Dustin Ackley vs. Billy Sample — Career Comparison

Dustin Ackley
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueSecond Baseman
Billy Sample
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueLeft Fielder

Dustin Ackley and Billy Sample are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 98 for Dustin Ackley, 99 for Billy Sample), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 92 vs 96). The overall lean goes to Billy Sample, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Dustin Ackley and Billy Sample

Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
635
162.33
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
826
177.13
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
2347
600
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2798
600
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2125
543.25
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2516
539.53
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.694
0.694
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.749
0.749
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
512
130.89
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
684
146.68
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
354
90.5
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
502
107.65
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
94
24.03
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
27.23
Dustin Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
4.6
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
9
1.93
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
11.76
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
46
9.86
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
158
40.39
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
182
39.03
Dustin Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Dustin Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.018
0.018
Dustin Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
250.79
64.11
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
332.46
71.29
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
780
199.4
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
967
207.36
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
711
181.76
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
907
194.5
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.672
0.672
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.713
0.713
Dustin Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.612
0.612
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.678
0.678
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
261
66.72
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
371
79.56
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
216
55.22
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
49.32
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
431
110.18
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
555
119.01
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
256.27
65.51
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
351.61
75.4
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
5
1.28
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
6
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
194
49.6
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
41.82
Dustin Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
2.56
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
8
1.72
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
419
107.12
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
49.32
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
5.6
5.6
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.17
12.17
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.85
0.85
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
11
2.81
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
7.93
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
12
3.07
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
4.72
Dustin Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
6.39
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
36
7.72
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
31
7.93
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
21.02
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
12
3.07
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
6.65
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
43
10.99
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
27.66
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
72.09
72.09
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75.97
75.97

Fielding Stats for Dustin Ackley and Billy Sample

Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
610
1.12
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
1.16
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
545
1
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
620
1.01
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
14709
27
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16644
27
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4903
9
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5548
9
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1144
2.1
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1378
2.24
Dustin Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
805
1.48
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.05
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.03
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.03
Dustin Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1967
3.61
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
1428
2.32
Dustin Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1949
3.58
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
1410
2.29
Dustin Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.08
99.08
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.74
98.74
Dustin Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.195
3.195
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Dustin Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.34
89.34
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.08
87.08
Dustin Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
0.35
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0