William Albert Sampen (born January 18, 1963) is a former professional
baseball
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player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1990-1994. Sampen 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.
Career
In his first season, Sampen had a record of 12-7 and led the 1990
Montreal Expos
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in victories on a pitching staff that included
Dennis Martínez
José Dennis Martínez Ortiz (born May 14, 1955), nicknamed "El Presidente" (The President), is a Nicaraguan professional baseball pitcher. Martínez played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos, Cleveland India ...
,
Oil Can Boyd
Dennis Ray "Oil Can" Boyd (born October 6, 1959) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. Boyd played for the Boston Red Sox (1982–1989), Montreal Expos (1990–1991), and Texas Rangers (1991). In a 10-season career, Boyd collect ...
and
Kevin Gross
Kevin Frank Gross (born June 8, 1961) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1983 through 1997.
Gross played for five different teams during his career: the Philadelphia Phillies (1983–1988), Montreal Expos (1989–1990), Los ...
. 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
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.
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
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on Aug. 29, 1992, and was out of baseball by 1994.
Personal life
Sampen resides in
Brownsburg, Indiana
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. His son, Caleb, played college baseball at
Wright State University
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and was drafted in the 20th round of the
2018 MLB Draft by the
Los Angeles Dodgers
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.
He attended Hartsburg-Emden High School in central Illinois, which had around 100-120 students total in grades 9-12.
References
External links
Baseball Almanac
1963 births
Living people
American expatriate baseball players in Canada
Baseball players from Illinois
California Angels players
Harrisburg Senators players
Indianapolis Indians players
Kansas City Royals players
MacMurray Highlanders baseball players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Montreal Expos players
Omaha Royals players
People from Lincoln, Illinois
Salem Buccaneers players
Vancouver Canadians players
Watertown Pirates players
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