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.
Triple Plays: 1 (May 16)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	MIL	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
2	3 (1)	Apr 8	MIL	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
3	4	Apr 10	MIL		BOS	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
4	5	Apr 12	MIL		BOS	L,10-12	CG	46	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
5	6	Apr 13	MIL		BAL	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
6	8 (1)	Apr 15	MIL		BAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	3B
7	9	Apr 17	MIL	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	3B
8	10	Apr 18	MIL	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
9	11	Apr 19	MIL	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
10	12	Apr 20	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	3B
11	14 (1)	Apr 22 (1)	MIL	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
12	15	Apr 22 (2)	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
13	16	Apr 26 (1)	MIL		DET	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
14	17	Apr 26 (2)	MIL		DET	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
15	18	Apr 27	MIL	@	TOR	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
16	19	Apr 28	MIL	@	TOR	W,11-8	GS	45	10.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B 3B
17	21 (1)	Apr 29 (2)	MIL	@	TOR	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
18	22	Apr 30	MIL	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	23	May 1	MIL	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
20	24	May 2	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
21	25	May 3	MIL		TOR	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
22	26	May 4	MIL		TOR	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
23	28 (1)	May 6	MIL		TOR	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
24	29	May 8	MIL		CLE	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
25	30	May 9	MIL		CLE	L,7-8	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
26	31	May 10	MIL		CLE	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
27	32	May 11	MIL	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
28	33	May 12	MIL	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
29	34	May 13	MIL	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
30	36 (1)	May 16	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	39	10.2	2	7	1	10	0	3B
31	37	May 17	MIL	@	CAL	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
32	38	May 18	MIL	@	OAK	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
33	39	May 19	MIL	@	OAK	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
34	43 (3)	May 23	MIL		CAL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
35	45 (1)	May 25	MIL		OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
36	46	May 26	MIL		OAK	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
37	48 (1)	May 28	MIL		NYY	L,1-2	CG	38	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
38	50 (1)	May 30	MIL		NYY	L,2-5	CG	47	11.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
39	51	May 31	MIL		NYY	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	52	Jun 1	MIL	@	KCR	W,5-4	GS	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
41	53	Jun 2	MIL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
42	55 (1)	Jun 4	MIL	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	3B
43	57 (1)	Jun 6	MIL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
44	58	Jun 7	MIL		TEX	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
45	59	Jun 9	MIL		CHW	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
46	61 (1)	Jun 12	MIL	@	TEX	L,6-7	CG	41	8.1	0	2	1	3	0	3B
47	62	Jun 13	MIL	@	TEX	W,5-4	GS	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	3B 1B
48	63	Jun 14	MIL	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
49	64	Jun 15	MIL		KCR	L,11-14	CG	48	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
50	65	Jun 16	MIL		KCR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
51	66	Jun 17	MIL		KCR	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
52	67	Jun 19	MIL		MIN	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
53	68	Jun 20	MIL		MIN	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	1	6	2	3B
54	69	Jun 21	MIL		MIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
55	70	Jun 22	MIL	@	SEA	W,15-8	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
56	71	Jun 23	MIL	@	SEA	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
57	72	Jun 24	MIL	@	SEA	W,7-4	CG	52	12.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
58	74 (1)	Jun 27	MIL	@	MIN	W,9-8	GS	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
59	75	Jun 28	MIL	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	50	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
60	76	Jun 29	MIL		SEA	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
61	77	Jun 30	MIL		SEA	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	78	Jul 1	MIL		SEA	W,10-3	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
63	80 (1)	Jul 4	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
64	81	Jul 5	MIL	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
65	82	Jul 6 (1)	MIL		DET	L,4-7	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
66	83	Jul 6 (2)	MIL		DET	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
67	84	Jul 7	MIL		DET	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
68	87 (2)	Jul 9	MIL	@	TOR	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
69	89 (1)	Jul 12	MIL	@	TOR	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
70	91 (1)	Jul 14	MIL		CLE	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
71	92	Jul 15	MIL		CLE	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
72	93	Jul 19	MIL		TOR	W,3-2	GS	48	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B 1B
73	94	Jul 20	MIL		TOR	W,2-0	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
74	95	Jul 21	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-0	GF	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
75	97 (1)	Jul 22 (2)	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS	27	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
76	99 (1)	Jul 24	MIL	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
77	100	Jul 25	MIL	@	DET	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
78	102 (1)	Jul 27	MIL		NYY	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
79	103	Jul 28	MIL		NYY	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
80	105 (1)	Jul 30	MIL		BAL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
81	106	Jul 31	MIL		BAL	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	107	Aug 1	MIL		BAL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
83	109 (1)	Aug 3	MIL		BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
84	110	Aug 4	MIL		BOS	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
85	112 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	MIL		BOS	L,5-19	CG	59	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
86	113	Aug 7	MIL	@	BAL	W,7-5	GS	34	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
87	115 (1)	Aug 9	MIL	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
88	116	Aug 10	MIL	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
89	118 (1)	Aug 13	MIL		KCR	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
90	119	Aug 14	MIL		KCR	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
91	120	Aug 15	MIL		KCR	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
92	121	Aug 16	MIL		TEX	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
93	122	Aug 17	MIL		TEX	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
94	123	Aug 18	MIL		TEX	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
95	125 (1)	Aug 20	MIL		CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	3B
96	127 (1)	Aug 21 (2)	MIL		CHW	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
97	128	Aug 22	MIL		CHW	L,3-4	GS	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
98	129	Aug 24	MIL	@	TEX	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
99	130	Aug 25	MIL	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
100	132 (1)	Aug 27	MIL	@	KCR	L,9-10	CG	50	9.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
101	134 (1)	Aug 29	MIL	@	KCR	L,8-18	GS	48	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B P 2B
102	136 (1)	Aug 31	MIL	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	137	Sep 1	MIL	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	22	4.2	1	0	0	1	0	3B
104	138	Sep 2	MIL	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
105	140 (1)	Sep 5	MIL	@	OAK	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
106	142 (1)	Sep 8	MIL	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
107	143	Sep 9	MIL	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
108	146 (2)	Sep 13	MIL		OAK	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
109	149 (2)	Sep 16	MIL		CAL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
110	150	Sep 17	MIL	@	SEA	W,7-6	GS	38	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
111	153 (2)	Sep 21	MIL		MIN	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
							115gm		959.1	106	225	12	343	19