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Billy Sample

William Amos Sample

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 2, 1955 in Roanoke, VA
High School: Andrew Lewis HS (Roanoke, VA)
School: James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 10th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1978
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Braves/Yankees 1978-1986

Final Game: October 5, 1986
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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
1978 23 TEX AL 8 15 15 2 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .467 .467 .600 1.067 199 9 0 0 0 0 0 /D7
1979 24 TEX AL 128 377 325 60 95 21 2 5 35 8 6 37 28 .292 .365 .415 .781 113 135 6 2 10 3 1 7D8/9
1980 25 TEX AL 99 234 204 29 53 10 0 4 19 8 5 18 15 .260 .335 .368 .702 96 75 4 6 4 2 2 987D
1981 26 TEX AL 66 260 230 36 65 16 0 3 25 4 1 17 21 .283 .346 .391 .738 119 90 3 7 3 3 1 7/89
1982 27 TEX AL 97 398 360 56 94 14 2 10 29 10 2 27 35 .261 .318 .394 .712 100 142 4 3 8 0 0 78/D
1983 28 TEX AL 147 611 554 80 152 28 3 12 57 44 8 44 46 .274 .331 .401 .732 104 222 8 5 4 4 2 *7/89
1984 29 TEX AL 130 528 489 67 121 20 2 5 33 18 6 29 46 .247 .286 .327 .613 68 160 9 0 4 6 1 *78/D9
1985 30 NYY AL 59 154 139 18 40 5 0 1 15 2 1 9 10 .288 .336 .345 .681 89 48 2 2 2 2 0 7/8
1986 31 ATL NL 92 221 200 23 57 11 0 6 14 4 2 14 26 .285 .338 .430 .768 107 86 0 3 2 2 1 97/4
9 Yrs 826 2798 2516 371 684 127 9 46 230 98 31 195 230 .272 .329 .384 .713 98 967 36 28 37 22 8
162 Game Avg. 162 549 493 73 134 25 2 9 45 19 6 38 45 .272 .329 .384 .713 98 190 7 5 7 4 2
TEX (7 yrs) 675 2423 2177 330 587 111 9 39 201 92 28 172 194 .270 .327 .383 .710 98 833 34 23 33 18 7
ATL (1 yr) 92 221 200 23 57 11 0 6 14 4 2 14 26 .285 .338 .430 .768 107 86 0 3 2 2 1
NYY (1 yr) 59 154 139 18 40 5 0 1 15 2 1 9 10 .288 .336 .345 .681 89 48 2 2 2 2 0
AL (8 yrs) 734 2577 2316 348 627 116 9 40 216 94 29 181 204 .271 .328 .380 .708 97 881 36 25 35 20 7
NL (1 yr) 92 221 200 23 57 11 0 6 14 4 2 14 26 .285 .338 .430 .768 107 86 0 3 2 2 1

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
1978 23 TEX AL 8 15 2 -0 0 -1 -0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .509 .500 0.2 -0.1 2 $ /D7
1979 24 TEX AL 128 377 12 2 1 5 -6 14 1.5 12 26 2.6 .511 .508 2.1 0.0 20 $ 7D8/9
1980 25 TEX AL 99 234 0 -0 0 -3 -4 -6 -0.5 7 1 0.2 .494 .496 0.4 -0.6 4 $ 987D
1981 26 TEX AL 66 260 9 1 1 2 -3 9 1.1 8 17 1.8 .516 .506 1.7 -0.1 15 $ 7/89
1982 27 TEX AL 97 398 4 4 1 -3 -4 2 0.3 12 14 1.4 .502 .501 1.8 -0.7 17 $162,500 78/D
1983 28 TEX AL 147 611 7 8 2 5 -7 15 1.8 19 34 3.5 .511 .510 3.0 0.0 29 $215,000 *7/89
1984 29 TEX AL 130 528 -21 1 1 -2 -4 -26 -2.6 16 -9 -1.1 .479 .483 -0.8 -0.6 -7 $ *78/D9
1985 30 NYY AL 59 154 -2 0 1 1 -2 -2 -0.2 5 3 0.3 .496 .499 0.2 -0.0 1 $435,000 7/8
1986 31 ATL NL 92 221 2 -0 0 -1 -2 -2 -0.1 7 5 0.5 .498 .499 0.6 -0.3 6 $470,000 97/4
9 Seasons 826 2798 11 15 7 4 -32 5 1.4 86 92 9.3 .501 .500 9.2 -2.3 88 $1,282,500
TEX (7 yrs) 675 2423 12 15 6 4 -28 9 1.7 75 84 8.5 .501 .501 8.4 -1.9 80 $377,500
ATL (1 yr) 92 221 2 -0 0 -1 -2 -2 -0.1 7 5 0.5 .498 .499 0.6 -0.3 6 $470,000
NYY (1 yr) 59 154 -2 0 1 1 -2 -2 -0.2 5 3 0.3 .496 .499 0.2 -0.0 1 $435,000

