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Joe
Sambito		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: June 28, 1952 in Brooklyn, NY, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1985   
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1977 25 HOU NL 10 8 .556 83 4 0 0 3 109.3 99 48 6 32 67 3.95 .242 .310 .345 .654 6.9
1978 26 HOU NL 6 10 .375 72 0 0 0 3 71.0 73 36 6 23 49 4.56 .263 .326 .414 .739 2.0
1979 27 HOU NL 3 3 .500 72 2 0 0 4 81.3 72 22 7 16 67 2.43 .234 .272 .354 .626 7.8
1980 28 HOU NL 4 7 .364 81 0 0 0 4 86.0 102 36 7 25 63 3.77 .295 .340 .439 .780 2.7
1981 29 SEA AL 5 5 .500 70 0 0 0 42 85.7 67 26 9 15 53 2.73 .216 .252 .365 .616 14.6
1982 30 PIT NL 5 8 .385 62 1 0 0 37 76.3 59 18 6 14 57 2.12 .209 .249 .330 .579 13.2
1983 31 PIT NL 3 8 .273 65 0 0 0 37 64.7 61 13 2 9 50 1.81 .240 .276 .331 .607 11.6
1984 32 PIT NL 5 7 .417 79 0 0 0 41 81.7 82 25 1 12 65 2.76 .264 .291 .347 .639 12.9
1985 33 PIT NL 5 8 .385 82 0 0 0 46 92.3 65 32 6 23 55 3.12 .202 .264 .307 .571 16.4
1986 34 PIT NL 7 4 .636 78 0 0 0 33 89.0 86 32 4 31 54 3.24 .257 .316 .358 .674 12.4
1987 35 PIT NL 2 7 .222 63 0 0 0 35 66.0 65 19 6 18 45 2.59 .259 .309 .418 .727 10.2
1988 36 PIT NL 12 12 .500 42 30 0 0 4 183.7 174 66 18 33 163 3.23 .248 .287 .393 .681 11.0
1989 37 PIT NL 6 6 .500 42 18 0 0 1 118.0 116 45 12 21 86 3.43 .253 .290 .384 .674 6.4
1990 38 PIT NL 7 8 .467 43 27 0 0 0 153.0 159 67 18 33 112 3.94 .264 .302 .400 .701 6.8
1991 39 SEA AL 0 2 .000 10 8 0 0 0 42.3 55 34 11 11 19 7.23 .309 .349 .534 .883 0.0
15 Years Sim 80 103 .437 944 90 0 0 290 1400.3 1335 519 119 316 1005 3.34 .250 .295 .379 .674 134.9
Season Average 5 6 .455 62 6 0 0 19 93.4 89 34 7 21 67 3.34 .250 .295 .379 .674  
Career Highs 12 12 .636 83 30 0 0 46 183.7 174 67 18 33 163 7.23 .309 .349 .534 .883  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1977 25 HOU NL 83 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .133 .133 .133 .267 -0.2 0.0
1979 27 HOU NL 72 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1980 28 HOU NL 81 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
1982 30 PIT NL 62 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0
1983 31 PIT NL 65 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1984 32 PIT NL 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
1985 33 PIT NL 82 7 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .429 .714 0.8 0.2
1986 34 PIT NL 78 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .111 .111 .222 .333 0.0 0.0
1987 35 PIT NL 63 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.3
1988 36 PIT NL 42 53 2 7 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 25 .132 .164 .170 .333 0.1 0.0
1989 37 PIT NL 42 31 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 .097 .097 .129 .226 -1.3 0.0
1990 38 PIT NL 43 41 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 27 .146 .167 .146 .313 0.2 0.0
12 Years Sim 792 182 7 22 6 0 0 9 0 0 3 99 .121 .135 .154 .289 -2.0 0.5
162 Game Average 37 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 .121 .135 .154 .289 -0.4  
Career Highs 83 53 2 7 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 27 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.8  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1977 25 HOU NL P 83 4 109.3 7 17 0 0 1.000 1.98    
1978 26 HOU NL P 72 0 71.0 6 10 1 3 .941 2.03    
1979 27 HOU NL P 72 2 81.3 3 15 1 1 .947 1.99    
1980 28 HOU NL P 81 0 86.0 5 11 2 3 .889 1.67    
1981 29 SEA AL P 70 0 85.7 5 10 2 2 .882 1.58    
1982 30 PIT NL P 62 1 76.3 3 11 3 3 .824 1.65    
1983 31 PIT NL P 65 0 64.7 4 12 0 1 1.000 2.23    
1984 32 PIT NL P 79 0 81.7 3 15 3 0 .857 1.98    
1985 33 PIT NL P 82 0 92.3 4 16 0 1 1.000 1.95    
1986 34 PIT NL P 78 0 89.0 7 12 1 2 .950 1.92    
1987 35 PIT NL P 63 0 66.0 5 10 2 0 .882 2.05    
1988 36 PIT NL P 42 30 183.7 17 25 4 4 .913 2.06    
1989 37 PIT NL P 42 18 118.0 10 22 2 2 .941 2.44    
1990 38 PIT NL P 43 27 153.0 10 30 2 2 .952 2.35    
1991 39 SEA AL P 10 8 42.3 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.91    
Career Totals   944 90 1400.3 92 222 23 24 .932 2.02    
Career Highs   83 30 183.7 17 30 4 4 1.000 2.44    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1979 27 HOU NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 3 3.00 .182 .182 .364 .545
1980 28 HOU NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 4.7 8 4 1 2 8 7.73 .364 .417 .636 1.053
1983 31 PIT NL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 1 2.0 1 1 0 1 0 4.50 .143 .250 .286 .536
1984 32 PIT NL 1 1 .500 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 3 2 0 2 13.50 .300 .300 1.000 1.300
1985 33 PIT NL 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 2 3.7 3 1 0 0 3 2.46 .200 .200 .333 .533
1986 34 PIT NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.7 2 0 0 0 1 0.00 .333 .333 .333 .667
1987 35 PIT NL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 1 1.7 5 4 1 0 3 21.69 .500 .500 .800 1.300
1990 38 PIT NL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 5 0 0 2 5 0.00 .200 .259 .280 .539
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 3 .400 17 1 0 0 5 25.6 29 14 4 5 25 4.91 .274 .306 .491 .797
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1990 38 PIT NL 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667
Career Post-Season Batting 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1981-2-42
1982-5-37
1983-5-37
1984-3-41
1985-2-46
1986-8-33
1987-7-35
CAR-17-290
 Games Pitched
1977-8-83
1978-4-72
1979-7-72
1981-9-70
CAR-19-944
 Walks per 9IP
1988-10-1.6
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1988-7-8.0
 WHiP
CAR-44-1.18
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 22)
   Gray Ink Test: 29    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 96)
 
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  5. Bryan Harvey (882)
  6. Charlie Leibrandt (881)
  7. Bobby Castillo (881)
  8. Larry Andersen (876)
  9. John Franco (874)
  10. Sheldon Burnside (872)
History
Signed as a free agent by San Francisco on 2/3/1981 to a 4-year deal worth $3,727,800 per year
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/1/1981 to a 4-year deal worth $4,100,000 per year
Traded from Seattle to Pittsburgh on 3/2/1982 (Going to PIT: P J. Sambito. Going to SEA: P T. Conroy, P W. Mueller)
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1985
Won Player of the Week award on 5/13/1988, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/4/1991 to a 1-year deal worth $1,350,000 per year
Released by Seattle on 6/1/1991
 
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