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

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Team Record in Appearances: 22-32 / in Starts: 0-1

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 21

1977 Pitching Game Log

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1977 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	21	6	Apr 13	HOU		CIN	W,7-6	3-6		99	3.1	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	5.40	1.54	13	5	3	2	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.026	.42	-0.03%	-0.46	3t 1-- 2 out d4	6t 3 out d4
2	22	7	Apr 15	HOU	@	ATL	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.38	1.61	8	1	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.082	1.37	0.10%	1.10	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
3	23	8	Apr 16	HOU	@	ATL	L,3-4	7-7	L(0-1)	0	0.1	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	6.35	2.74	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.96	-0.055	3.78	-0.06%	-0.41	7b --- 0 out tie	7b 12- 1 out tie
4	24	10	Apr 19	HOU		SFG	L,4-7	9-GF		2	1.0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	5.40	2.44	4	0	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	-0.031	.44	-0.03%	-0.56	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
5	25	11	Apr 20	HOU		SFG	L,0-1	8-GF		0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	2.49	5	0	4	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.071	1.17	0.06%	0.85	8t 12- 2 out d1	9t end d 1
6	26	13	Apr 23(1)	HOU		SDP	L,2-7	8-GF		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.60	2.14	6	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.004	.03	0.00%	0.89	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
7	27	14	Apr 23(2)	HOU		SDP	L,8-11	9-GF		-1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.27	2.47	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.006	.09	0.00%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
8	28	15	Apr 24	HOU		SDP	W,9-8	9-GF(10)	W(1-1)	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.84	2.34	5	2	1	0	0	1		3	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	0.026	2.40	0.02%	0.95	9t 123 1 out tie	10t end tie
9	29	16	Apr 26	HOU	@	SFG	W,4-3	12-GF(13)	W(2-1)	1	2.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2.45	3.01	8	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.52	0.329	3.91	0.22%	0.97	12b --- 0 out tie	13b end a 1
10	30	18	Apr 28	HOU	@	SFG	W,3-1	9-9	H(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.40	2.87	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.65	0.106	4.85	0.07%	0.47	9b 12- 1 out a2	9b 12- 2 out a2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	31	23	May 4	HOU	@	CHC	W,5-4	7-8		5	2.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	2.65	3.39	7	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.012	.24	0.01%	0.09	7b --- 0 out d3	8b 3 out d1
12	32	24	May 5	HOU	@	CHC	L,7-8	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	3.32	7	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.32	0.049	.26	0.02%	1.09	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 1
13	33	26	May 7	HOU	@	STL	W,3-1	10-GF(11)	W(3-1)	1	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.14	3.31	8	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.35	0.222	1.57	0.09%	0.97	10b --- 0 out tie	11b end a 2
14	34	29	May 10	HOU		CHC	L,5-11	9-GF		2	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.45	3.28	5	2	3	2	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-1.19	9t 1-- 0 out d7	9t end d 9
15	35	32	May 14	HOU		PIT	L,2-6	7-8		3	2.0	2	2	1	2	2	0	0	2.63	3.32	9	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.171	.49	-0.07%	-1.11	7t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d3
16	36	35	May 18	HOU		STL	L,4-8	7-7		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.59	3.31	1	0	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.036	.71	0.01%	0.30	7t -2- 2 out d1	7t 3 out d1
17	37	36	May 19	HOU		PHI	W,3-2	9-GF	S(1)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.49	3.29	3	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.03	0.149	.83	0.04%	0.44	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
18	38	40	May 24	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		4	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.33	3.22	6	1	2	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.45	-0.005	.27	0.00%	0.65	7b 1-3 1 out d1	8b end d 2
19	39	44	May 28	HOU	@	SDP	L,5-6	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.25	3.06	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.011	.05	0.00%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	40	49	Jun 2	HOU	@	CIN	W,6-4	7-8		4	1.1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.15	2.98	6	3	0	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.000	.13	0.00%	0.10	7b -23 2 out d2	8b 3 out d3
21	41	50	Jun 3	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-4	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.01	2.77	7	0	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.009	.04	0.00%	1.00	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
22	42	51	Jun 4	HOU	@	CIN	W,8-1	9-GF		0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.95	2.71	5	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.50	9b --- 0 out a7	9b end a 7
23	43	58	Jun 11(2)	HOU		NYM	L,4-6	6-9		6	3.1	1	2	0	2	2	0	0	1.77	2.77	13	4	4	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.134	.38	0.02%	0.93	6t --- 0 out tie	9t 12- 1 out a2
24	44	63	Jun 16	HOU	@	NYM	L,3-4	6-8	BL(3-2)	4	2.1	1	2	0	3	3	0	0	1.66	2.84	12	3	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.59	-0.348	.22	-0.03%	-1.49	6b --- 0 out a1	8b 12- 1 out d1
25	45	66	Jun 19	HOU	@	NYM	L,2-8	7-7		2	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	1	0	2.31	3.12	7	0	2	0	0	4		0	0	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.045	.03	0.00%	-2.54	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d6
26	46	70	Jun 24	HOU		SFG	W,6-5	9-GF(11)	W(4-2)	4	3.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.14	2.95	9	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.91	0.378	.20	0.02%	1.33	9t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
27	47	76	Jun 29	HOU		SDP	L,4-7	9-GF		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.09	3.02	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.17	0.006	.02	0.00%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	48	78	Jul 2	HOU		ATL	L,1-2	13-GF(13)		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.08	3.02	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.033	.06	0.00%	0.46	13t 1-3 2 out d1	13t end d 1
