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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1990 27 MON NL 12 7 .632 2.99 59 4 26 0 0 2 90.1 94 34 30 7 33 6 69 2 0 4 394 122 1.406 9.4 0.7 3.3 6.9 2.09
1991 28 MON NL 9 5 .643 4.00 43 8 8 0 0 0 92.1 96 49 41 13 46 7 52 3 1 3 409 91 1.538 9.4 1.3 4.5 5.1 1.13
1992 29 TOT MLB 1 6 .143 3.25 52 2 13 0 0 0 83.0 83 32 30 4 32 7 37 4 2 2 348 111 1.386 9.0 0.4 3.5 4.0 1.16
1992 29 MON NL 1 4 .200 3.13 44 1 10 0 0 0 63.1 62 22 22 4 29 6 23 1 2 1 267 111 1.437 8.8 0.6 4.1 3.3 0.79
1992 29 KCR AL 0 2 .000 3.66 8 1 3 0 0 0 19.2 21 10 8 0 3 1 14 3 0 1 81 111 1.220 9.6 0.0 1.4 6.4 4.67
1993 30 KCR AL 2 2 .500 5.89 18 0 3 0 0 0 18.1 25 12 12 1 9 0 9 4 0 2 89 78 1.855 12.3 0.5 4.4 4.4 1.00
1994 31 CAL AL 1 1 .500 6.46 10 0 4 0 0 0 15.1 14 11 11 1 13 0 9 3 0 0 75 75 1.761 8.2 0.6 7.6 5.3 0.69
5 Seasons 25 21 .543 3.73 182 14 54 0 0 2 299.1 312 138 124 26 133 20 176 16 3 11 1315 101 1.487 9.4 0.8 4.0 5.3 1.32
162 Game Avg. 9 7 .543 3.73 63 5 19 0 0 1 104 108 48 43 9 46 7 61 6 1 4 456 101 1.487 9.4 0.8 4.0 5.3 1.32
MON (3 yrs) 22 16 .579 3.40 146 13 44 0 0 2 246.0 252 105 93 24 108 19 144 6 3 8 1070 106 1.463 9.2 0.9 4.0 5.3 1.33
KCR (2 yrs) 2 4 .333 4.74 26 1 6 0 0 0 38.0 46 22 20 1 12 1 23 7 0 3 170 91 1.526 10.9 0.2 2.8 5.4 1.92
CAL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 6.46 10 0 4 0 0 0 15.1 14 11 11 1 13 0 9 3 0 0 75 75 1.761 8.2 0.6 7.6 5.3 0.69
AL (3 yrs) 3 5 .375 5.23 36 1 10 0 0 0 53.1 60 33 31 2 25 1 32 10 0 3 245 86 1.594 10.1 0.3 4.2 5.4 1.28
NL (3 yrs) 22 16 .579 3.40 146 13 44 0 0 2 246.0 252 105 93 24 108 19 144 6 3 8 1070 106 1.463 9.2 0.9 4.0 5.3 1.33

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1990 27 MON NL 59 394 351 34 94 12 0 7 15 3 33 69 .268 .332 .362 .693 .313 127 3 2 5 3 6
1991 28 MON NL 43 409 352 49 96 22 1 13 16 8 46 52 .273 .358 .452 .810 .285 159 5 3 4 4 7
1992 29 TOT MLB 52 348 303 32 83 10 2 4 15 2 32 37 .274 .348 .360 .708 .298 109 15 4 6 3 7
1992 29 KCR AL 8 81 72 10 21 1 1 0 4 1 3 14 .292 .338 .333 .671 .350 24 4 3 1 2 1
1992 29 MON NL 44 267 231 22 62 9 1 4 11 1 29 23 .268 .351 .368 .719 .283 85 11 1 5 1 6
1993 30 KCR AL 18 89 74 12 25 3 1 1 4 2 9 9 .338 .437 .446 .883 .375 33 2 4 2 0 0
1994 31 CAL AL 10 75 58 11 14 1 0 1 0 0 13 9 .241 .405 .310 .716 .271 18 0 3 1 0 0
5 Seasons 182 1315 1138 138 312 48 4 26 50 15 133 176 .274 .355 .392 .747 .302 446 25 16 18 10 20
162 Game Avg. 63 456 395 48 108 17 1 9 17 5 46 61 .274 .355 .392 .747 .302 155 9 6 6 3 7
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1990 27 MON NL 59 4 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 .750 0 1 0 0 0 0% 45 60 34 14 1 3 1 9.8 6.8 3.5 54 3 0 0 0 77
