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Kevin Brown League
3-25-2195
Willie Sample Left Field
Retired (1990, Age 41)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .285 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .791 Status Deceased (2032) Option Years 0  
H 2745 Age at Death 83 Date of Birth 06-13-1949
HR 270 Drafted Round 1, Pick 9
(1967)		 Majors Svc Time 19 years
(64 games)
RBI 1269
SB 246 Salary $0.50M Final Contract Year 1990
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L A  Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L C  Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed C+ Bunt D  Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A- WS Rings 2
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm B  WS Appearances 4
2B --- CF ---   Health B- LCS Appearances 10
3B --- RF A+ (98.5%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 10
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1972 Away 78 308 33 86 11 2 6 43 22 54 7 3 2 .711 .324 .386 .107 .279
1972 Home 74 269 30 74 10 1 4 25 15 49 3 1 2 .681 .317 .364 .089 .275
1973 Away 74 313 63 104 24 4 10 49 39 54 12 3 2 .937 .407 .530 .198 .332
1973 Home 74 284 51 64 9 3 4 21 28 55 12 4 3 .620 .299 .320 .095 .225
1974 Away 78 345 61 88 16 3 10 34 28 64 9 6 0 .717 .311 .406 .151 .255
1974 Home 75 301 59 86 16 3 7 34 32 57 10 5 4 .788 .359 .429 .143 .286
1975 Away 76 318 48 76 13 2 7 34 34 65 9 6 0 .679 .320 .358 .119 .239
1975 Home 78 315 44 81 18 1 8 29 31 69 6 0 1 .719 .322 .397 .140 .257
1976 Away 76 327 46 86 8 5 10 51 32 59 9 3 0 .739 .330 .410 .147 .263
1976 Home 78 312 58 100 23 3 3 43 37 44 10 0 0 .834 .392 .442 .122 .321
1977 Away 71 302 53 85 13 3 10 49 34 42 12 0 0 .797 .353 .444 .162 .281
1977 Home 72 286 46 83 5 1 10 37 31 53 6 3 0 .776 .356 .420 .129 .290
1978 Away 78 331 72 113 18 2 17 49 36 56 9 0 2 .970 .408 .562 .221 .341
1978 Home 76 305 61 96 15 4 10 39 23 50 10 3 1 .852 .364 .489 .174 .315
1979 Away 79 310 51 81 14 3 9 34 23 40 4 1 4 .728 .315 .413 .152 .261
1979 Home 77 285 55 96 20 8 10 59 26 43 9 2 0 .958 .389 .568 .232 .337
1980 Away 76 321 49 95 20 0 9 53 46 46 7 4 0 .827 .384 .442 .146 .296
1980 Home 78 309 62 96 18 3 7 45 44 38 17 1 1 .852 .395 .456 .146 .311
1981 Away 68 291 48 81 15 3 8 42 31 42 7 2 1 .781 .348 .433 .155 .278
1981 Home 72 280 54 84 17 2 14 48 36 48 5 3 1 .902 .377 .525 .225 .300
1982 Away 71 285 52 91 13 5 17 50 39 41 8 2 3 .981 .402 .579 .260 .319
1982 Home 66 277 61 81 7 1 9 43 30 40 13 3 0 .783 .360 .422 .130 .292
1983 Away 64 257 37 64 14 3 2 18 34 46 5 0 0 .693 .342 .350 .101 .249
1983 Home 67 268 55 75 13 7 10 34 35 29 4 3 1 .858 .365 .493 .213 .280
1984 Away 63 261 52 83 11 1 10 33 30 38 9 0 1 .871 .388 .483 .165 .318
1984 Home 67 272 36 68 8 3 6 35 31 40 11 6 0 .694 .327 .368 .118 .250
1985 Away 73 241 36 70 13 3 9 40 25 38 2 1 3 .841 .359 .481 .191 .290
1985 Home 76 230 27 72 11 2 5 24 18 29 4 2 1 .805 .361 .443 .130 .313
1986 Away 58 182 23 55 10 2 4 23 24 29 5 2 3 .832 .386 .445 .143 .302
1986 Home 57 159 17 41 3 2 3 24 29 33 1 2 3 .727 .368 .358 .101 .258
1987 Away 45 146 15 32 3 1 0 8 17 21 2 0 1 .554 .301 .253 .034 .219
1987 Home 43 131 17 31 13 0 2 13 16 24 1 2 1 .706 .324 .382 .145 .237
1988 Away 72 121 22 46 6 0 5 17 21 20 3 2 1 1.026 .472 .554 .174 .380
1988 Home 78 102 16 32 4 1 3 23 16 16 4 2 0 .864 .403 .461 .147 .314
1989 Away 61 200 12 44 12 0 2 19 18 32 0 2 2 .601 .291 .310 .090 .220
1989 Home 62 202 22 55 4 3 3 16 16 27 1 2 0 .694 .327 .366 .094 .272
1990 Away 25 89 13 25 4 0 4 16 10 11 0 0 2 .814 .354 .461 .180 .281
1990 Home 26 93 15 25 4 1 3 15 8 21 0 0 0 .757 .327 .430 .161 .269
Total Away 1286 4948 786 1405 238 42 149 662 543 798 119 37 27 .796 .356 .439 .155 .284
Total Home 1296 4680 786 1340 218 49 121 607 502 765 127 44 19 .787 .355 .431 .145 .286
Total 2582 9628 1572 2745 456 91 270 1269 1045 1563 246 81 46 .791 .356 .436 .150 .285
