Juan Samuel

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 170 lb

BornDecember 9, 1960 · San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macorís, D.R.

MLB debutAugust 24, 1983

Final gameSeptember 26, 1998

Seasons16 (1983–1998)

Philadelphia Phillies 1983–1988; New York Mets 1989; Philadelphia Phillies 1989; Los Angeles Dodgers 1990–1991; Kansas City Royals 1992; Los Angeles Dodgers 1992; Cincinnati Reds 1993; Detroit Tigers 1994–1995; Kansas City Royals 1995; Toronto Blue Jays 1996–1998

Percentile snapshot

1991 season — qualified batters

153

65.6

659

78.7

594

82.8

44.3

161

68.9

75.4

36.9

RBI

28.7

36.9

133

5.7

78.7

27.9

.271

48.4

OBP

.328

32.8

SLG

.389

31.1

OPS

.717

28.7

wRC+

104.7

34.4

OPS+

104.0

35.2

wOBA

.329

29.5

sWAR

2.8

49.2

of 123 qualified 1991 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

100.5

42.7

OPS+

100.6

42.9

sWAR

23.1

94.7

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1983	18	71	65	14	18	1	2	2	5	4	16	3	2	.277	.324	.446	.770	110.1	113.4	.345	0.4
1984	160	737	701	105	191	36	19	15	69	28	168	72	15	.272	.307	.442	.749	107.2	107.6	.341	3.5
1985	161	709	663	101	175	31	13	19	74	33	141	53	19	.264	.303	.436	.739	101.4	102.3	.333	2.8
1986	145	633	591	90	157	36	12	16	78	26	142	42	14	.266	.302	.448	.751	99.6	101.9	.335	2.4
1987	160	726	655	113	178	37	15	28	100	60	162	35	15	.272	.335	.502	.837	114.9	115.2	.366	4.0
1988	157	685	629	68	153	32	9	12	67	39	151	33	10	.243	.298	.380	.678	90.1	91.5	.310	1.8
1989	137	589	532	69	125	16	2	11	48	42	120	42	12	.235	.303	.335	.638	87.8	85.2	.300	1.4
1990	143	558	492	62	119	24	3	13	52	51	126	38	20	.242	.316	.382	.699	95.4	95.1	.319	1.8
1991	153	659	594	74	161	22	6	12	58	49	133	23	8	.271	.328	.389	.717	104.7	104.0	.329	2.8
1992	76	246	224	22	61	8	4	0	23	14	49	8	3	.272	.318	.344	.662	82.8	87.1	.302	0.3
1993	103	289	261	31	60	10	4	4	26	23	53	9	7	.230	.298	.345	.642	70.8	72.4	.291	0.0
1994	59	151	136	32	42	9	5	5	21	10	26	5	2	.309	.364	.559	.923	132.2	133.2	.398	1.0
1995	91	237	205	31	54	10	1	12	39	29	49	6	4	.263	.360	.498	.858	121.6	120.7	.379	0.8
1996	69	207	188	34	48	8	3	8	26	15	65	9	1	.255	.319	.457	.776	94.1	94.4	.340	0.1
1997	45	108	95	13	27	5	4	3	15	10	28	5	3	.284	.364	.516	.880	130.1	127.6	.386	0.5
1998	43	59	50	14	9	2	0	1	2	7	13	13	8	.180	.293	.280	.573	56.1	51.2	.272	-0.3

Career totals

1,720

488th-most career G

6,664

6,081

495th-most career AB

873

1,578

287

102

153rd-most career 3B

161

RBI

703

440

1,442

96th-most career SO

396

77th-most career SB

.2595

OBP

.3152

SLG

.4197

OPS

.7349

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1986-06-23	CHC @ PHI Gameday	5	2	3	1	0	2	6	10
1994-06-04	MIN @ DET Gameday	3	2	3	0	2	1	3	10
1986-08-02	CHC @ PHI Gameday	5	1	4	2	1	0	3	8
1990-05-24	LAD @ CHC Gameday	5	2	4	1	0	1	3	8
1985-08-17	PHI @ CHC Gameday	5	1	4	1	0	1	2	8

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

1× Silver Slugger3× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.