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.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	OAK		MIN	W,4-3	CG	41	11.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
2	2	Apr 16	OAK		MIN	L,2-3	GS	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
3	3	Apr 18	OAK		KCR	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
4	4	Apr 19 (1)	OAK		KCR	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
5	5	Apr 19 (2)	OAK		KCR	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
6	6	Apr 23	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
7	7	Apr 25	OAK	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	48	12.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
8	8	Apr 26	OAK	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
9	9	Apr 28	OAK	@	MIL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
10	10	Apr 29	OAK	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
11	11	Apr 30	OAK	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 5	OAK		NYY	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
13	13	May 6	OAK		NYY	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
14	14	May 7	OAK		NYY	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
15	15	May 9 (1)	OAK		MIL	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
16	16	May 9 (2)	OAK		MIL	W,3-0	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
17	17	May 10	OAK		MIL	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
18	18	May 12	OAK		BOS	L,6-7	CG	48	12.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
19	19	May 13	OAK		BOS	L,6-9	GS	13	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
20	20	May 14	OAK		BOS	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	3B
21	21	May 15	OAK	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
22	22	May 16	OAK	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
23	23	May 17	OAK	@	CAL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	3B
24	24	May 18	OAK	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	47	11.2	1	3	0	4	0	3B
25	25	May 19	OAK	@	KCR	L,1-16	GS	30	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
26	26	May 20	OAK	@	KCR	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
27	27	May 21	OAK	@	KCR	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
28	28	May 22	OAK		CAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
29	29	May 23	OAK		CAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
30	30	May 24	OAK		CAL	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
31	31	May 26	OAK		CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
32	32	May 27	OAK		CHW	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
33	33	May 28	OAK		CHW	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
34	34	May 29 (1)	OAK	@	TEX	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
35	35	May 29 (2)	OAK	@	TEX	W,7-1	GS	26	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
36	36	May 30	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
37	37	May 31	OAK	@	TEX	W,5-1	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 2	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
39	39	Jun 3	OAK	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
40	40	Jun 4 (1)	OAK	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
41	41	Jun 4 (2)	OAK	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
42	42	Jun 5	OAK	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	2	4	0	6	2	3B
43	43	Jun 6	OAK	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
44	44	Jun 7	OAK	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
45	45	Jun 9	OAK	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
46	46	Jun 10	OAK	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
47	47	Jun 11	OAK	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
48	48	Jun 12	OAK		BAL	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
49	49	Jun 13	OAK		BAL	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	3B
50	50	Jun 14	OAK		BAL	L,1-2	CG	38	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
51	51	Jun 16	OAK		CLE	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
52	52	Jun 17	OAK		CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
53	53	Jun 18	OAK		CLE	W,9-0	GS	22	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
54	54	Jun 19	OAK		DET	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
55	55	Jun 20	OAK		DET	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
56	56	Jun 21	OAK		DET	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
57	57	Jun 23	OAK		CAL	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
58	58	Jun 24	OAK		CAL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
59	59	Jun 25 (1)	OAK		CAL	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
60	60	Jun 25 (2)	OAK		CAL	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
61	61	Jun 26	OAK	@	TEX	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
62	62	Jun 27	OAK	@	TEX	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
63	63	Jun 28	OAK	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
64	64	Jun 29 (1)	OAK	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
65	65	Jun 29 (2)	OAK	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
66	66	Jun 30	OAK	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	51	10.2	1	3	1	5	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	67	Jul 1	OAK	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
68	68	Jul 2	OAK	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
69	69	Jul 3	OAK	@	CAL	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
70	70	Jul 4	OAK		NYY	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
71	71	Jul 5	OAK		NYY	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
72	72	Jul 6	OAK		NYY	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
73	73	Jul 7	OAK		MIL	L,4-9	CG	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
74	74	Jul 8	OAK		MIL	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
75	75	Jul 9	OAK		MIL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
76	76	Jul 10	OAK		BOS	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
