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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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1978 TEX AL 23 DH 3 1
1978 TEX AL 23 LF 2 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -140 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.20
1978 TEX AL 23 OF 2 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -140 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.45
1979 TEX AL 24 OF 103 79 62 728.2 180 173 7 0 1 1.000 5 9 2.22 1.75 .981 2.46 2.43
1979 TEX AL 24 LF 92 68 55 632.2 150 144 6 0 2 1.000 2 4 2.13 1.63 .980 2.22 2.20
1979 TEX AL 24 DH 14 4
1979 TEX AL 24 CF 10 8 4 68.0 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 2 30 2.91 2.20 .983 2.92 2.88
1979 TEX AL 24 RF 5 3 3 28.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 2 64 3.54 2.20 .980 2.25 2.22
1980 TEX AL 25 OF 72 52 31 469.0 110 105 2 3 0 .973 -3 -7 2.05 1.49 .979 2.47 2.46
1980 TEX AL 25 RF 40 30 15 257.1 47 45 2 0 0 1.000 -4 -19 1.64 1.18 .975 2.13 2.12
1980 TEX AL 25 CF 19 15 11 140.2 41 39 0 2 0 .951 -1 -12 2.50 2.05 .983 2.92 2.91
1980 TEX AL 25 LF 16 7 5 71.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 3 47 2.54 1.25 .980 2.35 2.35
1980 TEX AL 25 DH 10 1
1981 TEX AL 26 OF 64 63 57 558.0 137 132 4 1 1 .993 2 4 2.19 2.13 .983 2.48 2.47
1981 TEX AL 26 LF 61 60 56 524.0 131 125 5 1 1 .992 2 6 2.23 2.13 .979 2.38 2.38
1981 TEX AL 26 CF 5 3 1 30.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -40 1.50 1.00 .988 2.91 2.88
1981 TEX AL 26 RF 1 0 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 90 4.50 2.00 .980 2.25 2.20
1982 TEX AL 27 OF 91 88 82 786.1 206 196 6 4 0 .981 -3 -4 2.31 2.22 .982 2.47 2.46
1982 TEX AL 27 LF 85 78 76 706.1 191 182 5 4 0 .979 -3 -5 2.38 2.20 .981 2.29 2.28
1982 TEX AL 27 CF 11 10 6 80.0 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -3 2.36 1.91 .985 2.84 2.83
1982 TEX AL 27 DH 1 0
1983 TEX AL 28 OF 146 139 134 1245.0 341 329 8 4 0 .988 5 5 2.44 2.31 .981 2.50 2.48
1983 TEX AL 28 LF 142 135 131 1214.0 325 314 7 4 0 .988 6 5 2.38 2.26 .977 2.32 2.30
1983 TEX AL 28 CF 3 3 2 22.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0 16 3.68 3.00 .987 2.95 2.90
1983 TEX AL 28 RF 2 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -67 0.00 0.00 2.20 2.25
1984 TEX AL 29 OF 122 112 107 1029.0 292 285 3 4 2 .986 -2 -3 2.52 2.36 .983 2.51 2.49
1984 TEX AL 29 LF 72 65 60 580.2 158 154 2 2 1 .987 2 5 2.42 2.17 .982 2.27 2.26
1984 TEX AL 29 CF 51 45 45 431.0 123 119 2 2 1 .984 -4 -12 2.53 2.37 .986 3.01 2.99
1984 TEX AL 29 DH 3 1
1984 TEX AL 29 RF 3 2 2 17.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -42 1.04 0.67 .980 2.23 2.20
1985 NYY AL 30 OF 55 43 18 352.1 91 89 1 1 0 .989 1 4 2.30 1.64 .982 2.44 2.42
1985 NYY AL 30 LF 51 40 15 323.1 80 78 1 1 0 .988 1 4 2.20 1.55 .977 2.25 2.23
1985 NYY AL 30 CF 4 3 3 29.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.48 2.00 .988 2.92 2.88
1986 ATL NL 31 OF 56 43 24 373.0 71 69 1 1 1 .986 -1 -4 1.69 1.25 .979 2.19 2.19
1986 ATL NL 31 RF 48 40 21 328.0 61 59 1 1 1 .984 -1 -2 1.65 1.25 .977 1.99 2.00
1986 ATL NL 31 LF 10 3 3 45.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 1.60 0.80 .975 1.98 1.97
1986 ATL NL 31 2B 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.20
9 Seasons OF 711 620 515 5547.1 1428 1378 32 18 5 .987 4 1 2.29 1.98 .982 2.46 2.44
9 Seasons LF 531 457 401 4103.0 1063 1025 26 12 4 .989 13 4 2.31 1.98 .979 2.29 2.27
7 Seasons CF 103 87 72 800.2 229 221 4 4 1 .983 -5 -7 2.53 2.18 .985 2.96 2.93
6 Seasons RF 99 76 42 643.2 123 119 3 1 1 .992 -4 -7 1.71 1.23 .977 2.07 2.07
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.20
9 Seasons TOT 712 620 515 5548.0 1428 1378 32 18 5 .987 4 1 2.29 1.98 .982 2.46 2.45
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1978 TEX AL 23 LF -1 -140 -1 -1 0 0
1979 TEX AL 24 LF 2 4 3 -0 4 -1
1979 TEX AL 24 CF 2 30 1 1 -0 1
1979 TEX AL 24 RF 2 64 2 0 1 0
1980 TEX AL 25 RF -4 -19 -4 -3 -2 0
1980 TEX AL 25 CF -1 -12 -0 -1 0 -1
1980 TEX AL 25 LF 3 47 3 2 0 0
1981 TEX AL 26 LF 2 6 4 -1 5 -1
1981 TEX AL 26 CF -1 -40 -1 -1 -0 0
1981 TEX AL 26 RF 0 90 0 0 0 0
1982 TEX AL 27 LF -3 -5 1 -0 2 -4
1982 TEX AL 27 CF -0 -3 -0 0 -0 0
1983 TEX AL 28 LF 6 5 8 3 6 -3
1983 TEX AL 28 CF 0 16 0 0 0 0
1983 TEX AL 28 RF -0 -67 -0 0 -0 0
1984 TEX AL 29 LF 2 5 2 -0 2 1
1984 TEX AL 29 CF -4 -12 -3 -3 -0 -1
1984 TEX AL 29 RF -1 -42 -1 0 -1 0
1985 NYY AL 30 LF 1 4 0 0 0 1
1985 NYY AL 30 CF 0 0 0 0 -0 0
1986 ATL NL 31 RF -1 -2 2 2 0 -3
1986 ATL NL 31 LF -0 -13 -0 -1 0 0
1986 ATL NL 31 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons LF 13 4 20 2 18 -7
7 Seasons CF -5 -7 -4 -3 -1 -1
6 Seasons RF -4 -7 -1 -0 -1 -3
1 Season 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons TOT 4 1 15 -1 15 0 -11
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

