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Billy Sample

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 175lb (175cm, 79kg)

Born: April 2, 1955 in Roanoke, VA us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 28th round of the 1973 MLB June Amateur Draft from Andrew Lewis HS (Salem, VA) and the Texas Rangers in the 10th round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA).

High School: Andrew Lewis HS (Salem, VA)

School: James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA)

Debut: September 2, 1978 (Age 23-153d, 14,083rd in major league history)
vs. MIL 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 5, 1986 (Age 31-186d)
vs. HOU 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Full Name: William Amos Sample

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.4

2516

684

.272

371

RBI

230

OBP

.329

SLG

.384

OPS

.713

OPS+

Summary of 46 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

7 leading off, 1 walk-off, 5 tying, 17 go ahead

3 Tms
TEX	39
ATL	6
NYY	1

Platoon
vs RHP	25
vs LHP	21

Home/Road
Home	25
Away	21

Outs
0	22
1	14
2	10

17 Opps
BOS	6
SEA	5
BAL	5
KCR	5
OAK	4
MIL	4
DET	3
MIN	2
STL	2
CAL	2
CHW	2
CIN	1
CHC	1
NYY	1
LAD	1
HOU	1
TOR	1

40 Pitchers
Dennis Martínez	2
Bill Travers	2
Matt Keough	2
Don Aase	2
Dennis Eckersley	2
Dan Petry	2
Tim Stoddard	1
Rick Honeycutt	1
LaMarr Hoyt	1
Bruce Hurst	1
Ken Schrom	1
Floyd Bannister	1
Brian Kingman	1
Brad Havens	1
Ross Baumgarten	1
Jim Beattie	1
John Tudor	1
Bryan Clark	1
Paul Splittorff	1
Bob Ojeda	1
Luis Aponte	1
Tom Browning	1
Mike Flanagan	1
Lary Sorensen	1
Tim Conroy	1
Keith Creel	1
Craig Minetto	1
Jim Clancy	1
Mike Stanton	1
Don Hood	1
Greg Bargar	1
Jeff Jones	1
Mike Scott	1
Scott McGregor	1
Vida Blue	1
Mark Langston	1
Larry Pashnick	1
Bud Black	1
Ray Fontenot	1
Jim Slaton	1

17 Parks
Arlington St (ARL)	23
Kingdome (SEA)	4
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	33
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	44
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	34
1--	4
12-	3
-2-	3
--3	1
1-3	1

62 RBI
RISP	8
0 on	34
1 on	8
2 on	4
Any on	12

Inning
1	9
2	3
3	5
4	4
5	3
6	5
7	9
8	5
9	3

1-3	17
4-6	12
7-end	17

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	1
+2	3
+1	5
Tied	14
-1	8
-2	3
-3	4
-4..	5

Ahead	12
Tied	14
Behind	20

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	34
RF	6
CF	5
PH	1

OrderPos
1st	21
2nd	13
7th	4
6th	4
9th	2
8th	1
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	24
Low Lev	14

