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Bill Sample
William Amos Sample
William Amos Sample
Bats: Right
, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 175 lb.
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 175 lb.
Born: April 2, 1955 in Roanoke, VA
High School: Andrew Lewis (Roanoke, VA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 10th round of the 1976 amateur draft.
(All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1978
Final Game: October 5, 1986
About biographical information
Career Home Runs
Bill Sample: 46 Career Home Runs
7 leading off, 1 walk-off, 5 tying, 17 go ahead
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Glossaries · Click headers to sort · · CSV · PRE · LINK · View Pitches · WE and WPA Explanation| 1979 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1979-06-12 | TEX | MIL | Lary Sorensen | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10% | 63% | Home Run (LF-CF) | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1979-06-26 | TEX | CAL | Don Aase | tied 1-1 | b 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 31% | 84% | Home Run | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1979-07-01 | TEX | OAK | Craig Minetto | tied 9-9 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 22% | 77% | Home Run | ||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1979-07-04 | TEX | BAL | Mike Flanagan | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15% | 73% | Home Run; Wills Scores | ||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1979-07-09 | TEX | @ | CHW | Ross Baumgarten | behind 0-2 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11% | 38% | Home Run (Deep LF); Sample Scores | |
| 1980 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1980-06-19 | TEX | MIL | Bill Travers | behind 2-9 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1% | 3% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1980-08-24 | TEX | MIL | Bill Travers | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10% | 55% | Lead-Off | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1980-08-31 | TEX | @ | KCR | Paul Splittorff | behind 0-3 | t 8 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12% | 20% | Home Run; Rivers Scores | |
| 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1980-09-27 | TEX | @ | SEA | Floyd Bannister | ahead 6-3 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5% | 94% | Home Run | |
| 1981 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1981-08-15 | TEX | BOS | Dennis Eckersley | tied 0-0 | b 4 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24% | 78% | Home Run; Putnam Scores | ||
| 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1981-08-19 | TEX | MIL | Jim Slaton | ahead 1-0 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11% | 83% | Home Run | ||
| 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1981-09-29 | TEX | @ | SEA | Bryan Clark | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19% | 79% | Home Run; Sundberg Scores; Roberts Scores | |
| 1982 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1982-05-30 | TEX | KCR | Keith Creel | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10% | 65% | Lead-Off | Home Run | |
| 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1982-05-30 | TEX | KCR | Don Hood | ahead 7-1 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | ||
| 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1982-05-31 | TEX | @ | BAL | Dennis Martinez | tied 2-2 | t 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12% | 59% | Home Run | |
| 16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1982-06-26 | TEX | OAK | Matt Keough | ahead 3-1 | b 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8% | 97% | Home Run; Flynn Scores | ||
| 17 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1982-06-30 | TEX | CAL | Don Aase | behind 2-3 | b 9 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 1 | 7 | 83% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run; Richardt Scores; Stein Scores | |
| 18 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1982-07-02 | TEX | @ | OAK | Brian Kingman | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10% | 60% | Lead-Off | Home Run |
| 19 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1982-07-09 (2) | TEX | DET | Larry Pashnick | ahead 1-0 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11% | 85% | Home Run | ||
| 20 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1982-08-20 | TEX | BAL | Dennis Martinez | behind 1-2 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 7 | 17% | 51% | Home Run | ||
| 21 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 1982-09-06 (1) | TEX | MIN | Brad Havens | tied 2-2 | b 7 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 31% | 88% | Home Run; Dent Scores | ||
| 22 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 1982-09-19 | TEX | @ | SEA | Mike Stanton | behind 1-9 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0% | 1% | Home Run | |
| 1983 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 23 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1983-04-15 | TEX | @ | BOS | Dennis Eckersley | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9% | 59% | Lead-Off | Home Run |
| 24 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1983-04-20 | TEX | @ | BAL | Tim Stoddard | ahead 10-2 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | |
| 25 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1983-05-14 | TEX | BAL | Scott McGregor | ahead 2-0 | b 2 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14% | 92% | Home Run; Dent Scores; Tolleson Scores | ||
