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Chris Sampson

Christopher Keith Sampson (twitter: @csampson43)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 23, 1978 in Pasadena, TX
School: Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 8th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 2, 2006
Team: Astros 2006-2010

Final Game: July 24, 2010
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Standard Pitching

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
2000		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2001		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2002		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2003	25	HOU-min	A,A+	5	4	.556	1.90	31	14	7	0	0	2	94.2	80	25	20	2	19	2	72	6	0	0	383		1.046	7.6	0.2	1.8	6.8	3.79	LEX,SAL · SALL,CARL
2004	26	HOU-min	A+,AA	7	11	.389	3.75	28	27	0	2	2	0	153.2	173	72	64	8	26	0	102	9	0	2	635		1.295	10.1	0.5	1.5	6.0	3.92	SAL,RRK · CARL,TL
2005	27	HOU-min	AA	4	12	.250	3.12	32	19	9	2	1	4	150.0	147	67	52	11	19	2	92	4	0	2	606		1.107	8.8	0.7	1.1	5.5	4.84	CPC · TL
2006	28	HOU-min	AAA	12	3	.800	2.51	27	18	8	2	0	4	125.2	110	48	35	12	14	0	68	3	0	2	501		0.987	7.9	0.9	1.0	4.9	4.86	RRK · PCL
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	212	0.882	6.6	0.8	1.3	4.0	3.00
2007	29	HOU-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	13		1.667	9.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	0.00	RRK · PCL
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-min	AAA	0	0		7.50	6	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	7	5	5	0	2	0	5	0	0	1	26		1.500	10.5	0.0	3.0	7.5	2.50	RRK · PCL
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	82	1.572	10.7	0.3	3.4	5.4	1.57
2010	32	HOU-min	AAA,AA	1	2	.333	2.20	14	1	6	0	0	0	16.1	17	5	4	1	5	0	12	0	0	0	67		1.347	9.4	0.6	2.8	6.6	2.40	RRK,CPC · PCL,TL
2010	32	HOU	NL	1	0	1.000	5.93	35	0	9	0	0	0	30.1	43	22	20	7	8	0	16	1	0	1	139	67	1.681	12.8	2.1	2.4	4.7	2.00
2011	33	FLA-min	AAA	9	2	.818	3.71	20	19	0	1	0	0	116.1	139	50	48	15	19	2	62	4	0	2	490		1.358	10.8	1.2	1.5	4.8	3.26	NOR · PCL
5 Yrs				20	15	.571	4.42	174	33	26	0	0	3	358.2	390	190	176	40	87	14	176	12	1	6	1517	97	1.330	9.8	1.0	2.2	4.4	2.02
162 Game Avg.				7	5	.571	4.42	57	11	9	0	0	1	118	128	62	58	13	29	5	58	4	0	2	498	97	1.330	9.8	1.0	2.2	4.4	2.02

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2006	28	HOU	NL	34.0	12	3	10	2.65	4.70	0.28	-0.12	99.3	4.27	6	0.6	.6	-0.1	0.8	10	.553	.504	$
2007	29	HOU	NL	121.2	24	19	64	4.73	4.64	-0.36	0.16	101.7	5.25	8	0.8	.8	-0.1	1.6	19	.532	.505	$380,000
2008	30	HOU	NL	117.1	54	11	60	4.60	4.66	0.09	-0.09	99.7	4.47	-1	-0.1	1.2	-0.1	0.7	10	.498	.499	$401,000
2009	31	HOU	NL	55.1	49	0	34	5.53	4.45	-0.01	-0.33	99.5	4.11	-9	-0.9	1.3	-0.3	-0.7	-3	.482	.494	$449,000
2010	32	HOU	NL	30.1	35	0	22	6.53	4.61	-0.21	-0.34	97.6	4.38	-7	-0.8	.8	0.0	-0.5	-4	.478	.495	$815,000
5 Seasons				358.2	174	33	190	4.77	4.62	-0.09	-0.07	100.1	4.65	-3	-0.3	1.1	-0.6	1.9	31	.498	.500	$2,045,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
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	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	4
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	6
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	2
2010	32	HOU	NL	35	139	128	22	43	5	2	7	1	1	8	16	.336	.380	.570	.950	.343	73	4	1	2	0	0	1
5 Yrs				174	1517	1392	190	390	77	10	40	7	4	87	176	.280	.325	.436	.761	.294	607	42	12	13	13	14	14
162 Game Avg.				57	498	457	62	128	25	3	13	2	1	29	58	.280	.325	.436	.761	.294	199	14	4	4	4	5	5
MLB Averages																.264	.333	.418	.751	.300

