Player Report for #47 Billy Sample

Player Demographics
	Name:	Billy Sample	Height:	5' 8"
	Nickname:		Weight:	192 lbs
	Date of Birth:	April 2, 1955	Bats:	R
	Drafted:	Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies with the 10^th pick in the 1^st round of the 1977 draft	Throws:	R
	Current Status:	Retired
	Links:	Development History

Honors and Awards
Award	Years	Times Won
Batter of the Month	8/79	1

Batting Stats

Year/Team	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	wOBA	OPS+
1978 - PHI	23	158	646	156	25	5	9	53	56	47	5	15	2	56	14	8	.241	.297	.338	.635	0.8	.279	83
1979 - PHI	24	107	422	144	35	2	8	53	71	29	4	8	1	31	14	3	.341	.388	.490	.879	3.5	.377	155
1980 - TOR	25	75	307	87	17	1	7	30	36	26	1	12	2	24	3	2	.283	.339	.414	.753	1.1	.321	103
1980 - SF	25	74	296	80	10	2	9	40	40	13	8	8	0	18	9	4	.270	.319	.409	.727	1.4	.312	103
1980 - Tot	25	149	603	167	27	3	16	70	76	39	9	20	2	42	12	6	.277	.329	.411	.741	2.5	.317	103
1981 - SF	26	155	579	158	30	0	20	77	72	27	9	17	3	49	17	18	.273	.314	.428	.742	1.6	.314	98
1982 - SF	27	105	360	82	19	1	12	48	49	24	5	7	3	43	8	4	.228	.283	.386	.669	0.3	.287	92
1983 - SF	28	54	174	44	13	0	0	15	22	5	2	4	1	20	7	0	.253	.280	.328	.608	-0.1	.264	84
1984 - SF	29	103	363	77	16	0	5	31	29	21	1	7	4	49	11	2	.212	.255	.297	.552	-0.3	.242	50
1985 - SF	30	154	564	137	33	2	11	68	67	29	8	18	3	56	10	7	.243	.288	.367	.655	0.5	.280	87
1986 - SF	31	91	345	87	12	0	10	42	37	11	1	7	5	43	8	6	.252	.274	.374	.647	-0.5	.275	87
1986 - PIT	31	12	33	11	3	0	1	5	9	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	.333	.361	.515	.876	0.4	.372	113
1986 - Tot	31	103	378	98	15	0	11	47	46	13	1	7	6	45	8	6	.259	.281	.386	.668	-0.1	.284	89
1987 - STL	32	27	56	18	5	1	3	14	9	4	0	0	1	4	1	0	.321	.361	.607	.968	0.5	.403	164
1988 - STL	33	14	15	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	2	2	0	.133	.278	.133	.411	-0.1	.220	17
1989 - STL	34	19	49	12	0	1	0	2	5	3	1	2	1	7	2	1	.245	.296	.286	.582	-0.2	.257	58
w/ TOR		340	1375	387	77	8	24	136	163	102	10	35	5	111	31	13	.281	.335	.402	.736	5.4	.318	109
w/ SF		736	2681	665	133	5	67	321	316	130	34	68	19	278	70	41	.248	.289	.376	.666	2.9	.285	87
w/ PIT		12	33	11	3	0	1	5	9	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	.333	.361	.515	.876	0.4	.372	113
w/ STL		60	120	32	5	2	3	16	16	10	1	2	2	13	5	1	.267	.323	.417	.740	0.3	.318	100
Per 162 games		162	594	155	31	2	13	67	71	34	6	15	4	57	15	8	.260	.306	.387	.693	1.3	.298	95
Totals		1148	4209	1095	218	15	95	478	504	244	45	105	27	404	106	55	.260	.306	.387	.693	9.0	.298	95