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
1978 23 TEX AL 15 8 4 13.4 94 .583 .467 .261 .467 .326 .600 .385 1.067 .711 199 .888 1.9 0.2 1.125 .133 .133
1979 24 TEX AL 377 255 50 5.2 100 .305 .292 .267 .365 .332 .415 .405 .781 .736 113 .548 7.3 0.7 .727 .243 .123 6.2
1980 25 TEX AL 234 166 26 4.2 95 .262 .260 .264 .335 .326 .368 .392 .702 .718 96 .461 -0.2 -0.0 .638 .211 .108 5.3
1981 26 TEX AL 260 175 33 5.1 84 .297 .283 .249 .346 .313 .391 .362 .738 .675 119 .597 6.6 0.7 .692 .196 .109 3.4
1982 27 TEX AL 398 280 47 4.5 93 .267 .261 .257 .318 .320 .394 .392 .712 .712 100 .492 -0.3 -0.0 .662 .231 .133 10.0
1983 28 TEX AL 611 426 79 5.0 95 .280 .274 .262 .331 .323 .401 .395 .732 .719 104 .540 3.1 0.3 .734 .271 .126 18.9
1984 29 TEX AL 528 393 46 3.1 99 .261 .247 .267 .286 .330 .327 .403 .613 .733 68 .339 -22.1 -2.2 .525 .164 .080 7.8
1985 30 NYY AL 154 106 17 4.3 97 .300 .288 .259 .336 .324 .345 .402 .681 .726 89 .469 -1.7 -0.2 .588 .129 .058 1.3
1986 31 ATL NL 221 149 31 5.6 102 .300 .285 .267 .338 .338 .430 .403 .768 .741 107 .619 1.7 0.2 .724 .225 .145 4.8
9 Yrs 2798 1958 333 4.6 96 .282 .272 .262 .329 .326 .384 .395 .713 .721 98 .504 -3.6 -0.4 .662 .217 .112 62.6
162 Game Avg. 549 384 65 4.6 96 .282 .272 .262 .329 .326 .384 .395 .713 .721 98 .504 -3.6 -0.4 .662 .217 .112 12
TEX (7 yrs) 2423 1703 285 4.5 95 .279 .270 .262 .327 .325 .383 .394 .710 .719 98 .496 -3.6 -0.4 .661 .221 .113 54.8
ATL (1 yr) 221 149 31 5.6 102 .300 .285 .267 .338 .338 .430 .403 .768 .741 107 .619 1.7 0.2 .724 .225 .145 4.8
NYY (1 yr) 154 106 17 4.3 97 .300 .288 .259 .336 .324 .345 .402 .681 .726 89 .469 -1.7 -0.2 .588 .129 .058 1.3
AL (8 yrs) 2577 1809 302 4.5 96 .281 .271 .262 .328 .325 .380 .394 .708 .719 97 .494 -5.3 -0.5 .657 .216 .110 56.1
NL (1 yr) 221 149 31 5.6 102 .300 .285 .267 .338 .338 .430 .403 .768 .741 107 .619 1.7 0.2 .724 .225 .145 4.8

