Joe Sambito

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: June 28, 1952 in Brooklyn, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 17th round of the 1973 MLB June Amateur Draft from Adelphi University (Garden City, NY).

High School: Bethpage HS (Bethpage, NY)

School: Adelphi University (Garden City, NY)

Debut: July 20, 1976 (Age 24-022d, 13,771st in major league history)
vs. PIT 4.2 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: October 3, 1987 (Age 35-097d)
vs. MIL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Joseph Charles Sambito

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.7

ERA

3.03

461

629.0

489

WHIP

1.203

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	HOU		LAD	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	3 (1)	Apr 12	HOU		LAD	L,5-6		13	3.2	0	2	0	2	1	P
3	5 (1)	Apr 14	HOU		ATL	W,5-4	GF	7	1.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
4	11 (5)	Apr 21	HOU		CIN	L,5-6		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
5	13 (1)	Apr 23	HOU		CIN	L,2-3		8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
6	16 (2)	Apr 27	HOU		NYM	W,4-3		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	20 (3)	May 2	HOU	@	STL	L,1-9		4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	21	May 3	HOU	@	STL	W,4-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	22	May 4	HOU	@	STL	W,4-2		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	25 (2)	May 7	HOU	@	MON	L,0-3		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
11	27 (1)	May 10	HOU	@	ATL	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	29 (1)	May 13	HOU		MON	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	37 (7)	May 23	HOU	@	PHI	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	38	May 24	HOU	@	PHI	L,4-5		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	40 (1)	May 26	HOU		SDP	W,4-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	43 (2)	May 30	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	45 (1)	Jun 1	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	48 (2)	Jun 4	HOU	@	SDP	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	51 (2)	Jun 8	HOU		SFG	W,5-4	GF	5	1.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
20	56 (4)	Jun 14	HOU	@	PIT	W,7-3		3	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
21	61 (4)	Jun 19	HOU		STL	W,2-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	62	Jun 20	HOU		PIT	W,6-4	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	63	Jun 21	HOU		PIT	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	66 (2)	Jun 24	HOU		LAD	W,5-4		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	68 (1)	Jun 27	HOU		CIN	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	70 (1)	Jun 29	HOU		CIN	W,12-10	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	71	Jun 30	HOU	@	ATL	L,4-5	GF	6	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	74 (2)	Jul 3	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	75	Jul 4	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	76	Jul 5 (1)	HOU	@	CIN	L,6-8	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	82 (5)	Jul 13 (1)	HOU		ATL	W,6-5		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	85 (2)	Jul 15	HOU		PHI	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	86	Jul 16	HOU		PHI	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
34	88 (1)	Jul 18	HOU		MON	L,4-5		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	90 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	HOU		MON	L,2-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	91	Jul 20	HOU		MON	W,4-3	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	98 (6)	Jul 28	HOU	@	PHI	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	100 (1)	Jul 30	HOU	@	PHI	L,4-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	102 (1)	Aug 2	HOU	@	NYM	L,3-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	103	Aug 3	HOU	@	NYM	W,3-2	GF	8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	104	Aug 4	HOU		SFG	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	108 (3)	Aug 8	HOU		SDP	L,3-5	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
43	110 (1)	Aug 10	HOU		SDP	L,2-3		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	113 (2)	Aug 13	HOU	@	SFG	L,5-6		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	115 (1)	Aug 15	HOU	@	SDP	W,3-1		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	118 (2)	Aug 19	HOU		PIT	W,5-2	GF	5	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
47	120 (1)	Aug 21	HOU		PIT	W,12-5	GF	10	3.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
48	122 (1)	Aug 23	HOU		CHC	W,1-0		13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	127 (4)	Aug 28	HOU	@	CHC	W,4-1	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
50	130 (2)	Aug 31	HOU	@	CHC	L,7-8		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	132 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	HOU	@	PIT	L,5-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	133	Sep 3	HOU	@	PIT	L,4-10		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	134	Sep 5	HOU		STL	L,5-7	GF	9	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
54	137 (2)	Sep 7	HOU		STL	L,0-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	138	Sep 9	HOU		LAD	W,5-4	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	139	Sep 10	HOU		LAD	W,6-5		8	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
57	142 (2)	Sep 14	HOU		SFG	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	144 (1)	Sep 16	HOU		SDP	L,3-4		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	146 (1)	Sep 18	HOU	@	CIN	W,10-2	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
60	147	Sep 19	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
61	148	Sep 20	HOU	@	SFG	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
62	156 (7)	Sep 28	HOU		CIN	L,5-8		4	0.1	0	0	1	1	0	P
63	159 (2)	Oct 2	HOU		ATL	W,3-2		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
64	162 (2)	Oct 5	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-4		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							64gm		90.1	7	13	2	22	2