Chris Sampson
Christopher Keith Sampson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: May 23, 1978 in Pasadena, TX
School: Texas Tech University
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 8th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 2, 2006
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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
2006 28 HOU NL 2 1 .667 2.12 12 3 0 0 0 0 34.0 25 10 8 3 5 1 15 1 0 0 130 210 0.882 6.6 0.8 1.3 4.0 3.00
2007 29 HOU NL 7 8 .467 4.59 24 19 2 0 0 0 121.2 138 64 62 20 30 2 51 7 0 3 522 97 1.381 10.2 1.5 2.2 3.8 1.70
2008 30 HOU NL 6 4 .600 4.22 54 11 6 0 0 0 117.1 118 60 55 8 23 5 61 3 0 0 478 100 1.202 9.1 0.6 1.8 4.7 2.65
2009 31 HOU NL 4 2 .667 5.04 49 0 9 0 0 3 55.1 66 34 31 2 21 6 33 0 1 2 248 83 1.572 10.7 0.3 3.4 5.4 1.57
4 Seasons 19 15 .559 4.28 139 33 17 0 0 3 328.1 347 168 156 33 79 14 160 11 1 5 1378 101 1.297 9.5 0.9 2.2 4.4 2.03
162 Game Avg. 8 6 .559 4.28 55 13 7 0 0 1 130 137 66 62 13 31 6 63 4 0 2 545 101 1.297 9.5 0.9 2.2 4.4 2.03

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 28 HOU NL 12 130 122 10 25 2 0 3 0 0 5 15 .205 .240 .295 .535 .210 36 3 1 1 1 1
2007 29 HOU NL 24 522 473 64 138 21 4 20 3 1 30 51 .292 .339 .480 .819 .289 227 13 7 6 6 2
2008 30 HOU NL 54 478 444 60 118 33 0 8 2 2 23 61 .266 .303 .394 .697 .289 175 17 3 3 5 5
2009 31 HOU NL 49 248 225 34 66 16 4 2 1 0 21 33 .293 .352 .427 .779 .335 96 5 0 1 1 6
4 Seasons 139 1378 1264 168 347 72 8 33 6 3 79 160 .275 .320 .422 .742 .290 534 38 11 11 13 14
162 Game Avg. 55 545 500 66 137 28 3 13 2 1 31 63 .275 .320 .422 .742 .290 211 15 4 4 5 6
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2006 28 HOU NL 12 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 0 0 1 33% 60 70 51 3 0 1 1 2.4 0.6 4.9 65 2 1 0 0 86
2007 29 HOU NL 24 19 7 8 4 1 3 9 10 .474 3 1 0 0 11 58% 47 65 9 13 4 0 9 4.9 5.4 6.0 86 6 10 3 0 105
2008 30 HOU NL 54 11 4 3 4 1 0 7 4 .636 1 2 0 0 4 36% 43 73 15 20 5 1 4 5.6 6.3 5.1 77 5 5 1 0 103
3 Seasons 90 33 12 12 9 2 3 18 15 .545 4 3 0 0 16 48% 47 73 9 36 9 2 14 4.9 5.3 5.6 81 13 16 4 0 105
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2006 28 HOU NL 12 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 6 0.696 1 2 6 2 1 6 2 7 6 1 6 0 6.4 26
2007 29 HOU NL 24 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 6 0.968 0 4 1 0 0 5 2 3 2 2 3 0 4.4 26
2008 30 HOU NL 54 43 6 2 1 2 0 2 0% 13 11 27 3 11% 7 0.899 13 13 16 18 3 22 16 27 25 7 25 5 4.3 18
2009 31 HOU NL 49 49 9 4 2 6 3 3 50% 22 15 28 16 57% 8 1.208 25 10 14 26 8 15 15 34 15 13 17 15 3.4 18
4 Seasons 139 106 17 7 3 8 3 5 38% 35 26 60 21 35% 0.962 39 29 37 46 12 48 35 71 48 23 51 20 4.1 19