29	49	82	Jul 6	HOU	@	LAD	W,2-1	11-12		3	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.99	3.07	9	5	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.18	0.268	.11	0.01%	0.97	11b --- 0 out tie	12b 3 out tie
30	50	86	Jul 10	HOU		CIN	W,6-5	7-7		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.96	3.07	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.013	.01	0.00%	-0.10	7t --3 1 out d3	7t 3 out d4
31	51	88	Jul 12	HOU		LAD	L,0-8	GS-4	L(4-3)	1	3.1	10	7	3	1	2	0	0	2.37	3.02	20	5	2	0	0	10	21			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.20	-0.274	.06	-0.01%	-3.73	1t start tie	4t 123 1 out d4
32	52	91	Jul 15	HOU	@	CIN	L,3-8	6-6		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	3.02	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.008	.01	0.00%	0.23	6b 1-- 2 out d3	6b 3 out d3
33	53	92	Jul 16	HOU	@	CIN	W,8-0	7-GF	S(2)	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.22	2.93	10	3	4	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.131	.02	0.00%	2.49	7b 12- 0 out a4	9b end a 8
34	54	94	Jul 21	HOU	@	STL	L,0-4	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.14	2.94	7	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.97	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
35	55	97	Jul 24(1)	HOU	@	CHC	W,10-6	6-GF	S(3)	2	4.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.99	2.86	14	4	8	3	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	0.281	.08	0.01%	2.17	6b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 4
36	56	100	Jul 26	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.96	2.82	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.031	.04	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
37	57	101	Jul 27	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-3	8-10	BS(2)	0	2.1	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.03	3.00	10	2	4	1	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.66	-0.064	.17	0.00%	0.32	8b -2- 2 out a1	10b 3 out tie
38	58	104	Jul 30	HOU		CHC	W,11-3	6-GF	BW(5-3)	2	4.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.05	2.94	16	6	6	2	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	.73	-0.050	.01	0.00%	0.78	6t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 8
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
39	59	109	Aug 5	HOU		STL	W,5-4	7-GF	S(4)	5	2.1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.98	2.96	8	2	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.44	0.307	.02	0.00%	1.10	7t 1-- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
40	60	112	Aug 7	HOU		STL	L,2-5	7-7		1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.96	2.96	2	1	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.61	-0.087	.04	0.00%	-0.50	7t 123 1 out d1	7t 3 out d3
41	61	115	Aug 10	HOU	@	SFG	W,8-6	8-9	H(2)	2	1.1	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	2.18	3.15	8	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.75	-0.184	.02	0.00%	-1.93	8b --- 0 out a3	9b 12- 1 out a2
42	62	116	Aug 11	HOU	@	SFG	W,7-5	9-GF	S(5)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	3.15	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.044	.02	0.00%	0.22	9b 1-- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
43	63	121	Aug 17	HOU	@	ATL	L,6-9	6-6	BL(5-4)	5	0.2	3	3	3	1	0	2	0	2.52	3.55	6	1	1	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.450	.02	-0.01%	-3.28	6b -2- 1 out a1	6b 3 out d3
44	64	123	Aug 20	HOU	@	PHI	L,4-5	9-GF		2	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.52	3.55	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.23	-0.183	.03	0.00%	-1.00	9b 12- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
45	65	125	Aug 22	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.49	3.46	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.028	.00	0.00%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
46	66	126	Aug 23	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-2	9-GF	L(5-5)	0	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.60	3.45	3	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.37	-0.371	.01	0.00%	-1.03	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
47	67	129	Aug 26	HOU		MON	W,6-5	6-9		2	4.0	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.47	3.29	16	3	4	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	1	.91	0.175	.00	0.00%	1.78	6t --- 0 out d1	9t 3 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
48	68	138	Sep 6	HOU		CIN	W,8-3	7-GF	S(6)	10	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.37	3.22	10	4	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.038	.00	0.00%	1.33	7t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 5
49	69	139	Sep 7	HOU		SDP	L,5-9	8-8		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.35	3.19	2	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.068	.00	0.00%	1.50	8t 123 1 out d2	8t 3 out d2
50	70	142	Sep 10	HOU		SFG	W,2-0	8-GF	S(7)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.30	3.15	7	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.132	.00	0.00%	0.89	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
51	71	144	Sep 12	HOU	@	CIN	W,7-2	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.27	3.10	4	0	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.88	9b 1-- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
52	72	151	Sep 21	HOU		ATL	L,3-5	8-GF		8	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.22	3.04	5	0	2	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.054	.00	0.00%	1.29	8t 12- 1 out d2	9t end d 2
53	73	152	Sep 22	HOU		ATL	L,4-8	8-8		0	1.0	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.41	2.99	6	0	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.086	.00	0.00%	-1.56	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d4
54	74	160	Sep 30	HOU	@	LAD	L,5-6	11-13		7	3.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.33	2.92	12	3	3	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	0.402	.00	0.00%	1.45	11b --- 0 out tie	13b 3 out tie
							22-32		W-L:5-5,Sv:7,BSv:4,Hld:2	2.1	89.0	77	34	23	24	67	6	0	2.33	2.92	357	1.06		7%	4%	68	21	35	23%	3	4	1	328	8	1	2	8	1	4	1.13	1.213	.35	0.47%	12.84

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