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

Born: January 18, 1963 in Lincoln, IL
Schools: 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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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 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

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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 44 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .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
5 Seasons 146 32 27 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .111 .111 .111 .222 -37 3 0 0 5 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 36 30 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .111 .111 .111 .222 -37 3 0 0 6 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

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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 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (2253), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1856), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 3, 1985: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 12th round of the 1985 amateur draft.

December 4, 1989: Drafted by the Montreal Expos from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1989 rule 5 draft.

August 29, 1992: Traded by the Montreal Expos with Chris Haney to the Kansas City Royals for Sean Berry and Archie Corbin.

October 15, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

February 15, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

July 10, 1994: Released by the California Angels.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1990Montreal Expos$100,000
1991Montreal Expos$161,000
1992Montreal Expos$175,000
1994California Angels$225,000
Career (may be incomplete)$661,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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