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Joe Sambito
Joseph Charles Sambito

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 190 lb.
School Adelphi University

Debut July 20, 1976
vs. PIT 4.7 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER
Final Game October 3, 1987
Born June 28, 1952 in Brooklyn, NY

Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 17th round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1976 24 HOU NL   3   2  20   4   1   1   8  1   53.3   45   21   21   4   14   26   0   2   207   1   0  3.54  3.19   90 1.106
 1977 25 HOU NL   5   5  54   1   0   0  32  7   89.0   77   34   23   6   24   67   0   2   357   2   1  2.33  3.56  153 1.135
 1978 26 HOU NL   4   9  62   0   0   0  45 11   88.0   85   32   30   5   32   96   0   1   371   7   0  3.07  3.29  107 1.330
 1979 27 HOU NL   8   7  63   0   0   0  51 22   91.3   80   20   18   8   23   83   4   0   375   4   0  1.77  3.52  198 1.128 MVP-21,AS
 1980 28 HOU NL   8   4  64   0   0   0  40 17   90.3   65   26   22   3   22   75   2   3   354   3   0  2.19  3.28  150 0.963 CYA-5
 1981 29 HOU NL   5   5  49   0   0   0  32 10   63.7   43   17   13   4   22   41   2   0   255   5   0  1.84  3.28  179 1.021
 1982 30 HOU NL   0   0   9   0   0   0   7  4   12.7    7    2    1   0    2    7   0   0    47   2   0  0.71  3.32  467 0.711
 1984 32 HOU NL   0   0  32   0   0   0  14  0   47.7   39   16   16   5   16   26   0   3   191   2   0  3.02  3.31  109 1.154
 1985 33 NYM NL   0   0   8   0   0   0   2  0   10.7   21   18   15   1    8    3   0   0    60   0   0 12.66  3.49   28 2.719
 1986 34 BOS AL   2   0  53   0   0   0  27 12   44.7   54   26   24   4   16   30   2   4   200   3   0  4.84  4.19   87 1.567
 1987 35 BOS AL   2   6  47   0   0   0  16  0   37.7   46   29   29   8   16   35   0   3   171   3   0  6.93  4.56   66 1.646
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .493  37  38 461   5   1   1 274 84  629.0  562  241  212  48  195  489  10  18  2588  32   1  3.03  3.50  115 1.203
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5   5  67   0   0   0  39 12   91.7   82   35   30   7   28   71   1   2   377   4   0  3.03  3.50  115 1.203
 Career High      8   9  64   4   1   1  51 22   91.3   85   34   30   8   32   96   4   4   375   7   1  1.77  4.19  198 0.963

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1976 24 HOU NL  20    9    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   3   2  .222  .417  .222   93    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1977 25 HOU NL  54   13    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   6  .154  .154  .154  -13    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1978 26 HOU NL  62    6    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .167  .286  .167   34    1   1   0   0   0   0
 1979 27 HOU NL  63    7    1    2   1  0   0    2   0  0   5   0  .286  .583  .429  189    3   0   0   0   0   0 MVP-21,AS
 1980 28 HOU NL  64    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .000  .100  .000  -69    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1981 29 HOU NL  49    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1982 30 HOU NL  10    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1984 32 HOU NL  32    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     462   52    4    7   1  0   0    4   0  0  10  19  .135  .274  .154   26    8   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         18    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   4   7  .135  .274  .154   26    3   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     64   13    1    2   1  0   0    2   0  0   5   6                           3   1   0   0   0   0

