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Benj
Sampson
Relief Pitcher
Birthdate
27/4/1975
BAT/THR
Right/Left
Birthplace
Des Moines, IA
Overview
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Stats
Batting
Pitching
Fielding
hidden
pitching
season
Team
1998
MIN
1999
MIN
Career
Season Averages
GP
GS
W
L
W%
WAR
ERA
WHIP
IP
K
BB
K/BB
H
R
ER
SV
HLD
BLSV
5
2
1
0
1.000
0.9
1.56
0.92
17.1
16
6
2.7
10
3
3
0
0
0
30
4
3
2
.600
-1.0
8.11
1.99
71.0
56
34
1.6
107
65
64
0
0
0
35
6
4
2
.667
--
6.83
1.78
88.1
72
40
1.8
117
68
67
0
0
0
18
3
2
1
.667
-
6.83
1.78
44
36
20
1.8
58
34
34
0
0
0
Opponent Batting
season
Team
1998
MIN
1999
MIN
Career
P
TBF
P-TBF
OBA
OOBP
OSLUG
OOPS
2B
3B
HR
TB
RBI
BH
SH
SF
IBB
0
67
0.000
.172
.254
.207
.461
2
0
0
12
0
1
0
2
0
0
345
0.000
.351
.410
.574
.984
15
1
17
175
0
0
1
5
3
0
412
0.000
.322
.384
.515
.900
17
1
17
187
0
1
1
7
3
Expanded Pitching
season
Team
1998
MIN
1999
MIN
Career
P/S
P/I
K/9
QS
CG
SHO
GSC
GB
FB
G/F
IR
IRS
WP
BK
SB
CS
RSUP
0.0
0.0
8.3
2
0
0
65.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
2
0
2
0
8.0
0.0
0.0
7.1
0
0
0
25.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
2
2
11
3
28.0
0.0
0.0
7.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
4
2
13
3
36.0
WAR data provided by
Baseball-Reference
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