Chris Bando

Christopher Michael Bando

Position: Catcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 4, 1956 in Cleveland, OH
School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted
by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 13, 1981
Teams (by GP): Indians/Tigers/Athletics 1981-1989

Final Game: October 1, 1989
Relatives: Brother of Sal Bando
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1981 25 CLE AL 21 51 47 3 10 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 2 .213 .240 .277 .517 50 13 1 0 1 1 0 2/D
1982 26 CLE AL 66 212 184 13 39 6 1 3 16 0 0 24 30 .212 .299 .304 .603 67 56 6 0 1 3 1 2/5
1983 27 CLE AL 48 138 121 15 31 3 0 4 15 0 1 15 19 .256 .336 .380 .716 94 46 5 0 1 1 0 2
1984 28 CLE AL 75 260 220 38 64 11 0 12 41 1 2 33 35 .291 .377 .505 .882 140 111 8 0 3 4 5 2/35D
1985 29 CLE AL 73 199 173 11 24 4 1 0 13 0 1 22 21 .139 .234 .173 .407 15 30 6 0 2 2 0 2
1986 30 CLE AL 92 290 254 28 68 9 0 2 26 0 1 22 49 .268 .325 .327 .652 80 83 8 1 10 3 0 2
1987 31 CLE AL 89 229 211 20 46 9 0 5 16 0 0 12 28 .218 .260 .332 .592 56 70 6 0 6 0 0 2
1988 32 TOT AL 33 86 72 6 9 1 0 1 8 0 0 8 12 .125 .217 .181 .397 12 13 4 1 3 2 0 2
1988 32 CLE AL 32 86 72 6 9 1 0 1 8 0 0 8 12 .125 .217 .181 .397 12 13 4 1 3 2 0 2
1988 32 DET AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1989 33 OAK AL 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 188 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
9 Yrs 498 1467 1284 134 292 46 2 27 142 1 5 138 197 .227 .300 .329 .629 73 423 44 2 27 16 6
162 Game Avg. 162 477 418 44 95 15 1 9 46 0 2 45 64 .227 .300 .329 .629 73 138 14 1 9 5 2
CLE (8 yrs) 496 1465 1282 134 291 46 2 27 141 1 5 138 196 .227 .300 .329 .629 72 422 44 2 27 16 6
OAK (1 yr) 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 188 1 0 0 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1981 25 CLE AL 21 51 -3 -0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 2 -1 -0.1 .488 .498 -0.1 0.1 -1 $ 2/D
1982 26 CLE AL 66 212 -9 -0 -1 2 3 -5 -0.5 6 1 0.1 .492 .497 -0.1 0.6 -1 $ 2/5
1983 27 CLE AL 48 138 2 -0 -1 1 2 4 0.4 4 8 0.8 .508 .502 0.7 0.3 7 $ 2
1984 28 CLE AL 75 260 12 0 -1 -0 3 14 1.5 8 22 2.2 .519 .509 2.2 0.4 22 $ 2/35D
1985 29 CLE AL 73 199 -20 0 0 -4 3 -21 -2.1 6 -15 -1.5 .470 .487 -1.1 -0.0 -11 $225,000 2
