Thomas Howard vs. Billy Sample — Career Comparison

Thomas Howard
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueUnknown
Billy Sample
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueLeft Fielder

Thomas Howard 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 Thomas Howard, 99 for Billy Sample), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 95 vs 96). The overall lean goes to Billy Sample, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Thomas Howard and Billy Sample

Thomas Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Thomas Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1015
225.89
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
826
177.13
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
2696
600
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2798
600
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2483
552.6
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2516
539.53
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.716
0.716
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.749
0.749
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
655
145.77
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
684
146.68
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
466
103.71
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
502
107.65
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
123
27.37
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
127
27.23
Thomas Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
4.9
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
9
1.93
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
44
9.79
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
9.86
Thomas Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
42.06
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
182
39.03
Thomas Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.018
0.018
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.018
0.018
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
297.09
66.12
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
332.46
71.29
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
954
212.31
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
967
207.36
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
831
184.94
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
907
194.5
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.695
0.695
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.713
0.713
Thomas Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.627
0.627
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.678
0.678
Thomas Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
297
66.1
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
371
79.56
Thomas Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
264
58.75
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
230
49.32
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
517
115.06
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
555
119.01
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
308.85
68.73
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
351.61
75.4
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
11
2.45
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
6
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
165
36.72
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
41.82
Thomas Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
2.23
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
8
1.72
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
432
96.14
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
49.32
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
6.24
6.24
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.17
12.17
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.85
0.85
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
21
4.67
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
7.93
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
16
3.56
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
4.72
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
39
8.68
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
7.72
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
66
14.69
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
21.02
Thomas Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
9.12
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
31
6.65
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
107
23.81
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
27.66
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
61.68
61.68
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75.97
75.97

Fielding Stats for Thomas Howard and Billy Sample

Thomas Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
1.32
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
712
1.16
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
498
0.96
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
620
1.01
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
14042
27
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16644
27
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4680.2
9
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5548
9
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1150
2.21
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1378
2.24
Thomas Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.07
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.05
Thomas Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.03
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.03
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1202
2.31
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1428
2.32
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1185
2.28
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1410
2.29
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.59
98.59
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.74
98.74
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.28
72.28
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.08
87.08
Thomas Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0