Roger Samuels

{{Short description|American baseball player (1961–2022)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Roger Samuels | image = Roger Samuels Mets.jpg | position = Pitcher | birth_date = {{birth date|1961|1|5}} | birth_place = San Jose, California, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|1|17|1961|1|5}} | death_place = San Jose, California, U.S. | bats = Left | throws = Left | debutleague = MLB | debutdate = July 20 | debutyear = 1988 | debutteam = San Francisco Giants | finalleague = MLB | finaldate = June 8 | finalyear = 1989 | finalteam = Pittsburgh Pirates | statleague = MLB | stat1label = Win–loss record | stat1value = 1–2 | stat2label = Earned run average | stat2value = 4.33 | stat3label = Strikeouts | stat3value = 24 | teams = *San Francisco Giants ({{mlby|1988}}) *Pittsburgh Pirates ({{mlby|1988}}–{{mlby|1989}}) }}

'''Roger Howard Samuels''' (January 5, 1961 – January 17, 2022) was an American professional baseball player who pitched in Major League Baseball from 1988 to 1989 for the San Francisco Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates. He died from cancer on January 17, 2022, at the age of 61.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/mercurynews/name/roger-samuels-obituary?id=32308568 |title=Roger Samuels obituary |website=legacy.com |date=January 20, 2022 |access-date=February 13, 2022}}</ref>

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== External links == {{baseballstats|mlb=121653 |espn= |br=s/samuero01 |fangraphs= |brm=samuel001rog |retro=S/Psamur001}} *[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=samuero01 Baseball Almanac]

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