| 26 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1983-05-21 | TEX | @ | DET | Dan Petry | behind 1-2 | t 7 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 1 | 7 | 39% | 66% | Home Run; Tolleson Scores | |
| 27 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1983-05-27 | TEX | @ | CHW | La Marr Hoyt | behind 0-3 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8% | 19% | Home Run | |
| 28 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1983-06-01 | TEX | KCR | Vida Blue | ahead 5-0 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1% | 99% | Home Run | ||
| 29 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1983-06-04 | TEX | DET | Dan Petry | ahead 1-0 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10% | 79% | Home Run | ||
| 30 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 1983-06-24 (1) | TEX | OAK | Jeff Jones | behind 3-5 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14% | 35% | Home Run | ||
| 31 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 1983-07-08 | TEX | @ | TOR | Jim Clancy | behind 4-8 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4% | 10% | Home Run | |
| 32 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 1983-07-27 | TEX | NYY | Matt Keough | behind 2-4 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12% | 23% | Home Run | ||
| 33 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 1983-08-03 | TEX | BOS | Luis Aponte | behind 3-4 | b 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 49% | 53% | Home Run | ||
| 34 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 1983-08-09 | TEX | @ | BOS | John Tudor | behind 3-6 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4% | 8% | Home Run | |
| 1984 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 35 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1984-04-18 | TEX | @ | BOS | Bob Ojeda | behind 0-3 | t 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8% | 25% | Home Run | |
| 36 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 1984-06-07 | TEX | @ | MIN | Ken Schrom | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10% | 60% | Lead-Off | Home Run |
| 37 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 1984-06-15 | TEX | @ | SEA | Mark Langston | behind 0-1 | t 5 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 8 | 28% | 60% | Home Run; Wilkerson Scores | |
| 38 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 1984-08-12 | TEX | BOS | Bruce Hurst | ahead 1-0 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10% | 77% | Home Run | ||
| 39 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 1984-09-04 | TEX | SEA | Jim Beattie | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10% | 55% | Lead-Off | Home Run | |
| 1985 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 40 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1985-05-05 | NYY | KCR | Bud Black | tied 0-0 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 7 | 12% | 67% | Home Run | ||
| 1986 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 41 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 1986-04-13 | ATL | @ | HOU | Mike Scott | ahead 1-0 | t 4 | 0 | 1-3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13% | 89% | Home Run; Simmons Scores; Chambliss Scores | |
| 42 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 1986-05-16 | ATL | STL | Greg Bargar | ahead 4-2 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6% | 94% | Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF) | ||
| 43 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 1986-05-25 | ATL | @ | STL | Tim Conroy | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10% | 60% | Lead-Off | Home Run |
| 44 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 1986-05-30 | ATL | @ | CHC | Ray Fontenot | behind 0-5 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 3% | 6% | Home Run | |
| 45 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 1986-06-20 (1) | ATL | @ | CIN | Tom Browning | behind 2-3 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12% | 50% | Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF) | |
| 46 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 1986-09-09 | ATL | @ | LAD | Rick Honeycutt | behind 1-5 | t 2 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11% | 26% | Home Run; Hubbard Scores |
About the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia
Much of the data on Baseball-Reference.com's Home Run Logs comes from the Tattersall/McConnell Home Run Log, a database of all homers hit in the major leagues since 1876. This project was begun in the 1940's by John C. Tattersall and was continued after Tattersall's death in 1981 by Bob McConnell, one of SABR's original 16 members. David Vincent, another SABR member, has since assumed the leadership of the project. Baseball-Reference.com has licensed this remarkable database from the Society for American Baseball Research. All credit for the data therein goes to the intrepid researchers who digitized this data from archival sources.
For years from 1954 to 2009, RetroSheet play-by-play data has been used whenever the home run occurred in a game for which we have complete play-by-play data.
There are a handful of cases where the home run logs totals do not agree with the totals on our player pages. We are working to reconcile all of those differences, but believe that in all cases the Home Run Encyclopedia is correct.