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1976 24 HOU NL   12    7    1   3.8    84| .222  .252| .417  .317| .222  .359| .639  .676|  93  .472   0.2   0.0   0%
 1977 25 HOU NL   13   11    0   0.0    95| .154  .258| .154  .324| .154  .394| .308  .718| -13  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1978 26 HOU NL    8    6    0   0.0    88| .167  .252| .286  .319| .167  .371| .453  .690|  34  .000  -0.5   0.0   0%
 1979 27 HOU NL   12    5    3  16.2    94| .286  .262| .583  .326| .429  .388|1.012  .715| 189  .915   1.7   0.2   0%
 1980 28 HOU NL   10    9    0   0.0    88| .000  .257| .100  .318| .000  .373| .100  .691| -69  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1981 29 HOU NL    5    5    0   0.0    88| .000  .256| .000  .321| .000  .368| .000  .689|-100  .000  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1982 30 HOU NL    1    1    0   0.0    88| .000  .256| .000  .318| .000  .372| .000  .690|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1984 32 HOU NL    2    2    0   0.0    87| .000  .254| .000  .318| .000  .369| .000  .686|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons       63   46    4   2.3    90| .135  .256| .274  .321| .154  .377| .428  .698|  26  .246  -4.7  -0.4   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1976 24 HOU NL   P   20      4   10    0    1 1.000  .952  0.70  0.72  2.36  1.87    4   53.3
 1977 25 HOU NL   P   54      4   17    2    1  .913  .950  0.39  0.67  2.12  1.85    1   89.0
 1978 26 HOU NL   P   62      6   16    2    3  .917  .952  0.35  0.72  2.25  1.91    0   88.0
 1979 27 HOU NL   P   63      5   14    2    2  .905  .950  0.30  0.66  1.87  1.80    0   91.3 AS
 1980 28 HOU NL   P   64      7   13    2    2  .909  .952  0.31  0.69  1.99  1.91    0   90.3
 1981 29 HOU NL   P   49      5   12    0    2 1.000  .960  0.35  0.68  2.40  1.96    0   63.7
 1982 30 HOU NL   P    9      0    4    1    1  .800  .952  0.44  0.70  2.83  1.98    0   12.7
 1984 32 HOU NL   P   32      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  0.12  0.67  0.75  1.89    0   47.7
 1985 33 NYM NL   P    8      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  0.50  0.68  3.36  1.93    0   10.7
 1986 34 BOS AL   P   53      1    8    0    1 1.000  .957  0.17  0.68  1.81  1.83    0   44.7
 1987 35 BOS AL   P   47      1    4    0    0 1.000  .962  0.11  0.67  1.19  1.84    0   37.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1976 24 HOU NL   P   20      4   10    0    1 1.000  .952  0.70  0.72  2.36  1.87    4   53.3
 1977 25 HOU NL   P   54      4   17    2    1  .913  .950  0.39  0.67  2.12  1.85    1   89.0
 1978 26 HOU NL   P   62      6   16    2    3  .917  .952  0.35  0.72  2.25  1.91    0   88.0
 1979 27 HOU NL   P   63      5   14    2    2  .905  .950  0.30  0.66  1.87  1.80    0   91.3
 1980 28 HOU NL   P   64      7   13    2    2  .909  .952  0.31  0.69  1.99  1.91    0   90.3
 1981 29 HOU NL   P   49      5   12    0    2 1.000  .960  0.35  0.68  2.40  1.96    0   63.7
 1982 30 HOU NL   P    9      0    4    1    1  .800  .952  0.44  0.70  2.83  1.98    0   12.7
 1984 32 HOU NL   P   32      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  0.12  0.67  0.75  1.89    0   47.7
 1985 33 NYM NL   P    8      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  0.50  0.68  3.36  1.93    0   10.7
 1986 34 BOS AL   P   53      1    8    0    1 1.000  .957  0.17  0.68  1.81  1.83    0   44.7
 1987 35 BOS AL   P   47      1    4    0    0 1.000  .962  0.11  0.67  1.19  1.84    0   37.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 461     35  104    9   13  .939  .953  0.30  0.68  1.99  1.88    5  629.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       461     35  104    9   13  .939  .953  0.30  0.68  1.99  1.88    5    629

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1980   NLCS  HOU PHI     L   3   0   4.91  0  1  0  0   3.2   4   2   2   6 
 1981   NLDS  HOU LAD     L   2   0  16.20  1  0  0  0   1.2   5   3   2   2 
 1986   ALCS  BOS CAL     W   3   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   0.2   1   0   1   0 
        WS    BOS NYM     L   2   0  27.00  0  0  0  0   0.1   2   1   2   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   6   0   4.15  0  1  0  0   4.1   5   2   3   6 
  4 Postseason Ser      1-3  10   0   8.53  1  1  0  0   6.1  12   6   7   8 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1980   NLCS  HOU PHI     L   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   1   0   0 
 1981   NLDS  HOU LAD     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1986   ALCS  BOS CAL     W   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    BOS NYM     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   6   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   1   0   0 
  4 Postseason Series   1-3  10   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Pitching

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1979   HOU NL      0  0  0   0.2   0   0   0   1   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1979   HOU NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1979 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1979-NL-21-0.03
Car-1205-0.03 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1980-NL-5-0.01
Car-256-0.01 shares

Games
1979 NL-63-9
1981 NL-49-5

Saves
1979 NL-22-4
1980 NL-17-9
1981 NL-10-7

Games Finished
1978 NL-45-7
1979 NL-51-5
1980 NL-40-10
1981 NL-32-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 11 (1389) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 14.0 (529) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 13.0 (781) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
June 5, 1973: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 17th round of the 1973 amateur draft.
April 8, 1985: Released by the Houston Astros.
April 26, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
August 23, 1985: Released by the New York Mets.
January 31, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.
December 5, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
November 9, 1987: Granted Free Agency.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Salaries Leaders
1986 Boston Red Sox $500,000

1987 Boston Red Sox $360,000

Career (may be incomplete) $860,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms
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