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Bill Sampen

William Albert Sampen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 18, 1963 in Lincoln, IL
School: MacMurray College (Jacksonville, IL)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 12th round of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1990
Teams (by GP): Expos/Royals/Angels 1990-1994

Final Game: May 9, 1994
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1990 27 MON NL 59 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
1991 28 MON NL 43 15 13 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .231 .231 .231 .462 31 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
1992 29 TOT MLB 52 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1992 29 MON NL 44 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1992 29 KCR AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1993 30 KCR AL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 31 CAL AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Yrs 182 32 27 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 .111 .111 .111 .222 -37 3 0 0 5 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 28 24 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .111 .111 .111 .222 -37 3 0 0 4 0 0
MON (3 yrs) 146 32 27 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 .111 .111 .111 .222 -37 3 0 0 5 0 0
KCR (2 yrs) 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CAL (1 yr) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 146 32 27 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 .111 .111 .111 .222 -37 3 0 0 5 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1990 27 MON NL 59 10 -2 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.1 -0 $100,000 1
1991 28 MON NL 43 15 -1 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $161,000 1
1992 29 MON NL 44 7 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .498 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $175,000 1
1992 29 KCR AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1993 30 KCR AL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1994 31 CAL AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $225,000 1
5 Seasons 182 32 -5 0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.1 0 $661,000
MON (3 yrs) 146 32 -5 0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.1 0 $436,000
KCR (2 yrs) 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
CAL (1 yr) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $225,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1990 27 MON NL 10 10 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .260 .000 .325 .000 .390 .000 .715 -100 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1991 28 MON NL 15 12 1 2.2 93 .429 .231 .257 .231 .324 .231 .384 .462 .708 31 .241 -1.2 -0.1 .300 .000 .000
1992 29 TOT MLB 7 7 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .259 .000 .325 .000 .381 .000 .706 -100 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1992 29 MON NL 7 7 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .259 .000 .325 .000 .381 .000 .706 -100 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
5 Yrs 32 29 1 0.9 93 .250 .111 .258 .111 .325 .111 .385 .222 .710 -37 .059 -5.0 -0.5 .125 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 28 26 1 0.9 93 .250 .111 .258 .111 .325 .111 .385 .222 .710 -37 .059 -5.0 -0.5 .125 .000 .000
NL (3 yrs) 32 29 1 0.9 93 .250 .111 .258 .111 .325 .111 .385 .222 .710 -37 .058 -5.0 -0.5 .125 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1990 27 MON NL 10 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 2.00 4.00 40% 0% 0.0% 0%
1991 28 MON NL 15 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.2 13.0 1.33 5.00 47% 22% 0.0% 0%
1992 29 TOT MLB 7 0.0% 71.4% 0.0% 0.0% 1.2 0.50 14% 0%
1992 29 MON NL 7 0.0% 71.4% 0.0% 0.0% 1.2 0.50 14% 0%
5 Yrs 32 0.0% 46.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.8 27.0 1.75 2.50 38% 12% 0.0% 0%
MLB Averages 2.2% 15.1% 8.7% 6.9% 30% 1.74 5.9 40.6 8.2 0.81 1.06 72% 21% 6.4% 16%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1990 27 MON NL -2.2 -0.2 10 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .91 -0.2 -0.1 -1.7 -0.2 1.00 -1.8 0
1991 28 MON NL -1.2 -0.1 16 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 .97 -0.1 -0.0 -1.4 -0.1 0.89 -1.4 0
1992 29 TOT MLB -1.6 -0.2 7 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .75 -0.1 0.1 -0.9 -0.1 1.02 -1.2 0
1992 29 MON NL -1.6 -0.2 7 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .75 -0.1 0.1 -0.9 -0.1 1.02 -1.2 0
1992 29 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1993 30 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1994 31 CAL AL 0.0 0.0
5 Yrs -5.0 -0.5 33 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .90 -0.4 0.0 -3.9 -0.4 0.95 -4.4 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1990 27 MON NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 28 MON NL 0 0 67% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1992 29 TOT MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 29 MON NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 1 0 67% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1990 27 MON NL 10 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 3 0 0% 2 2 100% 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1991 28 MON NL 15 53% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 2 2 100% 7 1 14% 0 0 0 0 0
1992 29 TOT MLB 7 43% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 4 0 0% 3 0 0% 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1992 29 MON NL 7 43% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 4 0 0% 3 0 0% 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 32 50% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 63% 9 0 0% 7 4 57% 20 1 5% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 59% 72% 10% 36% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1990 27 MON NL 9 36 4.00 29 81% 31% 21% 31% 17% 69% 0% 56% 70% 44% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 50% 1 0 0
1991 28 MON NL 15 55 3.67 43 78% 21% 23% 35% 21% 79% 0% 62% 71% 53% 0% 0 0 13% 2 1 7% 1 1 50% 0 0 0
1992 29 TOT MLB 7 36 5.14 22 61% 23% 9% 59% 9% 77% 0% 47% 88% 71% 14% 1 0 14% 1 0 14% 1 0 40% 0 0 0
1992 29 MON NL 7 36 5.14 22 61% 23% 9% 59% 9% 77% 0% 47% 88% 71% 14% 1 0 14% 1 0 14% 1 0 40% 0 0 0
3 Yrs 31 127 4.10 94 74% 24% 19% 39% 17% 76% 0% 56% 75% 55% 3% 1 0 10% 3 1 6% 2 1 47% 1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.65 61% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1990 27 59 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0
1991 28 102 25 21 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .143 .143 .143 .286 -19 3 0 0 4 0 0
1992 29 154 32 27 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 .111 .111 .111 .222 -37 3 0 0 5 0 0
1993 30 172 32 27 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 .111 .111 .111 .222 -37 3 0 0 5 0 0
1994 31 182 32 27 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 .111 .111 .111 .222 -37 3 0 0 5 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1990 27 59 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 59
1991 28 43 16 14 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 .286 .286 .286 .571 1 43
1992 29 52 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 52
3 Yrs 154 33 28 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 .143 .143 .143 .286 1 154
162 Game Avg. 162 35 29 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 .143 .143 .143 .286 1 154

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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