Benj Sampson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-2, 210lb (188cm, 95kg)

Born: April 27, 1975 in Des Moines, IA us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 6th round of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft from Ankeny HS (Ankeny, IA).

High School: Ankeny HS (Ankeny, IA)

Debut: September 9, 1998 (Age 23-135d, 17,354th in major league history)
vs. ANA 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 19, 1999 (Age 24-114d)
vs. BAL 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1999 season

Full Name: Benjamin Damon Sampson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.1

ERA

6.83

88.1

WHIP

1.777

Summary of 17 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 1 go ahead

1 Tm
MIN	17

Platoon
vs RHB	13
vs LHB	4

Home/Road
Away	12
Home	5

Outs
0	7
2	6
1	4

9 Opps
SEA	3
DET	3
KCR	2
BOS	2
CLE	2
MIL	2
STL	1
NYY	1
CHW	1

16 Batters
Edgar Martínez	2
Matt Mieske	1
Chuck Knoblauch	1
Jeromy Burnitz	1
Nomar Garciaparra	1
Jermaine Dye	1
Carlos Beltrán	1
Manny Ramirez	1
Geoff Jenkins	1
Damion Easley	1
Trot Nixon	1
Richie Sexson	1
Bill Haselman	1
Juan Encarnación	1
Chris Singleton	1
Fernando Tatís	1

9 Parks
Metrodome (MIN)	5
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1

Where Hit
8	7
7	5
89	2
78	2
9	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
4	5
5	3
6	2
1	2
3	2
2	2
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	9
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	7
12-	3
1--	3
-2-	2
123	1
-23	1

33 Runs
RISP	7
0 on	7
1 on	5
2 on	4
3 on	1
Any on	10

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

1-3	4
4-6	9
7-end	4

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	2
+2	1
+1	1
Tied	1
-2	1
-4..	4

Ahead	11
Tied	1
Behind	5

Before event,
for batter

Count
2-1	5
2-2	4
0-0	2
1-0	2
1-1	2
3-1	1
3-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	5
DH	3
2B	2
CF	2
LF	2
C	1
SS	1
3B	1

OrderPos
4th	5
6th	5
5th	2
3rd	1
7th	1
1st	1
9th	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	1
Medium Lev	4
Low Lev	12

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1999-04-10	Manny Ramirez	CLE	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-23	4,(2-1) B.BSX	3	4	9	15%	73%	Home Run (Fly Ball); O. Vizquel Scores; R. Alomar Scores
2	2	2	2	1999-04-10	Richie Sexson	CLE	@	MIN	ahead 3-0	t 1	2	12-	3,(1-1) CBX	3	8	DH	15%	88%	Home Run (Fly Ball); W. Cordero Scores; T. Fryman Scores
3	3	3	1	1999-04-15	Damion Easley	DET		MIN	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	4	10%	45%	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
4	4	4	2	1999-04-15	Juan Encarnación	DET		MIN	behind 1-5	b 4	0	1--	5,(2-2) CFBBX	2	7	7	13%	33%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Easley Scores
5	5	5	1	1999-04-20	Jermaine Dye	KCR		MIN	ahead 2-1	b 3	2	12-	4,(2-1) BFBX	3	5	9	21%	86%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Damon Scores; M. Sweeney Scores
6	6	6	1	1999-04-28	Trot Nixon	BOS	@	MIN	ahead 8-1	t 8	0	---	5,(2-2) BFBFX	1	9	9	0%	100%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
7	7	7	1	1999-05-18	Edgar Martínez	SEA		MIN	ahead 7-1	b 6	1	-2-	6,(2-2) CCBBFX	2	4	DH	1%	99%	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); A. Rodriguez Scores
8	8	8	2	1999-05-18	Edgar Martínez	SEA		MIN	ahead 9-1	b 8	0	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	4	DH	0%	100%	Home Run (Fly Ball)
9	9	9	1	1999-05-25	Matt Mieske	SEA	@	MIN	ahead 12-5	t 9	2	12-	3,(1-1) BCX	3	6	9	0%	100%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); A. Rodriguez Scores; E. Martínez Scores
10	10	10	1	1999-06-12	Geoff Jenkins	MIL		MIN	behind 0-7	b 4	0	---	8,(3-2) CBBFBFFX	1	6	7	2%	6%	Home Run (Fly Ball)
11	11	11	2	1999-06-12	Jeromy Burnitz	MIL		MIN	behind 1-7	b 5	2	-2-	4,(2-1) BCBX	2	4	9	6%	10%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); R. Belliard Scores
12	12	12	1	1999-06-16	Nomar Garciaparra	BOS		MIN	ahead 4-1	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	6	2%	98%	Home Run (Fly Ball)
13	13	13	1	1999-06-23	Chris Singleton	CHW		MIN	behind 3-12	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	8	1%	1%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
14	14	14	1	1999-07-04	Bill Haselman	DET	@	MIN	ahead 5-0	t 5	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	2	5%	96%	Home Run (Fly Ball); B. Higginson Scores/unER; B. Haselman Scores/Team unER
15	15	15	1	1999-07-19	Fernando Tatís	STL		MIN	ahead 6-2	b 4	2	1--	4,(2-1) FB1BX	2	5	5	6%	96%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Lankford Scores
16	16	16	1	1999-08-07	Carlos Beltrán	KCR		MIN	ahead 4-2	b 5	1	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	3	8	8%	86%	Home Run (Fly Ball)
17	17	17	1	1999-08-13	Chuck Knoblauch	NYY		MIN	ahead 10-0	b 6	1	123	6,(2-2) SFBBFX	4	1	4	0%	100%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Leyritz Scores; R. Ledée Scores; J. Girardi Scores