1986 30 CLE AL 92 290 -5 0 -1 -4 4 -6 -0.5 9 3 0.3 .493 .496 0.7 0.1 7 $225,000 2
1987 31 CLE AL 89 229 -13 -0 -0 0 4 -10 -0.9 7 -3 -0.2 .489 .494 -0.2 0.4 -3 $305,000 2
1988 32 CLE AL 32 86 -9 -0 -1 2 1 -7 -0.7 3 -4 -0.4 .477 .496 -0.6 0.4 -6 $325,000 2
1988 32 DET AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /2
1989 33 OAK AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .521 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /2
9 Seasons 498 1467 -45 -1 -4 -3 21 -33 -3.0 45 12 1.2 .493 .498 1.5 2.2 15 $1,080,000
CLE (8 yrs) 496 1465 -46 -1 -4 -3 21 -33 -3.0 45 11 1.2 .493 .497 1.5 2.2 14 $1,080,000
OAK (1 yr) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .521 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
DET (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1981 25 CLE AL 51 40 3 2.0 88 .217 .213 .255 .240 .319 .277 .371 .517 .690 50 .215 -3.0 -0.3 .395 .106 .064
1982 26 CLE AL 212 155 17 3.0 99 .234 .212 .264 .299 .328 .304 .402 .603 .730 67 .308 -8.0 -0.8 .530 .223 .092 .0
1983 27 CLE AL 138 98 15 4.1 101 .273 .256 .270 .336 .333 .380 .408 .716 .740 94 .452 -0.9 -0.1 .625 .240 .124 .0
1984 28 CLE AL 260 173 41 6.4 99 .294 .291 .266 .377 .329 .505 .401 .882 .730 140 .651 13.3 1.3 .861 .359 .214 1.8
1985 29 CLE AL 199 160 7 1.2 98 .156 .139 .260 .234 .326 .173 .404 .407 .730 15 .076 -20.3 -2.0 .327 .156 .035
1986 30 CLE AL 290 208 27 3.5 99 .320 .268 .259 .325 .327 .327 .404 .652 .731 80 .367 -6.3 -0.6 .538 .142 .059 .0
1987 31 CLE AL 229 177 17 2.6 106 .230 .218 .265 .260 .333 .332 .425 .592 .759 56 .230 -14.0 -1.3 .480 .171 .114 .0
1988 32 TOT AL 86 72 3 1.1 96 .131 .125 .262 .217 .327 .181 .394 .397 .721 12 .075 -8.6 -0.9 .328 .167 .056 .0
1988 32 CLE AL 86 72 3 1.1 96 .131 .125 .262 .217 .327 .181 .394 .397 .721 12 .075 -8.6 -0.9 .328 .167 .056 .0
1989 33 OAK AL 2 1 1 26.7 91 1.000 .500 .258 .500 .322 .500 .378 1.000 .700 188 .966 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
9 Yrs 1467 1084 131 3.2 99 .246 .227 .263 .300 .329 .329 .405 .629 .734 73 .343 -47.6 -4.7 .537 .206 .102 1.9
162 Game Avg. 477 353 43 3.2 99 .246 .227 .263 .300 .329 .329 .405 .629 .734 73 .343 -47.6 -4.7 .537 .206 .102 1
