Deacon McGuire vs. Billy Sample — Career Comparison

Deacon McGuire
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueCatcher
Billy Sample
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueLeft Fielder

Deacon McGuire 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 Deacon McGuire, 99 for Billy Sample), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 91 vs 96). The overall lean goes to Billy Sample, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Deacon McGuire and Billy Sample

Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
26
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1781
154.04
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
826
177.13
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6937
600
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
2798
600
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6291
544.13
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
2516
539.53
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Deacon McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0.739
0.739
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.749
0.749
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1750
151.36
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
684
146.68
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1326
114.69
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
502
107.65
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
300
25.95
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
127
27.23
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
6.83
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
9
1.93
Deacon McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
45
3.89
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
9.86
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
424
36.67
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
182
39.03
Deacon McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Deacon McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Deacon McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
860.41
74.42
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
332.46
71.29
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2343
202.65
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
967
207.36
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2349
203.17
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
907
194.5
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.341
0.341
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Deacon McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Deacon McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0.713
0.713
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.713
0.713
Deacon McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Deacon McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0.674
0.674
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.678
0.678
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
770
66.6
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
371
79.56
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
840
72.65
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
230
49.32
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1565
135.36
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
555
119.01
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
943.79
81.63
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
351.61
75.4
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
7.27
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
28
6
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
515
44.54
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
195
41.82
Deacon McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
1.72
Deacon McGuire
Career
Per 600 PAverified
442
38.23
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
49.32
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.69
15.69
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
12.17
12.17
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.17
1.17
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.85
0.85
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
4.07
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
7.93
Deacon McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
4.72
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
36
7.72
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
118
10.21
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
21.02
Deacon McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
6.65
Deacon McGuire
Career
Per 600 PA
118
10.21
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
27.66
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
75.97
75.97

Fielding Stats for Deacon McGuire and Billy Sample

Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
26
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1748
1.09
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
1.16
Deacon McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
0.13
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
620
1.01
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43329
27
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
16644
27
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14443
9
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
5548
9
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7743
4.82
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
1378
2.24
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1925
1.2
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.05
Deacon McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
621
0.39
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.03
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10289
6.41
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
1428
2.32
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9668
6.02
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
1410
2.29
Deacon McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.96
93.96
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.74
98.74
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.531
5.531
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Deacon McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.96
11.96
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.08
87.08
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
0.12
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Deacon McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
500
0.31
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon McGuire
Career
Per 9 Innings
2541
1.58
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon McGuire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1458
0.91
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0