1991 28 MON NL 43 8 3 2 3 1 0 5 3 .625 2 1 0 0 2 25% 52 74 31 12 4 2 3 4.0 4.0 5.1 81 3 4 1 0 104
1992 29 TOT MLB 52 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 41 47 35 23 2 1 0 1.0 1.1 4.0 66 2 0 0 0 72
1992 29 MON NL 44 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 47 47 47 22 2 1 0 0.0 0.0 4.0 59 1 0 0 0 59
1992 29 KCR AL 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35 35 35 1 0 0 0 2.0 2.3 4.0 72 1 0 0 0 72
3 Seasons 154 14 4 5 5 2 0 8 6 .571 2 2 0 0 2 14% 48 74 31 49 7 6 4 5.2 4.2 4.5 73 8 4 1 0 104
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1990 27 MON NL 59 55 26 11 6 3 2 1 67% 5 2 28 10 36% 9 1.145 17 17 20 8 14 33 15 40 26 16 26 11 4.2 22
1991 28 MON NL 43 35 8 6 3 0 0 0 5 5 21 7 33% 5 1.145 12 8 13 8 9 18 13 22 22 6 23 5 4.4 24
1992 29 TOT MLB 52 50 13 1 4 1 0 1 0% 7 6 42 13 31% 0.989 15 10 25 11 9 30 24 26 28 16 30 12 4.5 22
1992 29 MON NL 44 43 10 1 3 1 0 1 0% 6 5 35 11 31% 6 1.046 13 9 21 10 8 25 20 23 23 15 25 12 4.1 20
1992 29 KCR AL 8 7 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 2 29% 6 0.799 2 1 4 1 1 5 4 3 5 1 5 0 6.7 32
1993 30 KCR AL 18 18 3 2 2 4 0 4 0% 7 3 16 6 38% 7 1.531 10 4 4 10 5 3 8 10 7 10 9 2 3.1 18
1994 31 CAL AL 10 10 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 6 0.435 1 2 6 0 2 8 4 6 4 3 6 1 4.6 27
5 Seasons 182 168 54 21 16 8 2 6 25% 24 16 111 37 33% 1.089 55 41 68 37 39 92 64 104 87 51 94 31 4.2 22

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1990 27 MON NL 394 50% 1.8% 17.5% 8.4% 4.8% 20% 0.68 0.81 71% 20% 5.3% 20% 73 3 4%
1991 28 MON NL 409 52% 3.2% 12.7% 11.3% 8.8% 38% 0.79 0.97 71% 16% 9.6% 20% 71 5 7%
1992 29 TOT MLB 348 49% 1.2% 10.6% 9.2% 4.6% 19% 0.96 1.47 76% 21% 3.6% 18% 67 15 22%
1992 29 MON NL 267 52% 1.5% 8.6% 10.9% 5.2% 23% 1.07 1.59 77% 18% 5.1% 22% 49 11 22%
1992 29 KCR AL 81 37% 0.0% 17.3% 3.7% 2.5% 10% 0.67 1.10 74% 34% 0.0% 6% 18 4 22%
1993 30 KCR AL 89 49% 1.1% 10.1% 10.1% 5.6% 20% 0.97 1.44 72% 24% 4.0% 24% 23 2 9%
1994 31 CAL AL 75 44% 1.3% 12.0% 17.3% 2.7% 14% 1.04 1.18 64% 18% 5.0% 17% 26 0 0%
5 Seasons 1315 50% 2.0% 13.4% 10.1% 5.9% 25% 0.82 1.08 72% 19% 6.1% 19% 260 25 10%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1990 27 MON NL 328 1174 3.58 763 65% 18% 16% 33% 33% 82% 6% 53% 80% 57% 3% 11 2 24% 78 42 4 17% 10 3 66 1 2
1991 28 MON NL 409 1485 3.63 901 61% 22% 15% 29% 34% 78% 4% 47% 81% 57% 7% 30 14 19% 76 36 7 27% 10 9 0 0 0
1992 29 TOT MLB 348 1231 3.54 760 62% 24% 11% 28% 36% 76% 6% 47% 85% 61% 6% 22 9 13% 44 21 1 32% 6 6 0 0 0
1992 29 MON NL 267 937 3.51 571 61% 24% 10% 28% 37% 76% 6% 46% 87% 62% 7% 19 8 12% 31 14 0 35% 4 5 0 0 0
1992 29 KCR AL 81 294 3.63 189 64% 25% 15% 27% 32% 75% 4% 48% 79% 59% 4% 3 1 16% 13 7 1 29% 2 1 0 0 0
