Joe Sambito Stats

Joe Sambito was born on Saturday, June 28, 1952, in Brooklyn, New York. Sambito was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 20, 1976, with the Houston Astros. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Joe Sambito baseball stats page.

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Joe Sambito

Joe Sambito Autograph on a 1981 Fleer Baseball Card (#65)

Joe Sambito Autograph on a 1981 Fleer Baseball Card (#65)

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Birth Name:   Joseph Charles Sambito (Twitter: @JoeSambito)
Nickname:   Joe
Born On:   06-28-1952  (Cancer)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Brooklyn, New York
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Bethpage High School (Bethpage, NY)
College:   Adelphi University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   190
First Game:   07-20-1976 (Age 24)
Last Game:   10-03-1987
Draft:   1973 : 17th Round (404th)

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Joe Sambito Pitching Stats

1976 24 Astros 20 4 8 3 2 .600 3.54 1 1 1 53.1 207 45 21 21 4 14 1 26 2 0 0 -
1977 25 Astros 54 1 32 5 5 .500 2.33 0 0 7 89.0 357 77 23 34 6 24 2 67 2 0 1 -
1978 26 Astros 62 0 45 4 9 .308 3.07 0 0 11 88.0 371 85 30 32 5 32 7 96 1 0 0 -
1979 27 Astros 63 0 51 8 7 .533 1.77 0 0 22 91.1 375 80 18 20 8 23 4 83 0 4 0 -
1980 28 Astros 64 0 40 8 4 .667 2.19 0 0 17 90.1 354 65 22 26 3 22 3 75 3 2 0 -
1981 29 Astros 49 0 32 5 5 .500 1.84 0 0 10 63.2 255 43 13 17 4 22 5 41 0 2 0 -
1982 30 Astros 9 0 7 0 0 .000 0.71 0 0 4 12.2 47 7 1 2 0 2 2 7 0 0 0 -
1984 32 Astros 32 0 14 0 0 .000 3.02 0 0 0 47.2 191 39 16 16 5 16 2 26 3 0 0 -
1985 33 Mets 8 0 2 0 0 .000 12.66 0 0 0 10.2 60 21 15 18 1 8 0 3 0 0 0 -
1986 34 Red Sox 53 0 27 2 0 1.000 4.84 0 0 12 44.2 200 54 24 26 4 16 3 30 4 2 0 -
1987 35 Red Sox 47 0 16 2 6 .250 6.93 0 0 0 37.2 171 46 29 29 8 16 3 35 3 0 0 -
11 Years 461 5 274 37 38 .493 3.03 1 1 84 629.0 2,588 562 212 241 48 195 32 489 18 10 1 -

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Joe Sambito Hitting Stats

1976 24 Astros 20 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .222 .417 .222
1977 25 Astros 54 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154
1978 26 Astros 62 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 .167 .286 .167
1979 27 Astros 63 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .583 .429
1980 28 Astros 64 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .100 .000
1981 29 Astros 49 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1982 30 Astros 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1984 32 Astros 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1985 33 Mets 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1986 34 Red Sox 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1987 35 Red Sox 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
11 Years 462 52 4 7 1 0 0 0 4 10 0 19 1 0 0 0 .135 .274 .154

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Joe Sambito Fielding Stats

1976 Astros P 20 4 160 14 0.7 14 4 10 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.36
1977 Astros P 54 1 267 23 0.4 21 4 17 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .913 2.12
1978 Astros P 62 0 264 24 0.4 22 6 16 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .917 2.25
1979 Astros P 63 0 274 21 0.3 19 5 14 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .905 1.87
1980 Astros P 64 0 271 22 0.3 20 7 13 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .909 1.99
1981 Astros P 49 0 191 17 0.3 17 5 12 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.40
1982 Astros P 9 0 38 5 0.6 4 0 4 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .800 2.84
1984 Astros P 32 0 143 4 0.1 4 1 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.76
1985 Mets P 8 0 32 4 0.5 4 1 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.38
1986 Red Sox P 53 0 134 9 0.2 9 1 8 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.81
1987 Red Sox P 47 0 113 5 0.1 5 1 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.19
P Totals 461 5 1,887 148 0.3 139 35 104 9 13 n/a n/a n/a .939 1.99
11 Years 461 5 1,887 148 0.3 139 35 104 9 13 n/a n/a n/a .939 1.99

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Joe Sambito Miscellaneous Stats

1976 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.5 9.0 1.86 4.39 2.36
1977 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.2 13.0 2.79 6.78 2.43
1978 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.0 0.0 3.00 9.82 3.27
1979 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 3.5 3.61 8.18 2.27
1980 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.8 0.0 3.41 7.47 2.19
1981 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.7 0.0 1.86 5.80 3.11
1982 Astros 0 0 .000 0 1 n/a 0.0 1.0 0.0 3.50 4.97 1.42
1984 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.63 4.91 3.02
1985 Mets 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.38 2.53 6.75
1986 Red Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.88 6.04 3.22
1987 Red Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.19 8.36 3.82
11 Years 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0.0 2.7 13.0 2.51 7.00 2.79

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Joe Sambito Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1976 Houston Astros 35 $19,000.00 - -
1977 Houston Astros 35 $27,500.00 - -
1978 Houston Astros 35 $21,000.00 - -
1979 Houston Astros 35 Undetermined Stats -
1980 Houston Astros 35 Undetermined - -
1981 Houston Astros 35 Undetermined - -
1982 Houston Astros 35 Undetermined - -
1984 Houston Astros 35 Undetermined - -
1985 New York Mets 35 Undetermined - -
1986 Boston Red Sox 43 $500,000.00 - Stats
1987 Boston Red Sox 43 $360,000.00 - -

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