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, 18,894th in major league 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

ERA

4.42

174

358.2

176

WHIP

1.330

Summary of 40 Home Runs Allowed

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

1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 9 tying, 8 go ahead

1 Tm
HOU	40

Platoon
vs RHB	26
vs LHB	14

Home/Road
Home	20
Away	20

Outs
0	19
1	17
2	4

13 Opps
CHC	6
COL	5
CIN	5
PHI	4
ATL	4
WSN	4
MIL	4
ARI	2
OAK	2
PIT	1
STL	1
TEX	1
CHW	1

32 Batters
Chris Young	2
Alfonso Soriano	2
Jimmy Rollins	2
Geovany Soto	2
Ryan Zimmerman	2
Brandon Phillips	2
Garrett Atkins	2
Brian McCann	2
Geoff Jenkins	1
Ken Griffey Jr.	1
Mike Rivera	1
Chris Heisey	1
Tadahito Iguchi	1
Todd Helton	1
Jason Kendall	1
Rickie Weeks	1
Eric Chavez	1
Corey Hart	1
Brad Hawpe	1
Kenny Lofton	1
Josh Hamilton	1
Kelly Johnson	1
Derrek Lee	1
Clint Barmes	1
Jim Edmonds	1
Aramis Ramírez	1
Jeff Francoeur	1
Garrett Jones	1
Carlos Maldonado	1
Ronnie Belliard	1
Mike Cameron	1
Wes Helms	1

11 Parks
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	19
Turner Fld (ATL)	4
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	4
Am Fam Field (MIL)	3
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	3
RFK Stad (WAS)	2
PNC Pk (PIT)	1
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
CitizensBank (PHI)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1

Where Hit
7	14
9	9
78	9
89	5
8	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	9
5	8
1	7
4	7
6	4
2	4
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	23
2·HR gms	7
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	27
1--	6
-2-	3
12-	2
123	1
-23	1

58 Runs
RISP	7
0 on	27
1 on	9
2 on	3
3 on	1
Any on	13

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

1-3	14
4-6	15
7-end	11

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	1
+2	5
+1	7
Tied	7
-1	9
-2	2
-3	2
-4..	2

Ahead	18
Tied	7
Behind	15

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	7
2-2	7
1-1	6
1-2	4
1-0	3
2-1	3
3-1	3
0-2	2
3-2	2
2-0	2
0-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
2B	7
C	7
3B	7
CF	6
RF	5
1B	3
LF	2
SS	2
PH	1

