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: 22-27

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 18

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 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	264	2	Apr 11	HOU	@	LAD	L,4-7	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.60	5	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.42	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
2	265	4	Apr 13	HOU		ATL	L,1-2	10-GF(10)	L(0-1)	1	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.50	3.60	6	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.00	-0.331	1.85	-0.12%	-0.59	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
3	266	7	Apr 17	HOU		PIT	L,3-4	7-8		3	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	3.15	5	2	3	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.39	-0.001	.20	0.00%	0.29	7t --3 1 out d2	8t 3 out d2
4	267	8	Apr 18	HOU		PIT	L,3-6	9-10		0	2.0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.59	2.25	9	4	3	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.74	-0.310	1.35	-0.09%	-1.18	9t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
5	268	12	Apr 22	HOU		LAD	L,0-1	8-GF		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	2.08	6	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	.64	0.068	.36	0.02%	0.82	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
6	269	13	Apr 23	HOU		CIN	L,4-5	8-8		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	1.85	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	0.036	.70	0.01%	0.43	8t 12- 1 out d1	8t 12- 2 out d1
7	270	14	Apr 24	HOU		CIN	L,0-3	9-GF		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	1.88	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.006	.08	0.00%	0.44	9t 1-3 2 out d3	9t end d 3
8	271	18	Apr 29	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-4	7-8	H(1)	4	1.1	3	2	2	2	0	1	0	2.79	3.94	9	2	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	-0.102	.55	-0.02%	-1.34	7b --- 0 out a3	8b --- 1 out a1
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
9	272	20	May 1	HOU	@	PIT	W,5-3	8-GF	W(1-1)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.31	3.54	7	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.181	.56	0.04%	0.90	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 2
10	273	21	May 2	HOU	@	PIT	L,4-5	7-10		0	3.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	2.45	2.94	11	4	3	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.19	0.352	.93	0.09%	1.85	7b 1-3 1 out tie	10b -2- 1 out a1
11	274	23	May 4	HOU	@	CHC	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.40	2.80	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.04	0.189	3.02	0.05%	0.47	9b 1-3 2 out a1	9b end a 1
12	275	25	May 6	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-2	8-10		1	3.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.00	2.60	13	2	7	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.40	0.355	1.34	0.12%	1.35	8b --- 0 out tie	10b 3 out tie
13	276	31	May 12	HOU		STL	L,2-3	10-GF(10)	L(1-2)	5	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.37	2.65	6	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	2.07	-0.331	.96	-0.09%	-0.59	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
14	277	33	May 14	HOU		STL	L,6-7	9-9	HL(1-3)	1	0.1	1	3	1	1	1	0	0	2.79	2.70	4	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.54	-0.202	1.09	-0.05%	-1.69	9t 1-- 0 out a3	9t 123 1 out a2
15	278	35	May 16	HOU		CHC	W,6-1	8-GF	S(2)	1	2.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.53	2.98	7	1	4	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.53	0.067	.19	0.02%	0.82	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 5
16	279	37	May 19	HOU	@	STL	L,12-15	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.42	2.87	3	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.01	0.00%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
17	280	38	May 20	HOU	@	STL	W,4-3	11-GF(11)	S(3)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	2.86	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	0.181	.96	0.04%	0.45	11b --- 0 out a1	11b end a 1
18	281	39	May 21	HOU	@	STL	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.22	2.76	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.20	0.012	.08	0.00%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
19	282	40	May 22	HOU		SFG	L,3-6	10-12		0	2.1	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.03	2.90	9	2	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	2	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.64	0.341	1.15	0.09%	1.21	10t 12- 2 out tie	12t 3 out tie
20	283	42	May 24	HOU		SFG	L,1-2	9-GF		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.95	2.74	5	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.028	.24	0.01%	0.41	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
21	284	43	May 25	HOU		SDP	W,6-3	7-GF	S(4)	0	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.80	2.77	8	3	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.100	.32	0.02%	1.26	7t 1-3 2 out a3	9t end a 3
22	285	44	May 26	HOU		SDP	W,1-0	8-GF	S(5)	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	2.76	7	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	0.249	.72	0.05%	0.82	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
23	286	46	May 29	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.67	2.85	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.009	.23	0.00%	0.39	8b 12- 2 out d2	8b end d 2
24	287	47	May 30	HOU	@	SFG	W,9-8	12-12		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.65	2.84	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.24	0.103	1.66	0.02%	0.39	12b 12- 2 out tie	12b 3 out tie
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
25	288	49	Jun 2	HOU	@	SDP	W,2-1	9-GF	S(6)	2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.60	2.93	4	0	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.55	0.167	.89	0.04%	0.41	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
