Bio
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Debut
- 1983
- NL Silver Slugger
- 1987
Bio
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Debut
- 1983
- NL Silver Slugger
- 1987
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,720
- AB
- 6,081
- R
- 873
- H
- 1,578
- HR
- 161
- RBI
- 703
- SB
- 396
- AVG
- .259
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | PHI | 18 | 65 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 3 | .277 |
| 1984 | PHI | 160 | 701 | 105 | 191 | 15 | 69 | 72 | .272 |
| 1985 | PHI | 161 | 663 | 101 | 175 | 19 | 74 | 53 | .264 |
| 1986 | PHI | 145 | 591 | 90 | 157 | 16 | 78 | 42 | .266 |
| 1987 | PHI | 160 | 655 | 113 | 178 | 28 | 100 | 35 | .272 |
| 1988 | PHI | 157 | 629 | 68 | 153 | 12 | 67 | 33 | .243 |
| 1989 |  PHI/NYM | 137 | 532 | 69 | 125 | 11 | 48 | 42 | .235 |
| 1990 | LAD | 143 | 492 | 62 | 119 | 13 | 52 | 38 | .242 |
| 1991 | LAD | 153 | 594 | 74 | 161 | 12 | 58 | 23 | .271 |
| 1992 |  LAD/KC | 76 | 224 | 22 | 61 | 0 | 23 | 8 | .272 |
| 1993 | CIN | 103 | 261 | 31 | 60 | 4 | 26 | 9 | .230 |
| 1994 | DET | 59 | 136 | 32 | 42 | 5 | 21 | 5 | .309 |
| 1995 | DET/KC | 91 | 205 | 31 | 54 | 12 | 39 | 6 | .263 |
| 1996 | TOR | 69 | 188 | 34 | 48 | 8 | 26 | 9 | .255 |
| 1997 | TOR | 45 | 95 | 13 | 27 | 3 | 15 | 5 | .284 |
| 1998 | TOR | 43 | 50 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 13 | .180 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 4
- AB
- 1
- R
- 0
- H
- 0
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .000
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 6,664
- TB
- 2,552
- XBH
- 550
- HBP
- 74
- IBB
- 38
- GIDP
- 81
- P/PA
- 0.00
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | PHI | 71 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | PHI | 737 | 310 | 70 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | PHI | 709 | 289 | 63 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | PHI | 633 | 265 | 64 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| 1987 | PHI | 726 | 329 | 80 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
| 1988 | PHI | 685 | 239 | 53 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | PHI/NYM | 589 | 178 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | LAD | 558 | 188 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | LAD | 659 | 231 | 40 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | LAD/KC | 246 | 77 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | CIN | 289 | 90 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | DET | 151 | 76 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | DET/KC | 237 | 102 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | TOR | 207 | 86 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | TOR | 108 | 49 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | TOR | 59 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 14.5
- RC
- 829.6
- RC/27
- 4.70
- ISOP
- .160
- SECA
- .274
- BB/K
- 0.31
- AB/HR
- 37.8
- GO/FO
- 0.00
Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | PHI | -0.3 | 9.2 | 4.9 | .169 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 32.5 | 0 |
| 1984 | PHI | 2.8 | 102 | 5.2 | .170 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 46.7 | 0 |
| 1985 | PHI | 2.8 | 89.9 | 4.6 | .172 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 34.9 | 0 |
| 1986 | PHI | 2.7 | 82.1 | 4.8 | .183 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 36.9 | 0 |
| 1987 | PHI | 3.5 | 109.3 | 5.8 | .231 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 23.4 | 0 |
| 1988 | PHI | -0.4 | 74.1 | 4 | .137 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 52.4 | 0 |
| 1989 | PHI/NYM | 0.8 | 58.5 | 3.7 | .100 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 48.4 | 0 |
| 1990 | LAD | 0.3 | 60.8 | 4 | .140 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 37.8 | 0 |
| 1991 | LAD | 2.3 | 78.4 | 4.6 | .118 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 49.5 | 0 |
| 1992 | LAD/KC | -0.2 | 25.7 | 4 | .071 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | CIN | -0.8 | 27 | 3.4 | .115 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 65.3 | 0 |
| 1994 | DET | 1.3 | 26.3 | 7 | .250 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 27.2 | 0 |
| 1995 | DET/KC | -0.3 | 36.6 | 6.2 | .234 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 17.1 | 0 |
| 1996 | TOR | 0.3 | 28.9 | 5.4 | .202 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 23.5 | 0 |
| 1997 | TOR | 0.2 | 17.1 | 6.2 | .232 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 31.7 | 0 |
| 1998 | TOR | -0.5 | 4.1 | 2.2 | .100 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 50 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Juan Samuel's career stats?
Juan Samuel played 16 seasons for the Phillies, the Dodgers, the Reds, the Tigers and the Blue Jays. He was a career .259 hitter with 1,578 hits, 161 home runs and 703 RBI. His best season was 1994: a .309 batting average, 5 home runs and 21 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
16 seasons, 1 postseason, 1983 to 1998
Juan Samuel finished top 10 in a stat 5 times.
Awards
All-time career rank
- 76th in stolen bases (396)
Among the 10,340 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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