Chris Sampson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: May 23, 1978 in Pasadena, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 41st round of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from Lon Morris College (Jacksonville, TX) and the Houston Astros in the 8th round of the 1999 MLB June Amateur Draft from Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX).

High School: Channelview HS (Channelview, TX)

Schools: Lon Morris College (Jacksonville, TX), Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX)

Debut: June 2, 2006 (Age 28-010d, 18,894th in major league history)
vs. CIN 5.1 IP, 6 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: July 24, 2010 (Age 32-062d)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2007 season

Full Name: Christopher Keith Sampson

Twitter: @csampson43

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.1

ERA

4.42

174

358.2

176

WHIP

1.330

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Team Record in Appearances: 28-26 / in Starts: 7-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 16

2008 Pitching Game Log

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2008 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	37	5	Apr 4	HOU	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS-7		99	6.2	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.70	2.83	25	71	49	9	5	13	11	3	1	0	55			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.060	1.10	0.03%	1.57	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out tie
2	38	10	Apr 9	HOU		STL	L,4-6	GS-4	L(0-1)	4	4.0	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	4.22	3.04	18	67	40	12	2	9	7	3	0	0	38			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.142	.70	-0.07%	-1.02	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
3	39	17	Apr 18	HOU		COL	L,5-11	GS-1	L(0-2)	8	0.2	6	6	6	2	1	0	0	8.74	3.40	10	34	20	7	2	3	4	3	0	0	15			0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.419	.82	-0.17%	-5.94	1t start tie	1t 12- 2 out d6
4	40	22	Apr 23	HOU	@	CIN	W,9-3	GS-7	W(1-2)	4	7.0	8	2	2	1	6	1	0	6.38	3.51	28	86	57	16	8	8	13	8	0	0	58			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	2	0	0	.48	0.084	.37	0.04%	1.64	1b start tie	7b 3 out a7
5	41	27	Apr 28	HOU	@	ARI	L,3-5	GS-5	L(1-3)	4	4.1	7	5	5	2	0	0	1	7.15	3.84	22	73	47	9	2	13	6	3	0	0	27			1	0	0	18	3	0	0	1	0	0	.94	-0.246	.77	-0.12%	-2.99	1b start tie	5b -2- 1 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	42	32	May 4	HOU		MIL	W,8-6	GS-4		5	3.1	9	5	5	2	3	1	0	7.96	4.25	19	88	51	8	11	9	5	2	0	0	23			0	0	0	17	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.216	1.04	-0.13%	-1.93	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d1
7	43	37	May 10	HOU	@	LAD	W,5-0	GS-7	W(2-3)	5	7.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	6.27	3.92	25	103	68	13	10	12	9	3	1	0	73			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	.58	0.203	.65	0.14%	3.50	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a5
8	44	42	May 15	HOU	@	SFG	W,8-7	GS-6		4	6.0	10	7	5	0	3	0	0	6.46	3.64	30	92	61	16	7	18	9	1	0	0	31			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	1	2	.56	-0.310	.70	-0.24%	-3.88	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
9	45	47	May 20	HOU		CHC	W,4-2	GS-7	W(3-3)	4	6.2	7	2	2	1	4	1	0	5.91	3.75	27	83	54	16	6	14	8	0	2	0	55			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.088	1.42	0.08%	1.03	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a2
10	46	52	May 25	HOU		PHI	L,6-15	GS-5		4	5.0	5	4	4	2	3	1	0	6.04	3.94	22	90	57	12	7	10	7	2	1	0	42			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.01	-0.125	1.47	-0.11%	-1.53	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
11	47	56	May 30	HOU	@	MIL	L,1-5	7-7		4	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.96	3.89	3	9	8	4	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.003	.11	0.00%	0.27	7b --- 0 out d4	7b 1-- 2 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	48	58	Jun 1	HOU	@	MIL	L,1-10	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.74	3.83	6	22	17	5	0	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.00	7b --- 0 out d9	8b end d 9
13	49	59	Jun 3	HOU	@	PIT	W,2-0	7-7	H(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.63	3.81	3	9	8	1	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.080	1.19	0.05%	0.49	7b --- 0 out a2	7b 3 out a2
14	50	61	Jun 5	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-4	7-7		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.53	3.80	3	11	7	3	0	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.042	.60	0.03%	0.49	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
