Born: (1952-06-28) June 28, 1952 (age 71) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
MLB debut
July 20, 1976, for the Houston Astros
Last MLB appearance
October 3, 1987, for the Boston Red Sox
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
37–38
Earned run average
3.03
Strikeouts
489
Saves
84
Teams
Houston Astros (1976–1984)
New York Mets (1985)
Boston Red Sox (1986–1987)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (1979)
Joseph Charles Sambito (born June 28, 1952) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Houston Astros (1976–1982, 1984), New York Mets (1985) and Boston Red Sox (1986–1987). He batted and threw left-handed.
Joseph Charles Sambito (born June 28, 1952) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Houston Astros (1976–1982, 1984), New York...
take the ball from Schiraldi and brought in JoeSambito. After putting Wilson on intentionally, Sambito walked Backman to load the bases and Hernandez...
on a Gross sacrifice bunt. Lefty JoeSambito was called in to relieve Ryan and walked Rose to load the bases. Sambito struck out Bake McBride and was pulled...
On August 25, he hit a ninth-inning homer off Houston Astros closer JoeSambito to carry the Mets to a 2–1 win. On September 20, he took St. Louis Cardinals...
bases. Joe Niekro had a great year with 21 wins and 3.00 ERA. J. R. Richard won 18 games and set a new personal strikeout record at 313. JoeSambito came...
stolen bases on the season. He hit an inside-the-park grand slam off JoeSambito when Danny Heep collided with Terry Blocker in right-centerfield in the...
save. Whereas closing duties had been split between Bob Stanley and JoeSambito up to that point, Schiraldi emerged as the Bosox's closer for the remainder...
2024. Retrieved January 20, 2024. "The 1986 BOS A Pitching Splits for JoeSambito". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on January 20, 2024. Retrieved...
federal prison and was ordered to pay former Houston Astros pitcher JoeSambito (a former teammate of his cousin Mark) $439,000 for failing to finish...
out, stole second and scored on Boone's single. After a Pettis single, JoeSambito relieved Clemens and allowed a two-out walk to load the bases, then Downing's...
Landestoy, Jeffrey Leonard, Joe Morgan, Joe Niekro, Terry Puhl, Luis Pujols, Craig Reynolds, Vern Ruhle, Nolan Ryan, JoeSambito, Dave Smith, Denny Walling...
Pitcher 13 294 Jack Clark San Francisco Giants Pitcher-Outfielder 17 404 JoeSambito Houston Astros Pitcher 23 527 Jeff Reardon* Montreal Expos Pitcher...
to make the score 5-3 with the bases loaded. Forsch was put in after JoeSambito had got a groundout to make it 5-4 with one out and two on. He struck...
Dodgers would add insurance in the eighth. With two on and one out off of JoeSambito, Bill Russell's RBI single, Reggie Smith's sacrifice fly, and Ken Landreaux's...
became the first rookie to start the first game of a World Series since Joe Black of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1952. The 1980 World Series was the first...
pinch hitter. Promptly afterwards, the Phillies scored ten more off JoeSambito. He was part of the notorious "Scum Bunch" as a Met, along with Orosco...
Lemongello 39 Bo McLaughlin 36 Joe Niekro 30 Gene Pentz 45 Frank Riccelli 50 J. R. Richard 48 Vern Ruhle 35 JoeSambito 31 Dan Warthen 34 Rick Williams...
1979: Nolan Ryan was signed as a free agent by the Astros. January 31, 1980: Joe Morgan was signed as a free agent by the Astros. February 21, 1980: Frank...
Pete Rose was signed as a free agent by the Phillies. December 6, 1978: Joe Charboneau was traded by the Phillies to the Cleveland Indians for Cardell...