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 3 4 0
1979 TEX AL 24 128 83 128 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 10 5 107 14 24 17
1980 TEX AL 25 99 53 99 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 19 40 75 10 30 10
1981 TEX AL 26 66 63 66 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 5 1 67 0 3 0
1982 TEX AL 27 97 88 97 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 11 0 96 1 2 4
1983 TEX AL 28 147 140 147 147 0 0 1 0 0 0 142 3 2 147 0 3 2
1984 TEX AL 29 130 113 130 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 51 3 126 3 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 58 0 38 5
9 Seasons 826 629 826 716 0 0 1 2 0 0 531 103 99 733 31 121 45
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 26 38% 77% 12% 4 0%
1979 TEX AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 3 1 38 32 1 19 3 0 12 5 1 11 4 0 12 8 1 92 52 56.5% 37 3 3.3% 3 2691 60% 82% 25% 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% 0 280 54% 80% 30% 30 67%
1981 TEX AL 26 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 4 0 0 34 26 0 21 0 0 14 9 0 5 3 0 7 7 0 81 45 55.6% 36 0 0.0% 5 2181 58% 82% 25% 253 51%
1982 TEX AL 27 4 0 4 0 0 5 0 2 1 2 62 48 1 42 6 1 25 16 1 8 1 0 14 11 0 151 82 54.3% 66 3 2.0% 2 3052 63% 83% 25% 429 44%
1983 TEX AL 28 4 0 4 0 0 7 0 3 1 3 95 76 1 42 7 2 32 21 0 15 1 0 19 16 0 203 121 59.6% 79 3 1.5% 4 5100 61% 82% 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 2507 58% 81% 27% 169 92%
1985 NYY AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 8 0 6 1 1 3 1 0 4 2 0 7 6 0 28 18 64.3% 9 1 3.6% 0 1338 61% 81% 29% 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% 0 199 51% 86% 27% 16 50%
9 Seasons 12 0 12 0 2 26 0 11 6 7 246 195 3 134 19 4 89 54 2 50 14 0 85 72 2 604 354 58.6% 239 11 1.8% 15 17374 60% 82% 26% 1986 53%
MLB Averages 59.6% 3.0% 59% 82% 27% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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 3 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 5 71.4% 1 1 14.3% 0 302 54% 83% 23% 36 61%
1980 TEX AL 25 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 0 10 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 25 8 32.0% 17 0 0.0% 0 595 61% 81% 24% 77 51%
1981 TEX AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 120 52% 78% 23% 11 45%
1982 TEX AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 4 44.4% 5 0 0.0% 1 328 64% 87% 23% 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 97 67% 81% 23% 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 10 5 0 22 7 31.8% 15 0 0.0% 2 1784 57% 83% 28% 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% 0 130 56% 78% 23% 8 100%
7 Seasons 4 0 4 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 20 13 0 17 1 1 4 2 0 13 2 0 17 9 0 71 27 38.0% 43 1 1.4% 3 3356 58% 83% 26% 320 70%
MLB Averages 44.0% 2.5% 59% 82% 27% 63%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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% 0 118 55% 79% 28% 20 55%
1980 TEX AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 23 12 0 8 0 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 8 7 0 46 20 43.5% 26 0 0.0% 2 1105 58% 82% 26% 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 18 44% 67% 33% 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 37 86% 84% 22% 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 73 45% 86% 29% 2 100%
1986 ATL NL 31 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 5 0 11 2 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 5 2 0 38 12 31.6% 26 0 0.0% 1 1362 48% 81% 30% 125 47%
6 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 43 20 0 19 2 0 5 2 0 8 2 0 13 9 0 88 35 39.8% 53 0 0.0% 3 2713 53% 82% 28% 266 45%
MLB Averages 42.1% 3.1% 59% 82% 27% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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 59% 82% 27% 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1983 AL  142 (3rd)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1983 AL  314 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1983 AL  6 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
Career  2.31 (12th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1982 AL  2.20 (5th)
1983 AL  2.26 (5th)
Career  1.98 (80th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1979 AL  1.000 (1st)
1981 AL  .992 (1st)
1983 AL  .988 (4th)
Career  .989 (14th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1979 AL  1.000 (1st)

             

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