77	77	Jul 11	OAK		BOS	L,0-4	GS	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
78	79 (1)	Jul 14 (1)	OAK	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
79	80	Jul 14 (2)	OAK	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
80	81	Jul 15	OAK	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
81	82	Jul 16	OAK	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
82	83	Jul 18 (1)	OAK	@	MIL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
83	84	Jul 18 (2)	OAK	@	MIL	L,4-7	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
84	85	Jul 19	OAK	@	MIL	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
85	86	Jul 20 (1)	OAK	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
86	87	Jul 20 (2)	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	48	10.2	1	3	0	4	1	3B
87	88	Jul 21	OAK	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	57	13.2	3	2	1	6	0	3B 2B
88	89	Jul 22 (1)	OAK	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
89	90	Jul 22 (2)	OAK	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
90	91	Jul 23	OAK	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
91	92	Jul 27	OAK		MIN	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
92	93	Jul 28	OAK		MIN	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
93	94	Jul 29	OAK		MIN	W,7-2	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
94	95	Jul 30 (1)	OAK		TEX	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
95	96	Jul 30 (2)	OAK		TEX	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
96	97	Jul 31	OAK		TEX	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	98	Aug 1	OAK		KCR	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
98	99	Aug 2	OAK		KCR	W,5-0	GS	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
99	100	Aug 4	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
100	101	Aug 5	OAK	@	MIN	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
101	102	Aug 6 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	52	13.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
102	103	Aug 6 (2)	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
103	104	Aug 7	OAK	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
104	105	Aug 8	OAK	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	44	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	3B
105	106	Aug 9	OAK	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
106	107	Aug 10 susp	OAK		CHW	W,5-3	CG	72	19.0	1	3	0	4	2	3B
107	108	Aug 11	OAK		CHW	L,0-1	CG	30	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	3B
108	109	Aug 12	OAK		CHW	L,1-3	CG	43	11.0	2	4	1	7	0	3B
109	110	Aug 13	OAK		CHW	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
110	111	Aug 14	OAK	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B
111	112	Aug 16	OAK	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	2	6	0	3B
112	113	Aug 18	OAK	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
113	114	Aug 19	OAK	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
114	115	Aug 20	OAK	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
115	116	Aug 21	OAK	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
116	117	Aug 22	OAK	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
117	118	Aug 23	OAK	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
118	119	Aug 25	OAK		BAL	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
119	120	Aug 26	OAK		BAL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
120	121	Aug 27	OAK		BAL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
121	122	Aug 28	OAK		CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
122	123	Aug 29	OAK		CLE	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
123	124	Aug 30	OAK		CLE	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	125	Sep 1	OAK		DET	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
125	126	Sep 2	OAK		DET	L,1-3	CG	43	11.0	0	3	1	4	1	3B
126	127	Sep 3	OAK		DET	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
127	128	Sep 4 (1)	OAK		CAL	W,10-5	GS	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
128	129	Sep 4 (2)	OAK		CAL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
129	130	Sep 6	OAK	@	CHW	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	0	9	0	9	2	3B
130	131	Sep 7	OAK	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
131	132	Sep 8	OAK	@	TEX	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
132	133	Sep 9	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
133	134	Sep 10	OAK	@	TEX	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
134	135	Sep 11 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	7	0	7	1	3B
135	136	Sep 11 (2)	OAK	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
136	137	Sep 12	OAK	@	MIN	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
137	138	Sep 13	OAK	@	MIN	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
138	139	Sep 15	OAK		TEX	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
139	140	Sep 16	OAK		TEX	W,4-0	GS	28	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
140	141	Sep 17	OAK		TEX	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
141	142	Sep 19	OAK		CHW	L,7-8	CG	61	15.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
142	143	Sep 20	OAK		CHW	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	3B
143	144	Sep 22	OAK		KCR	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
144	145	Sep 23	OAK		KCR	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	3B
145	146	Sep 24 (1)	OAK		KCR	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
146	147	Sep 24 (2)	OAK		KCR	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
147	148	Sep 27 (1)	OAK		MIN	W,1-0	CG	42	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
148	149	Sep 27 (2)	OAK		MIN	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
149	150	Sep 28	OAK		MIN	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
150	153 (2)	Oct 1	OAK	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
151	154	Oct 3	OAK	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	0	3	0	3	1	3B
							152gm		1344.2	124	337	20	481	29