CLE (8 yrs) 1465 1083 130 3.2 99 .246 .227 .263 .300 .329 .329 .405 .629 .734 72 .340 -47.8 -4.8 .537 .207 .102 1.9
OAK (1 yr) 2 1 1 26.7 91 1.000 .500 .258 .500 .322 .500 .378 1.000 .700 188 .965 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1981 25 CLE AL 51 0.0% 3.9% 3.9% 5.9% 30% 1.00 23.5 7.8 0.61 90%
1982 26 CLE AL 212 1.4% 14.2% 11.3% 4.7% 26% 1.25 6.1 61.3 11.5 0.92 73%
1983 27 CLE AL 138 2.9% 13.8% 10.9% 5.1% 23% 1.27 6.4 30.3 8.1 1.06 72%
1984 28 CLE AL 260 4.6% 13.5% 12.7% 8.9% 36% 1.06 6.3 18.3 5.4 0.87 68%
1985 29 CLE AL 199 0.0% 10.6% 11.1% 2.5% 21% 0.95 8.2 13.3 1.27 77%
1986 30 CLE AL 290 0.7% 16.9% 7.6% 3.8% 16% 2.23 5.2 127.0 9.8 1.14 71%
1987 31 CLE AL 229 2.2% 12.2% 5.2% 6.1% 30% 2.33 7.5 42.2 13.2 1.45 78%
1988 32 TOT AL 86 1.2% 14.0% 9.3% 2.3% 22% 1.50 6.0 72.0 9.0 0.63 0.82 71% 17% 4.3% 39%
1988 32 CLE AL 86 1.2% 14.0% 9.3% 2.3% 22% 1.50 6.0 72.0 9.0 0.63 0.82 71% 17% 4.3% 39%
1989 33 OAK AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 2.0 0.00 50% 100% 0.0% 0%
9 Yrs 1467 1.8% 13.4% 9.4% 5.1% 26% 1.43 6.5 47.6 9.0 0.62 1.06 73% 18% 4.2% 38%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.2% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.68 6.3 41.6 8.4 0.81 1.07 74% 20% 6.8% 29%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1981 25 CLE AL -3.0 -0.3 53 -0.5 0.7 -1.2 1.18 -0.1 -0.3 -2.2 -0.2 1.14 -2.0 1.34 9
1982 26 CLE AL -8.2 -0.8 213 -0.9 3.0 -3.9 .99 -0.7 -0.2 -13.2 -1.3 0.98 -9.1 1.29 12
1983 27 CLE AL -0.9 -0.1 141 0.4 2.4 -2.1 .88 -0.0 0.5 0.9 0.1 0.92 -0.3 1.66 9
1984 28 CLE AL 13.3 1.3 268 1.0 5.2 -4.2 1.01 1.2 -0.2 11.7 1.1 1.01 11.3 1.48 11
1985 29 CLE AL -20.3 -2.0 201 -2.0 2.3 -4.4 1.08 -1.9 0.0 -17.6 -1.8 0.95 -20.8 2.98 8
1986 30 CLE AL -6.3 -0.6 293 -1.0 4.3 -5.4 1.02 -0.8 -0.2 -6.6 -0.7 0.98 -8.9 1.66 13
1987 31 CLE AL -14.0 -1.3 230 -1.2 3.3 -4.5 .99 -0.9 -0.2 -13.6 -1.3 0.91 -11.4 2.26 5
1988 32 TOT AL -8.6 -0.9 86 -0.5 0.8 -1.3 .80 -0.9 0.3 -7.5 -0.8 1.00 -9.0 0.73 2
1988 32 CLE AL -8.6 -0.9 86 -0.5 0.8 -1.3 .80 -0.9 0.3 -7.5 -0.8 1.00 -9.0 0.73 2
1988 32 DET AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1989 33 OAK AL 0.2 0.0 2 0.2 0.2 -0.0 2.91 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.86 0.2 1.00 1
9 Yrs -47.9 -4.8 1487 -4.5 22.4 -26.9 1.00 -4.1 -0.4 -47.7 -4.8 0.97 -50.0 1.69 70