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

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	18
Low Lev	17

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2006-06-02	Brandon Phillips	CIN	@	HOU	ahead 8-0	t 3	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	4	1%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	2006-09-10	Mike Rivera	MIL		HOU	ahead 3-0	b 7	0	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	8	2	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	2006-10-01	Jeff Francoeur	ATL		HOU	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	6,(3-2) FBBSBX	1	6	9	9%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	2007-04-18	Brandon Phillips	CIN		HOU	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	5,(2-2) CBFBX	1	5	4	10%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
5	5	2	2	2007-04-18	Josh Hamilton	CIN		HOU	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---	8,(3-2) BBSCFFBX	1	2	8	10%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	3	1	2007-04-23	Jimmy Rollins	PHI		HOU	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	4,(1-2) CCBX	1	1	6	10%	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
7	7	4	1	2007-05-11	Chris Young	ARI	@	HOU	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	8	10%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
8	8	5	2	2007-05-11	Chris Young	ARI	@	HOU	ahead 2-0	t 7	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	8	9%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
9	9	6	1	2007-06-02	Jim Edmonds	STL	@	HOU	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	4,(1-2) CCBX	1	4	8	10%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
10	10	7	1	2007-06-08	Tadahito Iguchi	CHW		HOU	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	2	4	10%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	8	1	2007-06-13	Eric Chavez	OAK	@	HOU	behind 0-2	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	5	11%	36%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
12	12	9	2	2007-06-13	Jason Kendall	OAK	@	HOU	behind 1-2	t 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	16%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
13	13	10	1	2007-06-24	Kenny Lofton	TEX		HOU	behind 0-4	b 3	1	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	1	8	12%	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Vázquez Scores
14	14	11	1	2007-06-29	Garrett Atkins	COL	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	5	5	16%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); T. Helton Scores
15	15	12	2	2007-06-29	Garrett Atkins	COL	@	HOU	behind 2-3	t 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	5	12%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
16	16	13	3	2007-06-29	Todd Helton	COL	@	HOU	ahead 5-3	t 5	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	4	3	9%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
17	17	14	1	2007-07-04	Wes Helms	PHI	@	HOU	tied 1-1	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	5	14%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
18	18	15	2	2007-07-04	Jimmy Rollins	PHI	@	HOU	ahead 2-1	t 5	2	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	1	6	12%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
19	19	16	1	2007-07-17	Ronnie Belliard	WSN		HOU	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	4,(1-2) CBFX	1	2	4	10%	63%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
20	20	17	2	2007-07-17	Ryan Zimmerman	WSN		HOU	behind 1-2	b 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	5	14%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	18	1	2007-07-31	Brian McCann	ATL		HOU	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	5,(3-1) BFBBX	1	5	2	11%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
22	22	19	2	2007-07-31	Kelly Johnson	ATL		HOU	ahead 3-1	b 4	1	1--	5,(2-2) CBB11FX	2	7	4	12%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Francoeur Scores
23	23	20	1	2007-09-01	Derrek Lee	CHC		HOU	ahead 3-2	b 8	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	3	3	7%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	2008-04-23	Ken Griffey Jr.	CIN		HOU	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	3	9	10%	61%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
25	25	2	1	2008-05-04	Mike Cameron	MIL	@	HOU	ahead 2-1	t 3	0	---	5,(2-2) CBBCX	1	2	8	10%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
26	26	3	1	2008-05-20	Aramis Ramírez	CHC	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 4	0	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	4	5	16%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Lee Scores
27	27	4	1	2008-05-25	Geoff Jenkins	PHI	@	HOU	behind 0-3	t 2	1	1--	6,(2-2) FF1FBBX	2	6	9	15%	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); P. Burrell Scores
28	28	5	1	2008-06-11	Corey Hart	MIL	@	HOU	ahead 7-6	t 8	1	1--	4,(0-2) 1SF11FX	2	1	9	17%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Counsell Scores
29	29	6	1	2008-07-05	Brian McCann	ATL		HOU	behind 0-4	b 5	0	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	5	2	7%	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
30	30	7	1	2008-09-07	Brad Hawpe	COL		HOU	behind 2-4	b 6	0	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	6	9	31%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); G. Atkins Scores; C. Iannetta Scores
31	31	8	1	2008-09-15	Geovany Soto	CHC	@	HOU	ahead 4-0	t 6	1	1--	5,(3-1) .C*BBBX	2	6	2	5%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); A. Ramírez Scores
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	2009-05-17	Alfonso Soriano	CHC		HOU	behind 3-6	b 9	1	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	1	7	3%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
33	33	2	1	2009-07-27	Alfonso Soriano	CHC		HOU	tied 1-1	b 13	0	123	2,(1-0) BX	4	6	7	6%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); D. Lee Scores; A. Ramírez Scores; M. Bradley Scores
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	2010-05-19	Clint Barmes	COL	@	HOU	behind 2-3	t 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	4	21%	46%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
35	35	2	1	2010-05-25	Rickie Weeks	MIL		HOU	ahead 2-0	b 7	0	1--	3,(1-1) .CBX	2	1	4	7%	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); D. Bush Scores
36	36	3	1	2010-05-31	Carlos Maldonado	WSN	@	HOU	ahead 8-2	t 7	1	-23	6,(1-2) .FSBFFX	3	8	2	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Willingham Scores; I. Desmond Scores
37	37	4	2	2010-05-31	Ryan Zimmerman	WSN	@	HOU	ahead 11-2	t 7	2	12-	5,(2-2) CBTBX	3	3	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); C. Guzmán Scores; N. Morgan Scores
38	38	5	1	2010-07-18	Garrett Jones	PIT		HOU	ahead 2-0	b 5	2	-2-	3,(1-1) BCX	2	4	3	12%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Tábata Scores
39	39	6	1	2010-07-20	Geovany Soto	CHC		HOU	behind 6-7	b 6	0	---	6,(2-2) .BBFFFX	1	7	2	18%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
40	40	7	1	2010-07-24	Chris Heisey	CIN	@	HOU	ahead 6-0	t 9	1	---	5,(2-2) .BBCSX	1	9	PH	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)