Expanded Batting Stats

Year/Team	Age	PA	Outs	EBH	TB	IBB	PS	PS/PA	PA/HR	BB/K	GDP	PwrSpd	SB%	RC	RC/27	BBABIP	ISO
1978 - PHI	23	715	515	39	218	0	2522	3.53	79.4	0.84	15	11.0	63.6	64.1	3.4	.252	.096
1979 - PHI	24	464	290	45	207	3	1603	3.45	58.0	0.94	11	10.2	82.3	79.7	7.4	.354	.149
1980 - TOR	25	348	236	25	127	0	1204	3.46	49.7	1.08	7	4.2	60.0	43.1	4.9	.288	.130
1980 - SF	25	325	228	21	121	0	1094	3.37	36.1	0.72	6	9.0	69.2	37.9	4.5	.264	.139
1980 - Tot	25	673	464	46	248	0	2298	3.41	42.1	0.93	13	13.7	66.7	81.0	4.7	.276	.134
1981 - SF	26	635	459	50	248	1	2069	3.26	31.8	0.55	17	18.4	48.6	69.2	4.1	.269	.155
1982 - SF	27	399	292	32	139	3	1333	3.34	33.2	0.56	6	9.6	66.7	39.3	3.6	.227	.158
1983 - SF	28	186	135	13	57	0	600	3.23	0.0	0.25	1	0.0	100.0	17.5	3.5	.284	.075
1984 - SF	29	396	299	21	108	2	1292	3.26	79.2	0.43	7	6.9	84.6	28.3	2.6	.230	.085
1985 - SF	30	622	455	46	207	0	1992	3.20	56.5	0.52	15	10.5	58.8	56.9	3.4	.252	.124
1986 - PIT	31	36	23	4	17	0	115	3.19	36.0	1.00	0	0.0	0.0	6.5	7.6	.323	.182
1986 - SF	31	369	276	22	129	0	1248	3.38	36.9	0.26	13	8.9	57.1	30.9	3.0	.259	.122
1986 - Tot	31	405	299	26	146	0	1363	3.37	36.8	0.29	13	9.3	57.1	36.9	3.3	.265	.127
1987 - STL	32	61	39	9	34	0	217	3.56	20.3	1.00	1	1.5	100.0	12.4	8.6	.300	.286
1988 - STL	33	18	13	0	2	0	69	3.83	0.0	1.50	0	0.0	100.0	1.1	2.2	.154	.000
1989 - STL	34	56	41	1	14	0	191	3.41	0.0	0.43	0	0.0	66.7	4.7	3.1	.279	.041
w/ TOR		1527	1041	109	552	3	5329	3.49	63.6	0.92	33	27.1	70.5	183.1	4.7	.292	.120
w/ SF		2932	2144	205	1009	6	9628	3.28	43.8	0.47	65	68.5	63.1	279.1	3.5	.254	.128
w/ PIT		36	23	4	17	0	115	3.19	36.0	1.00	0	0.0	0.0	6.5	7.6	.323	.182
w/ STL		135	93	10	50	0	477	3.53	45.0	0.77	1	3.8	83.3	17.5	5.1	.274	.150
Per 162 games		653	466	46	230	1	2194	3.36	48.7	0.60	14	14.1	65.8	68.4	4.0	.268	.127
Totals		4630	3301	328	1628	9	15549	3.36	48.7	0.60	99	100.2	65.8	484.7	4.0	.268	.127

Postseason Batting Stats

Year/Team	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wOBA
1978 - PHI	23	7	26	8	1	0	1	7	4	5	0	0	2	2	1	0	.308	.394	.462	.856	.369
1982 - SF	27	5	15	4	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	.267	.333	.333	.667	.299
1985 - SF	30	10	37	5	1	0	2	8	4	0	0	1	0	7	1	0	.135	.135	.324	.460	.183
w/ TOR		7	26	8	1	0	1	7	4	5	0	0	2	2	1	0	.308	.394	.462	.856	.369
w/ SF		15	52	9	2	0	2	9	6	2	0	1	1	8	2	0	.173	.200	.327	.527	.220
Per 162 games		162	574	125	22	0	22	118	74	52	0	7	22	74	22	0	.218	.273	.372	.644	.275
Totals		22	78	17	3	0	3	16	10	7	0	1	3	10	3	0	.218	.273	.372	.644	.275

