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, 13,778th 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

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1973	21	HOU-min	Rk,AA	4	2	.667	2.05	12	7		5	2	1	57.0	36	22	13	2	14	0	59	4	1	2				0.877	5.7	0.3	2.2	9.3	4.21	CVN,CBS APPY,SOUL
1974	22	HOU-min	A	11	8	.579	3.00	23	23		12	2	0	156.0	133	59	52	6	49	3	182	7	0	4				1.167	7.7	0.3	2.8	10.5	3.71	CDR MIDW
1975	23	HOU-min	AA	12	9	.571	3.01	30	28		10	2	0	209.0	200	85	70	7	85	5	140	3	0	14				1.364	8.6	0.3	3.7	6.0	1.65	CBS SOUL
1976	24	HOU-min	AA,AAA	11	2	.846	2.76	17	15		8	1	0	127.0	114	46	39	8	36	3	78	2	1	2				1.181	8.1	0.6	2.6	5.5	2.17	CBS,MEM SOUL,IL
1976	24	HOU	NL	3	2	.600	3.54	20	4	8	1	1	1	53.1	45	21	21	4	14	1	26	0	0	2	207	91	3.42	1.106	7.6	0.7	2.4	4.4	1.86
1977	25	HOU	NL	5	5	.500	2.33	54	1	32	0	0	7	89.0	77	34	23	6	24	2	67	0	1	2	357	154	2.92	1.135	7.8	0.6	2.4	6.8	2.79
1978	26	HOU	NL	4	9	.308	3.07	62	0	45	0	0	11	88.0	85	32	30	5	32	7	96	0	0	1	371	108	2.23	1.330	8.7	0.5	3.3	9.8	3.00
1979	27	HOU	NL	8	7	.533	1.77	63	0	51	0	0	22	91.1	80	20	18	8	23	4	83	4	0	0	375	199	2.94	1.128	7.9	0.8	2.3	8.2	3.61	AS,MVP-21
1980	28	HOU	NL	8	4	.667	2.19	64	0	40	0	0	17	90.1	65	26	22	3	22	3	75	2	0	3	354	151	2.32	0.963	6.5	0.3	2.2	7.5	3.41	CYA-5
1981	29	HOU	NL	5	5	.500	1.84	49	0	32	0	0	10	63.2	43	17	13	4	22	5	41	2	0	0	255	180	3.26	1.021	6.1	0.6	3.1	5.8	1.86
1982	30	HOU	NL	0	0		0.71	9	0	7	0	0	4	12.2	7	2	1	0	2	2	7	0	0	0	47	484	2.09	0.711	5.0	0.0	1.4	5.0	3.50

1984	32	HOU-min	AAA	0	0		2.25	8	0	4	0	0	0	8.0	5	2	2	1	4	0	5	1	0	1				1.125	5.6	1.1	4.5	5.6	1.25	TUC PCL
1984	32	HOU	NL	0	0		3.02	32	0	14	0	0	0	47.2	39	16	16	5	16	2	26	0	0	3	191	110	4.05	1.154	7.4	0.9	3.0	4.9	1.63
1985	33	NYM-min	AAA	0	3	.000	4.35	19	0	10	0	0	0	20.2	31	15	10	1	11	3	12	0	0	1				2.032	13.5	0.4	4.8	5.2	1.09	TID IL
1985	33	NYM	NL	0	0		12.66	8	0	2	0	0	0	10.2	21	18	15	1	8	0	3	0	0	0	60	29	5.59	2.719	17.7	0.8	6.8	2.5	0.38
1986	34	BOS	AL	2	0	1.000	4.84	53	0	27	0	0	12	44.2	54	26	24	4	16	3	30	2	0	4	200	87	3.80	1.567	10.9	0.8	3.2	6.0	1.88
1987	35	BOS	AL	2	6	.250	6.93	47	0	16	0	0	0	37.2	46	29	29	8	16	3	35	0	0	3	171	66	5.05	1.646	11.0	1.9	3.8	8.4	2.19
1988	36	HOU-min	AAA	2	2	.500	2.82	34	1	15	0	0	5	54.1	57	17	17	1	13	0	43	0	0	1				1.288	9.4	0.2	2.2	7.1	3.31	TUC PCL
11 Yrs				37	38	.493	3.03	461	5	274	1	1	84	629.0	562	241	212	48	195	32	489	10	1	18	2588	116	3.12	1.203	8.0	0.7	2.8	7.0	2.51
162 Game Avg.				5	6	.493	3.03	67	1	40	0	0	12	92	82	35	31	7	28	5	71	1	0	3	378	116	3.12	1.203	8.0	0.7	2.8	7.0	2.51

HOU (8 yrs)				33	32	.508	2.42	353	5	229	1	1	72	536.0	441	168	144	35	155	26	421	8	1	11	2157	140	2.88	1.112	7.4	0.6	2.6	7.1	2.72
BOS (2 yrs)				4	6	.400	5.79	100	0	43	0	0	12	82.1	100	55	53	12	32	6	65	2	0	7	371	76	4.37	1.603	10.9	1.3	3.5	7.1	2.03
NYM (1 yr)				0	0		12.66	8	0	2	0	0	0	10.2	21	18	15	1	8	0	3	0	0	0	60	29	5.59	2.719	17.7	0.8	6.8	2.5	0.38

NL (9 yrs)				33	32	.508	2.62	361	5	231	1	1	72	546.2	462	186	159	36	163	26	424	8	1	11	2217	130	2.93	1.143	7.6	0.6	2.7	7.0	2.60
AL (2 yrs)				4	6	.400	5.79	100	0	43	0	0	12	82.1	100	55	53	12	32	6	65	2	0	7	371	76	4.37	1.603	10.9	1.3	3.5	7.1	2.03

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