#29 Joe Sambito, Starting Pitcher, 33 yrs, Atlanta Braves

#29 Joe Sambito, Starting Pitcher, 33 yrs, Atlanta Braves
Monday, 5/13/1986

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Joe Sambito

6/28/1952
33

6"1
200

Starting Pitcher
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L

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Prone
4.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 4,000,000
1986
8 Year(s), 85 Days (1461 total Days)
42 Day(s)
9 Year(s), 11 Days (1559 total Days)
11 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
Not eligible
1 Option Year(s) left

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Movement	Control	Velocity
Overall	9	8	9	91-94 Mph
Versus LHB	9	9	9
Versus RHB	9	8	9
Talent	10	9	8

Pitching Ratings
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6
57
4

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Splitfinger-Fastball

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	2	3	1	1	1
Versus LHP	5	3	1	1	1
Versus RHP	1	3	1	1	1
Talent	2	2	2	2	2

Running & Bunting Ratings
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Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 2 (Range), .950 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
4/1	@PIT	W 7-3	*	6	5	2	2	0	10	W
4/7	CHI	W 7-2	*	7	3	0	0	3	5	W	PoG
4/12	@PHL	L 2-3	*	5	5	2	2	0	5
4/17	SF	W 14-3	*	5.1	10	3	2	0	6	W
4/22	SDP	L 2-10	*	3.2	8	6	6	3	6	L
4/27	@PHL	W 14-12	*	4.1	9	8	7	2	7
5/2	HOU	W 1-0	*	6.2	5	0	0	1	5		PoG
5/7	@LA	W 7-6	*	6.1	10	4	1	1	6	W
5/12	PIT	L 0-14	*	3.1	10	7	6	0	5	L

Pitching Stats 1986

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
	9	9	4	2	0	4.91	47.2	65	32	26	10	55	0	.0	0	4	44.4

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	0	0	.0	0	0	14.3	12.3	10.4	1.9	8	0	.0	0	0	.0	5.40

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	75	23	3	1	2	11	11	3	22	0	0	0	.307	.325	.453	.778
vs. RHB	126	42	6	0	2	21	21	7	33	0	0	1	.333	.373	.429	.802

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	5	5	2	2	0	4.85	26.0	36	16	14	7	27
Road	4	4	2	0	0	4.98	21.2	29	16	12	3	28
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	2	2	1	1	0	6.52	9.2	20	11	7	1	11

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	6	6	3	1	0	5.46	31.1	40	21	19	8	39
May	3	3	1	1	0	3.86	16.1	25	11	7	2	16

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	Teams
1977	59	0	4	6	32	2.90	68.1	59	0	22	15	45	0	0	1.08	PIT
1978	57	0	5	4	19	3.51	66.2	57	0	26	24	34	0	0	1.22	PIT
1979	64	0	9	4	36	2.10	73.0	57	0	17	17	45	0	0	1.01	PiT,NL
1980	61	0	5	7	39	3.61	62.1	49	0	25	16	20	0	0	1.04	PiT,NL
1981	69	0	7	9	43	3.60	70.0	57	35	28	13	22	0	0	1.00	PiT
1982	60	0	3	4	37	3.67	54.0	49	27	22	23	23	0	0	1.33	PiT,NL
1983	65	0	7	0	45	1.17	69.1	45	9	9	13	40	0	0	0.84	PIT,NL
1984	64	4	6	4	36	3.13	89.0	75	38	31	31	36	0	0	1.19	PIT ATL
1985	61	10	8	10	24	2.73	122.0	84	42	37	38	48	1	1	1.00	ATL
1986	9	9	4	2	0	4.91	47.2	65	32	26	10	55	0	0	1.57	ATL
Total	569	23	58	50	311	3.03	722.1	597	183	243	200	368	1	1	1.10

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

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Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
1983	14	0	1	1	8	0.57	15.2	6	1	1	6	8	0	0
Total	14	0	1	1	8	0.57	15.2	6	1	1	6	8	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1977	59	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	PIT
1978	57	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	PIT
1979	64	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	PiT,NL
1980	61	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	PiT,NL
1981	69	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	PiT
1982	60	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	PiT,NL
1983	65	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	PIT,NL
1984	64	14	3	1	0	1	2	2	0	3	0	0	.214	.214	.500	.714	PIT ATL
1985	61	26	5	1	1	0	1	2	0	13	0	0	.192	.192	.308	.500	ATL
1986	9	17	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	9	0	0	.118	.118	.176	.294	ATL
Total	569	83	11	3	1	1	6	6	1	41	0	0	.133	.143	.229	.372

Fielding Stats 1986

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

47.2

1.89

Player History

Had first career hit on 5/12/1979, off Lynn Mcglothen (HOU)... Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game... Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game... Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game...
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game...
Traded from Pittsburgh to Atlanta on 7/22/1984 (Going to PIT: P J. Finch, 1B T. Cox, P F. Viola. Going to ATL: P J. Sambito, 1B D. Winfield)...
Hit first career homerun on 8/10/1984, off Jim Willoughby (SDP)...
Pitched NO-HITTER against Pittsburgh on 8/8/1985, striking out 2...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

Saves
1981 - 43 - 2nd
1982 - 37 - 3rd
1983 - 45 - 2nd
1984 - 36 - 3rd
1985 - 24 - 10th

SHO
1985 - 1 - 10th

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