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1990-11-01Willie Sample has retired from the Detroit Shock
1990-10-03Trade #1170729 has been completed between the New York Pinstripers and the Detroit Shock. The Detroit Shock receive Mike Martin, Willie Sample, Jack Cabrera, Jeff Kingdon, Draft Pick 1993 Round 1 NYA (Bitsy Pactwa), Draft Pick 1992 Round 1 NYA (Joe Gorman) from the New York Pinstripers in exchange for Tommy Powers, Eli Splittorff.
1990-04-01The New York Pinstripers have promoted Willie Sample to the major league team. The New York Pinstripers have promoted Kiki Brand to the major league team. The New York Pinstripers have promoted Mike Martin to the major league team.
1990-04-01The New York Pinstripers have acquired Willie Sample from the waiver wire.
1989-05-26Willie Sample of the Chicago Sweet Jesus is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1989-03-29The Chicago Sweet Jesus have promoted Johnny Cromer to the major league team. The Chicago Sweet Jesus have promoted Barney Hausmann to the major league team. The Chicago Sweet Jesus have promoted Willie Sample to the major league team. The Chicago Sweet Jesus have promoted Tom Clarke to the major league team. The Chicago Sweet Jesus have promoted Davey Widner to the major league team. The Chicago Sweet Jesus have promoted Ruppert Welch to the major league team.
1989-03-29Willie Sample has signed with the Chicago Sweet Jesus for $2.0M per year for 1 year.
1988-04-01The San Francisco Rotties have promoted Larry Guthrie to the major league team. The San Francisco Rotties have promoted Doug Babcock to the major league team. The San Francisco Rotties have promoted Chris Reed to the major league team. The San Francisco Rotties have promoted Bob Alvarez to the major league team. The San Francisco Rotties have promoted Willie Sample to the major league team. The San Francisco Rotties have promoted Carl Easter to the major league team.
1988-03-31Willie Sample has signed with the San Francisco Rotties for $1.0M per year for 1 year.
1987-03-29The Los Angeles Warriors have promoted Willie Sample to the major league team.
1987-03-29Willie Sample has signed with the Los Angeles Warriors for $0.88M per year for 1 year.
1986-04-22Willie Sample of the Texas Grackles is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1986-03-29The Texas Grackles have promoted Willie Sample to the major league team. The Texas Grackles have promoted Kurt McCurry to the major league team. The Texas Grackles have promoted Roy Justice to the major league team.
1986-03-29Willie Sample has signed with the Texas Grackles for $0.84M per year for 1 year.
1984-05-23Willie Sample of the Texas Grackles is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1984-05-14Willie Sample of the Texas Grackles is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1983-04-19Willie Sample of the Texas Grackles is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1982-07-09Willie Sample of the Texas Grackles is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1981-04-21Willie Sample of the Texas Grackles is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1978-03-29The Texas Grackles have promoted Carlisle Tannehill to the major league team. The Texas Grackles have promoted John Denny to the major league team. The Texas Grackles have promoted Doc Mays to the major league team. The Texas Grackles have promoted Dan Aykroyd to the major league team. The Texas Grackles have promoted Willie Sample to the major league team.
1978-03-29Willie Sample has signed with the Texas Grackles for $11.65M per year for 8 years.
1977-07-06Willie Sample of the Texas Grackles is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1972-03-28The Texas Grackles have promoted Nestor Manuel to the major league team. The Texas Grackles have promoted Willie Sample to the major league team.
1967-03-28The Texas Grackles have renamed Tom Ortiz to Willie Sample.