15	51	63	Jun 7	HOU		STL	L,4-8	8-GF		1	1.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.56	3.78	5	13	10	3	0	1	4	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	.19	-0.002	.23	0.00%	-0.07	8t 12- 2 out d3	9t end d 4
16	52	66	Jun 11	HOU		MIL	L,6-10	7-8		3	1.1	3	3	2	1	1	1	0	5.74	4.01	8	37	25	6	2	2	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.67	-0.196	.70	-0.12%	-2.40	7t --- 2 out d1	8t 3 out d4
17	53	69	Jun 14	HOU		NYY	L,4-8	6-6		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.64	4.00	2	7	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.100	.57	0.04%	1.49	6t 12- 0 out d2	6t 3 out d2
18	54	72	Jun 18	HOU	@	BAL	L,1-2	7-8		3	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.52	3.94	4	13	10	2	3	2	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.22	0.229	.89	0.06%	1.34	7b 123 2 out tie	8b 3 out tie
19	55	76	Jun 22	HOU	@	TBR	W,3-2	8-8	H(2)	3	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.46	3.98	2	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.58	0.173	.78	0.03%	0.69	8b 1-- 0 out a1	8b 1-- 2 out a1
20	56	78	Jun 25	HOU		TEX	L,2-3	8-GF		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.29	3.89	6	22	14	5	2	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.088	.24	0.02%	0.99	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
21	57	80	Jun 27	HOU		BOS	L,1-6	6-7		1	1.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.29	3.87	7	20	14	4	1	4	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	-0.016	.17	0.00%	-0.24	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 1-- 2 out d4
22	58	83	Jun 30	HOU		LAD	W,4-1	7-8	H(3)	2	1.2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.16	3.83	8	22	14	5	1	4	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.045	.50	0.01%	0.49	7t --- 0 out a3	8t 1-3 2 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	59	85	Jul 2	HOU		LAD	L,1-4	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.08	3.79	3	10	9	3	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.004	.02	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
24	60	88	Jul 5	HOU	@	ATL	W,6-1	GS-5	W(4-3)	2	5.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.85	3.86	17	56	36	11	3	5	10	1	4	0	61			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.151	.17	0.02%	1.50	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a3
25	61	92	Jul 9	HOU	@	PIT	W,6-4	7-8	H(4)	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.72	3.82	6	23	16	5	3	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.167	.17	0.02%	0.98	7b --- 0 out a2	8b 3 out a2
26	62	94	Jul 12	HOU	@	WSN	W,6-4	6-7	H(5)	2	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4.62	3.82	5	13	10	3	2	1	2	2	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.29	0.194	.33	0.02%	1.07	6b 123 1 out a3	7b 3 out a2
27	63	95	Jul 13	HOU	@	WSN	W,5-0	8-GF		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	3.77	5	17	14	6	1	3	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.20	0.037	.04	0.01%	1.38	8b 1-- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
28	64	97	Jul 19	HOU		CHC	W,4-1	7-7	H(6)	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.48	3.74	1	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.033	.30	0.01%	0.23	7t 1-- 2 out a2	7t 3 out a2
29	65	98	Jul 20	HOU		CHC	L,0-9	8-9		0	1.1	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	4.74	3.73	8	26	18	7	0	4	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	1	.07	-0.006	.02	0.00%	-2.53	8t --- 0 out d4	9t 1-- 1 out d7
30	66	101	Jul 23	HOU		PIT	L,7-8	3-5		2	2.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.59	3.73	9	33	21	6	2	4	3	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.03	0.194	.11	0.01%	1.93	3t --3 1 out d2	5t 3 out tie
31	67	102	Jul 25	HOU	@	MIL	W,3-1	7-8	H(7)	1	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	3.69	6	26	19	5	2	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.118	.13	0.01%	0.68	7b --- 0 out a2	8b -2- 2 out a2
32	68	104	Jul 27	HOU	@	MIL	W,11-6	5-7	W(5-3)	1	2.2	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.47	3.63	10	28	23	4	4	4	4	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.122	.08	0.01%	0.91	5b 12- 1 out a4	7b 3 out a3
33	69	107	Jul 30	HOU		CIN	L,5-9	6-7		2	2.0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	4.36	3.57	9	34	25	5	4	5	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	.10	-0.001	.01	0.00%	-0.01	6t --- 0 out d6	7t 3 out d7
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
34	70	108	Aug 1	HOU		NYM	W,7-3	7-7		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.35	3.57	1	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.15	0.124	.42	0.01%	0.80	7t 123 1 out tie	7t 123 2 out tie
35	71	110	Aug 3	HOU		NYM	W,4-0	6-7		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.25	3.54	7	24	17	5	4	5	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.060	.07	0.01%	0.99	6t --- 0 out a4	7t 3 out a4
