Kazuo Matsui vs. Billy Sample — Career Comparison

Kazuo Matsui
Gen XJapanThrows RightBats SwitchAsiaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueSecond Baseman
Billy Sample
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueLeft Fielder

Kazuo Matsui 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+ 98 for Kazuo Matsui, 99 for Billy Sample), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 92 vs 96). The overall lean goes to Billy Sample, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Kazuo Matsui and Billy Sample

Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PA
630
147.95
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
826
177.13
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PA
2555
600
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2798
600
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2302
540.59
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2516
539.53
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PA
0.744
0.744
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.749
0.749
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PA
615
144.42
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
684
146.68
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PA
439
103.09
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
502
107.65
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PAverified
124
29.12
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
127
27.23
Kazuo Matsui
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
4.7
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
9
1.93
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PA
32
7.51
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
9.86
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PAverified
176
41.33
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
182
39.03
Kazuo Matsui
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PA
0.052
0.052
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PAverified
304.05
71.4
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
332.46
71.29
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PA
875
205.48
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
967
207.36
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PA
805
189.04
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
907
194.5
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PA
0.701
0.701
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.713
0.713
Kazuo Matsui
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Kazuo Matsui
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.679
0.679
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.678
0.678
Kazuo Matsui
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PA
330
77.5
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
371
79.56
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PAverified
211
49.55
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
49.32
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PAverified
509
119.53
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
555
119.01
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PA
319.15
74.95
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
351.61
75.4
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PA
11
2.58
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
6
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PAverified
179
42.04
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
41.82
Kazuo Matsui
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
2.11
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
8
1.72
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PA
403
94.64
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
49.32
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PA
6.34
6.34
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.17
12.17
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.85
0.85
Kazuo Matsui
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
11.04
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
37
7.93
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PA
16
3.76
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
4.72
Kazuo Matsui
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
3.29
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
36
7.72
Kazuo Matsui
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
23.95
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
98
21.02
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PA
18
4.23
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
6.65
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 600 PAverified
120
28.18
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
27.66
Kazuo Matsui
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
85
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
75.97
75.97

Fielding Stats for Kazuo Matsui and Billy Sample

Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 9 Innings
586
1.07
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
1.16
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
565
1.03
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
620
1.01
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 9 Innings
14842
27
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16644
27
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 9 Innings
4947.1
9
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5548
9
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 9 Innings
1120
2.04
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1378
2.24
Kazuo Matsui
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1636
2.98
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.05
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.11
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.03
Kazuo Matsui
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2815
5.12
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
1428
2.32
Kazuo Matsui
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2756
5.01
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
1410
2.29
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.9
97.9
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.74
98.74
Kazuo Matsui
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.703
4.703
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Kazuo Matsui
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.42
96.42
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.08
87.08
Kazuo Matsui
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
0.73
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kazuo Matsui
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0