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Adrian Sampson

Age: 31
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 210 lb

Born: October 7, 1991 in Redmond, WA, United States
MLB debut: June 18, 2016

dbWAR: .3
IP: 104.1
ERA: 3.11
FIP: 3.79
K/9: 6.3
FIP−: 96

Adrian Sampson was a starting pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2022 he struck out 73 batters over 104.1 innings across 21 appearances, 19 of them starts, going 4-5. His ERA of 3.11 was 21.7% lower than the league average of 3.97 — 5th of 21 on his team, and 148th of 546 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.79 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 21.2% of swings (10.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.1%. His 1.4 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, 2022.

FIP3.79

K/96.3

WHIP1.23

WAR1.4

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2022	CHC	21	19	104.1	4	5	101	36	73	27	3.11	3.79	1.23	6.3	2.3	78	96	1.4
2021	CHC	10	5	35.1	1	2	30	11	28	8	2.80	5.72	1.08	7.1	2.0	66	134	-0.2
2019	TEX	35	15	125.1	6	8	156	82	101	36	5.89	5.69	1.53	7.3	2.6	131	126	-0.3
2018	TEX	5	4	23.0	0	3	24	11	15	4	4.30	6.03	1.22	5.9	1.6	104	145	-0.2
2016	SEA	2	1	4.2	0	1	8	4	2	1	7.71	8.50	1.93	3.9	1.9	184	203	-0.2

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2021	CHC	7	11	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	63.6%	.000	-2.9	-118	-0.1
2019	TEX	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	50.0%	.000	-0.6	-111	-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2022. 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	215	200	46	3	15	32	.230	.284	.330	.274	14.9%
vs RHB	213	199	55	7	12	41	.276	.324	.437	.333	19.2%

Pitch sequencing

What Adrian 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


Sinker	34.2%	578	91.9	2,002	43.1%	11.1%	151	.298	.812
Four-Seam Fastball	31.3%	529	92.5	2,079	46.1%	20.8%	117	.222	.625
Slider	15.9%	268	83.1	2,615	44.8%	30.8%	64	.266	.621
Changeup	13.3%	224	85.1	1,814	34.4%	28.0%	50	.180	.528
Cutter	5.3%	90	84.9	2,493	45.6%	50.0%	18	.222	.689

Adrian 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 2022 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Dean KremerBAL

ERA: 3.23
FIP: 3.80
SO: 87
WAR: 1.7

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Matt ManningDET

ERA: 3.43
FIP: 3.78
SO: 48
WAR: 0.9

Very close

Cal QuantrillCLE

ERA: 3.38
FIP: 4.12
SO: 128
WAR: 1.9

Very close

Johnny CuetoCWS

ERA: 3.35
FIP: 3.79
SO: 102
WAR: 2.4

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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.