Jim Gantner vs. Billy Sample — Career Comparison

Jim Gantner
Baby BoomersWisconsinThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersAmerican LeagueSecond Baseman
Billy Sample
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueLeft Fielder

Jim Gantner 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+ 100 for Jim Gantner, 99 for Billy Sample), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 93 vs 96). By any fair read of the numbers, these two were remarkably similar hitters.

Hitting Stats for Jim Gantner and Billy Sample

Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1801
159.33
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
826
177.13
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6782
600
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
2798
600
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6189
547.54
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
2516
539.53
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Jim Gantner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.698
0.698
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.749
0.749
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1696
150.04
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
684
146.68
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1349
119.35
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
502
107.65
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
262
23.18
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
127
27.23
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
3.36
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
9
1.93
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
4.16
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
9.86
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
30.7
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
182
39.03
Jim Gantner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Jim Gantner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Jim Gantner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
683.96
60.51
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
332.46
71.29
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2175
192.42
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
967
207.36
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2131
188.53
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
907
194.5
Jim Gantner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Jim Gantner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.351
0.351
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Jim Gantner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.671
0.671
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.713
0.713
Jim Gantner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Jim Gantner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Jim Gantner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.584
0.584
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.678
0.678
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
726
64.23
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
371
79.56
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
568
50.25
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
230
49.32
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1247
110.32
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
555
119.01
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
753.68
66.68
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
351.61
75.4
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
4.6
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
6
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
383
33.88
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
195
41.82
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
3.54
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
8
1.72
Jim Gantner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
501
44.32
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
49.32
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.54
13.54
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
12.17
12.17
Jim Gantner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.76
0.76
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.85
0.85
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
9.38
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
37
7.93
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
4.6
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
4.72
Jim Gantner
Career
Per 600 PA
135
11.94
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
7.72
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
137
12.12
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
21.02
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
6.9
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
31
6.65
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
215
19.02
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
27.66
Jim Gantner
Career
Per 600 PA
63.72
63.72
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75.97
75.97

Fielding Stats for Jim Gantner and Billy Sample

Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1820
1.1
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
1.16
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1662
1
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
620
1.01
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44713
27
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
16644
27
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14904.1
9
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
5548
9
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3358
2.03
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1378
2.24
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4942
2.98
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.05
Jim Gantner
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
0.09
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.03
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8452
5.1
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
1428
2.32
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8300
5.01
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
1410
2.29
Jim Gantner
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.2
98.2
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.74
98.74
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.32
91.32
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.08
87.08
Jim Gantner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
0.67
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Jim Gantner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gantner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gantner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gantner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0