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1979-06-12	TEX		MIL	Lary Sorensen	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	7	0.100	63%		Home Run (LF-CF)
2	2	2	1	1979-06-26	TEX		CAL	Don Aase	tied 1-1	b 8	2	---	1	6	7	0.316	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1979-07-01	TEX		OAK	Craig Minetto	tied 9-9	b 7	1	---	1	6	7	0.219	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	1979-07-04	TEX		BAL	Mike Flanagan	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2	2	7	0.150	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Wills Scores
5	5	5	1	1979-07-09	TEX	@	CHW	Ross Baumgarten	behind 0-2	t 4	0	---	1	2	7	0.106	38%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Sample Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1980-06-19	TEX		MIL	Bill Travers	behind 2-9	b 6	0	---	1	2	9	0.013	3%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	2	1	1980-08-24	TEX		MIL	Bill Travers	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.105	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	3	1	1980-08-31	TEX	@	KCR	Paul Splittorff	behind 0-3	t 8	1	1--	2	2	9	0.125	20%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Rivers Scores
9	9	4	1	1980-09-27	TEX	@	SEA	Floyd Bannister	ahead 6-3	t 7	1	---	1	2	8	0.051	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1981-08-15	TEX		BOS	Dennis Eckersley	tied 0-0	b 4	2	-2-	2	7	7	0.243	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Putnam Scores
11	11	2	1	1981-08-19	TEX		MIL	Jim Slaton	ahead 1-0	b 5	0	---	1	7	7	0.109	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	3	1	1981-09-29	TEX	@	SEA	Bryan Clark	tied 0-0	t 2	0	12-	3	7	7	0.193	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Sundberg Scores; L. Roberts Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1982-05-30	TEX		KCR	Keith Creel	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	7	0.104	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	2	2	1982-05-30	TEX		KCR	Don Hood	ahead 7-1	b 8	1	---	1	1	7	0.001	100%		Home Run
15	15	3	1	1982-05-31	TEX	@	BAL	Dennis Martínez	tied 2-2	t 3	1	---	1	1	7	0.117	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	4	1	1982-06-26	TEX		OAK	Matt Keough	ahead 3-1	b 7	1	1--	2	1	7	0.076	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Flynn Scores
17	17	5	1	1982-06-30	TEX		CAL	Don Aase	behind 2-3	b 9	2	12-	3	1	7	0.835	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); M. Richardt Scores; B. Stein Scores
18	18	6	1	1982-07-02	TEX	@	OAK	Brian Kingman	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.103	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	7	1	1982-07-09 (2)	TEX		DET	Larry Pashnick	ahead 1-0	b 6	0	---	1	1	7	0.107	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	8	1	1982-08-20	TEX		BAL	Dennis Martínez	behind 1-2	b 5	2	---	1	2	7	0.169	51%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	9	1	1982-09-06 (1)	TEX		MIN	Brad Havens	tied 2-2	b 7	2	--3	2	2	7	0.306	88%		Home Run; B. Dent Scores
22	22	10	1	1982-09-19	TEX	@	SEA	Mike Stanton	behind 1-9	t 6	1	---	1	2	7	0.005	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1983-04-15	TEX	@	BOS	Dennis Eckersley	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	7	0.094	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	2	1	1983-04-20	TEX	@	BAL	Tim Stoddard	ahead 10-2	t 8	0	---	1	3	7	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	3	1	1983-05-14	TEX		BAL	Scott McGregor	ahead 2-0	b 2	1	12-	3	1	7	0.141	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Dent Scores; W. Tolleson Scores
26	26	4	1	1983-05-21	TEX	@	DET	Dan Petry	behind 1-2	t 7	2	-2-	2	1	7	0.387	66%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Tolleson Scores
27	27	5	1	1983-05-27	TEX	@	CHW	LaMarr Hoyt	behind 0-3	t 6	1	---	1	9	7	0.076	19%		Home Run
28	28	6	1	1983-06-01	TEX		KCR	Vida Blue	ahead 5-0	b 7	1	---	1	2	7	0.008	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	7	1	1983-06-04	TEX		DET	Dan Petry	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---	1	2	7	0.103	79%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	8	1	1983-06-24 (1)	TEX		OAK	Jeff Jones	behind 3-5	b 7	0	---	1	1	7	0.145	35%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	9	1	1983-07-08	TEX	@	TOR	Jim Clancy	behind 4-8	t 6	2	---	1	7	7	0.044	10%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	10	1	1983-07-27	TEX		NYY	Matt Keough	behind 2-4	b 8	1	---	1	2	7	0.120	24%		Home Run
33	33	11	1	1983-08-03	TEX		BOS	Luis Aponte	behind 3-4	b 9	2	---	1	1	7	0.489	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	12	1	1983-08-09	TEX	@	BOS	John Tudor	behind 3-6	t 9	0	---	1	6	7	0.043	8%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1984-04-18	TEX	@	BOS	Bob Ojeda	behind 0-3	t 3	2	---	1	1	7	0.077	25%		Home Run
36	36	2	1	1984-06-07	TEX	@	MIN	Ken Schrom	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.097	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run
37	37	3	1	1984-06-15	TEX	@	SEA	Mark Langston	behind 0-1	t 5	2	1--	2	1	8	0.284	60%		Home Run; C. Wilkerson Scores
38	38	4	1	1984-08-12	TEX		BOS	Bruce Hurst	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	---	1	1	7	0.096	77%		Home Run
39	39	5	1	1984-09-04	TEX		SEA	Jim Beattie	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	1	1	7	0.102	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1985-05-05	NYY		KCR	Bud Black	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	8	7	0.116	67%		Home Run
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1986-04-13	ATL	@	HOU	Mike Scott	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	1-3	3	6	7	0.130	89%		Home Run; T. Simmons Scores; C. Chambliss Scores
42	42	2	1	1986-05-16	ATL		STL	Greg Bargar	ahead 4-2	b 7	1	---	1	2	9	0.058	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
43	43	3	1	1986-05-25	ATL	@	STL	Tim Conroy	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	9	0.103	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run
44	44	4	1	1986-05-30	ATL	@	CHC	Ray Fontenot	behind 0-5	t 7	0	---	1	9	PH	0.026	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
45	45	5	1	1986-06-20 (1)	ATL	@	CIN	Tom Browning	behind 2-3	t 3	0	---	1	1	9	0.117	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
46	46	6	1	1986-09-09	ATL	@	LAD	Rick Honeycutt	behind 1-5	t 2	1	-2-	2	1	9	0.113	26%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Hubbard Scores