P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 210 lbs | Age: 34
Draft: 2012 | Rd. 5, No. 166, Pittsburgh Pirates | Bellevue CC
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 6 8 5.89 35 15 0 125.1 101 1.53
2021 1 2 2.80 10 5 0 35.1 28 1.08
2022 4 5 3.11 21 19 0 104.1 73 1.23
5 Seasons 11 19 4.43 72 44 0 292.2 219 1.35
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 35 6-8 5.89 125.1 101 1.53
2021 10 1-2 2.80 35.1 28 1.08
2022 21 4-5 3.11 104.1 73 1.23
5 Seasons 72 11-19 4.43 292.2 219 1.35
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2016 24 85 18 2 11.1 9.5 87.6 106.0 9.1 44.4 .371 .724 .476 .471 .511 44.4 9.5 4.8 7.71 11.29
2018 26 339 75 9 12.0 9.4 90.4 112.9 18.1 41.3 .288 .558 .351 .381 .433 38.7 15.6 4.2 4.30 6.52
2019 27 2056 417 42 10.1 7.5 91.0 113.6 15.5 33.8 .292 .540 .382 .372 .429 47.2 17.9 6.4 5.89 6.41
2021 29 554 103 12 11.7 8.3 89.1 110.4 14.2 31.1 .242 .468 .329 .339 .381 42.7 19.3 5.5 2.80 4.99
2022 30 1694 326 22 6.7 5.1 87.9 115.2 13.6 36.2 .266 .422 .302 .324 .364 35.9 17.1 6.3 3.10 4.40
Player 4728 939 87 9.3 6.9 89.6 115.2 14.8 35.1 .278 .495 .348 .354 .403 42.1 17.5 6.1
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Sampson relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(34.3%) ,
Four Seamer
(31.2%) ,
Slider
(15.8%) ,
Changeup
(13.4%) ,
Cutter
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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2016 33.3 66.7 16.7 44.4 5.6 16.7 50.0 33.3 0.0 27.8 5.6 16.7 22.2 27.8
2018 38.7 61.3 28.0 26.7 6.7 45.3 38.7 16.0 16.0 21.3 1.3 29.3 17.3 14.7
2019 42.0 58.0 26.6 23.3 8.2 41.0 35.0 24.0 21.6 16.5 3.8 19.4 18.5 20.1
2021 44.7 55.3 28.2 23.3 3.9 39.8 39.8 20.4 20.4 21.4 2.9 19.4 18.4 17.5
2022 41.4 58.6 29.8 22.7 6.1 35.6 39.0 25.5 19.3 17.8 4.3 16.3 21.2 21.2
Player 41.6 58.4 27.8 23.7 6.8 38.9 37.5 23.6 19.8 18.1 3.7 19.1 19.4 19.9
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2016 5.6 27.8 11.1 38.9 5.6 11.1 9.5
2018 2.7 18.7 29.3 28.0 8.0 12.0 9.4
2019 2.2 28.1 25.7 26.1 7.2 10.1 7.5
2021 3.9 35.9 27.2 17.5 3.9 11.7 8.3
2022 4.0 30.4 27.6 24.8 6.1 6.7 5.1
Player 3.1 29.0 26.5 25.1 6.5 9.3 6.9
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2022 Cutter CHC R 90 84.9 37.7 -7.5 3.3GLV 0.3 0.4 -7.9 3.3GLV 0.6
2022 Sinker CHC R 581 91.9 21.2 -1.9 14.1ARM -0.5 11.2 -3.0 14.1ARM -0.5
2022 Slider CHC R 268 83.0 41.6 2.9 10.3GLV 3.8 -1.9 3.8 10.3GLV 5.0
2022 Changeup CHC R 227 85.1 31.7 0.6 15.9ARM 1.8 6.0 -0.2 15.9ARM 1.7
2022 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 528 92.5 17.3 -1.7 10.0ARM 2.9 14.7 -1.4 10.0ARM 2.7
2021 Changeup CHC R 135 85.4 33.3 2.8 15.9ARM 1.9 4.3 2.0 15.9ARM 2.0
2021 Slider CHC R 72 83.5 39.8 1.8 8.0GLV 2.2 -0.5 2.3 8.0GLV 2.5
2021 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 118 92.2 17.2 -1.6 10.1ARM 3.0 15.1 -1.1 10.1ARM 2.9
