Joe Sambito stats

Last played for the Boston Red Sox, 1987

Relief Pitcher

Age 74 · 6' 1"

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Joe Sambito played 11 MLB seasons, 1976 to 1987.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
461
W
37
L
38
ERA
3.03
IP
629.0
K
489
BB
195
WHIP
1.20
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
1976HOU20323.5453.126141.11
1977HOU54552.3389.067241.13
1978HOU62493.0788.096321.33
1979HOU63871.7791.183231.13
1980HOU64842.1990.175220.96
1981HOU49551.8463.241221.02
1982HOU9000.7112.2720.71
1984HOU32003.0247.226161.15
1985NYM80012.6610.2382.72
1986BOS53204.8444.230161.57
1987BOS47266.9337.235161.65

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
10
W
1
L
1
ERA
15.75
IP
4.0
K
8
BB
7
WHIP
4.75

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
0
CG
1
SHO
1
K/9
7.0
GB
0
FB
0
G/F
0.00
WP
0
Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
1976HOU0114.40000
1977HOU0006.80000
1978HOU0009.80000
1979HOU0008.20000
1980HOU0007.50000
1981HOU0005.80000
1982HOU0005.00000
1984HOU0004.90000
1985NYM0002.50000
1986BOS0006.00000
1987BOS0008.40000

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
74 yearsJun 28, 1952
Height
6' 1"
Debut
1976
Birthplace
Brooklyn, NY
College
Adelphi

What were Joe Sambito's career stats?

Joe Sambito played 11 seasons for the Astros, the Mets and the Red Sox. He had 37 wins and 489 strikeouts with a 3.03 ERA over 629.0 innings. His best season was 1979: 8 wins, a 1.77 ERA and 83 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

11 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1976 to 1987

Joe Sambito finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.

All-time career rank

  • 218th in saves (84)

Among the 9,243 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

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