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Bill Sampen
William Albert Sampen

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.
School MacMurray College

Debut April 10, 1990
  vs. STL 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Final Game May 9, 1994
Born January 18, 1963 in Lincoln, IL

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 12th round of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1990 27 MON NL  12   7  59   4   0   0  26  2   90.3   94   34   30   7   33   69   2   4   394   6   0  2.99  3.65  122 1.406
 1991 28 MON NL   9   5  43   8   0   0   8  0   92.3   96   49   41  13   46   52   3   3   409   7   1  4.00  3.65   91 1.538
 1992 29 TOT      1   6  52   2   0   0  13  0   83.0   83   32   30   4   32   37   4   2   348   7   2  3.25  3.61  111 1.386
         MON NL   1   4  44   1   0   0  10  0   63.3   62   22   22   4   29   23   1   1   267   6   2  3.13  3.47  111 1.437
         KCR AL   0   2   8   1   0   0   3  0   19.7   21   10    8   0    3   14   3   1    81   1   0  3.66  4.07  111 1.220
 1993 30 KCR AL   2   2  18   0   0   0   3  0   18.3   25   12   12   1    9    9   4   2    89   0   0  5.89  4.60   78 1.855
 1994 31 CAL AL   1   1  10   0   0   0   4  0   15.3   14   11   11   1   13    9   3   0    75   0   0  6.46  4.85   75 1.761
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .543  25  21 182  14   0   0  54  2  299.3  312  138  124  26  133  176  16  11  1315  20   3  3.73  3.76  101 1.487
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   7  63   4   0   0  18  0  103.7  108   47   43   9   46   61   5   3   456   6   1  3.73  3.76  101 1.487
 Career High     12   7  59   8   0   0  26  2   92.3   96   49   41  13   46   69   4   4   409   7   2  2.99  3.65  122 1.386

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1990 27 MON NL  59    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   2   0   0   0   0
 1991 28 MON NL  43   13    2    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   6  .231  .231  .231   31    3   2   0   0   0   0
 1992 29 TOT     52    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
         MON NL  44    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      182   27    2    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   0  15  .111  .111  .111  -37    3   5   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         24    2    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   0  13  .111  .111  .111  -37    3   4   0   0   0   0
 Career High     59   13    2    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   6                           3   2   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1990 27 MON NL   10   10    0   0.0    95| .000  .260| .000  .325| .000  .390| .000  .715|-100  .000  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1991 28 MON NL   15   12    1   2.2    93| .231  .257| .231  .324| .231  .384| .462  .708|  31  .241  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1992 29 TOT       7    7    0   0.0    91| .000  .258| .000  .323| .000  .380| .000  .703|-100  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
         MON NL    7    7    0   0.0    91| .000  .258| .000  .323| .000  .380| .000  .703|-100  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons        32   29    1   0.9    93| .111  .258| .111  .324| .111  .385| .222  .709| -37  .059  -5.0  -0.5   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1990 27 MON NL P 59 5 9 0 0 1.000 .959 0.24 0.58 1.40 1.80 4 90.3 1991 28 MON NL P 43 3 9 1 0 .923 .952 0.28 0.59 1.17 1.86 8 92.3 1992 29 TOT P 52 10 15 0 1 1.000 .954 0.48 0.59 2.71 1.89 2 83.0 MON NL P 44 9 12 0 1 1.000 .955 0.48 0.60 2.99 1.93 1 63.3 KCR AL P 8 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.56 1.83 1.74 1 19.7 1993 30 KCR AL P 18 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.22 0.56 1.97 1.77 0 18.3 1994 31 CAL AL P 10 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.52 2.35 1.71 0 15.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1990 27 MON NL P 59 5 9 0 0 1.000 .959 0.24 0.58 1.40 1.80 4 90.3 1991 28 MON NL P 43 3 9 1 0 .923 .952 0.28 0.59 1.17 1.86 8 92.3 1992 29 TOT P 52 10 15 0 1 1.000 .954 0.48 0.59 2.71 1.89 2 83.0 MON NL P 44 9 12 0 1 1.000 .955 0.48 0.60 2.99 1.93 1 63.3 KCR AL P 8 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.56 1.83 1.74 1 19.7 1993 30 KCR AL P 18 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.22 0.56 1.97 1.77 0 18.3 1994 31 CAL AL P 10 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.52 2.35 1.71 0 15.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 182 21 38 1 1 .983 .955 0.32 0.58 1.77 1.84 14 299.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 182 21 38 1 1 .983 .955 0.32 0.58 1.78 1.84 14 299
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Won-Loss %
1990 NL-.632-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2072) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1844) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 3, 1985: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 12th round of the 1985 amateur draft.

December 4, 1989: Drafted by the Montreal Expos from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1989 rule 5 draft.

August 29, 1992: Traded by the Montreal Expos with Chris Haney to the Kansas City Royals for Sean Berry and Archie Corbin.

October 15, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

February 15, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

July 10, 1994: Released by the California Angels.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1990Montreal Expos$100,000
1991Montreal Expos$161,000
1992Montreal Expos$175,000
1994California Angels$225,000
Career (may be incomplete)$661,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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