2021 Sinker CHC R 209 91.6 21.7 -1.1 14.5ARM -0.3 11.0 -2.2 14.5ARM -0.3
2021 Cutter CHC R 20 85.7 35.1 -5.2 0.2GLV -2.4 2.3 -5.7 0.2GLV -2.7
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2022 Sinker -0.1 0 581 34.3 161 .300 .473 .371 11.1 6.8 9.0 .316 .520 .385 44.6
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1.0 5 528 31.2 126 .222 .342 .276 20.8 18.3 13.8 .248 .425 .319 33.0
2022 Slider -0.6 -2 268 15.8 65 .266 .344 .302 30.8 29.2 17.6 .241 .336 .259 20.0
2022 Changeup 0.2 1 227 13.4 56 .180 .260 .245 28.4 21.4 17.9 .202 .285 .263 23.7
2022 Cutter 0.0 0 90 5.3 20 .222 .389 .305 50.0 40.0 23.5 .228 .277 .269 60.0
2021 Sinker -0.4 -1 209 37.7 61 .245 .434 .358 10.5 11.5 20.0 .254 .497 .366 43.5
2021 Changeup 0.0 0 135 24.4 37 .182 .333 .295 38.0 27.0 18.9 .188 .351 .280 39.1
2021 4-Seam Fastball -1.7 -2 118 21.3 22 .238 .857 .452 15.4 22.7 20.8 .267 .714 .417 56.3
2021 Slider -1.0 -1 72 13.0 20 .278 .389 .358 25.0 20.0 20.0 .287 .380 .309 40.0
2021 Cutter 1.4 0 20 3.6 5 .200 .200 .180 33.3 40.0 28.6 .188 .228 .183 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2022 Changeup 221 85.1 99 17.4 2:15 2:30 -15
2022 Cutter 89 84.9 26 5.7 8:00 8:30 -30
2022 4-Seam Fastball 483 92.5 98 17.6 1:30 1:15 15
2022 Sinker 535 91.9 99 18.1 1:45 1:45 0
2022 Slider 242 83.0 41 11.7 7:30 8:30 -60
2021 Changeup 135 85.4 99 17.0 2:15 2:45 -30
2021 Cutter 20 85.7 17 3.5 10:15 11:30 -75
2021 4-Seam Fastball 118 92.2 98 17.8 1:30 1:15 15
2021 Sinker 209 91.6 99 18.2 1:45 2:00 -15
2021 Slider 72 83.5 34 9.1 8:00 8:30 -30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 21 85 -2 1 -3 0 -5
2018 96 339 -6 3 -4 -1 -9
2019 562 2,056 -20 12 -12 -11 -31
2021 145 554 1 4 -3 -5 -3
2022 428 1,694 10 13 -12 -7 4
Player 1,252 4,728 -18 32 -35 -18 -45
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2016 85 54.1 65.2 100.0 28.2 72.7 41.2 47.6 48.2 7.3 16.5 78.6
2018 339 43.7 81.1 84.2 31.9 85.2 43.7 50.0 53.4 15.5 6.5 81.8
2019 2,056 48.7 71.8 88.0 28.3 55.7 44.2 60.7 49.5 21.4 6.6 83.8
2021 554 48.9 73.8 86.5 27.2 58.4 41.2 54.5 50.0 21.3 7.8 86.0
2022 1,694 45.3 69.7 85.8 30.5 65.2 46.2 57.7 48.2 21.3 5.7 81.4
Player 4,728 47.3 71.8 87.0 29.2 62.4 44.5 57.9 49.3 20.7 6.6 83.0
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2016 32 11 33
2018 25 5 30
2019 4 5 3 4 13 4 8 4 1 15 75 18 41 37 7 54
2021 23 5 66
2022 27 13 22 34 36 38 62 63 67 14 75 15 61 24 11 57
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 20.56 2 3.0 -1 0 1 2 100.0
2018 23.23 6 5.7 0 1 3 4 66.7
2019 23.71 29 30.6 -2 9 18 16 55.2
2021 22.59 8 7.6 0 2 3 5 62.5
2022 22.79 10 10.0 0 6 8 3 30.0
Player 23.21 55 56.8 -2 18 33 30 54.5
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2018 6 7 6 4 6 5 7 5 6 4 6 6 5 7 4 5 5 6 5 7 6 6 7 6 5 5 5 7 6 7 6
2019 29 36 25 31 32 30 33 31 26 24 29 32 33 31 31 27 27 27 33 34 34 31 37 34 30 28 28 31 37 30 26
