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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	HOU	@	CIN	L,9-11	GF	4	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	2	Apr 7	HOU	@	CIN	L,4-5	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	7 (4)	Apr 12	HOU		LAD	W,11-10	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
4	8	Apr 14	HOU		CIN	L,4-8	GF	10	2.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
5	10 (1)	Apr 16	HOU		CIN	W,4-3		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	12 (1)	Apr 19	HOU	@	SDP	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	15 (2)	Apr 22	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-5	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	16	Apr 23	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	17	Apr 24	HOU		SDP	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	27 (9)	May 10	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	28	May 12	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-4		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	29	May 13	HOU	@	NYM	W,7-4	GF	15	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	31 (1)	May 16	HOU		PHI	W,6-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	33 (1)	May 18	HOU		PHI	L,5-8	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	36 (2)	May 21	HOU		ATL	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
16	37	May 23	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-3	GF	10	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	41 (3)	May 27	HOU		NYM	L,7-9		3	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	42	May 28	HOU		NYM	L,1-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	46 (3)	Jun 2	HOU		STL	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	48 (1)	Jun 3 (2)	HOU		STL	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	50 (1)	Jun 5	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-2	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	51	Jun 6	HOU	@	CHC	L,4-9	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	P
23	52	Jun 9	HOU	@	STL	W,11-7		11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
24	55 (2)	Jun 12	HOU		PIT	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	56	Jun 13	HOU		PIT	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	58 (1)	Jun 16	HOU		CHC	L,6-7		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	60 (1)	Jun 18	HOU		CHC	W,3-1	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
28	62 (1)	Jun 21	HOU	@	LAD	L,4-5	GF	14	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	65 (2)	Jun 24	HOU	@	SDP	L,5-6		2	0.2	0	1	0	1	1	P
30	67 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	HOU	@	SDP	L,4-7		6	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
31	69 (1)	Jun 27	HOU		CIN	W,7-4	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	75 (5)	Jul 2	HOU		SDP	L,2-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	76	Jul 3	HOU	@	CIN	L,7-8	GF	11	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
34	80 (3)	Jul 8 (1)	HOU		LAD	L,1-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	83 (2)	Jul 13	HOU	@	MON	L,0-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	84	Jul 14 (1)	HOU	@	MON	W,4-3		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	90 (5)	Jul 19 (1)	HOU	@	NYM	W,8-3	GF	14	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	93 (2)	Jul 20 (2)	HOU	@	NYM	L,4-5	GF	6	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
39	95 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	HOU	@	PHI	L,2-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	102 (6)	Jul 28	HOU		NYM	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
41	103	Jul 30	HOU		NYM	W,4-3		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	105 (1)	Aug 1	HOU		SFG	W,4-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	108 (2)	Aug 5 (1)	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-3		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	110 (1)	Aug 6	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	111	Aug 8	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
46	113 (1)	Aug 11	HOU		ATL	L,0-1	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	117 (3)	Aug 15	HOU	@	STL	L,5-11	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	120 (2)	Aug 17 (2)	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-3		7	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	124 (3)	Aug 20 (2)	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-3	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
50	125	Aug 21	HOU		CHC	W,8-3	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	127 (1)	Aug 23	HOU		CHC	W,3-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	128	Aug 25	HOU		PIT	W,7-5		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	130 (1)	Aug 27	HOU		PIT	L,5-8		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	133 (2)	Sep 1	HOU	@	CHC	L,11-14		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	134	Sep 2	HOU	@	CHC	W,8-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	135	Sep 3 (1)	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-3	GF	5	1.2	0	1	0	1	1	P
57	143 (7)	Sep 11	HOU	@	CIN	L,8-9		11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	144	Sep 12	HOU	@	CIN	L,3-4	GF	3	0.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
59	148 (3)	Sep 16	HOU	@	SDP	L,1-2		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	156 (7)	Sep 24 (2)	HOU	@	SFG	L,4-6		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
61	158 (1)	Sep 27	HOU	@	ATL	W,4-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
62	161 (2)	Sep 30	HOU		SFG	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							62gm		88.0	6	16	2	24	3