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Chris Sampson

Age: 32
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 195 lb
Number: #43

Born: May 23, 1978 in Channelview, TX, United States
MLB debut: June 2, 2006

dbWAR: 2.2
IP: 30.1
ERA: 5.93
FIP: 5.91
K/9: 4.7
FIP−: 145

Chris Sampson was a relief pitcher for the Houston Astros. In 2010 he struck out 16 batters over 30.1 innings across 35 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 5.93 was 45.5% higher than the league average of 4.08 — the worst on his team, and 424th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.91 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 21.0% of swings (10.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 5.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 11.5%. His -0.5 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2010 regular season.

FIP5.91

K/94.7

WHIP1.68

WAR-.5

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.


2010	HOU	35	0	30.1	1	0	0	43	20	16	8	5.93	5.91	1.68	4.7	2.4	145	145	-0.5
2009	HOU	49	0	55.1	4	2	3	66	31	33	21	5.04	3.51	1.57	5.4	3.4	117	81	0.8
2008	HOU	54	11	117.1	6	4	0	118	55	61	23	4.22	3.64	1.20	4.7	1.8	98	84	1.8
2007	HOU	24	19	121.2	7	8	0	138	62	51	30	4.59	5.45	1.38	3.8	2.2	103	122	-0.1
2006	HOU	12	3	34.0	2	1	0	25	8	15	5	2.12	3.94	0.88	4.0	1.3	47	87	0.5

Batting Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.


2009	HOU	2	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	50.0%	.000	-0.5	-129	-0.0
2008	HOU	14	26	3	1	9	.136	.174	.136	.000	.231	3.8%	34.6%	.149	-3.9	-26	-0.0
2007	HOU	17	34	4	0	10	.154	.154	.154	.000	.250	0.0%	29.4%	.138	-5.6	-35	-0.1
2006	HOU	5	7	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	28.6%	.000	-2.0	-124	-0.1

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2010. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	56	49	15	1	4	9	.306	.370	.408	.353	16.1%
vs RHB	83	79	28	6	4	7	.354	.386	.671	.459	8.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Chris Sampson throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Slider	34.6%	167	84.3	684	49.7%	28.1%	40	.275	.776
Sinker	30.9%	149	88.4	1,559	41.6%	10.8%	40	.375	.907
Four-Seam Fastball	14.7%	71	87.7	1,196	29.6%	8.3%	22	.364	1.209
Curveball	11.4%	55	79.2	1,162	40.0%	35.7%	16	.375	1.224
Changeup	7.9%	38	82.6	1,524	36.8%	33.3%	9	—	—

Chris Sampson's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Nearest 2010 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Hector AmbrizCLE

ERA: 5.59
FIP: 5.35
SO: 37
WAR: -0.5

Daniel McCutchenPIT

ERA: 6.12
FIP: 5.78
SO: 38
WAR: -0.8

Bob HowryCHC

ERA: 7.71
FIP: 6.36
SO: 14
WAR: -0.7

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Chad GaudinNYY

ERA: 5.65
FIP: 6.16
SO: 53
WAR: -1.1

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.