Chris Bando

Christopher Michael Bando

Biographical Information[edit]

The brother of third baseman Sal Bando and uncle of Sal Bando Jr., Chris Bando spent most of his playing career as the Cleveland Indians backup catcher. He was signed as a 2nd round pick in the 1978 amateur draft by the Indians and scout Danny Carnevale. Chris' sons, Ben, Michael and Phil also played minor league ball.

Chris was later a Milwaukee Brewers coach from 1996 to 1998, while his brother was the team's General Manager. Bando was a Brewer scout in 1999 and was the Director of Coaching, Player Development, & Manager of the International Baseball League of Australia in 2000. He was the hitting coach for the Mahoning Valley Scrappers in 2003 and an advance scout for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2005. In 2009, Bando was an assistant coach at The Master's College. He became the head coach of San Diego Christian College in 2010.

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs
1990	Stockton Ports	California League	82-59	2nd	Milwaukee Brewers	League Champs
1991	Stockton Ports	California League	71-65	4th	Milwaukee Brewers	Lost League Finals
1992	El Paso Diablos	Texas League	73-63	3rd	Milwaukee Brewers	Lost in 1st round
1993	New Orleans Zephyrs	American Association	80-64	3rd	Milwaukee Brewers
1994	New Orleans Zephyrs	American Association	78-66	3rd	Milwaukee Brewers
1995	New Orleans Zephyrs	American Association	63-79	7th	Milwaukee Brewers

2001	Akron Aeros	Eastern League	68-74	7th	Cleveland Indians
2002	Mahoning Valley Scrappers	New York-Penn League	46-30	5th	Cleveland Indians

2007	Aiken Foxhounds	South Coast League	41-48	4th	Independent Leagues

2012	Washington Wild Things	Frontier League	44-52	10th	Independent Leagues
2019	Texas AirHogs	American Association	28-72	12th	Independent Leagues