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Benj Sampson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-2, 210lb (188cm, 95kg)

Born: April 27, 1975 in Des Moines, IA us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 6th round of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft from Ankeny HS (Ankeny, IA).

High School: Ankeny HS (Ankeny, IA)

Debut: September 9, 1998 (Age 23-135d, 17,354th in major league history)
vs. ANA 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 19, 1999 (Age 24-114d)
vs. BAL 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1999 season

Full Name: Benjamin Damon Sampson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.1

ERA

6.83

88.1

WHIP

1.777

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Team Record in Appearances: 7-23 / in Starts: 2-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 15

1999 Pitching Game Log

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1999 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	6	2	Apr 7	MIN		TOR	L,3-9	6-6		99	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.13	5	18	9	6	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.003	.06	0.00%	0.61	6t --- 0 out d8	6t 3 out d8
2	7	5	Apr 10	MIN		CLE	L,7-12	GS-1		2	1.0	3	6	6	3	2	2	0	27.00	18.13	9	49	26	9	3	1	3	1	0	0	22			3	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.379	.97	-0.25%	-5.39	1t start tie	1t 3 out d6
3	8	9	Apr 15	MIN	@	DET	W,8-6	GS-4		4	4.0	7	4	4	2	3	2	0	15.00	12.47	21	87	53	18	4	5	11	5	2	0	33			2	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.23	-0.141	1.23	-0.09%	-1.66	1b start tie	4b 3 out a1
4	9	14	Apr 20	MIN	@	KCR	W,8-7	GS-3		4	3.0	5	5	5	2	1	1	0	15.00	11.25	15	56	33	5	2	2	10	4	1	0	28			0	1	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.294	1.14	-0.19%	-3.21	1b start a 1	3b 3 out d4
5	10	16	Apr 22	MIN		TEX	L,4-6	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	13.50	10.23	4	19	11	1	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.04	0.00%	0.61	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
6	11	19	Apr 25	MIN		TEX	L,5-9	6-7		2	1.1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	13.50	9.66	7	25	12	4	1	4	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.004	.27	0.00%	0.38	6t 1-- 1 out d6	7t 123 2 out d4
7	12	22	Apr 28	MIN		BOS	L,4-9	7-8		2	1.2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	12.46	9.90	8	33	18	5	3	2	4	1	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	.15	-0.014	.12	-0.01%	-0.88	7t -23 1 out d5	8t 3 out d8
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	13	25	May 2	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-6	7-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	11.57	9.49	3	12	7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.06	0.002	.04	0.00%	0.56	7b --- 0 out d6	7b 3 out d6
9	14	27	May 5	MIN		NYY	L,3-5	7-7		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	10.80	8.80	4	12	9	3	4	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.017	.23	0.01%	0.61	7t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d4
10	15	30	May 8	MIN		KCR	L,2-6	4-8		2	4.1	1	0	0	1	6	0	0	8.38	7.07	15	56	34	15	7	2	6	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.061	.11	0.02%	2.80	4t -2- 2 out d6	8t 3 out d4
11	16	38	May 17	MIN	@	SEA	L,5-15	7-7		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.97	6.77	3	12	8	4	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.60	7b --- 0 out d9	7b 3 out d9
12	17	39	May 18	MIN	@	SEA	L,1-10	5-8		0	3.1	7	3	3	2	4	2	0	7.99	7.27	19	78	49	17	7	1	12	7	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.025	.02	0.00%	-1.85	5b 1-- 1 out d5	8b 1-- 2 out d9
13	18	45	May 25	MIN		SEA	L,5-15	7-GF		6	3.0	5	4	4	2	2	1	0	8.44	7.37	16	54	30	8	3	5	7	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	1	0	1	0	.03	0.003	.01	0.00%	-2.18	7t --- 0 out d7	9t end d10
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	19	51	Jun 1	MIN	@	ANA	L,1-5	4-6		6	2.2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	7.67	6.88	8	34	21	5	8	2	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	.42	0.077	.08	0.01%	1.77	4b 1-- 1 out d3	6b 3 out d3
