01/15/1993
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Billy Sample
RF - #47 - ()
Age: 37 | Bats: R | Throws: R
Overall:    Potential:
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0.0
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 11 11 11 11
Gap 12 12 12 12
Power 8 8 8 8
Eye 8 8 8 10
Avoid K's 17 17 17 17
INFORMATION
Links:Develop - StatsLab
Birthdate:04/02/1955
Born in:Roanoke, VA
Nationality:American
Height/Weight:5' 9"/190 lbs
Local Pop.:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
CATCHER RATINGS
C Ability Arm
- 1 -
INFIELD RATINGS
1B 2B 3B SS Range Error Arm DP
- - - - 1 2 2 1
OUTFIELD RATINGS
LF CF RF Range Error Arm
7 - 8 5 14 17
RUN RATINGS
Speed Steal Baserun
6 14 16
BUNT RATINGS
Sacrifice For Hit
8 3
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1978 Philadelphia - DBL 23 158 646 156 25 5 9 53 56 47 5 2 56 14 8 .241 .297 .337 .635 81 80 0.8
1979 Philadelphia - DBL 24 107 422 144 35 2 8 53 71 29 4 1 31 14 3 .341 .388 .491 .879 138 138 3.5
1980 Toronto - DBL 25 75 307 87 17 1 7 30 36 26 1 2 24 3 2 .283 .339 .414 .753 107 105 1.1
1980 San Francisco - DBL 25 74 296 80 10 2 9 40 40 13 8 0 18 9 4 .270 .319 .409 .727 113 106 1.4
1980 Total - DBL 25 149 603 167 27 3 16 70 76 39 9 2 42 12 6 .277 .329 .411 .741 103 101 2.2
1981 San Francisco - DBL 26 155 579 158 30 0 20 77 72 27 9 3 49 17 18 .273 .314 .428 .742 114 105 1.6
1982 San Francisco - DBL 27 105 360 82 19 1 12 48 49 24 5 3 43 8 4 .228 .283 .386 .669 93 83 0.3
1983 San Francisco - DBL 28 54 174 44 13 0 0 15 22 5 2 1 20 7 0 .253 .280 .328 .608 79 73 -0.1
1984 San Francisco - DBL 29 103 363 77 16 0 5 31 29 21 1 4 49 11 2 .212 .254 .298 .552 65 56 -0.3
1985 San Francisco - DBL 30 154 564 137 33 2 11 68 67 29 8 3 56 10 7 .243 .288 .367 .655 93 85 0.5
1986 San Francisco - DBL 31 91 345 87 12 0 10 42 37 11 1 5 43 8 6 .252 .273 .374 .647 88 79 -0.5
1986 Pittsburgh - DBL 31 12 33 11 3 0 1 5 9 2 0 1 2 0 0 .333 .361 .515 .876 130 132 0.4
1986 Total - DBL 31 103 378 98 15 0 11 47 46 13 1 6 45 8 6 .259 .281 .386 .668 80 78 -0.6
1987 St. Louis - DBL 32 27 56 18 5 1 3 14 9 4 0 1 4 1 0 .321 .361 .607 .968 151 153 0.5
1988 St. Louis - DBL 33 14 15 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 2 0 .133 .278 .133 .411 13 33 -0.1
1989 St. Louis - DBL 34 19 49 12 0 1 0 2 5 3 1 1 7 2 1 .245 .296 .286 .582 60 59 -0.2
Total DBL 1148 4209 1095 218 15 95 478 504 244 45 27 404 106 55 .260 .306 .387 .693 98 92 9.0
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1988 San Antonio - CBL 33 22 91 22 2 0 1 6 8 7 0 0 14 5 1 .242 .296 .297 .593 60 61 0.0
1989 San Antonio - CBL 34 47 164 43 5 0 8 27 30 10 2 3 23 5 0 .262 .307 .439 .746 101 94 0.0
1990 Chattanooga - CBL 35 131 553 169 31 2 17 87 80 36 5 4 55 7 1 .306 .351 .461 .812 116 116 0.0
1991 Chattanooga - CBL 36 134 507 161 28 2 10 65 78 42 9 7 51 1 3 .318 .375 .440 .815 122 119 0.0
Total CBL 334 1315 395 66 4 36 185 196 95 16 14 143 18 5 .300 .351 .439 .790 113 111
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1978 Philadelphia - DBL 23 7 26 8 1 0 1 7 4 5 0 2 2 1 0 .308 .394 .462 .855 0 0 0.0
1982 San Francisco - DBL 27 5 15 4 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 .267 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0.0
1985 San Francisco - DBL 30 10 37 5 1 0 2 8 4 0 0 0 7 1 0 .135 .135 .324 .459 0 0 0.0
1988 San Antonio - CBL 33 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .250 .400 1.000 1.400 0 0 0.0
1990 Chattanooga - CBL 35 1 4 3 0 0 2 5 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 .750 .714 2.250 2.964 0 0 0.0
Total DBL 22 78 17 3 0 3 16 10 7 0 3 10 3 0 .218 .273 .372 .645 86 82
Total CBL 2 8 4 0 0 3 6 3 3 0 1 2 1 0 .500 .583 1.625 2.208 491 376
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1978 Philadelphia - DBL LF 155 154 384 6 0 393 3 .992 1369.1 2.56 +6.2 1.012
