Samson
Steele
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 220
 
Born: October 24, 1971 in Usa
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
James Yim Award 2000    2003   
All-Star Selections 2000    2001    2003   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2000 28 KEN FF $ 9,980,000   9 9 7 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 8 7 7 8 7 7 6 8 7
2001 29 KEN FF $ 9,980,000   9 9 7 8 8 7 7 9 9 9 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 8 7
2002 30 KEN FF $ 9,980,000   9 9 7 8 8 7 7 9 9 9 8 7 8 7 6 7 5 7 6
2003 31 KEN FF $ 9,980,000   9 9 7 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 7 7
2004 32 KEN FF $ 9,980,000   9 9 7 8 7 6 6 9 9 9 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 9 8
2005 33 KEN FF $ 9,980,000   7 7 5 6 7 6 6 9 9 9 9 8 8 6 6 6 7 9 8
2006 34 FL FF $ 300,000   6 7 5 6 7 6 6 9 9 9 9 8 8 6 6 6 7 9 8
2007 35 FL FF $ 300,000   6 7 5 5 7 6 6 9 9 9 8 7 8 6 6 6 6 8 8
2008 36 FL FF $ 300,000   5 7 5 5 7 6 6 9 9 9 8 8 8 6 5 6 6 8 7
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 7 5 5 7 6 6 9 9 9 8 7 7 6 5 6 5 7 6
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 9,980,000   9 9 7 8 8 7 7 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 8
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 37 FL FF $ 300,000 8 6 4 4 5 5 5 8 7 7
2010 38 FL FF $ 300,000 6 3 2 2 3 2 2 4 3 3
2011 39 FL FF $ 300,000 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 8 6 4 4 5 5 5 8 7 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2000 28 KEN FF $ 9,980,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2001 29 KEN FF $ 9,980,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2002 30 KEN FF $ 9,980,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2003 31 KEN FF $ 9,980,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2004 32 KEN FF $ 9,980,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2005 33 KEN FF $ 9,980,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2006 34 FL FF $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2007 35 FL FF $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2008 36 FL FF $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 9,980,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 37 FL FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2010 38 FL FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2011 39 FL FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2000 28 KEN FF 21 8 .724 38 38 3 2 0 266.0 192 56 15 57 239 1.89 .198 .246 .273 .520 27.5
2001 29 KEN FF 16 11 .593 41 41 4 2 0 296.7 206 78 17 57 272 2.37 .196 .246 .282 .527 27.9
2002 30 KEN FF 15 5 .750 28 28 10 4 0 221.0 164 54 14 43 171 2.20 .203 .246 .294 .540 20.4
2003 31 KEN FF 25 9 .735 41 41 8 5 0 315.3 239 77 18 83 224 2.20 .207 .264 .290 .554 32.1
2004 32 KEN FF 17 14 .548 34 34 10 3 0 267.3 202 76 15 62 230 2.56 .208 .262 .292 .554 20.9
2005 33 KEN FF 7 10 .412 22 22 1 0 0 144.3 153 71 16 46 143 4.43 .271 .328 .420 .749 2.3
2006 34 VIR FF 8 3 .727 16 16 0 0 0 99.0 83 29 3 34 93 2.64 .223 .297 .282 .579 10.2
  FL FF 5 7 .417 18 18 1 0 0 128.0 148 55 6 41 111 3.87 .284 .343 .366 .709 6.2
  TOT   13 10 .565 34 34 1 0 0 227.0 231 84 9 75 204 3.33 .258 .324 .331 .655 16.4
2007 35 FL FF 11 12 .478 33 33 8 1 0 228.0 232 98 13 77 176 3.87 .263 .329 .352 .681 12.8
2008 36 FL FF 10 14 .417 30 30 5 0 0 224.0 217 90 16 76 166 3.62 .256 .323 .353 .676 11.9
2009 37 FL FF 12 18 .400 33 33 8 1 0 233.0 256 124 24 105 92 4.79 .279 .356 .424 .780 2.9
2010 38 FL FF 2 11 .154 23 17 1 0 1 110.7 118 61 16 44 37 4.96 .273 .344 .419 .763 0.3
    AAA   3 7 .300 10 10 4 0 0 76.3 60 31 12 31 42 3.66 .214 .292 .384 .676  
2011 39 FL FF 1 6 .143 46 1 0 0 1 62.7 90 54 7 54 13 7.76 .338 .446 .489 .935 0.0
12 Years Sim 150 128 .540 403 352 59 18 2 2596.0 2300 923 180 779 1967 3.20 .236 .297 .334 .631 175.3
1 Years AAA 3 7 .300 10 10 4 0 0 76.3 60 31 12 31 42 3.66 .214 .292 .384 .676  
Season Average 12 10 .545 33 29 4 1 0 216.3 191 76 15 64 163 3.20 .236 .297 .334 .631  
Career Highs 25 18 .750 46 41 10 5 1 315.3 256 124 24 105 272 7.76 .338 .446 .489 .935  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1885 717 145 642 1602   .250 .308 .351 .659
vs LH   415 206 35 137 365   .188 .236 .278 .514
Home 73 59 .553 199 176 26 11 0 1304.3 1162 454 87 387 966 3.13 .237 .293 .333 .626
Away 77 69 .527 204 176 33 7 2 1291.6 1138 469 93 392 1001 3.27 .235 .292 .335 .627
Mar/Apr 26 18 .591 59 56 12 5 0 410.3 359 128 28 98 328 2.81 .232 .277 .325 .602
May 28 18 .609 68 59 8 2 0 415.6 370 137 20 126 310 2.97 .237 .293 .322 .616
June 18 22 .450 59 50 13 3 0 389.9 351 139 28 123 255 3.21 .239 .297 .339 .636
July 28 21 .571 64 58 8 3 0 414.6 376 155 28 125 324 3.36 .241 .297 .332 .629
August 29 27 .518 78 69 10 4 0 513.0 458 193 39 147 385 3.39 .239 .293 .349 .642
Sep/Oct 21 22 .488 75 60 9 1 2 452.3 386 171 37 160 365 3.40 .228 .295 .335 .630
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2000 28 KEN FF 38 81 5 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 5 38 .037 .092 .049 .141 -2.8 0.0
2001 29 KEN FF 41 88 6 5 3 0 0 2 0 0 5 29 .057 .105 .091 .196 -1.7 0.0
2002 30 KEN FF 28 72 3 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 28 .069 .105 .097 .202 -1.6 0.0
2003 31 KEN FF 41 107 2 9 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 42 .084 .100 .103 .203 -2.6 0.0
2004 32 KEN FF 34 87 2 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 35 .034 .056 .046 .102 -5.0 0.0
2005 33 KEN FF 22 43 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 16 .047 .065 .047 .112 -1.6 0.0
2006 34 VIR FF 16 30 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .067 .097 .067 .163 -1.1 0.0
  FL FF 18 39 2 4 4 0 0 6 0 1 5 23 .103 .205 .205 .410 1.1 0.0
  TOT   34 69 4 6 4 0 0 7 0 1 6 34 .087 .160 .145 .305 0.0 0.0
2007 35 FL FF 33 70 4 5 3 0 0 1 2 0 3 28 .071 .110 .114 .224 -1.3 0.0
2008 36 FL FF 30 71 5 5 3 0 0 1 1 0 7 38 .070 .154 .113 .267 -0.4 0.0
2009 37 FL FF 33 81 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 30 .025 .048 .037 .085 -5.7 0.0
2010 38 FL FF 23 32 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .063 .091 .063 .153 -1.4 0.0
2011 39 FL FF 46 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
12 Years Sim 403 809 34 47 20 0 0 29 5 1 37 331 .058 .098 .083 .181 -24.9 0.0
162 Game Average 325 13 18 8 0 0 11 2 0 14 133 .058 .098 .083 .181 -10.0  
Career Highs 46 107 6 9 4 0 0 7 2 1 7 42 .087 .160 .145 .305 0.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   608 27 35 14 0 0 23 3 0 31 257 .058 .102 .081 .183 -23.3
vs LH   201 7 12 6 0 0 6 2 1 6 74 .060 .086 .090 .176 -8.7
Home 199 371 14 21 11 0 0 15 3 1 17 155 .057 .097 .086 .183 -14.7
Away 204 438 20 26 9 0 0 14 2 0 20 176 .059 .100 .080 .180 -17.4
RISP   173 0 9 5 0 0 26 0 0 8 85 .052 .090 .081 .171 -7.4
Close/Late   49 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 22 .082 .100 .102 .202 -1.8
