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Joe Sambito

Joseph Charles Sambito

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 28, 1952 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Bethpage HS (Bethpage, NY)
School: Adelphi University (Garden City, NY)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 17th round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1976
Teams (by GP): Astros/RedSox/Mets 1976-1987
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: October 3, 1987
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1976 24 HOU NL 20 12 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .222 .417 .222 .639 93 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 25 HOU NL 54 13 13 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .154 .154 .154 .308 -14 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 26 HOU NL 62 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .167 .452 34 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1979 27 HOU NL 63 12 7 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 .286 .583 .429 1.012 189 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,MVP-21
1980 28 HOU NL 64 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-5
1981 29 HOU NL 49 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 30 HOU NL 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1984 32 HOU NL 32 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 33 NYM NL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1986 34 BOS AL 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 35 BOS AL 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Yrs 462 63 52 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 10 19 .135 .274 .154 .428 26 8 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 22 18 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 .135 .274 .154 .428 26 3 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (8 yrs) 354 63 52 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 10 19 .135 .274 .154 .428 26 8 0 0 1 0 0
BOS (2 yrs) 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYM (1 yr) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (9 yrs) 362 63 52 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 10 19 .135 .274 .154 .428 26 8 0 0 1 0 0
AL (2 yrs) 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1976 24 HOU NL 20 12 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .509 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ 1
1977 25 HOU NL 54 13 -2 -0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1978 26 HOU NL 62 8 -0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $30,000 1
1979 27 HOU NL 63 12 1 -0 0 0 1 2 0.3 0 3 0.3 .504 .502 0.3 0.0 3 $ 1 AS,MVP-21
1980 28 HOU NL 64 10 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .499 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $213,000 1 CYA-5
1981 29 HOU NL 49 5 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1982 30 HOU NL 10 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1984 32 HOU NL 32 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 1
1985 33 NYM NL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1986 34 BOS AL 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $500,000 1
1987 35 BOS AL 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $360,000 1
11 Seasons 462 63 -5 -0 0 0 7 2 0.2 2 4 0.3 .501 .500 0.3 0.3 4 $1,103,000
HOU (8 yrs) 354 63 -5 -0 0 0 7 2 0.2 2 4 0.3 .501 .500 0.3 0.2 4 $243,000
BOS (2 yrs) 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $860,000
NYM (1 yr) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1976 24 HOU NL 12 7 1 3.8 84 .286 .222 .252 .417 .317 .222 .359 .639 .676 93 .472 0.2 0.0 .714 .333 .000
1977 25 HOU NL 13 11 0 0.0 95 .286 .154 .258 .154 .325 .154 .394 .308 .718 -14 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .182 .000 .000
1978 26 HOU NL 8 6 0 0.0 88 .250 .167 .252 .286 .319 .167 .371 .452 .690 34 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .400 .167 .000
1979 27 HOU NL 12 5 3 16.2 95 .286 .286 .262 .583 .326 .429 .388 1.012 .715 189 .915 1.7 0.2 1.600 .857 .143
1980 28 HOU NL 10 9 0 0.0 88 .000 .000 .257 .100 .318 .000 .373 .100 .692 -69 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .111 .111 .000
1981 29 HOU NL 5 5 0 0.0 88 .000 .000 .257 .000 .321 .000 .368 .000 .689 -100 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1982 30 HOU NL 1 1 0 0.0 88 .000 .256 .000 .318 .000 .372 .000 .690 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1984 32 HOU NL 2 2 0 0.0 87 .000 .000 .254 .000 .318 .000 .369 .000 .686 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
11 Yrs 63 46 4 2.3 90 .212 .135 .256 .274 .321 .154 .377 .428 .698 26 .246 -4.7 -0.5 .400 .212 .019
162 Game Avg. 22 16 1 2.3 90 .212 .135 .256 .274 .321 .154 .377 .428 .698 26 .246 -4.7 -0.5 .400 .212 .019

