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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	OAK		CHW	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
2	2	Apr 9	OAK		CHW	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
3	3	Apr 11	OAK		KCR	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	3B
4	4	Apr 12	OAK		KCR	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
5	5	Apr 13 (1)	OAK		KCR	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	3B
6	6	Apr 13 (2)	OAK		KCR	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
7	7	Apr 15	OAK		MIN	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	3B
8	8	Apr 16	OAK		CAL	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
9	9	Apr 19	OAK	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
10	10	Apr 20 (1)	OAK	@	KCR	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
11	11	Apr 20 (2)	OAK	@	KCR	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
12	12	Apr 21	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
13	13	Apr 22	OAK	@	MIN	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
14	14	Apr 23	OAK	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
15	15	Apr 24	OAK	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
16	16	Apr 25	OAK	@	SEP	W,14-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
17	17	Apr 26	OAK	@	SEP	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
18	18	Apr 27	OAK	@	SEP	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
19	19	Apr 30	OAK	@	CAL	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	OAK	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	41	9.1	1	3	0	4	0	3B
21	21	May 2	OAK		SEP	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
22	22	May 3	OAK		SEP	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
23	23	May 4 (1)	OAK		SEP	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
24	24	May 4 (2)	OAK		SEP	W,11-7	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
25	25	May 6	OAK		WSA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
26	26	May 7	OAK		WSA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	5	2	10	2	3B
27	27	May 9	OAK		NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
28	28	May 10	OAK		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	2	4	0	3B
29	29	May 11	OAK		NYY	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
30	30	May 13	OAK		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
31	31	May 14	OAK		BOS	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
32	32	May 16	OAK	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
33	33	May 17	OAK	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
34	34	May 20	OAK	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
35	35	May 21	OAK	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	47	10.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
36	36	May 23	OAK	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
37	37	May 24	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
38	38	May 25	OAK	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
39	39	May 27	OAK		DET	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
40	40	May 28	OAK		DET	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
41	41	May 29	OAK		DET	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
42	42	May 30 (1)	OAK		CLE	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
43	43	May 30 (2)	OAK		CLE	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
44	44	May 31	OAK		CLE	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	45	Jun 1	OAK		CLE	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
46	46	Jun 3	OAK		BAL	L,1-3	CG	45	11.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
47	47	Jun 4	OAK		BAL	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	2	3B
48	48	Jun 6	OAK	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
49	49	Jun 7	OAK	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
50	50	Jun 10	OAK	@	WSA	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	3B
51	51	Jun 11	OAK	@	WSA	W,6-4	CG	49	13.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
52	52	Jun 12	OAK	@	WSA	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
53	53	Jun 13	OAK	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
54	54	Jun 14	OAK	@	BOS	W,21-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
55	55	Jun 15	OAK	@	BOS	W,13-5	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
56	56	Jun 16 (1)	OAK	@	KCR	W,7-5	CG	50	13.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
57	57	Jun 16 (2)	OAK	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	46	11.1	3	3	0	6	1	3B
58	58	Jun 18 (1)	OAK	@	KCR	W,16-4	CG	44	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
59	59	Jun 18 (2)	OAK	@	KCR	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
60	60	Jun 20	OAK		MIN	W,3-2	CG	62	14.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
61	61	Jun 21	OAK		MIN	L,4-14	CG	52	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
62	62	Jun 22 (1)	OAK		MIN	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
63	63	Jun 22 (2)	OAK		MIN	L,3-4	CG	53	13.0	3	6	0	9	0	3B
64	64	Jun 24	OAK		KCR	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
65	65	Jun 25	OAK		KCR	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
66	66	Jun 26	OAK		KCR	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
67	67	Jun 27	OAK		CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
68	68	Jun 28	OAK		CHW	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
69	69	Jun 29 (1)	OAK		CHW	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
70	70	Jun 29 (2)	OAK		CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	71	Jul 1	OAK		SEP	L,1-7	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
72	72	Jul 2	OAK		SEP	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
73	73	Jul 3	OAK		SEP	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
74	74	Jul 4	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
75	75	Jul 5	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-13	CG	47	8.0	1	2	2	5	0	3B
76	76	Jul 6	OAK	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
77	77	Jul 7	OAK	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
78	78	Jul 8 (1)	OAK	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
79	79	Jul 8 (2)	OAK	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
80	80	Jul 9	OAK	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
81	81	Jul 10	OAK	@	CHW	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
82	82	Jul 11	OAK		CAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
83	83	Jul 12	OAK		CAL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
