Joe Sambito
Born: June 28, 1952, Brooklyn, NYHeight: 6'1" Weight: 185 Bats: Left Throws: Left
College: Adelphi
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1976 Houston NL 24 3 2 3.54 20 4 1 8 8 1 1 53.1 45 207 21 21 4 13 1 0 26 1977 Houston NL 25 5 5 2.33 54 1 0 21 32 7 0 89.0 77 357 34 23 6 22 2 0 67 1978 Houston NL 26 4 9 3.07 62 0 0 17 45 11 0 88.0 85 371 32 30 5 25 7 0 96 1979 Houston NL 27 8 7 1.77 63 0 0 12 51 22 0 91.1 80 375 20 18 8 19 4 4 83 1980 Houston NL 28 8 4 2.19 64 0 0 24 40 17 0 90.1 65 354 26 22 3 19 3 2 75 1981 Houston NL 29 5 5 1.84 49 0 0 17 32 10 0 63.2 43 255 17 13 4 17 5 2 41 1982 Houston NL 30 0 0 0.71 9 0 0 2 7 4 0 12.2 7 47 2 1 0 0 2 0 7 1984 Houston NL 32 0 0 3.02 32 0 0 18 14 0 0 47.2 39 191 16 16 5 14 2 0 26 1985 New York NL 33 0 0 12.66 8 0 0 6 2 0 0 10.2 21 60 18 15 1 8 0 0 3 1986 Boston AL 34 2 0 4.84 53 0 0 26 27 12 0 44.2 54 200 26 24 4 13 3 2 30 1987 Boston AL 35 2 6 6.93 47 0 0 31 16 0 0 37.2 46 171 29 29 8 13 3 0 35 TOTALS 37 38 3.03 461 5 1 182 274 84 1 629.0 562 2588 241 212 48 163 32 10 489
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1976 Houston NL 20 190 21 45 69 6 3 4 1 2 3 3 13 1 0 26 7 .237 .363 .286 1977 Houston NL 54 328 34 77 105 8 1 6 4 1 3 4 22 2 0 67 8 .235 .320 .286 1978 Houston NL 62 327 32 85 120 18 1 5 8 4 6 7 25 7 0 96 6 .260 .367 .322 1979 Houston NL 63 340 20 80 116 6 3 8 6 2 7 3 19 4 4 83 5 .235 .341 .290 1980 Houston NL 64 325 26 65 90 14 1 3 4 1 3 2 19 3 2 75 11 .200 .277 .254 1981 Houston NL 49 224 17 43 67 12 0 4 6 1 1 2 17 5 2 41 6 .192 .299 .269 1982 Houston NL 9 44 2 7 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 2 .159 .159 .196 1984 Houston NL 32 171 16 39 61 7 0 5 1 3 8 1 14 2 0 26 7 .228 .357 .289 1985 New York NL 8 50 18 21 29 5 0 1 1 1 0 1 8 0 0 3 1 .420 .580 .492 1986 Boston AL 53 181 26 54 78 10 1 4 1 0 1 2 13 3 2 30 6 .298 .431 .362 1987 Boston AL 47 153 29 46 82 8 2 8 2 0 0 2 13 3 0 35 1 .301 .536 .367
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1976 Houston NL 24 20 9 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 .222 .222 .417 1977 Houston NL 25 54 13 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 .154 .154 .154 1978 Houston NL 26 62 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .167 .167 .286 1979 Houston NL 27 63 7 1 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .286 .429 .583 1980 Houston NL 28 64 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 .000 .000 .100 1981 Houston NL 29 49 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .000 .000 1982 Houston NL 30 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 1984 Houston NL 32 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1985 New York NL 33 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1986 Boston AL 34 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1987 Boston AL 35 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 462 52 4 7 8 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 19 0 .135 .154 .274
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1976 Houston NL P 53.1 4 20 4 10 0 1 1.000 2.36 3 3 1 1977 Houston NL P 89.0 1 54 4 17 2 1 .913 2.12 3 4 1 1978 Houston NL P 88.0 0 62 6 16 2 3 .917 2.25 6 7 1 1979 Houston NL P 91.1 0 63 5 14 2 2 .905 1.87 7 3 2 1980 Houston NL P 90.1 0 64 7 13 2 2 .909 1.99 3 2 1 1981 Houston NL P 63.2 0 49 5 12 0 2 1.000 2.40 1 2 1 1982 Houston NL P 12.2 0 9 0 4 1 1 .800 2.84 0 0 0 1984 Houston NL P 47.2 0 32 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.76 8 1 0 1985 New York NL P 10.2 0 8 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 1 0 1986 Boston AL P 44.2 0 53 1 8 0 1 1.000 1.81 1 2 1 1987 Boston AL P 37.2 0 47 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.19 0 2 1
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by Houston Astros in the 17th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1973).
- Placed on disabled list by Houston Astros, (May 20, 1982).
- Activated by Houston Astros, (October 4, 1982).
- Released by Houston Astros (April 8, 1985).
- Signed by New York Mets (April 26, 1985).
- Released by New York Mets (August 23, 1985).
- Signed by Boston Red Sox (January 31, 1986).
- Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).
- Signed by Boston Red Sox (December 5, 1986).
- Granted free agency (November 9, 1987).
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