Bill Sampen

William Albert Sampen (born January 18, 1963) is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1990-1994. He now resides in Brownsburg, Indiana. Bill Sampen also owns an instructional baseball program in Brownsburg known as "Samp's Hack Shack.” In 2016 Sampen founded the Indiana Expos youth travel baseball program. The Expos have become one of the most well respected, fastest growing youth travel baseball programs in the state of Indiana for boys ages 13-17.

Bill Sampen
Pitcher
Born: (1963-01-18) January 18, 1963
Lincoln, Illinois
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 10, 1990, for the Montreal Expos
Last MLB appearance
May 9, 1994, for the California Angels
MLB statistics
Win–loss record25–21
Earned run average3.73
Strikeouts176
Teams

Career

In his first season, Sampen had a record of 12-7 and led the 1990 Montreal Expos in victories on a pitching staff that included Dennis Martínez, Oil Can Boyd and Kevin Gross. He made his MLB debut at age 27 on April 10, 1990, with two innings of one-hit relief in a 4-2 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.

Sampen went 9-5 the following season, but had just four MLB victories thereafter. He was traded by the Expos to the Kansas City Royals on Aug. 29, 1992, and was out of baseball by 1994.

Personal life

His son, Caleb, played college baseball at Wright State University and was drafted in the 20th round of the 2018 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers.[1]

References
  1. Campos, Alex (June 7, 2018). "Dodgers select some interesting prospects in Rounds 11-20 of MLB Draft". Dodgers Digest. Retrieved June 9, 2018.


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