36	72	112	Aug 5	HOU	@	CHC	L,7-11	6-7	L(5-4)	1	1.1	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.48	3.57	8	25	14	4	2	2	5	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	1	1	1	0	1.80	-0.220	.54	-0.04%	-0.87	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 12- 1 out tie
37	73	115	Aug 8	HOU	@	CIN	W,9-5	7-9	BW(6-4)	2	3.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.44	3.54	10	39	23	3	8	2	5	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	2	1	0	2.07	0.117	.29	0.01%	0.56	7b --- 0 out a1	9b 3 out tie
38	74	119	Aug 12	HOU		SFG	W,12-4	8-8		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.39	3.52	4	10	8	1	1	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.003	.02	0.00%	0.49	8t --- 0 out a7	8t 3 out a7
39	75	122	Aug 15	HOU		ARI	L,2-12	3-5		2	2.2	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.45	3.53	14	52	25	4	5	8	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	0	11	2	0	2	0	0	0	.64	-0.002	.21	0.00%	0.17	3t 1-3 1 out d3	5t 3 out d5
40	76	125	Aug 18	HOU	@	MIL	L,3-9	5-5		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.41	3.52	3	8	5	1	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.007	.03	0.00%	0.50	5b --- 0 out d5	5b 3 out d5
41	77	126	Aug 19	HOU	@	MIL	W,5-2	6-6	H(8)	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.38	3.50	3	9	7	3	1	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	0.058	.39	0.01%	0.52	6b 1-- 1 out a3	6b 3 out a3
42	78	127	Aug 20	HOU	@	MIL	L,2-5	6-6		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.35	3.48	2	8	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.049	.28	0.01%	0.52	6b 1-- 1 out d1	6b 3 out d1
43	79	130	Aug 24	HOU	@	NYM	W,6-4	7-8		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.27	3.47	6	18	10	2	0	4	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.194	.09	0.01%	1.00	7b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out tie
44	80	135	Aug 29	HOU		STL	W,3-2	7-8		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.19	3.45	6	18	14	4	1	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.140	.05	0.00%	0.99	7t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out tie
45	81	137	Aug 31	HOU		STL	W,3-0	6-7	H(9)	1	1.1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.13	3.43	7	24	18	5	3	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	0.112	.10	0.00%	0.60	6t --- 2 out a1	7t 3 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
46	82	139	Sep 2	HOU	@	CHC	W,9-7	6-6	H(10)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.10	3.43	4	14	9	2	1	4	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	0.045	.15	0.00%	0.18	6b -2- 0 out a2	6b 3 out a1
47	83	141	Sep 5	HOU	@	COL	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.06	3.43	3	9	6	2	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.017	.08	0.00%	0.56	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
48	84	143	Sep 7	HOU	@	COL	W,7-5	6-6	BS(2)	1	1.0	2	3	3	1	1	1	1	4.27	3.58	7	25	17	5	2	1	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.408	.27	-0.05%	-2.44	6b --- 0 out a2	6b 3 out d1
49	85	144	Sep 8	HOU		PIT	W,3-2	7-7	H(11)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.23	3.56	3	12	8	3	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.095	.41	0.02%	0.49	7t --- 0 out a1	7t 3 out a1
50	86	146	Sep 10	HOU		PIT	W,7-4	7-7		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.19	3.55	3	8	7	3	0	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.33	0.016	.31	0.01%	0.49	7t --- 0 out a5	7t 3 out a5
51	87	149	Sep 15	HOU		CHC	L,1-6	6-6		4	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	4.25	3.69	4	15	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.048	.28	-0.05%	-1.48	6t 1-- 1 out d4	6t 3 out d6
52	88	152	Sep 18	HOU	@	FLA	L,1-8	3-4		2	1.1	3	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.35	3.68	8	30	17	5	2	1	4	4	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	.90	-0.111	.36	-0.03%	-1.04	3b 12- 2 out d1	4b 3 out d3
53	89	154	Sep 20	HOU	@	PIT	L,4-6	5-6		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.28	3.67	6	17	13	3	0	4	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.022	.04	0.00%	0.98	5b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d4
54	90	156	Sep 23	HOU		CIN	L,1-2	6-7		2	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.22	3.64	7	17	14	5	3	2	4	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.054	.17	0.01%	0.49	6t --- 0 out d1	7t 1-3 2 out d1
							28-26		W-L:6-4,BSv:2,Hld:11	2.2	117.1	118	60	55	23	61	8	3	4.22	3.64	478	1634	66%	17%	8%	1.35		11%	4%	0	43	27	11%	2	2	0	444	33	0	5	17	5	6	.88	0.860	.55	-0.42%	6.14

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