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
26	289	58	Aug 10	HOU	@	SFG	W,6-5	8-8	W(2-3)	68	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	2.92	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.87	0.102	4.86	0.08%	0.45	8b 1-3 2 out tie	8b 3 out tie
27	290	60	Aug 12	HOU	@	SFG	W,5-4	6-7	W(3-3)	1	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.53	3.00	5	2	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.01	0.096	2.57	0.07%	0.51	6b --- 2 out tie	7b 3 out tie
28	291	62	Aug 14	HOU	@	SDP	W,5-1	9-GF		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.49	2.88	5	0	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.013	.77	0.01%	0.41	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
29	292	63	Aug 15	HOU	@	SDP	W,5-0	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	2.81	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.005	.10	0.01%	0.41	9b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
30	293	66	Aug 18	HOU		MON	W,4-2	9-GF	S(7)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	2.81	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.009	.53	0.01%	0.08	9t --- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
31	294	70	Aug 23	HOU	@	PHI	L,0-6	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.40	2.88	4	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
32	295	71	Aug 25	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-2	8-GF(8)	L(3-4)	1	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	1.59	3.10	6	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.75	-0.260	1.04	-0.22%	-0.58	8b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
33	296	73	Aug 27	HOU	@	NYM	L,2-3	8-8	BL(3-5)	1	0.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.80	3.05	3	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.32	-0.594	4.09	-0.44%	-1.83	8b 1-- 1 out a1	8b -2- 2 out d1
34	297	77	Aug 30	HOU		PHI	W,5-4	8-9	BS(2)	2	1.2	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.94	3.10	10	3	3	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	1	3.15	-0.236	4.66	-0.21%	-0.57	8t --- 0 out a1	9t 12- 2 out tie
Sep/Oct				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
35	298	79	Sep 1	HOU		NYM	W,3-2	8-GF	W(4-5)	1	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.85	3.10	8	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.213	3.00	0.24%	0.82	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
36	299	82	Sep 4	HOU	@	MON	W,5-0	8-GF	S(8)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	3.08	6	1	4	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	0.180	3.98	0.24%	1.84	8b 12- 0 out a3	9b end a 5
37	300	84	Sep 6	HOU	@	MON	W,4-3	7-8	BS(3)	1	1.2	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.90	3.30	7	1	3	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.02	-0.002	7.02	0.00%	0.54	7b 12- 0 out a1	8b -2- 2 out tie
38	301	85	Sep 7	HOU	@	ATL	W,3-2	9-GF	S(9)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	3.29	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.89	0.134	13.35	0.22%	0.30	9b -2- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
39	302	86	Sep 8	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-3	8-9	H(3)	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	2.22	3.61	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.49	-0.138	6.68	-0.22%	-0.92	8b --- 0 out a2	9b 1-- 0 out a1
40	303	91	Sep 14	HOU		CIN	L,2-4	8-GF		5	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.15	3.53	5	2	2	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.074	1.63	0.13%	1.87	8t 123 1 out d2	9t end d 2
41	304	92	Sep 15	HOU		CIN	L,0-4	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.10	3.52	3	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.10	0.00%	0.41	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
42	305	93	Sep 16	HOU	@	SDP	W,5-2	8-GF	S(10)	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.03	3.50	7	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.102	2.94	0.17%	0.81	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 3
43	306	95	Sep 18	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	3	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.11	3.47	11	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	2	0	0	0	.21	-0.036	.68	-0.07%	-0.15	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
44	307	99	Sep 23	HOU		ATL	L,1-3	7-8		4	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.04	3.30	6	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.046	.70	0.06%	0.82	7t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
45	308	101	Sep 25	HOU		LAD	L,0-3	8-GF		1	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.99	3.25	4	3	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.016	.43	0.03%	0.85	8t 1-3 2 out d3	9t end d 3
46	309	104	Sep 28	HOU		SDP	W,2-1	9-GF	W(5-5)	2	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.96	3.29	5	0	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.13	0.118	11.61	0.26%	0.41	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
47	310	106	Sep 30	HOU	@	CIN	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	3.28	3	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.005	.51	0.02%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
48	311	108	Oct 2	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-6	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.87	3.27	7	3	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.002	.04	0.01%	1.20	7b 1-- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
49	312	110	Oct 4	HOU	@	LAD	W,5-3	7-7		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	3.26	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.035	.00	0.00%	0.42	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
							22-27		W-L:5-5,Sv:10,BSv:3,Hld:3	1.3	63.2	43	17	13	22	41	4	2	1.84	3.26	255	0.86		7%	3%	36		32	9%	1	2	1	224	12	0	5	6	1	6	1.57	1.055	1.74	0.63%	17.62

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