1993 30 KCR AL 85 311 3.66 187 60% 22% 15% 29% 34% 78% 0% 47% 81% 60% 5% 4 0 13% 11 4 0 0% 1 4 4 0 0
1994 31 CAL AL 61 245 4.02 128 52% 21% 14% 35% 30% 79% 0% 41% 82% 46% 10% 6 4 7% 4 1 1 25% 0 2 14 0 0
5 Seasons 1231 4446 3.61 2739 62% 21% 14% 30% 34% 78% 4% 48% 82% 58% 6% 73 29 17% 213 104 13 23% 27 24 84 1 2
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1990 27 MON NL 394 94 11 2 7 0 10 6 1 3 4 19 13 1 68% 5 4 1 158 15 3 83% 12 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1991 28 MON NL 409 96 33 1 13 0 15 6 7 4 9 23 14 1 61% 8 3 2 164 16 8 67% 15 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 9 0
1992 29 TOT MLB 348 83 34 2 4 1 5 1 3 2 2 22 13 1 59% 1 2 0 145 15 2 88% 14 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 0
1992 29 MON NL 267 62 21 2 4 1 5 1 3 2 2 17 9 1 53% 0 1 0 104 11 1 92% 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
1992 29 KCR AL 81 21 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 80% 1 1 0 41 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1993 30 KCR AL 89 25 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 9 4 0 44% 0 2 0 38 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1994 31 CAL AL 75 14 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 6 4 1 67% 1 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1315 312 79 5 26 1 36 13 13 10 16 79 48 4 61% 15 11 3 541 50 15 77% 44 12 6 1 0 2 0 0 28 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1990 27 12 7 .632 2.99 59 4 26 0 0 2 90.1 94 34 30 7 33 6 69 2 0 4 394 122 1.406 9.4 0.7 3.3 6.9 2.09 122
1991 28 21 12 .636 3.50 102 12 34 0 0 2 182.2 190 83 71 20 79 13 121 5 1 7 803 104 1.473 9.4 1.0 3.9 6.0 1.53 104
1992 29 22 18 .550 3.42 154 14 47 0 0 2 265.2 273 115 101 24 111 20 158 9 3 9 1151 106 1.445 9.2 0.8 3.8 5.4 1.42 106
1993 30 24 20 .545 3.58 172 14 50 0 0 2 284.0 298 127 113 25 120 20 167 13 3 11 1240 103 1.472 9.4 0.8 3.8 5.3 1.39 103
1994 31 25 21 .543 3.73 182 14 54 0 0 2 299.1 312 138 124 26 133 20 176 16 3 11 1315 101 1.487 9.4 0.8 4.0 5.3 1.32 101

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1990 27 5 4 .556 3.45 86.0 99 37 33 7 35 66 2 1.558 10.4 3.7 6.9 1.89 0.7 59
1991 28 4 5 .444 4.71 86.0 100 50 45 14 48 48 3 1.721 10.5 5.0 5.0 1.00 1.5 43
1992 29 4 4 .500 4.08 75.0 86 38 34 4 33 33 4 1.587 10.3 4.0 4.0 1.00 0.5 52
1993 30 0 1 .000 5.82 17.0 24 12 11 1 9 8 4 1.941 12.7 4.8 4.2 0.89 0.5 18
1994 31 1 1 .500 6.43 21.0 20 17 15 1 19 12 4 1.857 8.6 8.1 5.1 0.63 0.4 10
5 Seasons 14 15 .483 4.36 285.0 329 154 138 27 144 167 17 1.660 10.4 5.3 1.16 0.9 182

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Win-Loss % s c a p y
1990 NL--.632--7th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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