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
1978 23 TEX AL 15 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 13.3% 29% 5.0 5.0 1.50 80%
1979 24 TEX AL 377 1.3% 7.4% 9.8% 7.4% 30% 0.76 11.6 65.0 9.3 0.94 78%
1980 25 TEX AL 234 1.7% 6.4% 7.7% 6.0% 26% 0.83 13.6 51.0 10.7 0.82 80%
1981 26 TEX AL 260 1.2% 8.1% 6.5% 7.3% 29% 1.24 11.0 76.7 9.2 0.84 80%
1982 27 TEX AL 398 2.5% 8.8% 6.8% 6.5% 28% 1.30 10.3 36.0 12.4 0.77 79%
1983 28 TEX AL 611 2.0% 7.5% 7.2% 7.0% 28% 1.05 12.0 46.2 9.7 0.89 82%
1984 29 TEX AL 528 1.0% 8.7% 5.5% 5.1% 22% 1.59 10.6 97.8 14.8 0.90 84%
1985 30 NYY AL 154 0.7% 6.5% 5.8% 3.9% 15% 1.11 13.9 139.0 9.3 0.98 84%
1986 31 ATL NL 221 2.7% 11.8% 6.3% 7.7% 30% 1.86 7.7 33.3 14.3 1.02 77%
9 Yrs 2798 1.6% 8.2% 7.0% 6.5% 27% 1.18 10.9 54.7 10.9 0.88 81%
MLB Averages 2.1% 13.4% 8.5% 6.6% 29% 1.59 6.7 43.4 8.5 1.08 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1978 23 TEX AL 1.9 0.2 15 0.2 0.4 -0.2 .93 0.2 0.0 2.1 0.2 1.04 1.9 2.51 4
1979 24 TEX AL 6.8 0.7 397 0.9 6.9 -6.0 .99 1.2 -0.3 7.4 0.7 0.96 9.6 1.27 18
1980 25 TEX AL -0.5 -0.1 250 0.4 4.7 -4.3 1.09 0.1 0.3 -1.5 -0.2 0.96 -0.0 1.50 23
1981 26 TEX AL 6.6 0.7 267 -0.2 4.3 -4.4 1.03 0.3 -0.4 9.2 1.0 0.98 7.1 6.50 3
1982 27 TEX AL -0.8 -0.1 418 1.1 7.8 -6.7 .98 0.3 0.9 -2.0 -0.2 0.90 1.2 1.17 1
1983 28 TEX AL 3.1 0.3 669 1.4 13.2 -11.8 1.13 0.5 0.7 5.9 0.6 0.96 6.6 1.52 2
1984 29 TEX AL -22.1 -2.2 555 -2.6 8.0 -10.6 1.13 -2.0 -0.3 -25.0 -2.5 0.94 -23.6 1.82 12
1985 30 NYY AL -1.7 -0.2 156 -0.7 1.8 -2.5 .93 -0.3 -0.5 0.8 0.1 0.93 -1.8 0.96 5
1986 31 ATL NL 1.7 0.2 229 0.1 3.8 -3.7 1.04 0.1 -0.0 -2.1 -0.2 0.91 1.8 1.43 33
9 Yrs -5.0 -0.5 2956 0.6 50.9 -50.2 1.06 0.4 0.2 -5.2 -0.5 0.94 2.8 1.63 101

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
1978 23 TEX AL 0 0 29% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1979 24 TEX AL 10 0 43% 170 8 6 57% 7 5 1 0 0 1 3 2 7 13 54% 24 16 8 6 2 4 16 3 13
1980 25 TEX AL 4 0 34% 88 8 5 62% 7 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 5 54% 12 8 4 6 0 5 6 2 4
1981 26 TEX AL 7 0 38% 89 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 49% 17 12 5 6 3 3 10 2 8
1982 27 TEX AL 8 0 40% 169 10 2 83% 8 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 11 67% 26 11 15 4 2 2 12 1 11
1983 28 TEX AL 12 0 36% 243 44 8 85% 37 7 7 1 0 0 2 2 9 16 64% 35 17 18 3 1 2 17 2 15
1984 29 TEX AL 7 0 43% 208 18 6 75% 15 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 9 52% 33 21 11 6 2 4 21 5 16
1985 30 NYY AL 1 0 34% 72 2 1 67% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 50% 12 8 4 2 1 1 8 2 6
1986 31 ATL NL 2 0 25% 113 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 25% 9 8 0 1 1 0 6 2 4
9 Yrs 51 0 38% 1161 98 31 76% 84 25 14 4 0 2 9 5 31 70 55% 169 102 65 34 12 21 97 19 78

