145	56	75	0.75	61	4	10	149	85	7	3	15	6.41	0	15	0	1	10	4	44	9.1	11	0	10	12	26	35	43	38	15
1981	TEX	66	260	230	159	62	76	0.82	58	12	6	165	95	7	3	21	8.08	0	21	0	0	10	3	53	5.7	11	2	13	16	28	37	55	33	16
1982	TEX	97	398	360	259	92	132	0.70	102	12	18	250	148	10	0	35	8.79	0	35	0	0	12	4	56	7.1	15	6	21	22	49	46	76	52	36
1983	TEX	147	611	554	399	158	188	0.84	157	14	17	380	231	17	4	46	7.53	0	46	0	2	32	8	106	7.5	27	5	18	59	61	87	101	89	59
1984	TEX	130	528	489	363	146	169	0.86	168	0	1	314	214	15	6	46	8.71	0	46	0	1	14	9	98	9.2	19	7	16	52	58	68	38	58	32
1985	NYA	59	154	139	97	42	45	0.93	38	2	5	95	59	7	4	10	6.49	0	10	0	1	3	2	31	6.5	9	0	7	12	10	22	12	23	5
1986	ATL	92	221	200	141	58	57	1.02	49	1	7	140	81	8	2	26	11.76	0	26	0	0	7	0	25	0.0	7	1	12	20	21	26	23	27	25
Tot:		826	2798	2516	1792	705	847	0.83	719	54	74	1747	1051	87	26	230	8.22	0	230	0	9	105	36	493	7.3	122	26	117	228	297	363	404	368	230

G: Games ... PA: Plate Appearances ... AB: At Bats ... Outs: Outs ... GO: Groundouts ... AO: Air Outs ... ratio: Groundouts/Airouts ... FLY: Flyballs ... LO: Lineouts ... POP: Popouts ... OUT_IF: Infield Outs ... OUT_OF: Outfield Outs ... OUT_PR: Productive Outs ... RBI_OUT: RBIs on outs ... SO: Strikeouts ... SO%: Strikeout% ... SO3: Struck out on 3 pitches ... SW: Strikeouts swinging ... CAL: Strikeouts looking ... FC: Reached on fielders choice ... FO: Reached on forceout ... GDP: Grounded into Double Play ... OPP: Double play opportunities ... GDP%: Grounded into double play% ... LOC1-9: Balls hit to position location

Baserunning - Batting

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year	teams	g	pa	sb	sb2	sb3	sbh	di	sb%	cs	cs2	cs3	csh	s12	s13	s23	s2h	d13	d1h	advx	adv_opp	adv_pct	pthr	pckff	wppb	adv_out	oob	r	onbs	run%
1978	TEX	8	15	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	50.0	0	0	0	2	0	2	8	25.00
1979	TEX	128	377	8	7	1	0	0	57.1	6	5	0	1	16	7	3	13	2	4	24	45	53.3	0	1	5	43	4	60	164	36.59
1980	TEX	99	234	8	7	1	0	0	61.5	5	4	1	0	8	4	2	4	0	5	13	23	56.5	0	0	3	18	3	29	93	31.18
1981	TEX	66	260	4	4	0	0	0	80.0	1	1	0	0	12	5	2	8	3	3	16	33	48.5	0	0	2	21	0	36	106	33.96
1982	TEX	97	398	10	8	2	0	0	83.3	2	2	0	0	11	14	1	11	2	2	27	41	65.9	0	3	4	38	1	56	145	38.62
1983	TEX	147	611	44	37	7	0	0	84.6	8	7	1	0	17	17	2	15	1	2	34	54	63.0	0	0	6	40	1	80	246	32.52
1984	TEX	130	528	18	15	3	0	0	75.0	6	4	2	0	21	11	5	16	2	4	31	59	52.5	0	0	3	45	1	67	172	38.95
1985	NYA	59	154	2	2	0	0	0	66.7	1	0	0	1	8	3	2	6	1	1	10	21	47.6	0	0	2	7	1	18	56	32.14
1986	ATL	92	221	4	4	0	0	0	66.7	2	2	0	0	8	0	2	4	1	0	4	15	26.7	0	0	1	11	1	23	83	27.71
Tot:		826	2798	98	84	14	0	0	76.0	31	25	4	2	102	61	19	78	12	21	160	293	54.6	0	4	26	225	12	371	1073	34.58

G: Games ... PA: Plate Appearances ... AB: At Bats ... SB: Stolen Bases ... SB2: Steals of 2b ... SB3: Steals of 3b ... SBH: Steals of home ... DI: Advanced on defensive indifference ... SB%: Stolen base % ... CS: Caught stealing ... CS2: Caught stealing 2b ... CS3: Caught stealing 3b ... CSH: Caught stealing home ... S12: Advanced from 1st to 2nd on singled... S13: Advanced from 1st to 3rd on single ... S23: Advanced from 2nd to 3rd on single ... S2H: Scored from 2nd on single ... D13: Advanced from 1nd to 3rd on double ... D1H: Scored from 1st on double ... ADVX: Advanced an extra base on hit ... ADV-OPP Advancement opportunities on hits ... ADV_PCT: Advanced extra base % ... PTHR: Pickoff throws ... PCKFF%: Picked off ... WPPB: Advanced on wild pitch or passed ball ... ADV_OUT: Advanced on out ... OOB: Out on bases ... R: Runs scored ... ONBS: On base ... RUN%: % of times on base run scored

Pitches - Batting

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year	teams	g	pa	pit	str	bal	fou	sw	cal	inplay	swings	cont	p-pa	str%	bal%	swng%	cont%	fou%	play%	fps	fpsw	fpsw%	fpip	fpip%	rungo	hit_run	gb	air	gb%
1978	TEX	8	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	3	2	1.50
1979	TEX	128	377	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	117	107	1.09
1980	TEX	99	234	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	67	78	0.86
1981	TEX	66	260	19	9	10	0	0	0	6	6	6	0.07	47.37	52.63	31.6	100.0	0.00	31.6	1	1	0.4	1	0.4	0	0	73	83	0.88
1982	TEX	97	398	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	107	133	0.80
1983	TEX	147	611	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	173	194	0.89
1984	TEX	130	528	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	157	176	0.89
1985	NYA	59	154	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	48	47	1.02
1986	ATL	92	221	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	75	84	0.89
Tot:		826	2798	19	9	10	0	0	0	6	6	6	0.01	47.37	52.63	31.6	100.0	0.00	31.6	1	1	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	820	904	0.91

G: Games ... PA: Plate Appearances ... PIT: Pitches ... STR: Strikes ... BAL: Balls ... FOU: Fouls ... SW: Swing and miss ... CAL: Called strikes ... INPLAY: Balls put in play ... SWINGS: Total swings ... CONT: Contacts ... P-PA: Pitches per plate appearance ... STR%: Strikes% ... Ball%: Balls% ... SWNG%: Swing % ... CONT%: Contact% (per swing) ... FOU%: Foul ball% ... PLAY: Ball in Play% ... FPS: First pitch strikes ... FPSW: First pitch swings ... FPSW%: First pitch swing%... FPIP: First pitches in play ... FPIP%: First pitches in play% ... RUNGO: Runners going while batting ... HIT_RUN: Hit and Runs ... GB Ground balls ... Airballs Balls in air ... GB% Groundball%