Sal Bando

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: February 13, 1944 in Cleveland, OH us

Died: January 20, 2023 in Oconomowoc, WI

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in the 6th round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ).

High School: Warrensville Heights HS (Warrensville Heights, OH)

School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Debut: September 3, 1966 (Age 22-202d, 12,498th in major league history)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1981 (Age 37-232d)
vs. DET 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1967 season

Full Name: Salvatore Leonard Bando

Nicknames: Captain Sal

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Relatives: Brother of Chris Bando

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

61.5

7060

1790

242

.254

982

RBI

1039

OBP

.352

SLG

.408

OPS

.760

OPS+

119

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	23-21 / in Starts: 23-21
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	14 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1971	ALCS g1	Oct 3	OAK	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	5	.94	0.106	29.45	1.93%	0.51	3B
2	1971	ALCS g2	Oct 4	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.625	1.000	5	1.18	-0.102	39.11	-2.01%	-0.71	3B
3	1971	ALCS g3	Oct 5	OAK		BAL	L,3-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.364	.417	.818	1.235	5	1.69	-0.002	40.14	-0.11%	0.27	3B
1972 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	1972	ALCS g1	Oct 7	OAK		DET	W,3-2	GS-11	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	5	2.06	0.043	64.50	0.98%	-0.42	3B
5	1972	ALCS g2	Oct 8	OAK		DET	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	5	.41	-0.040	13.72	-0.76%	-1.02	3B
6	1972	ALCS g3	Oct 10	OAK	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	6	1.03	-0.042	24.61	-0.49%	-0.21	3B
7	1972	ALCS g4	Oct 11	OAK	@	DET	L,3-4	CG(10)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.176	.353	5	1.35	-0.165	60.35	-4.16%	-1.38	3B
8	1972	ALCS g5	Oct 12	OAK	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	5	1.11	-0.017	92.29	-0.81%	-0.15	3B
9	1972	WS g1	Oct 14	OAK	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	5	.54	-0.051	28.08	-1.65%	-0.49	3B
10	1972	WS g2	Oct 15	OAK	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.179	.179	.357	5	.55	0.011	28.17	0.36%	-0.17	3B
11	1972	WS g3	Oct 18	OAK		CIN	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.156	.156	.156	.313	5	2.23	-0.324	92.92	-7.71%	-2.00	3B
12	1972	WS g4	Oct 19	OAK		CIN	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.222	.200	.422	4	1.36	0.007	87.14	-0.05%	0.46	3B
13	1972	WS g5	Oct 20	OAK		CIN	L,4-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.250	.211	.461	5	1.20	0.036	57.09	0.81%	0.17	3B
14	1972	WS g6	Oct 21	OAK	@	CIN	L,1-8	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.273	.238	.511	5	.99	0.028	87.80	1.42%	0.18	3B
15	1972	WS g7	Oct 22	OAK	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.271	.261	.532	5	.74	0.088	123.75	9.39%	0.48	3B
1973 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	1973	ALCS g1	Oct 6	OAK	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	3	.92	-0.062	28.68	-1.22%	-0.86	3B
17	1973	ALCS g2	Oct 7	OAK	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	2	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.444	1.143	1.587	3	.84	0.277	27.85	6.00%	1.99	3B
18	1973	ALCS g3	Oct 9	OAK		BAL	W,2-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.308	.727	1.035	3	1.12	-0.115	46.52	-2.85%	-0.67	3B
19	1973	ALCS g4	Oct 10	OAK		BAL	L,4-5	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.333	.571	.905	3	1.05	-0.035	40.56	-0.89%	-0.26	3B
20	1973	ALCS g5	Oct 11	OAK		BAL	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.318	.500	.818	3	.39	-0.017	32.71	-0.78%	-0.53	3B
21	1973	WS g1	Oct 13	OAK		NYM	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.346	.476	.822	3	.57	-0.003	29.79	-0.10%	0.13	3B
22	1973	WS g2	Oct 14	OAK		NYM	L,7-10	CG(12)	6	5	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.344	.500	.844	3	1.30	0.055	68.76	1.54%	0.52	3B
23	1973	WS g3	Oct 16	OAK	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG(11)	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.361	.533	.894	3	1.54	0.089	96.47	3.23%	0.07	3B
24	1973	WS g4	Oct 17	OAK	@	NYM	L,1-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.212	.350	.485	.835	3	.45	0.017	27.63	0.57%	-0.23	3B
25	1973	WS g5	Oct 18	OAK	@	NYM	L,0-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.222	.364	.472	.836	3	.86	0.056	71.29	2.56%	0.42	3B
26	1973	WS g6	Oct 20	OAK		NYM	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.225	.354	.450	.804	3	.59	-0.024	52.76	-1.19%	-0.34	3B
27	1973	WS g7	Oct 21	OAK		NYM	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.327	.409	.736	3	.57	-0.054	94.59	-4.97%	-1.34	3B
1974 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	1974	ALCS g1	Oct 5	OAK		BAL	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	4	1.00	-0.079	31.33	-1.44%	-0.82	3B
29	1974	ALCS g2	Oct 6	OAK		BAL	W,5-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.714	1.089	3	.90	0.090	25.87	1.43%	-0.02	3B
30	1974	ALCS g3	Oct 8	OAK	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.818	1.152	3	.56	0.106	23.20	2.77%	0.63	3B
31	1974	ALCS g4	Oct 9	OAK	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.412	.692	1.104	3	.79	0.055	35.31	1.51%	0.40	3B
32	1974	WS g1	Oct 12	OAK	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.176	.333	.529	.863	3	.91	0.061	47.70	2.11%	0.67	3B
33	1974	WS g2	Oct 13	OAK	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.320	.450	.770	3	.72	-0.019	36.87	-0.55%	-0.02	3B
34	1974	WS g3	Oct 15	OAK		LAD	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.310	.391	.702	3	.90	-0.040	56.32	-1.39%	-0.67	3B
35	1974	WS g4	Oct 16	OAK		LAD	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.333	.385	.718	3	1.01	0.178	64.58	6.74%	0.95	3B
36	1974	WS g5	Oct 17	OAK		LAD	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.138	.297	.345	.642	3	.93	-0.026	44.85	-0.71%	-0.40	3B
1975 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	1975	ALCS g1	Oct 4	OAK	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	.58	-0.062	18.05	-1.08%	-1.16	3B
38	1975	ALCS g2	Oct 5	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	4	4	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	3	.98	0.119	32.76	2.30%	0.84	3B
39	1975	ALCS g3	Oct 7	OAK		BOS	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.667	1.167	3	1.11	0.030	26.66	0.43%	0.76	3B
1981 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
40	1981	ALDS g1	Oct 7	MIL		NYY	L,3-5	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	7	1.10	-0.072	17.15	-0.78%	-0.34	3B
41	1981	ALDS g2	Oct 8	MIL		NYY	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.875	1.375	7	1.23	0.132	17.43	1.16%	1.12	3B
42	1981	ALDS g3	Oct 9	MIL	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.417	.417	.667	1.083	7	.82	0.029	7.16	0.20%	-0.04	3B
43	1981	ALDS g4	Oct 10	MIL	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.533	.867	8	.66	-0.048	12.54	-0.56%	-0.50	3B
44	1981	ALDS g5	Oct 11	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.368	.471	.839	7	.69	0.019	28.65	0.32%	-0.05	3B
									183	159	21	39	9	1	5	13	18	2	32	2	3	1		2	0	1	.245	.328	.409	.737

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