Bill Sampen
William Albert Sampen
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 18, 1963 in Lincoln, IL
School: MacMurray College
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 12th round of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1990
Final Game: May 9, 1994
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1990 MON NL 27 P 59 4 90.1 14 5 9 0 0 1.000 1.39 0.24 .957 1.80 0.58
1991 MON NL 28 P 43 8 92.1 13 3 9 1 0 .923 1.17 0.28 .954 1.86 0.59
1992 TOT MLB 29 P 52 2 83.0 25 10 15 0 1 1.000 2.71 0.48 .952 1.89 0.59
1992 MON NL 29 P 44 1 63.1 21 9 12 0 1 1.000 2.98 0.48 .952 1.93 0.60
1992 KCR AL 29 P 8 1 19.2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.83 0.50 .950 1.74 0.56
1993 KCR AL 30 P 18 0 18.1 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.96 0.22 .950 1.77 0.56
1994 CAL AL 31 P 10 0 15.1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.35 0.40 .950 1.70 0.52
5 Seasons P 182 14 299.1 60 21 38 1 1 .983 1.77 0.32 .953 1.84 0.58
5 Seasons TOT 182 14 299.1 60 21 38 1 1 .983 1.77 0.32 .937 1.84 0.58

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1990 MON NL 27 59 4 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 MON NL 28 43 8 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 MON NL 29 44 1 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 KCR AL 29 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 KCR AL 30 18 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 CAL AL 31 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 182 13 146 182 182 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1990 MON NL 27 418 75% 27% 12 83% 0 5 0 5 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1991 MON NL 28 439 77% 30% 9 89% 0 3 0 3 8 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1992 MON NL 29 283 81% 38% 13 100% 0 9 2 5 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 100%
1992 KCR AL 29 87 77% 28% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1993 KCR AL 30 96 77% 33% 2 100% 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1994 CAL AL 31 75 67% 33% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1398 77% 31% 42 93% 0 21 2 17 38 35 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 13 85%
MLB Averages 77% 32% 91% 87%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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