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Bill Sample	Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 5' 9'' Weight: 200 Born: April 2, 1955 in Roanoke, VA, USA

Batting Stats Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS
1979	24	MIL	AL	13	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0.0	0.0
1980	25	MIL	AL	151	527	56	102	15	2	3	44	2	0	44	55	.194	.253	.247	.500	33.1	0.0
1986	31	MIL	AL	129	438	51	117	18	8	2	47	0	4	29	30	.267	.312	.358	.670	44.9	9.1
1987	32	MIL	AL	155	545	67	135	22	16	6	60	2	1	50	44	.248	.309	.380	.689	64.1	10.4
1988	33	MIL	AL	143	561	83	150	23	5	9	49	1	5	55	52	.267	.332	.374	.706	67.4	11.0
1989	34	MIL	AL	151	618	75	182	28	0	6	64	3	9	47	64	.294	.344	.369	.713	71.6	12.7
1990	35	MIL	AL	157	607	83	159	28	4	5	69	0	9	72	61	.262	.338	.346	.684	68.5	12.9
7 Years Sim				899	3306	415	847	134	35	31	333	8	29	297	307	.256	.316	.346	.662	349.6	56.1
162 Game Average					595	74	152	24	6	5	60	1	5	53	55	.256	.316	.346	.662	63.0
Career Highs				157	618	83	182	28	16	9	69	3	9	72	64	.294	.344	.380	.713	71.6

Fielding Stats Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF	RSA	RTO	RTO%	PB	DWS
1979	24	MIL	AL	CF	6	0	16.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.13	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				RF	1	0	2.3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0	.000	0
1986	31	MIL	AL	CF	102	97	865.0	235	2	17	0	.933	2.47	0	0	.000	0	1.8
				RF	1	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0	.000	0
				C	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50	0	0	.000	1	0.0
1987	32	MIL	AL	CF	150	150	1292.7	320	7	21	0	.940	2.28	0	0	.000	0	1.1
1988	33	MIL	AL	CF	21	13	131.0	33	0	1	0	.971	2.27	0	0	.000	0	0.3
1989	34	MIL	AL	CF	80	78	682.3	182	6	7	2	.964	2.48	0	0	.000	0	2.5
				2B	5	5	44.0	9	15	1	4	.960	4.91	0	0	.000	0	0.1
1990	35	MIL	AL	CF	156	153	1362.0	341	4	26	2	.930	2.28	0	0	.000	0	3.9
				CF	515	491	4349.0	1113	19	72	4	.940	2.34	0	0	.000	0	9.6
				2B	5	5	44.0	9	15	1	4	.960	4.91	0	0	.000	0	0.1
				RF	2	0	8.3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0	.000	0
				C	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50	0	0	.000	1	0.0
Career Totals					523	496	4403.3	1123	34	73	8	.941	2.36	0	0	.000	1	9.7
Career Highs					156	153	1362.0	341	21	26	6	1.000	2.63	0	0	.000	1

Batting Leaderboards Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.

Singles
1989-6-148

Triples
1987-8-16

Black Ink Test: 0 (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
Gray Ink Test: 1 (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)

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History

Drafted in 3rd round, 57th overall pick, by Milwaukee in 1978

Had first career hit on 7/18/1979, off Ron Schueler (MIN)

Hit first career homerun on 4/28/1980, off Jay Howell (CHW)

Injured on 5/18/1982 with a Inflamed Achilles Tendon, out for one week

Injured on 4/12/1985 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 3 weeks

Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 3/1/1991 to a minor league contract

Injured on 7/25/1991 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks