Juan
Samuel
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 170
 
Born: December 9, 1960 in D.R., , SAN PEDRO DE M
 
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1984 23 TEX AL 143 476 73 133 20 16 1 54 15 13 22 111 .279 .309 .395 .704 53.7 8.1
1985 24 TEX AL 147 525 57 138 30 20 1 50 13 8 19 131 .263 .288 .402 .689 57.1 11.2
1986 25 CIN NL 129 372 38 94 24 7 3 31 19 20 22 103 .253 .294 .379 .673 36.1 4.8
1987 26 CIN NL 46 96 14 17 2 2 2 11 6 4 7 32 .177 .231 .302 .533 6.0 0.0
1988 27 CIN NL 28 42 5 5 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 16 .119 .140 .143 .282 -1.2 0.0
1989 28 CIN NL 129 476 48 109 26 8 7 58 33 16 25 158 .229 .266 .361 .627 44.9 4.6
1990 29 CIN NL 26 93 11 19 1 2 4 11 1 1 5 27 .204 .245 .387 .632 8.5 0.5
1993 32 BAL AL 48 175 22 43 11 5 2 28 11 6 8 49 .246 .279 .400 .679 17.9 2.6
1994 33 BAL AL 123 323 40 65 13 5 8 50 21 8 20 101 .201 .243 .347 .590 28.4 0.0
1995 34 BAL AL 97 203 18 51 12 2 5 27 10 9 7 55 .251 .272 .404 .676 19.5 0.6
10 Years Sim 916 2781 326 674 140 67 33 322 130 87 136 783 .242 .276 .376 .652 270.8 32.5
162 Game Average 491 57 119 24 11 5 56 22 15 24 138 .242 .276 .376 .652 47.9  
Career Highs 147 525 73 138 30 20 8 58 33 20 25 158 .279 .309 .404 .704 57.1  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1984 23 TEX AL 2B 142 136 1120.3 224 435 24 94 .965 5.29   5.1
1985 24 TEX AL 2B 144 142 1216.3 269 539 36 123 .957 5.98   7.1
    SS 2 0 5.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 7.20   0.1
1986 25 CIN NL 2B 116 111 910.7 182 341 28 64 .949 5.17   5.1
    3B 2 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1987 26 CIN NL 2B 33 29 244.0 52 104 4 19 .975 5.75   1.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1988 27 CIN NL 2B 18 13 109.3 27 35 3 8 .954 5.10   0.4
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1989 28 CIN NL 2B 128 127 1144.7 229 436 30 94 .957 5.23   4.8
1990 29 CIN NL 2B 26 26 224.0 40 71 7 14 .941 4.46   0.2
1993 32 BAL AL SS 46 46 404.3 53 150 11 28 .949 4.52   1.1
    2B 1 0 6.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1994 33 BAL AL SS 83 76 673.3 105 275 5 48 .987 5.08   3.2
    2B 24 1 66.7 16 29 1 11 .978 6.08   0.3
1995 34 BAL AL 3B 28 28 251.3 19 55 3 4 .961 2.65   0.4
    2B 27 6 97.3 19 33 3 8 .945 4.81   0.4
    SS 6 6 45.0 4 18 2 3 .917 4.40   0.2
    CF 4 2 22.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.0
  2B 659 591 5139.3 1058 2025 136 435 .958 5.40   24.4
  SS 139 128 1130.7 164 448 18 81 .971 4.87   4.6
  3B 30 28 256.3 19 56 3 4 .962 2.63   0.5
  CF 5 2 24.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.88   0.0
Career Totals   833 749 6550.3 1246 2529 157 520 .960 5.19   29.6
Career Highs   146 142 1221.3 270 542 36 124 .986 5.98    
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
1986 25 CIN NL 3 7 2 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .429 .429 .714 1.143
1989 28 CIN NL 12 41 2 7 3 0 1 3 1 0 5 17 .171 .261 .317 .578
Career Post-Season Batting 15 48 4 10 5 0 1 4 2 0 5 18 .208 .283 .375 .658
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Triples
1984-4-16
1985-2-20
1989-9-8
Caught Stealing
1986-3-20
Strikeouts
1985-8-131
1989-8-158
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Toronto in 1983
Traded from Toronto to Philadelphia on 3/2/1983 (Going to PHI: 2B J. Samuel. Going to TOR: 1B K. Phelps)
Traded from Philadelphia to Texas on 7/31/1983 (Going to TEX: 2B J. Samuel, 1B R. Leach. Going to PHI: P J. Garvin)
Had first career hit on 4/1/1984, off Don Robinson (TOR)
Hit first career homerun on 7/28/1984, off Bill Laskey (CAL)
Traded from Texas to Cincinnati on 3/2/1986 (Going to CIN: 2B J. Samuel, SS S. Dunston. Going to TEX: 2B B. Roberts, P M. Sarmiento, C K. Moreland)
Injured on 5/14/1988 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 8/19/1989, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
1/31/1992: Gets a new one-year contract worth $521,429 through salary arbitration
1/31/1993: Gets a new one-year contract worth $521,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cincinnati to Baltimore on 7/31/1993 (Going to CIN: 1B Frank Thomas. Going to BAL: P Jeff Robinson, 2B Juan Samuel)
1/31/1994: Gets a new one-year contract worth $892,857 through salary arbitration
1/31/1995: Gets a new one-year contract worth $892,857 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/11/1996 to a 2-year deal worth $850,000 per year