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Chris Sampson

Christopher Keith Sampson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 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
Team: Astros 2006-2010
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.124, Arb Eligible: 2012, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:03AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Pete Alexander… #5. Randy Johnson… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson… 

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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 0 130 212 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 82 1.572 10.7 0.3 3.4 5.4 1.57
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 68 1.681 12.8 2.1 2.4 4.7 2.00
5 Seasons 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2006 28 HOU NL 34.0 3 10 19 2 .7 9 0.7 $
2007 29 HOU NL 121.2 19 64 76 -2 1.0 12 1.2 $380,000
2008 30 HOU NL 117.1 11 60 71 0 .9 11 0.6 $401,000
2009 31 HOU NL 55.1 0 34 34 -2 1.2 0 -0.4 $449,000
2010 32 HOU NL 30.1 0 22 16 -1 .6 -6 -0.5 $815,000
5 Seasons 358.2 33 190 216 -3 .9 26 1.6 $2,045,000

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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
2006 28 HOU NL 12 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
2007 29 HOU NL 25 34 26 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .154 .154 .154 .308 -20 4 0 0 8 0 0 1
2008 30 HOU NL 54 26 22 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .136 .174 .136 .310 -16 3 0 0 3 0 0 1
2009 31 HOU NL 49 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 32 HOU NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Seasons 175 69 55 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 .127 .143 .127 .270 -28 7 0 0 13 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 64 51 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 .127 .143 .127 .270 -28 6 0 0 12 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 28 HOU NL 7 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
2007 29 HOU NL 34 -5 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $380,000 1
2008 30 HOU NL 26 -4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $401,000 1
2009 31 HOU NL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $449,000 1
2010 32 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $815,000 1
5 Seasons 69 -11 0 1 0 0 7 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $2,045,000

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2006 HOU NL 28 P 12 34.0 15 4 11 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.97 1.25 .958 1.72 1.71
2007 HOU NL 29 P 24 121.2 50 27 23 0 2 1.000 4 7 3.70 2.08 .965 1.68 1.67
2008 HOU NL 30 P 54 117.1 23 15 7 1 2 .957 -1 -2 1.69 0.41 .959 1.73 1.72
2009 HOU NL 31 P 49 55.1 10 7 3 0 1 1.000 -1 -4 1.63 0.20 .955 1.72 1.70
2010 HOU NL 32 P 35 30.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0 0 0.89 0.09 .953 1.72 1.72
5 Seasons P 174 358.2 101 53 47 1 5 .990 2 1 2.51 0.57 .961 1.71 1.71
5 Seasons TOT 174 358.2 101 53 47 1 5 .990 2 6 2.51 0.57 .961 1.71 1.71
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Putouts as P s c a p y
2007 NL  27 (1st)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2009 NL  1.000 (1st)

                           

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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Transactions

  • June 3, 1997: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 41st round of the 1997 amateur draft, but did not sign.
  • June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 8th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1999.
  • February 21, 2000: Retired from the Houston Astros.
  • January 12, 2003: Returned from voluntary retired list to ???.
  • October 6, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
  • February 9, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.
  • April 4, 2011: Released by the Colorado Rockies.
  • April 23, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.
  • November 2, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200729Houston Astros$380,000
200830Houston Astros$401,000
200931Houston Astros$449,000
201032Houston Astros$815,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,045,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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