2021 8 8 7 7 8 7 9 8 5 7 7 9 8 8 7 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 6 9 8 7 7
2022 10 8 8 12 11 10 11 8 8 9 9 14 11 10 9 11 10 9 8 11 9 11 14 9 9 9 12 13 9 9 8
Player 55 62 48 57 60 55 63 55 48 47 54 64 60 59 54 54 52 52 57 63 60 59 69 60 55 52 54 63 63 56 50
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

2022 +/-   2021 +/-   2020 +/-   2019 +/-   2018
Results
BA .253 +.022 ↑ .231 -- -- -- -- +.032 ↑ .270
xBA .266 +.024 ↑ .242 -- -- -- -- +.004 ↑ .288
OBP .304 -.002 ↓ .306 -- -- -- -- +.044 ↑ .313
xOBP .316 +.001 ↑ .315 -- -- -- -- +.015 ↑ .334
SLG .383 -.079 ↓ .462 -- -- -- -- +.051 ↑ .517
xSLG .422 -.046 ↓ .468 -- -- -- -- -.018 ↓ .558
ISO .130 -.101 ↓ .231 -- -- -- -- +.019 ↑ .247
xISO .156 -.071 ↓ .227 -- -- -- -- -.024 ↓ .271
BABIP .288 +.054 ↑ .234 -- -- -- -- +.066 ↑ .261
wOBA .302 -.027 ↓ .329 -- -- -- -- +.031 ↑ .351
xwOBA .324 -.015 ↓ .339 -- -- -- -- -.009 ↓ .381
wOBACON .336 -.032 ↓ .368 -- -- -- -- +.048 ↑ .393
xwOBACON .364 -.017 ↓ .381 -- -- -- -- -.004 ↓ .433
BACON .310 +.016 ↑ .294 -- -- -- -- +.054 ↑ .320
xBACON .325 +.017 ↑ .308 -- -- -- -- +.015 ↑ .348
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 35.9 -6.8 ↓ 42.7 -- -- -- -- +8.5 ↑ 38.7
Avg Exit Velocity 87.9 -1.2 ↓ 89.1 -- -- -- -- +0.6 ↑ 90.4
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 36.2 +5.1 ↑ 31.1 -- -- -- -- -7.5 ↓ 41.3
Barrel % 6.7 -5.0 ↓ 11.7 -- -- -- -- -1.9 ↓ 12.0
Avg Launch Angle 13.6 -0.6 ↓ 14.2 -- -- -- -- -2.6 ↓ 18.1
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Angle 0° -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Direction 0° -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt 0° -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Length 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 91.7 +0.2 ↑ 91.5 -- -- -- -- +1.4 ↑ 91.1
Breaking Velocity 83.1 -0.4 ↓ 83.5 -- -- -- -- -1.9 ↓ 85.8
Offspeed Velocity 85.1 -0.3 ↓ 85.4 -- -- -- -- +1.4 ↑ 86.0
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 22 +10 ↑ 12 -- -- -- -- +33 ↑ 9
Popup % 6.1 +2.2 ↑ 3.9 -- -- -- -- +1.5 ↑ 6.7
Flyball % 29.8 +1.6 ↑ 28.2 -- -- -- -- -1.4 ↓ 28.0
Line Drive % 22.7 -0.6 ↓ 23.3 -- -- -- -- -3.4 ↓ 26.7
Groundball % 41.4 -3.3 ↓ 44.7 -- -- -- -- +3.3 ↑ 38.7
Pull % 35.6 -4.2 ↓ 39.8 -- -- -- -- -4.3 ↓ 45.3
Straight Away % 39.0 -0.8 ↓ 39.8 -- -- -- -- -3.7 ↓ 38.7
Opposite Field % 25.5 +5.1 ↑ 20.4 -- -- -- -- +8.0 ↑ 16.0
Weak Contact % 4.0 +0.1 ↑ 3.9 -- -- -- -- -0.5 ↓ 2.7
Pull Airball % 16.3 -3.1 ↓ 19.4 -- -- -- -- -9.9 ↓ 29.3
Topped Contact % 30.4 -5.5 ↓ 35.9 -- -- -- -- +9.4 ↑ 18.7
Under Contact % 27.6 +0.4 ↑ 27.2 -- -- -- -- -3.6 ↓ 29.3
Flare/Burner Contact % 24.8 +7.3 ↑ 17.5 -- -- -- -- -1.9 ↓ 28.0
Solid Contact % 6.1 +2.2 ↑ 3.9 -- -- -- -- -0.8 ↓ 8.0
HR/FB % 10.3 -17.3 ↓ 27.6 -- -- -- -- -2.5 ↓ 28.6
Popups 20 +16 ↑ 4 -- -- -- -- +29 ↑ 5
