Joe Sambito
Joseph Charles Sambito
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 28, 1952 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Bethpage (Bethpage, NY)
School: Adelphi University
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 17th round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1976
Final Game: October 3, 1987
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        This screwball lefty is my wife's favorite Astro. So, naturally, we named a cat after him. Happy Valentine's Day to my better half!

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1976 HOU NL 24 P 20 4 53.1 14 4 10 0 1 1.000 2.36 0.70 .950 1.87 0.72
1977 HOU NL 25 P 54 1 89.0 23 4 17 2 1 .913 2.12 0.39 .952 1.85 0.67
1978 HOU NL 26 P 62 0 88.0 24 6 16 2 3 .917 2.25 0.35 .954 1.91 0.72
1979 HOU NL 27 P 63 0 91.1 21 5 14 2 2 .905 1.87 0.30 .952 1.80 0.66 AS,MVP-21
1980 HOU NL 28 P 64 0 90.1 22 7 13 2 2 .909 1.99 0.31 .955 1.91 0.69 CYA-5
1981 HOU NL 29 P 49 0 63.2 17 5 12 0 2 1.000 2.40 0.35 .959 1.96 0.68
1982 HOU NL 30 P 9 0 12.2 5 0 4 1 1 .800 2.84 0.44 .960 1.99 0.70
1984 HOU NL 32 P 32 0 47.2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.76 0.13 .950 1.89 0.67
1985 NYM NL 33 P 8 0 10.2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.38 0.50 .950 1.94 0.68
1986 BOS AL 34 P 53 0 44.2 9 1 8 0 1 1.000 1.81 0.17 .956 1.83 0.68
1987 BOS AL 35 P 47 0 37.2 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.19 0.11 .960 1.84 0.67
11 Seasons P 461 5 629.0 148 35 104 9 13 .939 1.99 0.30 .954 1.88 0.68
11 Seasons TOT 461 5 629.0 148 35 104 9 13 .939 1.99 0.30 .893 1.88 0.68

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1976 HOU NL 24 20 4 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 HOU NL 25 54 1 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 HOU NL 26 62 0 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 HOU NL 27 63 0 63 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 HOU NL 28 64 0 64 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 HOU NL 29 49 0 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 HOU NL 30 10 0 10 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 HOU NL 32 32 0 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 NYM NL 33 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 BOS AL 34 53 0 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 BOS AL 35 47 0 1 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 462 5 363 461 461 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1976 HOU NL 24 218 82% 33% 11 91% 0 4 0 3 11 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1977 HOU NL 25 370 75% 26% 20 90% 0 4 2 2 18 13 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 100%
1978 HOU NL 26 386 67% 17% 18 94% 0 6 2 2 16 10 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 2 1 4 75%
1979 HOU NL 27 388 71% 18% 13 85% 1 5 2 2 13 6 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 67%
1980 HOU NL 28 364 72% 20% 16 94% 0 8 2 3 13 9 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 3 67%
1981 HOU NL 29 260 75% 25% 12 100% 0 4 0 3 12 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 3 100%
1982 HOU NL 30 48 81% 31% 5 100% 0 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1984 HOU NL 32 202 79% 23% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 NYM NL 33 61 82% 23% 4 100% 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1986 BOS AL 34 209 77% 25% 7 100% 0 1 0 1 9 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1987 BOS AL 35 176 71% 21% 2 100% 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
11 Seasons 2682 74% 23% 110 94% 1 36 8 18 107 68 12 9 0 3 6 3 13 7 10 3 20 85%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 89%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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