1978 Philadelphia - DBL CF 3 2 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 21.0 3.43 -0.8 .896
1978 Philadelphia - DBL RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1979 Philadelphia - DBL LF 97 96 190 3 0 197 4 .980 861.2 2.02 -0.5 1.003
1979 Philadelphia - DBL CF 2 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 11.0 2.45 -0.5 .753
1979 Philadelphia - DBL RF 7 7 16 0 0 16 0 1.000 60.0 2.40 -0.0 .997
1980 Toronto - DBL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1980 San Francisco - DBL LF 3 3 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 25.2 3.16 +0.2 .984
1980 San Francisco - DBL CF 1 1 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 9.0 5.00 +0.2 1.013
1980 Toronto - DBL CF 25 25 62 3 0 65 0 1.000 224.2 2.60 -4.7 .923
1980 Toronto - DBL RF 49 49 123 6 2 129 0 1.000 433.2 2.68 +3.3 1.007
1980 San Francisco - DBL RF 69 69 150 7 2 159 2 .987 605.1 2.33 +1.7 1.018
1981 San Francisco - DBL LF 33 32 83 1 0 84 0 1.000 290.0 2.61 +2.0 1.033
1981 San Francisco - DBL CF 1 1 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 9.0 6.00 +0.1 1.009
1981 San Francisco - DBL RF 122 122 304 19 1 331 8 .976 1098.0 2.65 -2.3 .994
1982 San Francisco - DBL LF 7 7 23 0 0 23 0 1.000 64.0 3.23 +0.5 .981
1982 San Francisco - DBL CF 7 5 12 0 0 12 0 1.000 53.0 2.04 -0.9 .928
1982 San Francisco - DBL RF 57 55 124 3 0 129 2 .984 500.0 2.29 +3.8 1.069
1983 San Francisco - DBL LF 10 8 19 0 0 19 0 1.000 74.0 2.31 +0.1 1.100
1983 San Francisco - DBL CF 1 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 9.0 4.00 +0.0 1.001
1983 San Francisco - DBL RF 16 14 31 1 0 32 0 1.000 124.0 2.32 -0.3 .992
1984 San Francisco - DBL LF 5 3 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 28.0 2.57 -0.3 .987
1984 San Francisco - DBL CF 3 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 10.2 3.38 -0.2 .997
1984 San Francisco - DBL RF 84 83 200 4 1 206 2 .990 726.2 2.53 +5.5 1.005
1985 San Francisco - DBL LF 1 1 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 9.0 6.00 +0.3 .988
1985 San Francisco - DBL CF 2 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 10.0 2.70 -0.8 .745
1985 San Francisco - DBL RF 152 152 352 5 0 358 1 .997 1370.2 2.34 +0.1 1.010
1986 Pittsburgh - DBL LF 4 3 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 28.0 1.61 +0.2 .987
1986 Pittsburgh - DBL CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1986 San Francisco - DBL RF 91 90 166 8 0 176 2 .989 793.0 1.97 -3.6 .983
1986 Pittsburgh - DBL RF 7 6 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 54.0 1.33 +0.1 .983
1987 St. Louis - DBL LF 9 7 12 1 0 13 0 1.000 64.0 1.83 -0.2 .983
1987 St. Louis - DBL CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1987 St. Louis - DBL RF 12 2 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 34.1 2.10 +0.3 .988
1988 St. Louis - DBL LF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 9.0 0.00 -0.3 .000
1988 St. Louis - DBL RF 11 1 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 26.0 2.08 +0.2 .985
1988 San Antonio - CBL RF 22 22 50 1 0 52 1 .981 195.2 2.35 -1.1 1.004
1989 St. Louis - DBL LF 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.0 18.00 +0.1 .984
1989 San Antonio - CBL LF 24 24 60 1 0 61 0 1.000 202.1 2.71 +0.4 1.001
1989 San Antonio - CBL CF 2 2 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 18.0 3.00 -0.4 1.019
1989 St. Louis - DBL RF 16 14 27 2 0 30 1 .967 120.1 2.17 -0.0 .985
1989 San Antonio - CBL RF 19 10 22 1 0 24 1 .958 103.1 2.00 -0.9 1.003
1990 Chattanooga - CBL RF 130 130 294 15 2 315 6 .981 1173.0 2.37 -6.9 .967
1991 Chattanooga - CBL RF 133 132 324 14 2 342 4 .988 1168.0 2.60 -2.1 .988
TOTAL LF 351 339 801 12 0 820 7 .991 3029.0 2.42 +8.7 1.011
TOTAL CF 47 40 113 3 0 116 0 1.000 375.1 2.78 -7.9 .928
