Ed McDonald vs. Billy Sample — Career Comparison

Ed McDonald
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueThird Baseman
Billy Sample
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueLeft Fielder

On the career numbers, Billy Sample posted the stronger offensive profile against Ed McDonald. Billy Sample posted stronger numbers in OPS (.715 vs .697) and slugging (.384 vs .334). Ed McDonald had the advantage in on-base percentage (.362 vs .330). By the career numbers, Billy Sample had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Ed McDonald and Billy Sample

Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
176
138.95
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
826
177.13
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
760
600
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2798
600
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
634
500.53
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2516
539.53
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Ed McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.758
0.758
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.749
0.749
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
155
122.37
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
684
146.68
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
113
89.21
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
502
107.65
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
30
23.68
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
27.23
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
7.11
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
9
1.93
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.37
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
9.86
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
42
33.16
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
39.03
Ed McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97.6
77.05
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
332.46
71.29
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
212
167.37
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
967
207.36
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
272
214.74
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
907
194.5
Ed McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.362
0.362
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.334
0.334
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.697
0.697
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.713
0.713
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Ed McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Ed McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.756
0.756
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.678
0.678
Ed McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
98
77.37
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
371
79.56
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
55
43.42
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
49.32
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
150
118.42
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
555
119.01
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
100.38
79.25
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
351.61
75.4
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
7
5.53
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
6
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
86.84
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
41.82
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
1.72
Ed McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
102.63
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
230
49.32
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
5.85
5.85
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.17
12.17
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.85
0.85
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.85
0.85
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
9
7.11
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
7.93
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
4.72
Ed McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
36
7.72
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
26.05
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
98
21.02
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
6.65
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
33
26.05
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
27.66
Ed McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
75.97
75.97

Fielding Stats for Ed McDonald and Billy Sample

Ed McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
1.16
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
620
1.01
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16644
27
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5548
9
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
212
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1378
2.24
Ed McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.05
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.03
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
544
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1428
2.32
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1410
2.29
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.49
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.74
98.74
Ed McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.988
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.08
87.08
Ed McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.01
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0