Joe Birmingham vs. Billy Sample — Career Comparison

Joe Birmingham
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueCenter Fielder
Billy Sample
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueLeft Fielder

Joe Birmingham 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+ 94 for Joe Birmingham, 99 for Billy Sample), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 97 vs 96). The overall lean goes to Billy Sample, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Joe Birmingham and Billy Sample

Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
771
161.75
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
826
177.13
Joe Birmingham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2860
600
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
2798
600
Joe Birmingham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2633
552.38
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
2516
539.53
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.657
0.657
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.749
0.749
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
667
139.93
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
684
146.68
Joe Birmingham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
544
114.13
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
502
107.65
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
89
18.67
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
27.23
Joe Birmingham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
5.66
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
9
1.93
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
7
1.47
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
9.86
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
123
25.8
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
39.03
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
267.23
56.06
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
332.46
71.29
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
831
174.34
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
967
207.36
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
820
172.03
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
907
194.5
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.61
0.61
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.713
0.713
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.062
0.062
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.553
0.553
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.678
0.678
Joe Birmingham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
284
59.58
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
371
79.56
Joe Birmingham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
55.59
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
230
49.32
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
542
113.71
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
555
119.01
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
299.55
62.84
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
351.61
75.4
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
24
5.03
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
6
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
129
27.06
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
41.82
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
1.72
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
339
71.12
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
49.32
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
8.44
8.44
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.17
12.17
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.85
0.85
Joe Birmingham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
15.52
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
37
7.93
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
4.72
Joe Birmingham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
36
7.72
Joe Birmingham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
22.66
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
98
21.02
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
10
2.1
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
6.65
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 600 PA
118
24.76
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
27.66
Joe Birmingham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91.53
91.53
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
75.97
75.97

Fielding Stats for Joe Birmingham and Billy Sample

Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Joe Birmingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
743
1.63
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
1.16
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
460
1.01
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
620
1.01
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
12318
27
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16644
27
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4106
9
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5548
9
Joe Birmingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1576
3.45
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
1378
2.24
Joe Birmingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
0.41
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.05
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.18
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.03
Joe Birmingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1845
4.04
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
1428
2.32
Joe Birmingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1765
3.87
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
1410
2.29
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.66
95.66
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.74
98.74
Joe Birmingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.376
2.376
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.91
61.91
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.08
87.08
Joe Birmingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.11
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Birmingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0