Bill Sample
William Amos Sample
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 2, 1955 in Roanoke, VA
High School: Andrew Lewis (Roanoke, VA)
School: James Madison University
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 10th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1978
Final Game: October 5, 1986
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1978 TEX AL 23 DH 3
1978 TEX AL 23 LF 2 1 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 -140.0 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.80
1978 TEX AL 23 OF 2 1 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 -140.0 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.15
1979 TEX AL 24 OF 103 79 728.2 180 173 7 0 1 1.000 5.4 8.9 5.4 4.5 0.7 0 2.22 1.75 .981 2.46 2.13
1979 TEX AL 24 LF 92 68 632.2 150 144 6 0 2 1.000 2.2 4.2 3.2 3.6 -0.4 -1 2.13 1.63 .979 2.22 1.80
1979 TEX AL 24 CF 10 8 68.0 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.7 30.0 0.7 -0.4 1.0 1 2.91 2.20 .982 2.92 2.62
1979 TEX AL 24 DH 9
1979 TEX AL 24 RF 5 3 28.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.5 64.3 1.5 1.3 0.1 0 3.54 2.20 .982 2.25 1.88
1980 TEX AL 25 OF 72 52 469.0 110 105 2 3 0 .973 -2.7 -6.9 -1.7 -1.1 -0.7 -1 2.05 1.49 .979 2.47 2.15
1980 TEX AL 25 RF 40 30 257.1 47 45 2 0 0 1.000 -4.1 -19.1 -4.1 -1.6 -2.6 0 1.64 1.18 .974 2.13 1.77
1980 TEX AL 25 CF 19 15 140.2 41 39 0 2 0 .951 -1.4 -11.9 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 -1 2.50 2.05 .983 2.92 2.65
1980 TEX AL 25 LF 16 7 71.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.8 47.3 2.8 0.3 2.5 0 2.54 1.25 .980 2.35 1.92
1980 TEX AL 25 DH 4
1981 TEX AL 26 OF 64 63 558.0 137 132 4 1 1 .993 1.8 3.9 2.8 4.4 -1.6 -1 2.19 2.13 .982 2.48 2.16
1981 TEX AL 26 LF 61 60 524.0 131 125 5 1 1 .992 2.5 5.7 3.5 4.8 -1.3 -1 2.23 2.13 .979 2.38 1.99
1981 TEX AL 26 CF 5 3 30.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -40.0 -1.0 -0.4 -0.6 0 1.50 1.00 .980 2.91 2.60
1981 TEX AL 26 RF 1 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 90.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 4.50 2.00 1.000 2.25 1.80
1982 TEX AL 27 OF 91 88 786.1 206 196 6 4 0 .981 -2.9 -4.4 1.1 1.0 0.0 -4 2.31 2.22 .982 2.47 2.15
1982 TEX AL 27 LF 85 78 706.1 191 182 5 4 0 .979 -2.7 -4.6 1.3 1.5 -0.3 -4 2.38 2.20 .981 2.29 1.91
1982 TEX AL 27 CF 11 10 80.0 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -3.0 -0.2 -0.5 0.3 0 2.36 1.91 .986 2.84 2.49
1982 TEX AL 27 DH 1
1983 TEX AL 28 OF 146 139 1245.0 341 329 8 4 0 .988 5.3 5.1 8.3 5.6 2.7 -3 2.44 2.31 .981 2.50 2.16
1983 TEX AL 28 LF 142 135 1214.0 325 314 7 4 0 .988 5.5 5.4 8.5 5.8 2.7 -3 2.38 2.26 .977 2.32 1.90
1983 TEX AL 28 CF 3 3 22.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 16.4 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 3.68 3.00 .989 2.95 2.57
1983 TEX AL 28 RF 2 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -66.7 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.20 1.85
1984 TEX AL 29 OF 122 112 1029.0 292 285 3 4 2 .986 -2.4 -2.8 -2.4 0.6 -3.0 0 2.52 2.36 .983 2.51 2.17
1984 TEX AL 29 LF 72 65 580.2 158 154 2 2 1 .987 2.5 5.2 1.5 1.6 -0.1 1 2.42 2.17 .982 2.27 1.80
1984 TEX AL 29 CF 51 45 431.0 123 119 2 2 1 .984 -4.3 -12.0 -3.3 -0.4 -2.9 -1 2.53 2.37 .986 3.01 2.62
1984 TEX AL 29 RF 3 2 17.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -41.5 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 1.04 0.67 1.000 2.23 1.87
1984 TEX AL 29 DH 2
1985 NYY AL 30 OF 55 43 352.1 91 89 1 1 0 .989 1.1 3.7 0.1 -0.2 0.2 1 2.30 1.64 .982 2.44 2.10
1985 NYY AL 30 LF 51 40 323.1 80 78 1 1 0 .988 1.1 4.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 1 2.20 1.55 .976 2.25 1.77
1985 NYY AL 30 CF 4 3 29.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.2 0 2.48 2.00 .988 2.92 2.55
1986 ATL NL 31 OF 56 43 373.0 71 69 1 1 1 .986 -1.1 -3.5 1.9 0.7 1.2 -3 1.69 1.25 .979 2.19 1.82
1986 ATL NL 31 RF 48 40 328.0 61 59 1 1 1 .984 -0.6 -2.2 2.4 0.4 2.0 -3 1.65 1.25 .977 1.99 1.63
1986 ATL NL 31 LF 10 3 45.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -13.3 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 0 1.60 0.80 .975 1.98 1.44
1986 ATL NL 31 2B 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.50
9 Seasons OF 711 620 5547.1 1428 1378 32 18 5 .987 3.8 0.8 14.8 15.5 -1.2 -11 2.29 1.98 .981 2.46 2.12
9 Seasons LF 531 457 4103.0 1063 1025 26 12 4 .989 12.7 3.7 19.7 17.9 1.6 -7 2.31 1.98 .979 2.29 1.86
7 Seasons CF 103 87 800.2 229 221 4 4 1 .983 -4.9 -7.3 -3.9 -1.4 -2.6 -1 2.53 2.18 .985 2.96 2.61
6 Seasons RF 99 76 643.2 123 119 3 1 1 .992 -4.0 -7.5 -1.0 -1.0 -0.2 -3 1.71 1.23 .977 2.07 1.71
5 Seasons DH 19
