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Position 2B
Born Dec 9, 1960

Key Insights

1998
One opponent brings the best out of him

Samuel has hit .556/.692/1.222 against Eric Nolte in 13 plate appearances, his best line against anyone he has seen this often.

5 for 9 with 1 home run and 1 strikeout, against a .677 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Bruce Sutter has struck Samuel out 10 times in 17 plate appearances, 58.8% of everything between them.

10 strikeouts in 17 plate appearances.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

No pitcher has seen Samuel more often than Tom Browning: 75 plate appearances, in which Samuel has hit .250/.253/.486.

18 hits, 3 home runs and 7 strikeouts across 75 plate appearances.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Samuel is 11 for 21 against Buddy Black, a .524 average and his best against anyone he has faced this often.

24 career plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

Samuel swings through more against Jeff Reardon than against anyone else he has faced this often: 0% of the swings between them come up empty.

16 plate appearances between them. 96th percentile of the 151 matchups on his own record.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Samuel has hit 5 home runs off Ed Whitson, one every 12.2 plate appearances they have shared.

61 career plate appearances against him.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Dec 9, 1960