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2006	28	HOU	NL	8.5	0.8	130	1.0	1.9	-0.8	.69	0.9	0.6	8.1	0.8	0.69	11.7	1	2	5
2007	29	HOU	NL	-0.4	-0.0	531	-0.3	8.8	-9.2	.97	-0.4	0.1	0.9	0.1	0.97	-1.8	0	4	1
2008	30	HOU	NL	-0.1	-0.0	481	0.9	8.1	-7.2	.88	1.0	0.0	6.5	0.7	0.88	13.0	13	12	17
2009	31	HOU	NL	-5.9	-0.6	252	-0.1	4.6	-4.8	1.18	-0.3	0.2	-13.8	-1.4	1.18	-3.0	23	11	15
2010	32	HOU	NL	-6.5	-0.6	141	0.1	1.6	-1.5	.59	-0.7	0.9	-7.6	-0.8	0.59	-7.8	7	4	24
5 Yrs				-4.5	-0.5	1535	1.6	25.0	-23.4	.92	0.5	1.3	-5.9	-0.6	0.92	12.2	44	33	62

Starting Pitching*

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%	59.7	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	4	1	0	0	11	58%	46.5	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%	43.5	73	15	20	5	1	4	5.6	6.3	5.1	77	5	5	1	0	103
3 Yrs				90	33	12	12	9	2	3	18	15	.545	5	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						49%	49	100	-12					4.7	4.7	5.8	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	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	.690	1	2	5	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	.966	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	.883	13	12	17	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	1.182	23	11	15	26	8	15	15	34	15	13	17	15	3.4	18
2010	32	HOU	NL	35	35	9	1	0	2	0	2	0%	7	5	15	5	33%	7	.594	7	4	24	11	2	22	10	25	3	12	3	8	2.6	14
5 Yrs				174	141	26	8	3	10	3	7	30%	42	31	75	26	35%		.917	44	33	62	57	14	70	45	96	51	35	54	28	3.7	18

Ratio Pitching*

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	58%	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	53%	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	60%	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	52%	0.8%	13.3%	8.5%	8.9%	33%	1.17	1.71	77%	14%	2.5%	10%	47	5	11%
2010	32	HOU	NL	139	60%	5.0%	11.5%	5.8%	10.1%	33%	1.09	1.96	76%	18%	13.7%	4%	23	4	17%
5 Yrs				1517	56%	2.6%	11.6%	5.7%	8.4%	33%	1.10	1.64	78%	16%	7.5%	9%	270	42	16%
MLB Averages					46%	2.7%	17.6%	8.6%	7.9%	34%	0.79	1.07	69%	19%	7.6%	12%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	479	1634	3.41	1079	66%	26%	12%	26%	36%	74%	4%	49%	83%	63%	5%	22	14	24%	117	63	8	20%	15	3	-1	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
2010	32	HOU	NL	139	482	3.47	317	66%	23%	16%	25%	36%	77%	0%	50%	79%	62%	4%	6	4	22%	30	18	4	6%	6	2	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1518	5193	3.42	3368	65%	27%	12%	25%	37%	73%	3%	48%	84%	64%	5%	74	36	21%	323	159	22	21%	32	24	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.79		63%	28%	15%	27%	31%	72%	2%	45%	80%	59%	5%			22%				25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	28	17	1	61%	2	2	0	93	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
2010	32	HOU	NL	139	43	3	1	7	0	1	6	1	4	3	7	5	0	71%	1	1	0	62	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5 Yrs				1517	390	28	1	40	1	30	26	14	20	20	100	59	4	59%	14	6	0	542	7	4	64%	5	3	2	1	0	0	3	0	25	0
MLB Averages																		53%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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	34.0	25	10	8	3	5	1	15	1	0	0	130	212	0.882	6.6	0.8	1.3	4.0	3.00	212
2007	29	9	9	.500	4.05	36	22	2	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	273.0	281	134	125	31	58	8	127	11	0	3	1130	106	1.242	9.3	1.0	1.9	4.2	2.19	106
2009	31	19	15	.559	4.28	139	33	17	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
2010	32	20	15	.571	4.42	174	33	26	3	358.2	390	190	176	40	87	14	176	12	1	6	1517	97	1.330	9.8	1.0	2.2	4.4	2.02	97

Neutralized Pitching

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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	4.46	111.0	118	61	55	8	23	58	3	1.270	9.6	1.9	4.7	2.52	0.6	54
2009	31	2	3	.400	5.17	54.0	66	34	31	2	21	32	0	1.611	11.0	3.5	5.3	1.52	0.3	49
2010	32	1	2	.333	6.52	29.0	44	23	21	7	8	15	1	1.793	13.7	2.5	4.7	1.88	2.2	35
5 Yrs		16	20	.444	4.53	344.0	386	191	173	39	86	169	12	1.372	10.1		4.4	1.97	1.0	174

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