TOTAL RF 997 958 2205 86 10 2321 30 .987 8586.0 2.40 -2.2 .998
PLAYER HISTORY
12/15/1977 Drafted in the 1977 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 10, 10th overall pick) by the Philadelphia Phillies.
01/01/1978 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 15 (15); Power: 6 (8); Eye: 11 (11).
04/03/1978 Named the #26 prospect in the DBL
01/01/1979 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 15 (15); Power: 7 (8); Eye: 10 (10).
08/20/1979 Wins the DBL UL Player of the Week Award.
09/01/1979 Wins the DBL UL Batter of the Month Award.
09/02/1979 Goes 5-5 against the Montreal Expos, with 1 2B, 1 3B, 4 RBI and 3 R.
09/03/1979 Wins the DBL UL Player of the Week Award.
01/01/1980 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 15 (15); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 10 (10).
07/01/1980 Was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the San Francisco Giants, along with SS Art Howe, C Ron Pruitt, in exchange for SP Jerry Reuss, 3B Larry Parrish.
09/21/1980 Suspended 5 games after ejection following a brawl.
01/01/1981 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 14 (14); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 8 (8).
04/20/1981 Wins the DBL UL Player of the Week Award.
01/01/1982 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 14 (14); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 8 (8).
01/01/1983 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 14 (14); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 8 (8).
01/01/1984 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 14 (14); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 8 (8).
01/01/1985 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 14 (14); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 7 (8).
01/01/1986 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 14 (14); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 7 (9).
07/23/1986 Was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Pittsburgh Pirates, along with RP Bruce Berenyi, 3B Tony Phillips, in exchange for LF Joe Orsulak, 3B Shawon Dunston, RP Jimmy Jones.
12/16/1986 Was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for 2B Garry Templeton.
01/01/1987 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 13 (13); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 7 (9).
10/25/1987 Wins the 1987 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals.
01/01/1988 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 13 (13); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 8 (9).
01/01/1989 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 12 (12); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 8 (9).
06/06/1989 Injured (Sprained wrist), day-to-day for 1-2 weeks.
12/25/1989 Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
01/01/1990 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 12 (12); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 8 (9).
01/01/1991 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 12 (12); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 9 (9).
07/24/1991 Injured (Heat exhaustion), day-to-day for 3 days.
08/09/1991 Goes 0-2 against the Durham Bulls, ending his hitting streak at 22 games.
12/25/1991 Released by the Atlanta Braves.
01/01/1992 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 11 (12); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 8 (9).
10/27/1992 Retired from professional baseball.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year PA Rank
1978 715 6
Year AB Rank
1978 646 7
Year 2B Rank
1979 35 9
1985 33 10
Year IBB Rank
1979 3 10
Year HP Rank
1980 9 2
1981 9 4
1985 8 6
Year SH Rank
1978 15 3
1980 20 1
1981 17 5
1985 18 1
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