Earl Grace vs. Billy Sample — Career Comparison

Earl Grace
Greatest GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueCatcher
Billy Sample
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueLeft Fielder

Earl Grace 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+ 97 for Earl Grace, 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 Earl Grace and Billy Sample

Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PAverified
627
180.43
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
826
177.13
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
2085
600
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2798
600
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1877
540.14
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2516
539.53
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.713
0.713
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.749
0.749
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
493
141.87
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
684
146.68
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
369
106.19
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
502
107.65
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
83
23.88
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
27.23
Earl Grace
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
2.88
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
9
1.93
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
31
8.92
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
9.86
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
124
35.68
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
39.03
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
230.99
66.47
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
332.46
71.29
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
689
198.27
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
967
207.36
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PAverified
684
196.83
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
907
194.5
Earl Grace
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.331
0.331
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.698
0.698
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.713
0.713
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.623
0.623
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.678
0.678
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
169
48.63
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
371
79.56
Earl Grace
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
72.23
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
230
49.32
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
389
111.94
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
555
119.01
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
252.27
72.59
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
351.61
75.4
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
6
1.73
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
6
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PAverified
185
53.24
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
41.82
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
1.72
Earl Grace
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
37.41
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
230
49.32
Earl Grace
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.04
16.04
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
12.17
12.17
Earl Grace
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.42
1.42
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.85
0.85
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
17
4.89
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
7.93
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
4.72
Earl Grace
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
8.92
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
7.72
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.29
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
21.02
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
6.65
Earl Grace
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.29
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
27.66
Earl Grace
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
75.97
75.97

Fielding Stats for Earl Grace and Billy Sample

Earl Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Earl Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
1.16
Earl Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
620
1.01
Earl Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16644
27
Earl Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5548
9
Earl Grace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1985
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1378
2.24
Earl Grace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.05
Earl Grace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.03
Earl Grace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2263
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1428
2.32
Earl Grace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2233
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1410
2.29
Earl Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.67
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.74
98.74
Earl Grace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4.002
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Earl Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.08
87.08
Earl Grace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.01
Earl Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Grace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0