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Samuel was sent to the [[New York Mets]] during the [[1989 Major League Baseball season|1989 midseason]] in the same transaction that brought [[Lenny Dykstra]] and [[Roger McDowell]] to Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite news |last=Durso |first=Joseph |date=July 19, 1989 |title=Mets Get Samuel for McDowell, Dykstra |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/19/sports/mets-get-samuel-for-mcdowell-dykstra.html |access-date=July 15, 2009}}</ref> He also played two and a half seasons both for the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] and [[Detroit Tigers]], spent a year with the [[Cincinnati Reds]], had two brief stints with the [[Kansas City Royals]], and provided three years of good services for the [[Toronto Blue Jays]], [[pinch hitter|pinch-hitting]], serving as [[designated hitter|DH]], and playing at [[first base]], second, [[third base|third]], [[left field]] and [[right field|right]]. He retired after the 1998 season.
Samuel holds the major league record for most [[at bat|at-bats]] by a right-handed hitter in one season with 701, set in 1984. That mark was also the most for any National League batter in a single campaign, later surpassed by [[Jimmy Rollins]]. He also tied a major league record for consecutive [[strikeout]] titles with four (1984–87), shared with [[Hack Wilson]] (1927–30) and [[Vince DiMaggio]] (1942–45).
In a 16-season playing career, Samuel was a .259 [[batting average (baseball)|hitter]] with 161 [[home run]]s and 703 [[run batted in|RBI]] in 1,720 [[games played|games]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Juan Samuel Stats |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/samueju01.shtml |access-date=June 30, 2022 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |language=en}}</ref>
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