{{short description|Dominican baseball player (born 1938)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name =Amado Samuel | position =Shortstop/Second baseman/Third baseman | birth_date ={{birth date|1938|12|6}} | birth_place =San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic | bats =Right | throws =Right |debutleague = MLB | debutdate =April 10 | debutyear =1962 | debutteam =Milwaukee Braves |finalleague = MLB | finaldate =July 11 | finalyear =1964 | finalteam =New York Mets |statleague = MLB | stat1label =Batting average | stat1value =.215 | stat2label =Home runs | stat2value =3 | stat3label =Runs batted in | stat3value =25 |teams= *Milwaukee Braves ({{mlby|1962}}–{{mlby|1963}}) *New York Mets ({{mlby|1964}}) }} '''Amado Samuel''' (born Amado Ruperto Samuel<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=samueam01|title=Amado Samuel|publisher=Baseball-Almanac.com|accessdate=2011-03-27}}</ref>) is a Dominican former Major League Baseball shortstop, second baseman, and third baseman. Samuel signed with the Milwaukee Braves as a free agent in 1958.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/samueam01.shtml|title=Amado Samuel|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=2011-03-27}}</ref> He would play at the Major League level with the team in 1962 and in 1963 before being purchased by the New York Mets that year.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19640401&id=xhgrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QJ0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4483,611131 Mets complete purchase of Samuel, Taylor]</ref> He would play at the Major League level with the Mets in 1964.
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