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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 13	HOU	@	SFG	L,7-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	8	Apr 14	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
3	9	Apr 15 (1)	HOU	@	SFG	W,4-3	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
4	14 (4)	Apr 20	HOU		PIT	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
5	15	Apr 21	HOU		PIT	W,5-4		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	16	Apr 22	HOU		PIT	W,3-2	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	18 (1)	Apr 26	HOU	@	CHC	W,6-2	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	21 (2)	Apr 30	HOU	@	STL	W,6-5		10	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	22	May 1	HOU	@	STL	L,6-7	GF	12	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	24 (1)	May 3	HOU	@	STL	W,4-1		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	25	May 4	HOU	@	CIN	L,5-6		12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	30 (4)	May 9	HOU		STL	W,5-4		10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	31	May 10	HOU		STL	L,1-3	GF	6	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
14	32	May 11	HOU		CHC	L,3-5	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	37 (4)	May 16	HOU		SFG	L,4-8		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
16	38	May 17	HOU		SFG	L,0-3		8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	42 (3)	May 20 (2)	HOU		SDP	W,6-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	45 (2)	May 23	HOU	@	ATL	L,5-6	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	46	May 25	HOU	@	SDP	L,1-2	GF	8	1.1	0	0	1	1	0	P
20	49 (2)	May 28	HOU	@	SDP	L,4-5		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	51 (1)	May 30	HOU		CIN	W,6-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	58 (6)	Jun 6	HOU		PHI	W,4-3		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	61 (2)	Jun 10	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-3	GF	15	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
24	68 (6)	Jun 18	HOU		NYM	W,3-2		18	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
25	70 (1)	Jun 20	HOU		NYM	W,5-4	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
26	71	Jun 22	HOU		SDP	W,2-1	GF	5	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	74 (2)	Jun 25 (1)	HOU		CIN	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	76 (1)	Jun 26	HOU		CIN	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	77	Jun 27	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-6	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	81 (3)	Jul 1	HOU	@	SDP	W,4-1	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	83 (1)	Jul 4	HOU	@	CIN	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	85 (1)	Jul 6	HOU	@	CHC	W,4-2	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	89 (3)	Jul 10	HOU		PIT	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	91 (1)	Jul 12	HOU		PIT	L,3-5	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	92	Jul 13	HOU		STL	L,0-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	93	Jul 14	HOU		STL	W,3-2	GF	5	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	P
37	98 (4)	Jul 21	HOU	@	PIT	L,5-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	99	Jul 22	HOU	@	STL	W,7-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	102 (2)	Jul 25	HOU		CHC	W,6-4	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	108 (5)	Jul 31	HOU		SFG	W,6-4		10	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	111 (2)	Aug 4 (1)	HOU		ATL	W,4-3	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	112	Aug 4 (2)	HOU		ATL	W,6-2	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
43	113	Aug 5	HOU		ATL	W,3-2	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	114	Aug 7	HOU	@	LAD	L,8-10	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	117 (2)	Aug 10	HOU	@	ATL	W,2-1	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	124 (6)	Aug 19	HOU		PHI	L,2-3	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	129 (4)	Aug 25	HOU	@	PHI	W,3-1	GF	10	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	130	Aug 26	HOU	@	PHI	W,4-1	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	132 (1)	Aug 28	HOU	@	MON	L,6-7	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	134 (1)	Aug 31	HOU		NYM	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	139 (4)	Sep 5	HOU		SDP	W,4-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	142 (2)	Sep 8	HOU		SFG	L,1-2	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	143	Sep 9	HOU		SFG	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	144	Sep 11	HOU	@	CIN	L,8-9		7	0.2	0	0	1	1	0	P
55	145	Sep 12	HOU	@	CIN	L,4-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	147 (1)	Sep 15	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-5	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	150 (2)	Sep 18	HOU	@	SDP	L,0-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	151	Sep 19	HOU		ATL	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	153 (1)	Sep 21	HOU		CIN	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	154	Sep 22	HOU		CIN	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
61	156 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	HOU	@	ATL	L,4-5	GF	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
62	161 (4)	Sep 29	HOU	@	LAD	W,3-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
63	162	Sep 30	HOU	@	LAD	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
							63gm		91.1	5	14	2	21	2