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1981 25 CLE AL 1 0 25% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 40% 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
1982 26 CLE AL 1 0 17% 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 25% 10 8 2 0 0 0 6 3 2
1983 27 CLE AL 5 0 26% 52 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 36% 10 6 3 1 0 1 3 2 1
1984 28 CLE AL 3 0 31% 105 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 7 24% 14 12 1 7 4 3 8 4 3
1985 29 CLE AL 2 0 24% 50 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 19% 11 9 2 0 0 0 5 4 1
1986 30 CLE AL 5 0 29% 90 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 52% 18 13 5 4 0 4 11 2 8
1987 31 CLE AL 3 0 28% 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 38% 7 5 2 2 1 1 12 6 5
1988 32 TOT AL 1 0 29% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 29% 4 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 1
1988 32 CLE AL 1 0 29% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 29% 4 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 1
1989 33 OAK AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 21 0 26% 470 1 5 17% 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 19 29 34% 78 57 17 15 5 10 48 23 21

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1981 25 CLE AL 51 100% 10 9 0 0 0 1.34 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 14 1 7% 5 3 60% 44 6 14% 4 3 75% 4 2 50% 0
1982 26 CLE AL 212 100% 39 12 4 0 1 1.29 3 0 11 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 100% 38 6 16% 21 10 48% 149 14 9% 15 5 33% 5 2 40% 0
1983 27 CLE AL 138 100% 31 9 2 0 2 1.66 4 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 1 1 100% 26 5 19% 11 4 36% 82 12 15% 8 4 50% 6 4 67% 0
1984 28 CLE AL 260 100% 64 11 2 1 3 1.48 12 0 6 8 4 5 7 0 3 3 100% 71 8 11% 25 10 40% 203 31 15% 18 12 67% 10 4 40% 0
1985 29 CLE AL 199 100% 24 8 2 0 1 2.98 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 37 6 16% 17 7 41% 128 14 11% 8 6 75% 7 3 43% 0
1986 30 CLE AL 290 100% 68 13 2 0 0 1.66 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 11 10 91% 65 8 12% 34 14 41% 203 25 12% 18 8 44% 17 11 65% 0
1987 31 CLE AL 229 100% 46 5 0 0 0 2.26 5 0 5 5 0 2 3 0 7 6 86% 45 6 13% 20 8 40% 125 12 10% 8 3 38% 6 2 33% 0
1988 32 TOT AL 86 100% 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.73 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 100% 21 4 19% 8 5 63% 55 7 13% 6 3 50% 1 0 0% 0
1988 32 CLE AL 86 100% 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.73 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 100% 21 4 19% 8 5 63% 55 7 13% 6 3 50% 1 0 0% 0
1989 33 OAK AL 2 100% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
9 Yrs 1467 100% 292 0 0 70 12 1 7 1.69 27 0 35 15 12 13 14 0 29 27 93% 317 44 14% 141 61 43% 990 122 12% 86 45 52% 56 28 50% 0
MLB Averages 59% 78% 11% 35% 15% 52% 55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 32 TOT AL 86 294 3.42 179 61% 23% 16% 24% 36% 77% 0% 47% 79% 27% 3% 3 0 13% 11 5 6% 5 1 8% 0 0 0
1988 32 CLE AL 86 294 3.42 179 61% 23% 16% 24% 36% 77% 0% 47% 79% 27% 3% 3 0 13% 11 5 6% 5 1 8% 0 0 0
1989 33 OAK AL 2 8 4.00 7 88% 14% 29% 43% 14% 86% 0% 75% 67% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2 Yrs 88 302 3.43 186 62% 23% 17% 25% 35% 77% 0% 47% 78% 27% 3% 3 0 13% 11 5 6% 5 1 8% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 32% 6% 15% 8% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1981 25 21 51 47 3 10 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 2 .213 .240 .277 .517 50 13 1 0 1 1 0
1982 26 87 263 231 16 49 9 1 3 22 0 0 26 32 .212 .287 .299 .586 63 69 7 0 2 4 1
1983 27 135 401 352 31 80 12 1 7 37 0 1 41 51 .227 .304 .327 .631 74 115 12 0 3 5 1
1984 28 210 661 572 69 144 23 1 19 78 1 3 74 86 .252 .333 .395 .728 100 226 20 0 6 9 6
1985 29 283 860 745 80 168 27 2 19 91 1 4 96 107 .226 .310 .344 .653 80 256 26 0 8 11 6
1986 30 375 1150 999 108 236 36 2 21 117 1 5 118 156 .236 .314 .339 .653 80 339 34 1 18 14 6
1987 31 464 1379 1210 128 282 45 2 26 133 1 5 130 184 .233 .305 .338 .643 76 409 40 1 24 14 6
1988 32 497 1465 1282 134 291 46 2 27 141 1 5 138 196 .227 .300 .329 .629 72 422 44 2 27 16 6
1989 33 498 1467 1284 134 292 46 2 27 142 1 5 138 197 .227 .300 .329 .629 73 423 44 2 27 16 6

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1981 25 32 80 73 6 17 5 0 0 11 0 3 3 .233 .256 .301 .558 6 21
1982 26 66 214 185 14 40 6 1 3 17 0 25 30 .216 .305 .308 .613 18 66
1983 27 48 139 122 15 32 3 0 4 15 0 15 19 .262 .341 .385 .726 16 48
1984 28 75 262 221 39 65 11 0 12 42 1 34 35 .294 .382 .507 .889 44 75
1985 29 73 199 173 11 24 4 1 0 13 0 22 21 .139 .234 .173 .407 7 73
1986 30 92 291 255 29 69 9 0 2 27 0 22 49 .271 .327 .329 .657 28 92
1987 31 89 229 211 20 46 9 0 5 16 0 12 28 .218 .260 .332 .592 18 89
1988 32 33 86 72 7 9 1 0 1 9 0 8 12 .125 .217 .181 .397 3 33
1989 33 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 1 1
9 Yrs 509 1503 1315 141 304 48 2 27 152 1 141 198 .231 .303 .332 .635 141 498
162 Game Avg. 162 478 419 45 97 15 1 9 48 0 45 63 .231 .303 .332 .635 45 498

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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