Alex Metzler vs. Billy Sample — Career Comparison

Alex Metzler
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueLeft Fielder
Billy Sample
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueLeft Fielder

Alex Metzler 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+ 104 for Alex Metzler, 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 Alex Metzler and Billy Sample

Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PA
560
146.21
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
826
177.13
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PA
2298
600
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2798
600
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PA
1968
513.84
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2516
539.53
Alex Metzler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Alex Metzler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.782
0.782
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.749
0.749
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PA
561
146.48
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
684
146.68
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
426
111.23
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
107.65
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PA
85
22.19
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
27.23
Alex Metzler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
10.7
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
9
1.93
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PA
9
2.35
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
9.86
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PA
135
35.25
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
39.03
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
309.1
80.71
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
332.46
71.29
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PA
755
197.13
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
967
207.36
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
839
219.06
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
907
194.5
Alex Metzler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.374
0.374
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Alex Metzler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.757
0.757
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.713
0.713
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Alex Metzler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Alex Metzler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.752
0.752
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.678
0.678
Alex Metzler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PA
290
75.72
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
371
79.56
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
207
54.05
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
49.32
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
488
127.42
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
555
119.01
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
333.52
87.08
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
351.61
75.4
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PA
18
4.7
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
6
Alex Metzler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
67.89
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
195
41.82
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
1.72
Alex Metzler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
37.6
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
230
49.32
Alex Metzler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.96
15.96
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
12.17
12.17
Alex Metzler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.81
1.81
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.85
0.85
Alex Metzler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
13.58
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
37
7.93
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
4.72
Alex Metzler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
36
7.72
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PA
46
12.01
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
21.02
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
7.05
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
6.65
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PA
73
19.06
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
27.66
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 600 PA
63.01
63.01
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75.97
75.97

Fielding Stats for Alex Metzler and Billy Sample

Alex Metzler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 9 Innings
519
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
1.16
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
620
1.01
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16644
27
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5548
9
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1203
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1378
2.24
Alex Metzler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.05
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.03
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1301
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1428
2.32
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1255
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1410
2.29
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.46
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.74
98.74
Alex Metzler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.418
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.08
87.08
Alex Metzler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.01
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Metzler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0