1 Season 2B 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.50
9 Seasons TOT 712 620 5548.0 1428 1378 32 18 5 .987 3.8 0.8 14.8 15.5 -1.2 -11 0 2.29 1.98 .969 2.46 2.13
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1978 TEX AL 23 8 3 8 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 4 0
1979 TEX AL 24 128 83 128 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 10 5 104 4 24 17
1980 TEX AL 25 99 53 99 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 19 40 72 1 30 10
1981 TEX AL 26 66 63 66 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 5 1 64 0 3 0
1982 TEX AL 27 97 88 97 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 11 0 92 0 2 4
1983 TEX AL 28 147 140 147 147 0 0 1 0 0 0 142 3 2 146 0 3 2
1984 TEX AL 29 130 113 130 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 51 3 122 1 12 3
1985 NYY AL 30 59 43 59 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 4 0 55 0 5 4
1986 ATL NL 31 92 43 92 57 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 48 56 0 38 5
9 Seasons 826 629 826 716 0 0 1 2 0 0 531 103 99 713 7 121 45
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 -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1978 TEX AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 29 34% 69% 10% 4 0%
1979 TEX AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 3 1 30 25 1 19 3 0 12 5 1 11 4 0 7 4 1 79 41 51.9% 35 3 3.8% 3 2789 57% 79% 24% 300 49%
1980 TEX AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 294 51% 76% 28% 30 67%
1981 TEX AL 26 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 4 0 0 24 19 0 21 0 0 14 9 0 5 3 0 7 7 0 71 38 53.5% 33 0 0.0% 5 2229 57% 80% 25% 253 51%
1982 TEX AL 27 4 0 4 0 0 5 0 2 1 2 42 36 0 42 6 1 25 16 1 8 1 0 11 8 0 128 67 52.3% 59 2 1.6% 3 3151 61% 81% 24% 429 44%
1983 TEX AL 28 4 0 4 0 0 7 0 3 1 3 75 60 0 42 7 2 32 21 0 15 1 0 15 14 0 179 103 57.5% 74 2 1.1% 5 5280 59% 79% 26% 673 48%
1984 TEX AL 29 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 6 2 0 23 21 1 34 25 73.5% 8 1 2.9% 1 2626 55% 77% 25% 169 92%
1985 NYY AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 5 0 6 1 1 3 1 0 4 2 0 6 5 0 24 14 58.3% 9 1 4.2% 0 1383 59% 79% 28% 112 71%
1986 ATL NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 215 47% 80% 25% 16 50%
9 Seasons 12 0 12 0 2 26 0 11 6 7 184 150 1 134 19 4 89 54 2 50 14 0 72 62 2 529 299 56.5% 221 9 1.7% 17 17996 58% 79% 25% 1986 53%
MLB Averages 58.2% 2.8% 57% 79% 26% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1979 TEX AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 60.0% 1 1 20.0% 0 313 52% 80% 22% 36 61%
1980 TEX AL 25 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 10 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 20 7 35.0% 13 0 0.0% 0 623 58% 78% 22% 77 51%
1981 TEX AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 126 49% 75% 22% 11 45%
1982 TEX AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 1 341 62% 84% 22% 40 53%
1983 TEX AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 101 64% 78% 22% 15 60%
1984 TEX AL 29 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 0 5 2 0 17 4 23.5% 13 0 0.0% 2 1862 54% 80% 27% 133 89%
1985 NYY AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 134 54% 76% 22% 8 100%
7 Seasons 4 0 4 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 11 10 0 17 1 1 4 2 0 13 2 0 12 6 0 57 21 36.8% 35 1 1.8% 3 3500 55% 79% 25% 320 70%
MLB Averages 42.8% 2.2% 57% 79% 26% 63%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1979 TEX AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 123 53% 76% 27% 20 55%
1980 TEX AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 18 9 0 8 0 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 7 6 0 40 16 40.0% 24 0 0.0% 2 1160 56% 78% 25% 115 41%
1981 TEX AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 42% 63% 32% 3 67%
1983 TEX AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 84% 82% 21% 1 0%
1984 TEX AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 44% 84% 28% 2 100%
1986 ATL NL 31 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 4 0 11 2 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 4 2 0 31 11 35.5% 20 0 0.0% 1 1438 45% 77% 28% 125 47%
6 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 32 16 0 19 2 0 5 2 0 8 2 0 11 8 0 75 30 40.0% 45 0 0.0% 3 2853 50% 78% 27% 266 45%
MLB Averages 43.3% 3.1% 57% 79% 26% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1986 ATL NL 31 1 100% 100% 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 1 100% 100% 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 95%

* 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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