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1980 28 HOU NL NLCS PHI L 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1981 29 HOU NL NLDS LAD L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 34 BOS AL ALCS CAL W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 34 BOS AL WS NYM L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (4 Series) 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLDS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 ALCS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 HOU NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1976 24 HOU NL 12 0.0% 16.7% 25.0% 0.0% 0% 0.67 4.5 9.0 1.50 58%
1977 25 HOU NL 13 0.0% 46.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.2 13.0 2.00 54%
1978 26 HOU NL 8 0.0% 25.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0% 2.00 3.0 50%
1979 27 HOU NL 12 0.0% 0.0% 41.7% 8.3% 50% 0.00 3.5 0.25 58%
1980 28 HOU NL 10 0.0% 50.0% 10.0% 0.0% 5.00 1.8 0.33 40%
1981 29 HOU NL 5 0.0% 60.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7 1.00 40%
1982 30 HOU NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1984 32 HOU NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
11 Yrs 63 0.0% 30.2% 15.9% 1.6% 14% 1.90 2.7 13.0 1.00 52%
MLB Averages 2.1% 13.5% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.59 6.6 42.6 8.4 1.09 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1976 24 HOU NL 0.2 0.0 12 0.1 0.2 -0.1 .69 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.92 0.3 0
1977 25 HOU NL -2.0 -0.2 13 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .75 -0.2 -0.1 -1.1 -0.1 0.90 -2.1 0
1978 26 HOU NL -0.5 -0.1 9 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .51 -0.0 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1 0.98 -0.5 0
1979 27 HOU NL 1.7 0.2 12 0.2 0.2 -0.0 .67 0.1 0.1 2.1 0.2 0.93 1.7 0
1980 28 HOU NL -2.0 -0.2 10 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .69 -0.2 0.0 -2.4 -0.3 1.08 -2.1 0
1981 29 HOU NL -1.3 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.17 -0.1 0.0 -2.1 -0.2 1.59 -1.3 0
1982 30 HOU NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .33 -0.0 -0.0 -0.3 -0.0 1.12 -0.2 0
1984 32 HOU NL -0.5 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .44 -0.1 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.56 -0.5 0
1985 33 NYM NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1986 34 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1987 35 BOS AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Yrs -4.7 -0.5 64 -0.3 0.5 -0.8 .70 -0.5 0.0 -4.7 -0.5 0.99 -4.7 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1976 24 HOU NL 0 0 20% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1977 25 HOU NL 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 26 HOU NL 0 0 50% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1979 27 HOU NL 0 0 14% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1980 28 HOU NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 29 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 30 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 32 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 0 0 24% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 22% 5 4 1 0 0 0 4 3 1

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1976 24 HOU NL 12 42% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 7 1 14% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1977 25 HOU NL 13 77% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 7 1 14% 0 0 0 0 0
1978 26 HOU NL 8 88% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1979 27 HOU NL 12 67% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 8 2 25% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1980 28 HOU NL 10 60% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1981 29 HOU NL 5 60% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 8 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1982 30 HOU NL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1984 32 HOU NL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 63 63% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 7 0 0% 7 1 14% 42 4 10% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
MLB Averages 57% 80% 11% 35% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1976 24 20 12 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .222 .417 .222 .639 93 2 0 0 0 0 0
1977 25 74 25 22 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 8 .182 .280 .182 .462 35 4 0 0 0 0 0
1978 26 136 33 28 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 10 .179 .281 .179 .460 35 5 0 0 1 0 0
1979 27 199 45 35 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 9 10 .200 .364 .229 .592 73 8 0 0 1 0 0
1980 28 263 55 44 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 10 15 .159 .315 .182 .497 46 8 0 0 1 0 0
1981 29 312 60 49 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 10 18 .143 .288 .163 .451 33 8 0 0 1 0 0
1982 30 322 61 50 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 10 19 .140 .283 .160 .443 31 8 0 0 1 0 0
1983 31 322 61 50 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 10 19 .140 .283 .160 .443 31 8 0 0 1 0 0
1984 32 354 63 52 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 10 19 .135 .274 .154 .428 26 8 0 0 1 0 0
1985 33 362 63 52 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 10 19 .135 .274 .154 .428 26 8 0 0 1 0 0
1986 34 415 63 52 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 10 19 .135 .274 .154 .428 26 8 0 0 1 0 0
1987 35 462 63 52 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 10 19 .135 .274 .154 .428 26 8 0 0 1 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1976 24 20 12 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 .222 .417 .222 .639 1 20
1977 25 54 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 54
1978 26 62 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 62
1979 27 63 12 7 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 5 0 .286 .583 .429 1.012 2 63
1980 28 64 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 64
1981 29 74 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 49
1982 30 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 10
1984 32 32 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 32
8 Yrs 379 66 55 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 10 21 .073 .215 .091 .306 3 354
162 Game Avg. 162 28 24 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 .073 .215 .091 .306 1 354

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1979 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 NL (21, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1980 NL (5, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (283rd)

              

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