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Bill Sampen

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: January 18, 1963 in Lincoln, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 12th round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from MacMurray College (Jacksonville, IL).

High School: Hartsburg-Emden HS (Emden, IL)

School: MacMurray College (Jacksonville, IL)

Debut: April 10, 1990 (Age 27-082d, 15,745th in major league history)
vs. STL 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 9, 1994 (Age 31-111d)
vs. TEX 0.2 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1990 season

Full Name: William Albert Sampen

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.6

ERA

3.73

182

299.1

176

WHIP

1.487

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1985	22	PIT-min	A-	0	0		1.80	5	0	2	0	0	1	10.0	9	3	2	0	7	0	11	1	0	2				1.600	8.1	0.0	6.3	9.9	1.57	WTR NYPL
1986	23	PIT-min	A-	0	3	.000	4.25	9	5	3	0	0	2	29.2	27	18	14	0	13	0	29	1	0	3				1.348	8.2	0.0	3.9	8.8	2.23	WTR NYPL
1987	24	PIT-min	A	9	8	.529	3.84	26	26	0	2	1	0	152.1	126	77	65	16	72	1	137	7	2	3				1.300	7.4	0.9	4.3	8.1	1.90	SAL CARL
1988	25	PIT-min	AA,A	9	6	.600	3.56	21	20	0	4	0	0	134.0	119	60	53	7	41	1	124	2	4	3				1.194	8.0	0.5	2.8	8.3	3.02	HRB,SAL EL,CARL
1989	26	PIT-min	AA	11	9	.550	3.21	26	26	0	6	0	0	165.2	148	75	59	8	40	3	134	5	0	6				1.135	8.0	0.4	2.2	7.3	3.35	HRB EL
1990	27	MON	NL	12	7	.632	2.99	59	4	26	0	0	2	90.1	94	34	30	7	33	6	69	2	0	4	394	123	3.45	1.406	9.4	0.7	3.3	6.9	2.09
1991	28	MON-min	AAA	4	0	1.000	2.04	7	7	0	1	0	0	39.2	33	13	9	1	19	0	41	1	0	2	170			1.311	7.5	0.2	4.3	9.3	2.16	INA AA
1991	28	MON	NL	9	5	.643	4.00	43	8	8	0	0	0	92.1	96	49	41	13	46	7	52	3	1	3	409	92	5.15	1.538	9.4	1.3	4.5	5.1	1.13
1992	29	MON-min	AAA	1	1	.500	6.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	5	2	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	16			2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	12.0	1.33	INA AA
1992	29	TOT	MLB	1	6	.143	3.25	52	2	13	0	0	0	83.0	83	32	30	4	32	7	37	4	2	2	348	112	3.82	1.386	9.0	0.4	3.5	4.0	1.16
1992	29	MON	NL	1	4	.200	3.13	44	1	10	0	0	0	63.1	62	22	22	4	29	6	23	1	2	1	267	112	4.30	1.437	8.8	0.6	4.1	3.3	0.79
1992	29	KCR	AL	0	2	.000	3.66	8	1	3	0	0	0	19.2	21	10	8	0	3	1	14	3	0	1	81	112	2.27	1.220	9.6	0.0	1.4	6.4	4.67
1993	30	KCR-min	AAA	1	2	.333	3.41	33	0	28	0	0	8	37.0	37	16	14	1	13	1	34	2	0	1	160			1.351	9.0	0.2	3.2	8.3	2.62	OMA AA
1993	30	KCR	AL	2	2	.500	5.89	18	0	3	0	0	0	18.1	25	12	12	1	9	0	9	4	0	2	89	79	4.84	1.855	12.3	0.5	4.4	4.4	1.00
1994	31	CAL-min	AAA	0	2	.000	7.63	14	0	8	0	0	0	15.1	22	17	13	1	12	0	8	1	0	2	78			2.217	12.9	0.6	7.0	4.7	0.67	VAN PCL
1994	31	CAL	AL	1	1	.500	6.46	10	0	4	0	0	0	15.1	14	11	11	1	13	0	9	3	0	0	75	77	5.94	1.761	8.2	0.6	7.6	5.3	0.69
5 Yrs				25	21	.543	3.73	182	14	54	0	0	2	299.1	312	138	124	26	133	20	176	16	3	11	1315	102	4.29	1.487	9.4	0.8	4.0	5.3	1.32
162 Game Avg.				9	7	.543	3.73	63	5	19	0	0	1	104	108	48	43	9	46	7	61	6	1	4	456	102	4.29	1.487	9.4	0.8	4.0	5.3	1.32

MON (3 yrs)				22	16	.579	3.40	146	13	44	0	0	2	246.0	252	105	93	24	108	19	144	6	3	8	1070	106	4.31	1.463	9.2	0.9	4.0	5.3	1.33
KCR (2 yrs)				2	4	.333	4.74	26	1	6	0	0	0	38.0	46	22	20	1	12	1	23	7	0	3	170	93	3.51	1.526	10.9	0.2	2.8	5.4	1.92
CAL (1 yr)				1	1	.500	6.46	10	0	4	0	0	0	15.1	14	11	11	1	13	0	9	3	0	0	75	77	5.94	1.761	8.2	0.6	7.6	5.3	0.69

AL (3 yrs)				3	5	.375	5.23	36	1	10	0	0	0	53.1	60	33	31	2	25	1	32	10	0	3	245	87	4.21	1.594	10.1	0.3	4.2	5.4	1.28
NL (3 yrs)				22	16	.579	3.40	146	13	44	0	0	2	246.0	252	105	93	24	108	19	144	6	3	8	1070	106	4.31	1.463	9.2	0.9	4.0	5.3	1.33