Billy Sample

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 175lb (175cm, 79kg)

Born: April 2, 1955 in Roanoke, VA us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 28th round of the 1973 MLB June Amateur Draft from Andrew Lewis HS (Salem, VA) and the Texas Rangers in the 10th round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA).

High School: Andrew Lewis HS (Salem, VA)

School: James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA)

Debut: September 2, 1978 (Age 23-153d, 14,083rd in major league history)
vs. MIL 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 5, 1986 (Age 31-186d)
vs. HOU 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Full Name: William Amos Sample

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.4

2516

684

.272

371

RBI

230

OBP

.329

SLG

.384

OPS

.713

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	TEX		CLE	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 5	TEX		CLE	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	3	Apr 6	TEX		NYY	W,7-6	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
4	4	Apr 7	TEX		NYY	W,8-5	CG	25	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	5	Apr 8	TEX		NYY	L,3-4	CG	58	13.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
6	6	Apr 10	TEX	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
7	11 (4)	Apr 17	TEX	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
8	12	Apr 18	TEX	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
9	13	Apr 19	TEX	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
10	14	Apr 20	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
11	15	Apr 21	TEX	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
12	18 (2)	Apr 25	TEX		DET	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
13	19	Apr 26	TEX		DET	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
14	20	Apr 27	TEX	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	41	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
15	21	Apr 28	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	23 (1)	May 1 (1)	TEX	@	TOR	L,4-10	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH LF
17	24	May 1 (2)	TEX	@	TOR	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
18	25	May 2	TEX	@	TOR	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
19	26	May 4	TEX		BAL	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
20	27	May 5	TEX		BAL	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	30 (2)	May 9	TEX		BOS	L,0-2	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
22	31	May 10	TEX	@	CHW	L,6-8	CG	43	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
23	32	May 11	TEX	@	CHW	W,6-1	GS	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF CF
24	33	May 12	TEX	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
25	34	May 13	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
26	35	May 15	TEX	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
27	36	May 16	TEX	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
28	37	May 17	TEX	@	MIL	W,4-1	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH CF
29	38	May 18	TEX	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
30	39	May 19	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
31	40	May 20	TEX	@	KCR	W,3-2	GS	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF CF
32	41	May 22	TEX		MIL	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
33	42	May 23	TEX		MIL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
34	43	May 24	TEX		MIL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
35	44	May 25	TEX		CHW	W,11-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
36	45	May 26	TEX		CHW	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
37	46	May 27	TEX		CHW	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
38	47	May 28	TEX		KCR	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
39	48	May 29	TEX		KCR	L,5-7	CG	46	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
40	49	May 30	TEX		KCR	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	50	Jun 1	TEX		SEA	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
42	51	Jun 2	TEX		SEA	L,7-10	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
43	52	Jun 3	TEX		SEA	L,4-10	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
44	53	Jun 4	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
45	54	Jun 5	TEX	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
46	55	Jun 6	TEX	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
47	56	Jun 7	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
48	57	Jun 8	TEX		OAK	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
49	58	Jun 9	TEX		OAK	W,4-3	CG	52	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
50	59	Jun 10	TEX		OAK	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
51	60	Jun 11	TEX		OAK	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
52	61	Jun 12	TEX		MIN	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
53	62	Jun 13	TEX		MIN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
54	63	Jun 14	TEX		MIN	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
55	64	Jun 15	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	41	9.1	4	0	0	4	0	CF
56	65	Jun 16	TEX	@	SEA	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
57	67 (1)	Jun 18	TEX	@	CAL	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
58	68	Jun 19	TEX	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
59	69	Jun 20	TEX	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
60	70	Jun 22	TEX	@	OAK	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
61	71	Jun 23	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
62	72	Jun 24	TEX	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	37	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
63	73	Jun 25	TEX		CAL	W,5-4	CG	47	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
64	74	Jun 26	TEX		CAL	L,2-3	CG	57	14.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
65	75	Jun 27	TEX		CAL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
66	76	Jun 28 (1)	TEX	@	CLE	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	81 (4)	Jul 2	TEX		NYY	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
68	82	Jul 3	TEX		NYY	L,4-5	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
69	83	Jul 4	TEX		NYY	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
70	84	Jul 5	TEX		DET	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
71	86 (1)	Jul 7	TEX		DET	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
72	87	Jul 8	TEX		DET	W,9-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
73	88	Jul 12	TEX		CLE	W,7-2	GS	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF CF
74	89	Jul 13	TEX		CLE	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
75	93 (3)	Jul 17	TEX	@	NYY	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
76	94	Jul 18	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	5	2	1	8	1	CF
77	99 (4)	Jul 23	TEX		BAL	L,5-9	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
78	100	Jul 24	TEX		BAL	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
79	101	Jul 25	TEX		BAL	L,1-3	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
80	102	Jul 27	TEX	@	TOR	W,4-2	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
81	103	Jul 28	TEX	@	TOR	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
82	105 (1)	Jul 30	TEX	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	LF
83	106	Jul 31	TEX	@	BAL	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	108 (1)	Aug 3	TEX	@	BOS	W,4-3	GS	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF RF
85	110 (1)	Aug 5	TEX	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
86	111	Aug 6	TEX		TOR	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
87	112	Aug 7	TEX		TOR	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
88	113	Aug 8	TEX		TOR	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
89	114	Aug 9	TEX		BOS	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
90	115	Aug 10	TEX		BOS	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
91	116	Aug 11	TEX		BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
92	117	Aug 12	TEX		BOS	L,2-3	CG	48	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
93	118	Aug 13	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
94	119	Aug 14	TEX	@	CHW	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
95	120	Aug 15	TEX	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
96	121	Aug 16	TEX		KCR	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
97	122	Aug 17	TEX		KCR	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
98	123	Aug 18	TEX		KCR	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
99	124	Aug 19	TEX		KCR	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
100	125	Aug 20	TEX		CHW	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
101	126	Aug 21	TEX		CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
102	127	Aug 22	TEX		CHW	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
103	128	Aug 24	TEX	@	MIL	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
104	129	Aug 25	TEX	@	MIL	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
105	130	Aug 26	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
106	131	Aug 28	TEX	@	KCR	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
107	132	Aug 29	TEX	@	KCR	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
108	133	Aug 30	TEX	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	135 (1)	Sep 1	TEX		MIL	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
110	136	Sep 3	TEX		SEA	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
111	137	Sep 4	TEX		SEA	L,3-6	CG	53	13.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
112	138	Sep 5	TEX		SEA	L,5-6	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
113	139	Sep 7	TEX	@	MIN	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
114	140	Sep 8	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
115	143 (2)	Sep 11	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	45	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
116	144	Sep 12	TEX	@	SEA	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
117	146 (1)	Sep 14	TEX		MIN	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
118	148 (1)	Sep 16	TEX		MIN	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
119	151 (2)	Sep 19	TEX	@	OAK	L,7-8	CG	45	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
120	154 (2)	Sep 23	TEX	@	CAL	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
121	158 (3)	Sep 27	TEX		CAL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
122	160 (1)	Sep 29	TEX		CAL	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
							126gm		1029.0	275	4	4	283	2