Billy Sample
Born: April 2, 1955, Roanoke, VAHeight: 5'9" Weight: 175 Bats: Right Throws: Right
College: James Madison
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Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1978 Texas AL 23 8 15 2 7 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .467 .600 .467 1979 Texas AL 24 128 325 60 95 135 21 2 5 35 10 3 8 6 36 1 2 28 6 .292 .415 .365 1980 Texas AL 25 99 204 29 53 75 10 0 4 19 4 2 8 5 16 2 6 15 4 .260 .368 .335 1981 Texas AL 26 66 230 36 65 90 16 0 3 25 3 3 4 1 16 1 7 21 3 .283 .391 .346 1982 Texas AL 27 97 360 56 94 142 14 2 10 29 8 0 10 2 27 0 3 35 4 .261 .394 .318 1983 Texas AL 28 147 554 80 152 222 28 3 12 57 4 4 44 8 42 2 5 46 8 .274 .401 .331 1984 Texas AL 29 130 489 67 121 160 20 2 5 33 4 6 18 6 28 1 0 46 9 .247 .327 .286 1985 New York AL 30 59 139 18 40 48 5 0 1 15 2 2 2 1 9 0 2 10 2 .288 .345 .336 1986 Atlanta NL 31 92 200 23 57 86 11 0 6 14 2 2 4 2 13 1 3 26 0 .285 .430 .338 TOTALS 826 2516 371 684 967 127 9 46 230 37 22 98 31 187 8 28 230 36 .272 .384 .329
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1978 Texas AL LF 6.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1979 Texas AL LF 632.2 68 24 13 92 144 6 0 2 1.000 2.13 1979 Texas AL CF 68.0 8 2 4 10 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.91 1979 Texas AL RF 28.0 3 2 0 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.54 1980 Texas AL RF 257.1 30 10 15 40 45 2 0 0 1.000 1.64 1980 Texas AL CF 140.2 15 4 4 19 39 0 2 0 .951 2.50 1980 Texas AL LF 71.0 7 9 2 16 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.54 1981 Texas AL LF 524.0 60 1 4 61 125 5 1 1 .992 2.23 1981 Texas AL CF 30.0 3 2 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 1981 Texas AL RF 4.0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 1982 Texas AL LF 706.1 78 7 2 85 182 5 4 0 .979 2.38 1982 Texas AL CF 80.0 10 1 4 11 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.36 1983 Texas AL LF 1214.0 135 7 4 142 314 7 4 0 .988 2.38 1983 Texas AL CF 22.0 3 0 1 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.68 1983 Texas AL RF 9.0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1983 Texas AL 1B 9.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1984 Texas AL LF 580.2 65 7 5 72 154 2 2 1 .987 2.42 1984 Texas AL CF 431.0 45 6 0 51 119 2 2 1 .984 2.53 1984 Texas AL RF 17.1 2 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.04 1985 New York AL LF 323.1 40 11 25 51 78 1 1 0 .988 2.20 1985 New York AL CF 29.0 3 1 0 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.48 1986 Atlanta NL RF 328.0 40 8 19 48 59 1 1 1 .984 1.65 1986 Atlanta NL LF 45.0 3 7 0 10 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.60 1986 Atlanta NL 2B 0.2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by Texas Rangers in the 28th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 5, 1973).
- Selected by Texas Rangers in the 10th round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1976).
- Placed on disabled list by Texas Rangers, (May 6, 1981).
- Activated by Texas Rangers, (June 2, 1981).
- Traded by Texas Rangers with a player to be named later to New York Yankees in exchange for Toby Harrah (February 27, 1985); New York Yankees received Eric Dersin (July 14, 1985).
- Traded by New York Yankees to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Miguel Sosa (December 6, 1985).
- Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).
- Signed by Minnesota Twins (February 24, 1987).
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