Mar/Apr 59 125 4 4 1 0 0 7 2 0 5 56 .032 .068 .040 .108 -7.3
May 68 129 8 12 8 0 0 5 1 0 5 52 .093 .127 .155 .282 -1.6
June 59 125 8 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 6 48 .072 .115 .088 .203 -4.2
July 64 128 5 8 4 0 0 5 0 1 8 51 .063 .117 .094 .211 -4.2
August 78 162 5 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 7 69 .025 .064 .031 .095 -10.4
Sep/Oct 75 140 4 10 4 0 0 5 1 0 6 55 .071 .109 .100 .209 -4.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2000 28 KEN FF P 38 38 266.0 17 39 3 3 .949 1.89    
2001 29 KEN FF P 41 41 296.7 14 42 5 2 .918 1.70    
2002 30 KEN FF P 28 28 221.0 10 32 5 3 .894 1.71    
2003 31 KEN FF P 41 41 315.3 27 58 7 4 .924 2.43    
2004 32 KEN FF P 34 34 267.3 22 47 1 2 .986 2.32    
2005 33 KEN FF P 22 22 144.3 11 25 0 2 1.000 2.24    
2006 34 VIR FF P 16 16 99.0 7 14 2 1 .913 1.91    
  FL FF P 18 18 128.0 8 19 3 1 .900 1.90    
  TOT   P 34 34 227.0 15 33 5 2 .906 1.90    
2007 35 FL FF P 33 33 228.0 18 38 3 4 .949 2.21    
2008 36 FL FF P 30 30 224.0 6 43 2 4 .961 1.97    
2009 37 FL FF P 33 33 233.0 23 41 2 2 .970 2.47    
2010 38 FL FF P 23 17 110.7 6 28 2 1 .944 2.77    
2011 39 FL FF P 46 1 62.7 2 9 3 1 .786 1.58    
Career Totals   403 352 2596.0 171 435 38 30 .941 2.10    
Career Highs   46 41 315.3 27 58 7 4 1.000 2.77    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2000 28 KEN FF 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 6 4 2 3 5 5.14 .240 .321 .480 .801
2002 30 KEN FF 1 1 .500 3 3 1 0 0 20.3 15 8 4 7 25 3.54 .205 .275 .397 .672
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 2 .333 4 4 1 0 0 27.3 21 12 6 10 30 3.95 .214 .287 .418 .705
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2000 28 KEN FF 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2002 30 KEN FF 3 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 .286 .167 .452
Career Post-Season Batting 4 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 .222 .125 .347
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2000-1-1.89
2001-1-2.37
2002-2-2.20
2003-6-2.20
2004-9-2.56
Wins
2000-1-21
2001-6-16
2003-1-25
2004-8-17
Losses
2009-5-18
Winning Pct
2000-2-.724
2002-1-.750
2003-5-.735
Games Started
2000-2-38
2001-1-41
2003-1-41
2004-10-34
Complete Games
2000-5-3
2001-1-4
2002-5-10
2004-7-10
2009-7-8
CAR-31-59
Shutouts
2000-1-2
2001-1-2
2002-3-4
2003-1-5
2004-4-3
CAR-31-18
Innings Pitched
2000-1-266.0
2001-1-296.7
2003-1-315.3
2004-6-267.3
Hits Allowed
2003-9-239
2009-3-256
Strikeouts
2000-4-239
2001-2-272
2003-10-224
CAR-36-1967
Walks Allowed
2009-3-105
Walks per 9IP
2002-10-1.8
Hits per 9IP
2000-1-6.5
2001-2-6.2
2002-3-6.7
2003-7-6.8
2004-9-6.8
Strikeouts per 9IP
2000-8-8.1
2001-10-8.3
WHiP
2000-1-0.94
2001-1-0.89
2002-3-0.94
2004-7-0.99
OAVG
2000-1-.198
2001-3-.196
2002-4-.203
2003-6-.207
2004-9-.208
OOBP
2000-1-.246
2001-2-.246
2002-3-.246
2004-9-.262
OSLG
2000-1-.273
2001-2-.282
2002-1-.294
2003-5-.290
2004-5-.292
2006-8-.331
OOPS
2000-1-.520
2001-2-.527
2002-2-.540
2003-5-.554
2004-7-.554
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 37    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 104    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 42    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 55)
 
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  1. Artur Sax (996)
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  10. Jonathan Alexander (987)