15	20	55	Jun 6	MIN		HOU	W,13-6	2-6	W(1-0)	4	3.2	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	6.82	6.47	15	56	30	7	3	4	6	2	3	0		2	0	2	1	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.194	.11	0.01%	1.64	2t 12- 2 out d2	6t 1-3 1 out a6
16	21	60	Jun 12	MIN	@	MIL	W,8-6	1-5	W(2-0)	5	4.1	7	3	3	0	6	2	0	6.75	6.46	19	80	53	13	11	1	12	4	4	0		2	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.128	.12	0.01%	-0.30	1b 1-3 2 out a1	5b 3 out a4
17	22	63	Jun 16	MIN	@	BOS	L,1-5	4-8		3	4.1	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	6.26	6.40	15	53	31	9	3	6	6	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	.33	0.084	.04	0.01%	1.74	4b --- 0 out d3	8b --- 1 out d4
18	23	66	Jun 19	MIN		TBD	L,3-4	8-8		2	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	6.38	6.30	4	11	7	0	2	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.037	.04	0.00%	-0.76	8t --- 0 out d3	8t -2- 2 out d4
19	24	70	Jun 23	MIN	@	CHW	W,12-10	1-6	W(3-0)	3	5.0	7	4	4	2	4	1	0	6.46	6.20	22	88	60	18	5	3	13	6	3	0		2	0	2	0	0	20	1	0	0	2	0	0	.56	0.186	.03	0.01%	1.05	1b 1-3 2 out d3	6b 12- 2 out a7
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	25	80	Jul 4	MIN		DET	L,5-15	5-8		10	3.2	6	6	6	1	1	1	0	7.06	6.25	18	59	37	9	4	7	9	2	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	2	0	.16	-0.044	.01	0.00%	-2.79	5t 1-3 0 out d4	8t 1-3 2 out d5
21	26	83	Jul 8	MIN		CLE	L,2-9	4-7		3	2.2	3	2	2	2	3	0	0	7.04	6.10	14	59	32	8	9	1	8	5	2	0		2	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	.46	0.003	.01	0.00%	0.30	4t 12- 2 out d4	7t 12- 1 out d4
22	27	86	Jul 11	MIN		PIT	L,2-10	3-6		2	2.1	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	7.07	6.04	13	40	26	5	3	4	6	2	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	.31	0.017	.01	0.00%	0.55	3t -2- 2 out d6	6t 12- 0 out d4
23	28	91	Jul 19	MIN	@	STL	L,4-8	3-6		7	3.1	6	2	2	1	1	1	0	6.98	6.12	16	54	33	7	4	6	8	5	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	.24	-0.061	.01	0.00%	-1.07	3b 1-- 2 out d5	6b 3 out d5
24	29	98	Jul 26	MIN		OAK	L,7-14	7-8	L(3-1)	6	1.2	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	7.08	5.97	7	31	20	6	4	1	4	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.069	.02	0.00%	0.72	7t --- 0 out d2	8t 12- 2 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	30	105	Aug 3	MIN	@	TEX	L,5-9	GS-2	L(3-2)	7	1.0	6	6	5	2	0	0	0	7.69	6.02	12	37	23	5	0	5	5	3	1	0	17			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.348	.01	0.00%	-5.24	1b start tie	2b 123 0 out d3
26	31	107	Aug 6	MIN	@	KCR	W,9-8	5-6		2	2.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	7.59	5.90	10	45	27	8	1	6	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	1	0	0	.29	-0.023	.00	0.00%	0.19	5b --- 0 out d6	6b 3 out d4
27	32	108	Aug 7	MIN	@	KCR	W,6-5	3-5		0	2.2	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	7.43	5.98	11	39	26	6	0	4	7	2	2	0		2	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.55	3b 12- 0 out d2	5b 1-- 2 out d3
28	33	110	Aug 10	MIN		TOR	L,6-10	5-6		2	0.2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	7.62	6.00	6	18	13	3	0	3	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	-0.057	.01	0.00%	-2.11	5t 1-3 2 out d5	6t 1-3 1 out d6
29	34	113	Aug 13	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-14	4-6		2	2.2	10	5	5	1	2	1	0	7.97	6.06	19	69	43	9	7	5	11	5	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-4.59	4b 1-3 1 out d7	6b 3 out d14
30	35	119	Aug 19	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-9	6-6		5	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	8.11	6.11	7	26	13	5	0	1	4	1	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.06	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-1.44	6b --- 0 out d6	6b 3 out d8
							7-23		W-L:3-2	3.4	71.0	107	65	64	34	56	17	0	8.11	6.11	345	1310	61%	17%	8%	0.51		26%	10%	0	25	24	42%	11	3	0	305	15	1	3	8	5	2	.50	-0.593	.20	-0.46%	-18.80

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