Fielding Stats

Year/Team	Age	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	SBA	RTO	RTO%
1978 - PHI	23	LF	155	154	384	6	0	393	3	.992	1369.3	2.56	6.2
1978 - PHI	23	CF	3	2	8	0	0	8	0	1.000	21.0	3.43	-0.8
1979 - PHI	24	LF	97	96	190	3	0	197	4	.980	861.7	2.02	-0.5
1979 - PHI	24	CF	2	1	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	11.0	2.45	-0.5
1979 - PHI	24	RF	7	7	16	0	0	16	0	1.000	60.0	2.40	-0.0
1980 - TOR	25	LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00	0.0
1980 - SF	25	LF	3	3	9	0	0	9	0	1.000	25.7	3.16	0.2
1980 - LF Tot	25	LF	4	3	9	0	0	9	0	1.000	28.7	2.83	0.2
1980 - SF	25	CF	1	1	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	9.0	5.00	0.2
1980 - TOR	25	CF	25	25	62	3	0	65	0	1.000	224.7	2.60	-4.7
1980 - CF Tot	25	CF	26	26	67	3	0	70	0	1.000	233.7	2.70	-4.5
1980 - TOR	25	RF	49	49	123	6	2	129	0	1.000	433.7	2.68	3.3
1980 - SF	25	RF	69	69	150	7	2	159	2	.987	605.3	2.33	1.7
1980 - RF Tot	25	RF	118	118	273	13	4	288	2	.993	1039.0	2.48	5.0
1981 - SF	26	LF	33	32	83	1	0	84	0	1.000	290.0	2.61	2.0
1981 - SF	26	CF	1	1	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	9.0	6.00	0.1
1981 - SF	26	RF	122	122	304	19	1	331	8	.976	1098.0	2.65	-2.3
1982 - SF	27	LF	7	7	23	0	0	23	0	1.000	64.0	3.23	0.5
1982 - SF	27	CF	7	5	12	0	0	12	0	1.000	53.0	2.04	-0.9
1982 - SF	27	RF	57	55	124	3	0	129	2	.985	500.0	2.29	3.8
1983 - SF	28	LF	10	8	19	0	0	19	0	1.000	74.0	2.31	0.1
1983 - SF	28	CF	1	1	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	9.0	4.00	0.0
1983 - SF	28	RF	16	14	31	1	0	32	0	1.000	124.0	2.32	-0.3
1984 - SF	29	LF	5	3	8	0	0	8	0	1.000	28.0	2.57	-0.3
1984 - SF	29	CF	3	1	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	10.7	3.38	-0.2
1984 - SF	29	RF	84	83	200	4	1	206	2	.990	726.7	2.53	5.5
1985 - SF	30	LF	1	1	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	9.0	6.00	0.3
1985 - SF	30	CF	2	1	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	10.0	2.70	-0.8
1985 - SF	30	RF	152	152	352	5	0	358	1	.997	1370.7	2.34	0.1
1986 - PIT	31	LF	4	3	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	28.0	1.61	0.2
1986 - SF	31	RF	91	90	166	8	0	176	2	.989	793.0	1.97	-3.6
1986 - PIT	31	RF	7	6	8	0	0	8	0	1.000	54.0	1.33	0.1
1986 - RF Tot	31	RF	98	96	174	8	0	184	2	.989	847.0	1.93	-3.5
1987 - STL	32	LF	9	7	12	1	0	13	0	1.000	64.0	1.83	-0.2
1987 - STL	32	RF	12	2	8	0	0	8	0	1.000	34.3	2.10	0.3
1988 - STL	33	LF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	9.0	0.00	-0.3
1988 - STL	33	RF	11	1	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	26.0	2.08	0.2
1989 - STL	34	LF	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	1.0	18.00	0.1
1989 - STL	34	RF	16	14	27	2	0	30	1	.967	120.3	2.17	-0.0
Left Field			327	315	741	11	0	759	7	.991	2826.7	2.39	8.3
Center Field			45	38	107	3	0	110	0	1.000	357.3	2.77	-7.5
Right Field			693	664	1515	55	6	1588	18	.989	5946.0	2.38	8.8

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	HBP	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

Career Metrics
Black Ink	0
Gray Ink	5
HOF Standards (batting)	10

Similar Batters
Player	Score
LF Roy White	892
LF Joe Rudi	889
RF Gary Ward	885
RF Paul O'Neill	882
C Keith Moreland	880
1B Chris Chambliss	875
RF Joel Youngblood	873
LF Ellis Valentine	870
LF Danny Heep	869
RF Carmelo Martinez	866

Trades
Date	Traded By	With	Traded To	For
July 1st, 1980	Toronto Blue Jays	2B Art Howe C Ron Pruitt	San Francisco Giants	P Jerry Reuss 3B Larry Parrish
July 23rd, 1986	San Francisco Giants	P Bruce Berenyi 2B Tony Phillips	Pittsburgh Pirates	LF Joe Orsulak 3B Shawon Dunston P Jimmy Jones
December 16th, 1986	Pittsburgh Pirates	-	St. Louis Cardinals	2B Garry Templeton