Marty Marion vs. Billy Sample — Career Comparison

Marty Marion
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueShortstopMVPAll-Star
Billy Sample
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueLeft Fielder

Marty Marion 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+ 99 for Marty Marion, 99 for Billy Sample), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 97 vs 96). By any fair read of the numbers, these two were remarkably similar hitters.

Hitting Stats for Marty Marion and Billy Sample

Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1572
153.59
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
826
177.13
Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6141
600
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
2798
600
Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5506
537.96
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2516
539.53
Marty Marion
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Marty Marion
Career
Per 600 PA
0.693
0.693
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.749
0.749
Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1448
141.48
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
684
146.68
Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1103
107.77
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
502
107.65
Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
272
26.58
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
127
27.23
Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
3.62
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
9
1.93
Marty Marion
Career
Per 600 PA
36
3.52
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
9.86
Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
345
33.71
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
182
39.03
Marty Marion
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Marty Marion
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Marty Marion
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
611.5
59.75
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
332.46
71.29
Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1902
185.83
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
967
207.36
Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1932
188.76
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
907
194.5
Marty Marion
Career
Per 600 PA
0.323
0.323
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Marty Marion
Career
Per 600 PA
0.345
0.345
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Marty Marion
Career
Per 600 PA
0.668
0.668
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.713
0.713
Marty Marion
Career
Per 600 PA
0.082
0.082
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Marty Marion
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Marty Marion
Career
Per 600 PA
0.579
0.579
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.678
0.678
Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
602
58.82
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
371
79.56
Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
624
60.97
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
230
49.32
Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1190
116.27
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
555
119.01
Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
676.34
66.08
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
351.61
75.4
Marty Marion
Career
Per 600 PA
14
1.37
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
6
Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
470
45.92
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
195
41.82
Marty Marion
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
1.72
Marty Marion
Career
Per 600 PA
537
52.47
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
49.32
Marty Marion
Career
Per 600 PA
11.44
11.44
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.17
12.17
Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.88
0.88
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.85
0.85
Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
14.75
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
37
7.93
Marty Marion
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
4.72
Marty Marion
Career
Per 600 PA
120
11.72
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
7.72
Marty Marion
Career
Per 600 PA
35
3.42
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
21.02
Marty Marion
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.2
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
6.65
Marty Marion
Career
Per 600 PA
37
3.62
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
27.66
Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94.59
94.59
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
75.97
75.97

Fielding Stats for Marty Marion and Billy Sample

Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1549
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
1.16
Marty Marion
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
620
1.01
Marty Marion
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16644
27
Marty Marion
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5548
9
Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2987
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1378
2.24
Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4829
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.05
Marty Marion
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.03
Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8068
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1428
2.32
Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7816
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1410
2.29
Marty Marion
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.74
98.74
Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5.046
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Marty Marion
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.08
87.08
Marty Marion
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
978
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.01
Marty Marion
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Marion
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Marion
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Marion
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0