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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 (Age 27)
Teams (by GP): Expos/Royals/Angels 1990-1994

Final Game: May 9, 1994 (Age 31)
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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 4 394 123 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 92 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 2 348 112 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 1 267 112 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 81 112 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 79 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 77 1.761 8.2 0.6 7.6 5.3 0.69
5 Yrs 25 21 .543 3.73 182 14 54 0 0 2 299.1 312 138 124 26 133 20 176 16 3 11 1315 102 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 4 456 102 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 93 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 77 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 87 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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1990 27 MON NL 90.1 59 4 34 3.39 4.23 -0.12 -0.25 97.4 4.00 5 0.5 1.1 -0.1 1.2 14 .508 .503 $100,000
1991 28 MON NL 92.1 43 8 49 4.78 4.23 0.07 -0.11 100.6 4.07 -8 -0.9 1.1 -0.1 -0.1 0 .480 .495 $161,000
1992 29 MON NL 63.1 44 1 22 3.13 3.90 -0.01 -0.27 98.1 3.57 3 0.3 1.1 -0.1 0.8 8 .507 .502 $175,000
1992 29 KCR AL 19.2 8 1 10 4.58 4.27 -0.09 -0.23 104.0 4.30 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .491 .500
1993 30 KCR AL 18.1 18 0 12 5.89 4.78 0.19 -0.37 107.4 4.52 -3 -0.3 1.7 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .485 .498
1994 31 CAL AL 15.1 10 0 11 6.46 5.39 0.06 -0.42 102.0 5.02 -3 -0.2 .5 0.0 -0.0 -1 .477 .499 $225,000
5 Seasons 299.1 182 14 138 4.15 4.26 -0.01 -0.23 99.8 4.04 -6 -0.6 1.1 -0.4 1.7 21 .497 .499 $661,000
MON (3 yrs) 246.0 146 13 105 3.84 4.15 -0.02 -0.21 98.8 3.92 -1 -0.0 1.1 -0.3 1.8 21 .500 .500 $436,000
KCR (2 yrs) 38.0 26 1 22 5.21 4.52 0.05 -0.30 105.6 4.41 -3 -0.3 1.5 -0.2 -0.1 1 .487 .499
CAL (1 yr) 15.1 10 0 11 6.46 5.39 0.06 -0.42 102.0 5.02 -3 -0.2 .5 0.0 -0.0 -1 .477 .499 $225,000

Standard Batting

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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 (v2.2): 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 2 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $100,000 1
1991 28 MON NL 43 15 -1 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $161,000 1
1992 29 MON NL 44 7 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $175,000 1
1992 29 KCR AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .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 .501 .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 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $225,000 1
5 Seasons 182 32 -5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 1 $661,000
MON (3 yrs) 146 32 -5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 1 $436,000
KCR (2 yrs) 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0
CAL (1 yr) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $225,000

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1990 MON NL 27 P 59 4 0 90.1 14 5 9 0 0 1.000 1.39 0.24 .957 1.80 1.79 15 3 17% 29% 0
1991 MON NL 28 P 43 8 0 92.1 13 3 9 1 0 .923 1.17 0.28 .955 1.86 1.85 16 8 33% 33% 0
1992 TOT MLB 29 P 52 2 0 83.0 25 10 15 0 1 1.000 2.71 0.48 .954 1.89 1.91 15 2 12% 33% 0
1992 MON NL 29 P 44 1 0 63.1 21 9 12 0 1 1.000 2.98 0.48 .954 1.93 1.94 11 1 8% 32% 0
1992 KCR AL 29 P 8 1 0 19.2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.83 0.50 .952 1.74 1.71 4 1 20% 34% 0
1993 KCR AL 30 P 18 0 0 18.1 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.96 0.22 .952 1.77 1.78 4 2 33% 36% 0
1994 CAL AL 31 P 10 0 0 15.1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.35 0.40 .955 1.70 1.71 0 0 0
5 Seasons P 182 14 0 299.1 60 21 38 1 1 .983 1.77 0.32 .955 1.84 1.83 50 15 23% 32% 0
5 Seasons TOT 182 14 0 299.1 60 21 38 1 1 .983 1.77 0.32 .955 1.84 1.83 50 15 23% 32% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1990 NL  .632 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2159), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1982), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Relief Pitcher (1074th), 1.8 career WAR/1.8 7yr-peak WAR/1.8 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
199027Montreal Expos$100,000USA Today
199128Montreal Expos$161,000USA Today survey
199229Montreal Expos$175,0004/2/92 USA Today
199431California Angels$225,0004/5/94 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$661,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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