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
1978 23 TEX AL 15 73% 7 4 1 0 0 2.51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 12 3 25% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1979 24 TEX AL 377 46% 95 18 5 0 4 1.27 5 0 7 2 3 4 1 0 14 10 71% 77 6 8% 38 18 47% 220 33 15% 23 15 65% 17 9 53% 0
1980 25 TEX AL 234 71% 53 23 5 0 3 1.50 4 0 5 0 4 2 2 0 7 4 57% 44 4 9% 23 10 43% 142 16 11% 12 4 33% 10 4 40% 0
1981 26 TEX AL 260 35% 65 3 0 0 0 6.50 3 0 5 2 1 2 1 0 4 3 75% 53 3 6% 23 7 30% 162 25 15% 12 4 33% 8 3 38% 0
1982 27 TEX AL 398 24% 94 1 0 0 0 1.17 10 0 6 8 2 7 3 0 9 8 89% 56 4 7% 29 9 31% 177 22 12% 16 4 25% 11 3 27% 0
1983 28 TEX AL 611 36% 152 2 0 0 0 1.52 12 0 13 9 3 6 6 0 7 4 57% 106 8 8% 55 16 29% 353 49 14% 25 11 44% 32 13 41% 0
1984 29 TEX AL 528 38% 121 12 4 0 1 1.82 5 0 9 2 3 2 3 0 4 4 100% 98 9 9% 56 16 29% 264 32 12% 30 11 37% 15 8 53% 0
1985 30 NYY AL 154 82% 40 5 2 0 2 0.96 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 100% 31 2 6% 10 6 60% 85 14 16% 7 6 86% 2 2 100% 0
1986 31 ATL NL 221 71% 57 33 9 1 2 1.43 6 0 4 2 4 1 5 0 2 2 100% 25 0 0% 21 8 38% 95 11 12% 13 5 38% 6 4 67% 0
9 Yrs 2798 44% 684 101 26 1 12 1.63 46 0 53 25 21 25 21 0 49 37 76% 493 36 7% 256 90 35% 1510 205 14% 138 60 43% 102 46 45% 0
MLB Averages 58% 81% 11% 35% 15% 51% 55%

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
1978 23 8 15 15 2 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .467 .467 .600 1.067 199 9 0 0 0 0 0
1979 24 136 392 340 62 102 23 2 5 38 8 6 37 31 .300 .369 .424 .793 116 144 6 2 10 3 1
1980 25 235 626 544 91 155 33 2 9 57 16 11 55 46 .285 .356 .403 .759 109 219 10 8 14 5 3
1981 26 301 886 774 127 220 49 2 12 82 20 12 72 67 .284 .353 .399 .753 112 309 13 15 17 8 4
1982 27 398 1284 1134 183 314 63 4 22 111 30 14 99 102 .277 .342 .398 .740 108 451 17 18 25 8 4
1983 28 545 1895 1688 263 466 91 7 34 168 74 22 143 148 .276 .339 .399 .737 107 673 25 23 29 12 6
1984 29 675 2423 2177 330 587 111 9 39 201 92 28 172 194 .270 .327 .383 .710 98 833 34 23 33 18 7
1985 30 734 2577 2316 348 627 116 9 40 216 94 29 181 204 .271 .328 .380 .708 97 881 36 25 35 20 7
1986 31 826 2798 2516 371 684 127 9 46 230 98 31 195 230 .272 .329 .384 .713 98 967 36 28 37 22 8

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
1978 23 8 16 16 2 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 .500 .500 .625 1.125 5 8
1979 24 129 382 329 63 98 22 2 5 36 8 38 28 .298 .371 .422 .793 51 128
1980 25 99 238 207 31 56 11 0 4 21 8 19 15 .271 .346 .382 .728 26 99
1981 26 100 413 362 67 112 28 0 5 47 7 29 32 .309 .375 .428 .803 56 66
1982 27 97 407 367 63 101 15 2 11 33 11 29 35 .275 .333 .417 .750 50 97
1983 28 147 621 562 87 160 29 3 13 62 46 46 46 .285 .342 .416 .758 79 147
1984 29 130 532 492 69 124 20 2 5 34 18 30 46 .252 .292 .331 .623 48 130
1985 30 59 156 141 19 42 5 0 1 16 2 9 10 .298 .344 .355 .699 17 59
1986 31 92 222 201 23 58 11 0 6 14 4 14 26 .289 .341 .433 .774 29 92
9 Yrs 861 2987 2677 424 759 143 9 50 267 104 214 241 .284 .341 .400 .741 361 826
162 Game Avg. 162 562 504 80 143 27 2 9 50 20 40 45 .284 .341 .400 .741 68 826

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1983 AL  44 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1981 AL  7 (4th)

SB % s c a p y
1983 AL  84.62 (6th)
Career  75.97 (127th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1983 AL  18.9 (6th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1983 AL  12.0 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2198), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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