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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 14	TEX		NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	9 (3)	Apr 20	TEX		CLE	L,4-9	GF	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
3	10	Apr 21	TEX		CLE	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
4	11	Apr 22	TEX		CLE	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
5	12	Apr 23	TEX		MIL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	18 (5)	May 1	TEX	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	51	11.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
7	19	May 2	TEX	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
8	20	May 4	TEX	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
9	21	May 5	TEX	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
10	22	May 6	TEX		BOS	L,2-5	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
11	27 (4)	May 13	TEX		TOR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	39 (11)	May 27	TEX		BAL	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
13	40	May 28	TEX		KCR	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
14	41	May 29	TEX		KCR	L,1-14	CG	52	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
15	42	May 30	TEX		KCR	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
16	43	May 31	TEX	@	BAL	L,7-8	GS	41	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	44	Jun 2	TEX	@	BAL	W,4-1	GS	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
18	45	Jun 4	TEX		CHW	W,4-3	GS	13	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
19	49 (3)	Jun 8	TEX		SEA	L,1-2	CG	54	14.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
20	50	Jun 9	TEX		SEA	L,3-4	GS	42	11.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF LF
21	51	Jun 12	TEX		MIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
22	60 (8)	Jun 21	TEX	@	CAL	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
23	61	Jun 22	TEX	@	CAL	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
24	62	Jun 23	TEX	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
25	63	Jun 24	TEX		OAK	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
26	64	Jun 25	TEX		OAK	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
27	65	Jun 26	TEX		OAK	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
28	66	Jun 27	TEX		OAK	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	67	Jun 29	TEX		CAL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
30	68	Jun 30	TEX		CAL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	69	Jul 1	TEX		CAL	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
32	70	Jul 2	TEX	@	OAK	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
33	71	Jul 3	TEX	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
34	72	Jul 4	TEX	@	OAK	W,11-4	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
35	73	Jul 5	TEX		TOR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
36	74	Jul 6	TEX		TOR	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
37	75	Jul 7	TEX		BOS	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
38	76	Jul 8	TEX		BOS	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	77	Jul 9 (1)	TEX		DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	78	Jul 9 (2)	TEX		DET	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
41	79	Jul 10 (1)	TEX		DET	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
42	80	Jul 10 (2)	TEX		DET	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
43	81	Jul 11	TEX		DET	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
44	82	Jul 15	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	83	Jul 16	TEX	@	TOR	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
46	84	Jul 17	TEX	@	TOR	L,3-11	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
47	85	Jul 18	TEX	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	45	9.2	4	0	0	4	0	LF
48	86	Jul 19	TEX	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
49	87	Jul 21 (1)	TEX	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	88	Jul 21 (2)	TEX	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
51	89	Jul 22	TEX	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
52	90	Jul 23	TEX	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
53	91	Jul 24	TEX	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
54	92	Jul 25 (1)	TEX	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
55	93	Jul 25 (2)	TEX	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	94	Jul 26	TEX		MIL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
57	95	Jul 27	TEX		MIL	L,2-8	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
58	97 (1)	Jul 30	TEX		NYY	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
59	98	Jul 31	TEX		NYY	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	99	Aug 1	TEX		NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
61	100	Aug 2	TEX	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
62	101	Aug 3 (1)	TEX	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
63	116 (14)	Aug 17	TEX		CHW	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
64	117	Aug 18	TEX		CHW	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
65	118	Aug 20	TEX		BAL	L,2-4	CG	47	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
66	119	Aug 21	TEX		BAL	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
67	120	Aug 22	TEX		BAL	L,3-10	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
68	121	Aug 23	TEX		KCR	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
69	122	Aug 24	TEX		KCR	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
70	123	Aug 25	TEX		KCR	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
71	124	Aug 26	TEX		KCR	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
72	125	Aug 27 (1)	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	LF
73	126	Aug 27 (2)	TEX	@	BAL	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
74	128 (1)	Aug 29	TEX	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
75	129	Aug 30	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
76	130	Aug 31	TEX	@	KCR	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	131	Sep 1	TEX	@	KCR	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
78	132	Sep 2	TEX	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	44	9.2	1	0	1	2	0	LF
79	135 (2)	Sep 5	TEX	@	CHW	W,10-7	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
80	136	Sep 6 (1)	TEX		MIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
81	138 (1)	Sep 7	TEX		MIN	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
82	146 (7)	Sep 16	TEX	@	MIN	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
83	149 (2)	Sep 19	TEX	@	SEA	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
84	150	Sep 20	TEX	@	OAK	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
85	151	Sep 21	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
86	153 (1)	Sep 23	TEX		CAL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
87	154	Sep 24	TEX		CAL	L,1-10	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
88	155	Sep 25	TEX		CAL	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
89	156	Sep 26	TEX		CAL	W,7-5	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
90	158 (1)	Sep 28	TEX		OAK	L,4-5	GF	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
91	160 (1)	Oct 1	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
92	162 (1)	Oct 3	TEX	@	CAL	L,6-7	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
							96gm		786.1	202	6	4	212	0