84	84	Jul 13 (1)	OAK		CAL	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
85	85	Jul 13 (2)	OAK		CAL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
86	86	Jul 15	OAK	@	SEP	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
87	87	Jul 16	OAK	@	SEP	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
88	88	Jul 17	OAK	@	SEP	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	3B
89	89	Jul 18	OAK	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
90	90	Jul 19	OAK	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
91	91	Jul 20 (1)	OAK	@	CAL	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	0	1	2	3	0	3B
92	92	Jul 20 (2)	OAK	@	CAL	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
93	93	Jul 24	OAK		WSA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
94	94	Jul 25	OAK		WSA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
95	95	Jul 26	OAK		WSA	L,1-3	CG	39	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
96	96	Jul 27	OAK		WSA	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
97	97	Jul 29	OAK		NYY	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
98	98	Jul 30	OAK		NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
99	99	Jul 31	OAK		NYY	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	100	Aug 1	OAK		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
101	101	Aug 2	OAK		BOS	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
102	102	Aug 3 (1)	OAK		BOS	W,10-7	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
103	103	Aug 3 (2)	OAK		BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
104	104	Aug 5 (1)	OAK	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B
105	105	Aug 5 (2)	OAK	@	CLE	L,4-10	CG	46	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
106	106	Aug 6	OAK	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	42	11.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
107	107	Aug 7	OAK	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
108	108	Aug 8 (1)	OAK	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	44	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
109	109	Aug 8 (2)	OAK	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
110	110	Aug 9	OAK	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	27	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
111	111	Aug 10	OAK	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
112	112	Aug 11	OAK	@	BAL	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
113	113	Aug 12	OAK	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
114	114	Aug 13	OAK	@	BAL	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
115	115	Aug 15	OAK		DET	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
116	116	Aug 16	OAK		DET	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
117	117	Aug 17	OAK		DET	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
118	118	Aug 19	OAK		CLE	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
119	119	Aug 20	OAK		CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
120	120	Aug 22	OAK		BAL	L,3-4	CG	39	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
121	121	Aug 23	OAK		BAL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
122	122	Aug 24 (1)	OAK		BAL	W,9-0	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
123	123	Aug 24 (2)	OAK		BAL	W,9-8	CG	77	18.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
124	124	Aug 26 (1)	OAK	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
125	125	Aug 26 (2)	OAK	@	DET	L,6-9	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
126	126	Aug 27	OAK	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
127	127	Aug 28	OAK	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	50	12.2	2	4	0	6	0	3B
128	128	Aug 29	OAK	@	WSA	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
129	129	Aug 30	OAK	@	WSA	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
130	130	Aug 31	OAK	@	WSA	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	131	Sep 1	OAK	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	7	0	9	0	3B
132	132	Sep 3 (1)	OAK	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
133	133	Sep 3 (2)	OAK	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
134	134	Sep 4	OAK		MIN	L,5-10	CG	47	10.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
135	135	Sep 5	OAK		MIN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
136	136	Sep 6	OAK		MIN	L,6-8	CG	69	18.0	5	5	0	10	0	3B
137	137	Sep 7	OAK		MIN	L,4-16	CG	51	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
138	138	Sep 8	OAK		KCR	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	3B
139	139	Sep 9	OAK		KCR	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
140	140	Sep 10	OAK		SEP	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
141	141	Sep 11	OAK		SEP	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
142	142	Sep 12	OAK	@	CHW	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
143	143	Sep 13	OAK	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	40	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
144	144	Sep 14 (1)	OAK	@	CHW	L,8-12	CG	43	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
145	145	Sep 14 (2)	OAK	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	39	8.1	0	3	0	3	0	3B
146	146	Sep 15	OAK	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
147	147	Sep 16	OAK	@	MIN	L,3-11	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
148	148	Sep 17	OAK	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
149	149	Sep 18	OAK	@	KCR	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
150	150	Sep 19	OAK	@	CAL	L,6-7	CG	40	8.1	1	1	1	3	1	3B
151	151	Sep 20	OAK	@	CAL	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
152	152	Sep 21	OAK	@	CAL	W,12-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
153	153	Sep 23 (1)	OAK		CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
154	154	Sep 23 (2)	OAK		CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
155	155	Sep 24	OAK		CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
156	156	Sep 25	OAK		CAL	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
157	157	Sep 26	OAK		CAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
158	158	Sep 27	OAK		CAL	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
159	159	Sep 28	OAK		CAL	L,5-6	CG	45	11.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
160	160	Sep 30	OAK	@	SEP	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
161	161	Oct 1	OAK	@	SEP	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	1	4	0	5	0	3B
162	162	Oct 2	OAK	@	SEP	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
							162gm		1480.2	178	321	24	523	36