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2006 28 HOU NL 130 42% 2.3% 11.5% 3.9% 3.9% 20% 1.18 2.00 81% 22% 6.3% 2% 16 3 19%
2007 29 HOU NL 522 47% 3.8% 9.8% 5.8% 8.6% 33% 0.89 1.37 78% 19% 10.1% 12% 90 13 14%
2008 30 HOU NL 478 40% 1.7% 12.8% 4.8% 8.6% 35% 1.32 1.76 80% 12% 5.2% 8% 94 17 18%
2009 31 HOU NL 248 48% 0.8% 13.3% 8.5% 8.9% 33% 1.17 1.71 77% 14% 2.5% 10% 48 5 10%
4 Seasons 1378 44% 2.4% 11.6% 5.7% 8.2% 33% 1.10 1.61 79% 16% 6.9% 9% 248 38 15%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2006 28 HOU NL 130 431 3.32 289 67% 29% 12% 21% 38% 71% 3% 47% 83% 72% 3% 4 3 21% 27 13 0 20% 3 0 0 0 0
2007 29 HOU NL 522 1756 3.36 1121 64% 28% 9% 24% 39% 72% 1% 46% 87% 63% 4% 22 9 17% 90 40 8 33% 3 11 0 0 0
2008 30 HOU NL 478 1632 3.41 1079 66% 26% 12% 26% 36% 74% 4% 49% 83% 63% 5% 22 14 24% 117 63 8 20% 15 3 0 0 0
2009 31 HOU NL 248 890 3.59 562 63% 26% 14% 25% 35% 74% 7% 47% 81% 64% 8% 20 6 24% 59 25 2 12% 5 8 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1378 4709 3.42 3051 65% 27% 12% 25% 37% 73% 3% 47% 84% 64% 5% 68 32 21% 293 141 18 23% 26 22 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2006 28 HOU NL 130 25 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 1 2 3 2 0 67% 1 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2007 29 HOU NL 522 138 10 0 20 0 5 11 9 10 10 30 18 0 60% 4 3 0 180 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 10 0
2008 30 HOU NL 478 118 9 0 8 0 7 4 4 5 3 32 17 3 53% 6 0 0 172 2 2 50% 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
2009 31 HOU NL 248 66 5 0 2 1 16 2 0 0 2 27 17 1 63% 2 2 0 94 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
4 Seasons 1378 347 25 0 33 1 29 20 13 16 17 92 54 4 59% 13 5 0 481 6 3 67% 4 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 23 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
2006 28 2 1 .667 2.12 12 3 0 0 0 0 34.0 25 10 8 3 5 1 15 1 0 0 130 210 0.882 6.6 0.8 1.3 4.0 3.00 210
2007 29 9 9 .500 4.05 36 22 2 0 0 0 155.2 163 74 70 23 35 3 66 8 0 3 652 110 1.272 9.4 1.3 2.0 3.8 1.89 110
2008 30 15 13 .536 4.12 90 33 8 0 0 0 273.0 281 134 125 31 58 8 127 11 0 3 1130 105 1.242 9.3 1.0 1.9 4.2 2.19 105
2009 31 19 15 .559 4.28 139 33 17 0 0 3 328.1 347 168 156 33 79 14 160 11 1 5 1378 101 1.297 9.5 0.9 2.2 4.4 2.03 101

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2006 28 2 1 .667 2.18 33.0 24 9 8 3 5 15 1 0.879 6.5 1.4 4.1 3.00 0.8 12
2007 29 6 7 .462 4.46 117.0 134 64 58 19 29 49 7 1.393 10.3 2.2 3.8 1.69 1.5 24
2008 30 5 7 .417 4.42 112.0 117 61 55 8 23 58 3 1.250 9.4 1.8 4.7 2.52 0.6 54
2009 31 2 4 .333 5.17 54.0 65 34 31 2 21 32 0 1.593 10.8 3.5 5.3 1.52 0.3 49
4 Seasons 15 19 .441 4.33 316.0 340 168 152 32 78 154 11 1.323 9.7 4.4 1.97 0.9 139

* 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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