Flyballs 97 +68 ↑ 29 -- -- -- -- +90 ↑ 21
Line Drives 74 +50 ↑ 24 -- -- -- -- +77 ↑ 20
Groundballs 135 +89 ↑ 46 -- -- -- -- +146 ↑ 29
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 45.3 -3.6 ↓ 48.9 -- -- -- -- +5.0 ↑ 43.7
Out of Zone % 54.7 +3.6 ↑ 51.1 -- -- -- -- -5.0 ↓ 56.3
Edge % 46.2 +5.0 ↑ 41.2 -- -- -- -- +0.5 ↑ 43.7
Zone Swing % 69.7 -4.1 ↓ 73.8 -- -- -- -- -9.3 ↓ 81.1
Out of Zone Swing % 30.5 +3.3 ↑ 27.2 -- -- -- -- -3.6 ↓ 31.9
In Zone Contact % 85.8 -0.7 ↓ 86.5 -- -- -- -- +3.8 ↑ 84.2
Out of Zone Contact % 65.2 +6.8 ↑ 58.4 -- -- -- -- -29.5 ↓ 85.2
Whiff % 21.3 0.0 21.3 -- -- -- -- +5.9 ↑ 15.5
First Strike % 57.7 +3.2 ↑ 54.5 -- -- -- -- +10.7 ↑ 50.0
First Pitch Swing % 30.6 -1.8 ↓ 32.4 -- -- -- -- -2.2 ↓ 34.4
Swing % 48.2 -1.8 ↓ 50.0 -- -- -- -- -3.9 ↓ 53.4
Meatball Swing % 81.4 -4.6 ↓ 86.0 -- -- -- -- +2.0 ↑ 81.8
Meatball % 5.7 -2.1 ↓ 7.8 -- -- -- -- +0.1 ↑ 6.5
Zone Swing & Miss % 14.2 +0.7 ↑ 13.5 -- -- -- -- -3.8 ↓ 15.8
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 34.8 -6.8 ↓ 41.6 -- -- -- -- +29.5 ↑ 14.8
In Zone 768 +497 ↑ 271 -- -- -- -- +854 ↑ 148
Out of Zone 926 +643 ↑ 283 -- -- -- -- +863 ↑ 191
Edge 783 +555 ↑ 228 -- -- -- -- +760 ↑ 148
In Zone Swings 535 +335 ↑ 200 -- -- -- -- +599 ↑ 120
Out of Zone Swings 282 +205 ↑ 77 -- -- -- -- +237 ↑ 61
In Zone Swing & Misses 76 +49 ↑ 27 -- -- -- -- +67 ↑ 19
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 98 +66 ↑ 32 -- -- -- -- +123 ↑ 9
Basic
Pitches 1,694 +1,140 ↑ 554 -- -- -- -- +1,717 ↑ 339
PA 428 +283 ↑ 145 -- -- -- -- +467 ↑ 96
AB 399 +269 ↑ 130 -- -- -- -- +427 ↑ 89
Hits 101 +71 ↑ 30 -- -- -- -- +132 ↑ 24
Singles 71 +55 ↑ 16 -- -- -- -- +68 ↑ 15
Doubles 18 +12 ↑ 6 -- -- -- -- +36 ↑ 2
Triples 2 +2 ↑ 0 -- -- -- -- +5 ↑ 1
Home Runs 10 +2 ↑ 8 -- -- -- -- +23 ↑ 6
Walks 27 +19 ↑ 8 -- -- -- -- +32 ↑ 4
Strikeouts 73 +45 ↑ 28 -- -- -- -- +86 ↑ 15
K% 17.1 -2.2 ↓ 19.3 -- -- -- -- +2.3 ↑ 15.6
BB% 6.3 +0.8 ↑ 5.5 -- -- -- -- +2.2 ↑ 4.2
HBP 2 -4 ↓ 6 -- -- -- -- +7 ↑ 2
Batted Balls 326 +223 ↑ 103 -- -- -- -- +342 ↑ 75
Number of Fastballs 1,199 +852 ↑ 347 -- -- -- -- +919 ↑ 195
Number of Offspeed 227 +92 ↑ 135 -- -- -- -- +183 ↑ 75
Number of Breaking 268 +196 ↑ 72 -- -- -- -- +615 ↑ 69
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 21 .476 15 0 0.0 6 6 100.0
2018 Shifts 96 .351 41 3 7.3 55 8 14.5
2019 Shifts 562 .382 320 44 13.8 242 76 31.4
2021 Shifts 145 .329 75 9 12.0 70 49 70.0
2022 Shifts 427 .303 212 26 12.3 215 124 57.7
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2016 27 14.7 51.9% 0.0% 10 21.9 10.0% 30.0%
2018 103 17.2 23.3% 1.0% 35 23.9 0.0% 17.1%
2019 576 16.4 31.4% 2.3% 304 23.4 0.0% 11.5%
2021 154 18.4 9.7% 1.3% 84 26.4 0.0% 19.0%
2022 535 18.1 12.0% 3.9% 241 24.5 0.0% 17.0%

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Pitch Distribution

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