William Albert Sampen (born January 18, 1963) is a former professional

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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

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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

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on Aug. 29, 1992, and was out of baseball by 1994.

Personal life

Sampen resides in Brownsburg, Indiana. His son, Caleb, played college baseball at

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and was drafted in the 20th round of the

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by the

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. He attended Hartsburg-Emden High School in central Illinois, which had around 100-120 students total in grades 9-12.

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