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.

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	TEX		CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 5	TEX		CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
3	3	Apr 6	TEX		CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
4	4	Apr 8	TEX		BOS	L,5-8	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
5	5	Apr 9	TEX		BOS	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
6	6	Apr 10	TEX		BOS	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	7	Apr 12	TEX	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
8	8	Apr 13	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
9	9	Apr 15	TEX	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	10	Apr 16	TEX	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
11	11	Apr 17	TEX	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	52	14.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
12	12	Apr 19	TEX	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	13	Apr 20	TEX	@	BAL	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
14	14	Apr 21	TEX	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	57	13.2	7	0	0	7	0	LF
15	15	Apr 22	TEX		MIL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
16	16	Apr 23	TEX		MIL	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	LF
17	17	Apr 24	TEX		MIL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
18	18	Apr 26	TEX		TOR	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
19	19	Apr 27	TEX		TOR	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
20	20	Apr 29	TEX		NYY	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	21	Apr 30	TEX		NYY	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 1	TEX		NYY	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
23	23	May 2	TEX	@	TOR	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
24	24	May 3	TEX	@	TOR	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	25	May 4	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
26	26	May 6	TEX	@	MIL	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
27	27	May 8	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-6	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
28	28	May 10	TEX	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	29	May 11	TEX	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	30	May 13	TEX		BAL	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
31	31	May 14	TEX		BAL	L,11-14	CG	56	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
32	32	May 15	TEX		BAL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	33	May 16	TEX		CLE	W,3-1	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR LF
34	34	May 17	TEX		CLE	W,6-5	CG	50	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
35	35	May 18	TEX		CLE	W,3-2	CG	54	14.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	37 (1)	May 20	TEX	@	DET	W,4-0	GS	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF LF
37	38	May 21	TEX	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
38	39	May 22	TEX	@	DET	L,5-12	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
39	40	May 23	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
40	41	May 24	TEX	@	KCR	T,2-2	CG	25	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
41	42	May 25	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
42	43	May 26	TEX	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
43	44	May 27	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
44	45	May 28	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
45	46	May 29	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
46	47	May 31	TEX		KCR	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	48	Jun 1	TEX		KCR	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
48	49	Jun 3	TEX		DET	L,1-12	GS	33	6.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
49	50	Jun 4	TEX		DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
50	51	Jun 5	TEX		DET	L,4-5	CG	42	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
51	52	Jun 7	TEX	@	SEA	W,10-0	CG	28	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
52	53	Jun 8	TEX	@	SEA	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
53	54	Jun 9	TEX	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	44	10.2	6	0	0	6	0	LF
54	55	Jun 10	TEX	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
55	56	Jun 11	TEX	@	MIN	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
56	57	Jun 12	TEX	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
57	58	Jun 13	TEX		SEA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
58	59	Jun 14	TEX		SEA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
59	60	Jun 15	TEX		SEA	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	61	Jun 16	TEX		MIN	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
61	62	Jun 17	TEX		MIN	W,10-1	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
62	63	Jun 18	TEX		MIN	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
63	64	Jun 19	TEX		MIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
64	65	Jun 20	TEX		CAL	L,9-10	CG	60	13.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
65	66	Jun 21	TEX		CAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	15	0	0	15	2	1B
66	67	Jun 22	TEX		CAL	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
67	68	Jun 24 (1)	TEX		OAK	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
68	69	Jun 24 (2)	TEX		OAK	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
69	70	Jun 25	TEX		OAK	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
70	71	Jun 26	TEX		OAK	W,4-1	CG	26	7.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
71	72	Jun 27	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
72	73	Jun 28	TEX	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
73	74	Jun 29	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	36	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF
74	75	Jun 30	TEX	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	76	Jul 1	TEX	@	OAK	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	LF
76	80 (3)	Jul 8	TEX	@	TOR	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
77	81	Jul 9	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
78	82	Jul 10	TEX	@	TOR	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
79	83	Jul 11	TEX		MIL	W,5-4	CG	59	15.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
80	84	Jul 12	TEX		MIL	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
81	85	Jul 13	TEX		MIL	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
82	86	Jul 14	TEX	@	NYY	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
83	87	Jul 15	TEX	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
84	88	Jul 16	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
85	89	Jul 17	TEX	@	NYY	L,6-8	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
86	90	Jul 18 (1)	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
87	91	Jul 18 (2)	TEX	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
88	92	Jul 19	TEX	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
89	93	Jul 20	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
90	94	Jul 21	TEX		TOR	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
91	95	Jul 22	TEX		TOR	L,5-10	CG	53	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
92	96	Jul 23	TEX		TOR	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
93	97	Jul 24	TEX		TOR	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
94	98	Jul 25	TEX		NYY	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
95	99	Jul 26	TEX		NYY	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
96	100	Jul 27	TEX		NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
97	101	Jul 29	TEX	@	BAL	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
98	102	Jul 30	TEX	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
99	103	Jul 31	TEX	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	104	Aug 2	TEX		BOS	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
101	105	Aug 3	TEX		BOS	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
102	106	Aug 4	TEX		BOS	W,6-1	GS	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
103	111 (4)	Aug 8	TEX	@	BOS	W,12-7	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
104	112	Aug 9	TEX	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
105	113	Aug 10	TEX	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
106	114	Aug 12	TEX		CLE	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
107	115	Aug 13	TEX		CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
108	116	Aug 14	TEX		CLE	L,0-3	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
109	117	Aug 15	TEX		BAL	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
110	118	Aug 16	TEX		BAL	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
111	119	Aug 17	TEX		BAL	L,2-4	CG	41	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
112	120	Aug 19 (1)	TEX		CHW	L,2-3	CG	43	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
113	121	Aug 19 (2)	TEX		CHW	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
114	122	Aug 20	TEX		CHW	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
115	123	Aug 21	TEX		CHW	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
116	124	Aug 22	TEX		DET	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
117	127 (2)	Aug 25 (1)	TEX	@	KCR	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
118	128	Aug 25 (2)	TEX	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
119	129	Aug 26	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
120	130	Aug 27	TEX	@	KCR	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
121	131	Aug 28	TEX	@	KCR	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
122	132	Aug 29	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
123	133	Aug 30	TEX	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	136 (2)	Sep 2	TEX		KCR	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
125	137	Sep 3 (1)	TEX		KCR	L,0-5	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
126	138	Sep 3 (2)	TEX		KCR	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
127	139	Sep 4	TEX		KCR	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
128	140	Sep 5	TEX		MIN	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
129	141	Sep 6	TEX		MIN	L,3-5	GS	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
130	144 (2)	Sep 10	TEX	@	SEA	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
131	146 (1)	Sep 13	TEX	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
132	147	Sep 14	TEX	@	OAK	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
133	148	Sep 15	TEX	@	OAK	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
134	149	Sep 16	TEX	@	CAL	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
135	150	Sep 17	TEX	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
136	151	Sep 18	TEX	@	CAL	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
137	152	Sep 20	TEX		OAK	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
138	153	Sep 21	TEX		OAK	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
139	154	Sep 22	TEX		SEA	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
140	155	Sep 23	TEX		SEA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
141	156	Sep 24	TEX		SEA	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
142	158 (1)	Sep 27	TEX	@	MIN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
143	159	Sep 28	TEX	@	MIN	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
144	160	Sep 29	TEX	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
145	161	Sep 30	TEX		CAL	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
146	162	Oct 1	TEX		CAL	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
147	163	Oct 2	TEX		CAL	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
							147gm		1245.0	323	7	4	334	0