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, 16,510th in MLB 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

W

L

ERA

4.42

G

174

GS

SV

IP

358.2

SO

176

WHIP

1.330

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
2000			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Did Not Play)
2001			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Did Not Play)
2002			Did not play in major or minor 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	3.94	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	5.45	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	3.64	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	3.51	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	5.91	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	4.46	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	4.46	1.330	9.8	1.0	2.2	4.4	2.02

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

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